Hello, dear musicians and sound engineers! As your colleague, I am always in search of interesting tools for creativity. Today I want to share a find that certainly deserves attention – the Impulse synthesizer from Bojo Software. If you appreciate the warmth of analog sound and the flexibility of modern plugins, this instrument is made for you.
Impulse: Analog Synthesis in a Digital Shell
Impulse is a powerful 16-voice analog synthesizer, implemented in VST format for the Windows operating system. It offers a rich set of features for creating a wide range of sounds – from classic basses and leads to atmospheric pads and experimental textures. Developed by Bojo Software, this plugin combines the characteristic analog warmth with all the convenience of a digital workflow. Forget the complexity of setting up hardware synthesizers – Impulse gives you all their sound potential in a convenient software format. It’s an ideal choice for both studio work and live performances where stability and quick access to settings are needed.
Key Features of Impulse
Impulse is equipped with features that allow you to delve deep into the world of sound design and create unique timbres that match your creative ideas. Let’s take a closer look at its capabilities:
- Up to 16 voices of polyphony: Create complex harmonies, rich chords, and multi-layered textures without the polyphony limitations often found in analog instruments.
- Flexible Oscillator Architecture: Each voice can use from 1 to 4 oscillators. This opens up endless possibilities for building deep, dense and multi-layered timbres – from simple sine waves to complex FM-like structures.
- Variety of Waveforms: Choose from 5 different waveforms for the oscillators, including the classic sawtooth, square, sine, and others. Thanks to effective anti-aliasing, your sound will always be clean and free of unwanted digital artifacts at high frequencies, which is critical for professional sound.
- Wave Control: Adjust the pulse width for square waves to add movement and character to the sound. Also apply distortion directly to the oscillators to create aggressive, saturated and dirty timbres, ideal for basses and leads in modern electronic music.
- Two Volume Envelopes: Precisely control the dynamics and articulation of each sound with two independent volume envelopes. Customize the attack, decay, sustain, and release to perfectly fit the synthesizer parts into your mix.
- 4 Different Resonance Filters: Choose from 4 different types of resonant filters (e.g., low-pass, high-pass, band-pass) to shape the timbre, add character, create classic “wah” effects, and dynamically change the sound over time. The filter resonance adds a characteristic analog “fatness.”
- Two Low-Frequency Oscillators (LFO): Two independent LFOs with 8 different waveforms each open up a wide range of modulation possibilities. Use them to add vibrato, tremolo, panning, or to create complex rhythmic movements of filter parameters, volume, or pitch.
- Tempo Synchronization of LFOs and Effects: Synchronize the speed of LFOs and the delay time of built-in effects (such as Delay) with the tempo of your project in DAW. This ensures perfect rhythmic integration of synthesizer parts and modulations with other elements of your track.
- Portamento and Autobend: Add smoothness to the transition between consecutive notes with the Portamento function, creating a gliding effect. Use Autobend to automatically raise the pitch at the beginning of each note, imitating the performance features of some instruments or adding expressiveness to leads.
- Built-in Stereo Effects: Enrich your sound right inside the plugin by using high-quality stereo effects, such as chorus to add width and movement, flanger for metallic and psychedelic textures, and delay to create echoes and space.
- Overdrive: Add saturation, density, and characteristic analog compression thanks to the built-in Overdrive effect. This effect can both gently warm up the sound and add aggressive distortion, imitating analog circuit overload.
- MIDI Controller Support: Easily integrate Impulse into your workflow by assigning any plugin parameters to external MIDI controllers. This allows for live sound control, creating dynamic automation, and making the performance more expressive.
Why Choose Impulse?
Impulse by Bojo Software is more than just another software synthesizer. It’s an instrument with soul that offers classic analog sound in a convenient and functional VST format for Windows users. Its rich set of features allows you to realize the most daring sound ideas, reproduce classic synthesizer timbres, and create completely new, unique soundscapes. Whether you’re creating electronic music, pop, rock, ambient, film music, or experimental genres, Impulse will provide you with a palette of timbres capable of inspiring and enriching your tracks. The simplicity of the interface combined with the depth of sonic capabilities make it a great choice for both beginners taking their first steps in sound synthesis and for experienced sound designers looking for a reliable and flexible tool. Try Impulse and feel its impulse in your music! It can become your new favorite tool for creating basses, leads, pads, effects, and much more. Its analog character will add warmth and presence to your mixes.
