Linplug SPECTRAL v1.3.1 VSTi x86 x64 PATCHED-CHAOS

Additive synthesis for the win!

Damn, didn't know that! I remember trying Harmor rather quickly a year ago or more, but that was nothing more than browsing through presets as I didn't have much time back then for anything more (not that I have anywhere near enough NOW, mind you! ^^) and I just didn't like much of what I heard (but then, I don't think ANY plugin from Image-Line ever did any kind of impression on me anyway). I'm mainly focused at composing atmospheric and vintage 70s prog/electronic stuff (Schulze, Vangelis, Eno, Jarre, Tangerine D., you know the classics...) and in that department, what I heard wasn't any close to good enough for me, like no beautiful evolving pads, no bouncy arps, etc.
Even so, that was never a proper judgement on my part of the synth engine in itself, just presuming the presets were supposedly doing a good job at representing what the synth could actually produce, so after being just disappointed with all the sounds, I left Harmor at that...
But your quote sure enough has regained interest in it! And I definitely didn't know all that incredible stuff about Harmor's filters! If things are indeed how Cron describe them in that area, then it is damn impressive and would put Spectral to shame! I'm gonna have to investigate the matter further soon...
I only mentioned the feature was unique to Spectral because I had up to now never heard of another softsynth (or hardware for that matter) able to do this + Peter himself boasts about it being a "never-before-seen" feat, still exclusive to Spectral. One thing I'm especially eager to check now that I've read your quoting Cron about Harmor, is whether its filters are independent and freely assignable -- one of the main limits of Spectral's architecture is that each of the four filters is locked and totally dependent of its own oscillator. If Harmor doesn't have that limitation then I would truly be amazed!
Still, one good point still in favour of Spectral is its ease of use and clear interface -- something certainly lacking in Harmor's GUI which is cluttered, confuse and definitely tough to entirely figure out without some learning curve -- due in parts to its complexity and also because of many rather uncommon features in the softsynth world, like I remember an harmonizer section or sth for instance...

quote by superliquidsunshineI couldn't off the top of my scattered memory remember other synths with drawable filters, but knew somewhere deep down inside that there were others, so did a quick search and found a bunch

Pray tell man!!! What bunch? I'd be real grateful if you can give us a list, cause I have indeed never seen drawable filters anywhere else myself and I'd love to be put out of my ignorance!! (^_^) Seriously, always eagrer to discover new interesting synths with innovative or rare features...

Thx! It's works like a charm.