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Rob Papen brings back Albino 3 - October 6, 2023 screenshot
According to Rob Papen, Albino 3 will return as a Legend version with the release of the eXplorer 9 bundle in November 2023.

Rob Papen brings back Albino 3 as Legend version in the eXplorer 9 bundle - October 6, 2023

Plugins come and go. New ones are developed, existing ones are updated, or, depending on the situation, they are left to die. One of the synthesizers that did this is Albino 3 by Rob Papen and Linplug from 2006—a software synth from the early days. Today, it’s a classic synth that many music producers still love.

In 2012, Albino 3 was discontinued, and its spiritual successor, Predator, was introduced. As we know, Linplug closed its plugin business chapter in 2017 (RIP Spectral). Recently, Rob Papen, however, managed to buy the Albino 3 code from Peter Linsener (LinPlug). There are great news.

Rob Papen Albino 3 Legend

According to Rob Papen, Albino 3 will return as a Legend version with the release of the eXplorer 9 bundle in November 2023. It’s now in beta.

The resurrection of a legendary and groundbreaking software synthesizer from the past! Originally released in 2006, Albino-3 was the result of a collaboration between Virtual Instrument designer Peter Linsener and Dutch sound designer and musician Rob Papen.

The new Albino 3 Legend will feature the same virtual analog engine many people love. However, Rob Papen’s developers have updated the code with some features that are seen as necessary these days. You get full VST 3 support, different GUI sizes, and compatibility with the
latest macOS so native Apple Silicon support and Windows computers. And Rob also says it will probably also come with fresh sounds.

Albino 3 Legend Features

The core consists of three oscillators with analog- and digital-style waveforms and sub-oscillators joined by amplitude and frequency cross-mod,
and PWM for all waveforms. Then, it hosts two filters per voice, each with two types (silk and cream type), giving you up to 12 modes.

On the modulation side, you can work with up to eight envelopes per voice with advanced functionalities like looping. There are also four multi-wave LFOs with
adjustable symmetry and phase, plus additional LFO-DAD envelopes. All this is managed by a unique modulation matrix with hundreds of mod routings.

Albino 3 Legend also hosts a multi-FX processor with six slots, including delay, two types of chorus, phaser, flanger, filter, reverb, stereo delay, gator, wah-wah, compressor,
and LoFi. And with the built-in 1250 presets you can get inspired and get creative straight away. As already said, there will be more than 1250 in the new Legend version.

comments

  Member 22.09.2018 2 44
+40
ahh it reminds me of Rusko producing wobbles back in the day..
yes, it's really me.
  Contributor 3.05.2011 717 5084
+43653
that is such a great news!

hopefully RP does not add his GUI concepts to Albino.

its still one of my favs for ambient pads.
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  Resident 2.10.2013 284
+158
I have very warm feelings for Albino. Not only because of nostalgia for those years, but also because of the role he had on me as a computer musician. My good old friend is back!
P.S. Peter Linsener is a genius. I miss LinPlug a lot!
  Contributor 3.05.2011 717 5084
+43653
LinPlug plugins were amazing, even one of the first i did use. (think reddevil was by LinPlug back in 2003?)

And i still have Linplugs Last Plugin Spectral somewhere.
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  Member 12.08.2022 105
+18
Never a fan of this synth. Not deep enough feature wise. hope the new version gets at least an oversample upgrade.
  Resident 7.07.2022 16
+13
quote by Articstormthat is such a great news!

hopefully RP does not add his GUI concepts to Albino.

its still one of my favs for ambient pads.


Have a look at Robs livestream: 5th of October 2023 on his YT Channel "Rob Papen"

- Rob says his company was able to purchase the source code of Albino 3 from Peter Linsener

- For features Rob mentions a better compatibility with modern systems, scalable UI (100%, 125%, ...) and switchable font color: red, pink, white, IIRC

I can't remerber if he says anything about audio upsampling. I don't think so. IMO that would somewhat defeat the purpose. If you want clean sound it's maybe better to choose one of his modern creations like Predator 3 oder Blue 3.
  Contributor 3.05.2011 717 5084
+43653
thanks for the summary! this sounds very promising.
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  Member 16.05.2023 159
+36
DUUUUDE, I will be able to relive my teenage years!!!!
  Member 24.02.2023 290
+101
This synth was a monster back in the days.
I used it a LONG time, until i seen no more update, especially on crappy effects (weak point on this synth).

If they push the effects section, we are back into business.

Nice news !
  Resident 16.11.2013 529
+148
If he could do the same with Spectral that would be just fine...
  Resident 6.10.2011 1 630
+116
Albino was one of those Ah Ha! Software Synth moments.
You knew there was someone who had a clue behind the scenes.
It was a marked step forward for software synths. 3's great routing, and sound. like hardware, with some nice quality effects, rocked. Albino 3 was the peak of this synth line. It was a cut above the rest, at the time, but the UI became glitchy AF. Fell behing OS updates. The maintenance just fell behind and others companies like Arturuia and Co, would come to overshadow Albino and it's features and stability. It'll remain a classic and killer soft synth regardless, IMO. Great to see it's return. Let's hope its UI doesn't tear and glitch.
  Resident 12.04.2012 6 580
+297
For my taste, Albino has the best sounding engine compared with regular Rob Papen VST. Similar to the strange disappearance of Terratec Komplexer that sound a lot better than Largo. Thanks!
Keyboardist, Producer, DJ and music lover from BSAS.
Thanks for this beautiful community!
  Member 5.12.2022 120
+43
The only synth in RP line of production that is worth something even after all this years. Probably because it wasn't made by R Papen))
  Member 12.09.2018 37
+3
personally prefer albino 3 over anything else in explorer so this is great
  Member 18.02.2014 1 113
+42
A monster. An all time favourite for me.
I'm happy as sh!t.
  Member 30.01.2021 14 66
+38
I want it, loved it back in the days

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