Nambu
Definitely “not designed to recreate the sound and workflow of a vintage FM synthesizer” – not looking at you, then, Yamaha DX7 – iceGear’s Nambu is instead a 6-oscillator semi-modular instrument that promises to incorporate “modern ideas”. It also includes 11 LFOs, 11 envelopes, two step sequencers and chorus/tremolo, delay and reverb effects. Choose from six operator types, too: FM, noise plus AM, analogue-style oscillator plus AM, texture plus AM, filter and resonator. Other niceties include AUv3, Audiobus and Ableton Link support, and you can share your own creations with other users and vice versa. £13/$15.
www.icegear.net
VAPoly
Having previously given us VAMono, a monosynth, Japanese developer Ryo Togawa has now introduced VAPoly. This is – you guessed it – a polysynth, specifically an 8-voice instrument that features two…
