The nutters at de la Mancha have premiered styrofoam, an emulation of the classic Rolf Harris miniature organ.
Here’s what the Mancha’s had to say about their new free synth: “Take a nostalgic stroll in soft-focus, sepia-toned memories, when summers lasted for 16 months and you could still buy Penny Chews for a penny. Bring back the sounds of living room renditions of your favourite hits, in splendid monophonic square-wave glory with this faithful emulation, minus the crappy vibrato, that was, let’s face it, crap.”
But back to that square-wave. It’s not just any old square-wave, no, it’s not just your bog-standard, ten-a-penny, digital square wave. This, ladies and gentlemen of discerning taste, is THE square-wave, the actual, real-life, carbon-copy, I-can’t-believe-a-plugin-can-be-this-analogue square-wave. Once you’ve tried it, there’s no going back to your complex, multi-waveform dreams. THIS is all you need.”
Features:
» one waveform, but a mighty fine one
» no GUI controls at all
» 4 presets, covering the full range of cleanliness
» TruANAL technology used to provide authentic pitch variation
» no filters
» no envelopes
» no LFOs
» no mod matrices
» no crappy vibrato
» no wonder it’s free…
de la Mancha’s styrofoam is available now for Windows as a VST instrument plug-in. More information on de la Mancha styrofoam.
