Rez

Mean Little Monosynth

Overview

Rez is a seemingly basic synth, but it’s capable of a very wide range of sounds. While Rez has a bunch of cool features, the beating heart of Rez is its filter. It’s made from multiple chained filters acting as a single powerful filter and it’s highly resonant, providing Rez with its distinctive character. Top that off with distortion, a phaser, various oscillator modulations, delay, and a killer programmable arp and step sequencer, and you’ve got a powerhouse of a synth in a very small package.

From funky squishes, beastly basses, and screaming leads, to tight arpeggiations, swirling rhythms, atmospheres, bells, and interesting effects, you’ll find it all here. Additionally, it comes with two skins - Yellow & Black, or Black & Yellow.

Free Synth - Commercial Presets

While Rez is free, three commercial banks are available for it - each with 128 presets: Clockwork - Arpeggios & Grooves / Foundation - Basses & Leads / Aurora - Pads, Percussion, & SFX.

Features:

Additional Features:

Virtual analog oscillators
Sub-oscillator
Detune (modulatable via aftertouch)
Programmable phrase arpeggiator
Step sequencer (arp driven) with four mod destinations
Highly resonant low pass filter with velocity, LFO, and envelope modulation

"Age" control (noise to pitch)
Two types of phase modulation

Beastly overdrive with three tone modes
Dual delay with stereo width adjustment
Phaser with optional LFO and velocity modulation
MIDI learn for all controls

Download Rez

Buy Rez Presets!

Check out the selection of preset banks for Rez 3. Only $10 each or $25 for all three!

Rez MP3s

System Requirements

Windows OS
Support for 32-bit plug-ins
VST compatible host
Moderately quick processor
Electricity and speakers might be handy too

Installation

Just open the zip, drag/drop the folder into your VST directory and you're done. That's it...no annoying installers or registration process.

EULA

Feel free to use the supplied presets in your songs - but just don't distribute samples created from of them. Those sounds are the creations of other people and it is not fair to them if you profit from reselling their work.

You are using this software at your own risk. While I do what I can to prevent trouble, I claim no responsibility for damage to your hardware, software, income, reputation, sleep habits, hat size, or person should something go wrong.

Bugs - Rez

Arp Sequencer Resets

The arp sequencer resets with MIDI note-on, as well as when you press play in your host sequencer. However, there can unfortunately still be a lag before the arp starts. To ensure your arp will play back in time, start your host playback a bit before the start of the bar. If this is not possible at the time, the arp will snap back into sync when it receives the next MIDI note. Alternatively, you can also press the manual reset button.

Only One DLL Appears In Plug-in List

The yellow and black versions of Rez need to use the same VST ID so that they can load the same presets. The problem is that some hosts do not allow plug-ins with the same VST ID to all be shown at the same time, instead the host will only show one. If only the black (or yellow) version is showing in your host, and you want to use the other one, try putting it in a sub-folder. For some hosts, this solves the problem. Other hosts may allow you to optionally activate plug-ins that they ignored during the scan. Regrettably though, some hosts simply refuse to show both at the same time no matter what you do.

FL Studio Lag
FL Studio users may experience a lag between when you press play and when the sequencer starts. A lag also occurs when pressing the rewind button. This problem is caused by an incompatibility between this plug-in and the reset procedure FL runs every time you play/rewind.

To fix this problem:
1. Press the options button in FL studio (at the top of the screen)
2. Choose the Audio Settings from the drop down menu
3. Turn off “Reset plugins on transport"