OBSESSION v1.0 released

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Synapse Obsession is now available!



Obsession brings the power of a great polyphonic vintage synthesizer to your fingertips. It combines the astute modeling of voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs), voltage-controlled filter (VCF) and voltage-controlled amplifier (VCA) with a comprehensive individual voice control that has never been done before in this detail.

Product page:
https://www.synapse-audio.com/obsession.html

Key features:

• Two part engine with 8 or 16 voice boards
• Single/Dual/Split modes
• High-quality effect block with Delay, Reverb and Chorus
• Precise control of many sound parameters per voice board
• Stepped LFO with freehand drawing for rhythmic sequences
• Scalable GUI, Retina-ready
• Support for Multidimensional Polyphonic Expression (MPE)
• 420 patches by leading sound designers

NKS-Ready

Just like DUNE 3 and The Legend, Obsession is NKS-ready. Its factory library is automatically integrated into Maschine, Komplete Kontrol etc., with all presets properly tagged and a custom parameter map.

[Richard]

Changelog v1.01 (25-Jun-2020)

• Right-clicking on the active/mute voice buttons functions as "Solo voice", Ctrl+Click inverses the mute states.
• LFO Rate knob is now stepped when tempo-synced to 1/2, 1/4, 1/8T etc.
• The trimmer page did not show properly on Non-Retina Macs, fixed.
• In Dual mode, the Vol/Pan trimmers did not work properly, fixed.

[Richard]

Changelog v1.02

• NKS template & patch tagging improved.
• Installation on some Win 10 systems gave an error message, fixed.

[Richard]

Changelog v1.03

• Patch import/export (.repatch) to/from the Reason Rack Extension fixed.

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Changelog v1.1 (11-May-2021)

• Mac OS Big Sur compatibility / native M1 Audio Unit added.
• VST3 version added, with support for note expression.
• Chorale mode added to the Reverb effect.
• Double-x mode added to the Delay effect.
• Line tool added to the LFO steps control.
• New Soften parameter for the LFO Steps.
• Support for polyphonic aftertouch (pressure).

Changelog v1.11 Windows-only (12-May-2021)

• Large skin did not work properly when using the voice edit screen, fixed.

[Richard]

Changelog v1.11 Mac-only (6-Sep-2021)

• Native VST3 version added for Apple M1 machines.
• The installer has been simplified, detecting whether a Mac computer is Intel or M1-based, then automatically installs the correct package.
• Some Magic Mouse devices apparently send spurious mouse wheel messages. To combat this, drop-down menus like the preset menu no longer react to mouse wheel messages, in order to avoid accidental changes.