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Attack Percussion Synthesizer

Waldorf

ATTACK - the percussion tool for any style of music! Plug one in to VST today. Your groove deserves it.

ATTACK is a true percussion synthesizer for the VST PC and Mac platform. It seamlessly integrates the sound of the 80's analog classics and the ambitious electronic club drums of the 90's into the VST system of the 21st century. ATTACK generates all its sounds in real time, giving you the freedom to alter all parameters directly.

ATTACK has 24 sounds available per percussion set, spread over two octaves. The sound architecture is extremely flexible, as one would expect from a Waldorf synthesizer. Two oscillators, each with nine waveforms, represent the sources. In addition to well-known analog waveforms, ATTACK offers three samples to help create hi-hats or crash cymbals. Ring modulation and frequency modulation expand the sound spectrum with a metallic component and FX sounds. The integrated "Crack" module takes care of reproducing analog handclaps authentically.ATTACK contains a filter section with 6 filter types, resonance up to self-oscillation, and an overdrive of up to +52dB. The two envelopes are used to alter oscillator pitches, FM amount, filter cutoff, and the output volume. Two modulation delays and eight outputs (2 stereo, 4 mono) connect ATTACK to the VST world. Seamless integration into the VST 2.0 interface means that all parameters may be addressed via MIDI controllers, allowing you to create powerful dynamic changes.

And as though this were not enough - twelve sounds in each drum set can be played melodically. With this feature you can create tom fills and conga or other percussive grooves in no time, and you can even play bass, melody or sequencer lines.

The sound quality of ATTACK is outstanding. Waldorf again proves, as they did with D-Pole and PPG Wave 2.V, that software sound modules can rival their hardware equivalents. Even better - MIDI and audio cables become obsolete, as does timing inaccuracy, thanks to the sample-accurate sync within VST!

Features:

• Virtual analog sound synthesis
• 31 sounds kits with over 700 sounds included
• 16 percussion sets per FX Bank
• 24 percussion sounds per set

  Per sound (editable):

• 2 oscillators, each with 9 waveforms (triangle, sine, square, sawtooth, sample&hold, noise, samples: closed hi-hat, open hi-hat,crash)
• FM
• Ring Modulation'Crack'-module for authentic analog hand claps
• 6 filter types with resonance up to self-oscillation and overdrive
• 2 envelopes for pitch, FM amount, filter cutoff and loudness
• all parameters addressable via MIDI controllers
• 8 audio outputs (2 stereo, 4 mono)
• Two integrated and synchronizable modulation Delays for the stereo outs
• Polyphonically playable percussive bass and lead sounds

System Requirements:

Windows PC:

• Min. Pentium 266 MHz processor (Pentium II / 400 MHz or better recommended)
• Min. 64 MB RAM
• Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME or Windows 2000
• Cubase VST (since 3.7), Nuendo (1.5 or later) or other VST Instrument compatible host software
• PC equipped according to the specifications of the host software

  MAC OS:

• Power Macintosh or compatible system
• Min. 604e/250 MHz processor (G3 or better recommended)
• Min. 64 MB RAM
• Mac OS 8.0 or higher
• Cubase VST (4.1 or later), Nuendo or other VST Instrument compatible host