String Theory

Physical Modeling String Synth

Overview

String Theory is a flexible, delay based, physical modeling synth which is capable of a very wide range of plucked strings, atmospheric pads and ambiences, and unique hybrid synth sounds. Experimentation is encouraged as it will likely lead you to sounds you may not have expected this synth to make.

String Theory also offers dual phrase arpeggiators. Each arp has its own speed, gate, and octave controls, which allows for far more complex patterns than the average arp and can also help better simulate guitar finger picking.

Features:

Additional Features:

Physical modeling synthesis
Delay based oscillators
Detune
Pitch LFO
Amp envelope with 2 attacks
Tremolo
BP+BR filter

LP filter with envelope and LFO
HP filter with envelope and LFO
Dual metal module
Dual delay with MIDI sync and pan
Dual phrase arpeggiator
MIDI CC support
173 presets

Download String Theory

String Theory MP3s

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Check out the KVR One Synth Challenge contest for fantastic examples of what can be done with just String Theory. OSC 29: String Theory

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 - String Theory

Multi-core processors + Multiple Instances
Unfortunately VSTs built with older versions of SynthEdit (such as this one) are not properly compatible with multi-core processors. Single instances work fine, but multiple instances can cause crashes in hosts that have multi-processor support activated. As time allows I will be working on updates to all my plug-ins using the latest version of SynthEdit, which will eliminate this bug.

In the meantime, there are a few workarounds for this issue.

1. Make additional copies of the dll for each extra instance you expect to need, and give each a new name. (eg: string-theory2.dll, string-theory3.dll, etc.) Hosts consider each an individual instance, and therefore do not run into the multiple instance conflict.

2. Freeze each instance before loading another one, especially if your host has an “unload while frozen” option.

3. Turn off multi-processing in your host. Of course this is the least desirable.

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"