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The Arturia SQ80 V plug-in is Ensoniq’s classic ‘80s wavetable synth reborn, weaving hybrid lo-fi character, complex industrial textures and thousands of unique waveform combinations into a quick-fire softsynth enhanced for modern production. Digital synthesizers are often known for sounds that are razor-sharp, crystal-clear and precise but SQ80 V has other ideas. It would rather explore the detailed software resurrection of a digital anti-hero that’s out to break the rules. Capture the grit, character and charming imperfection favored by John Carpenter, Adamski, Mr Bungle and countless others with an instrument that’s simultaneously complex and accessible, focused and intricate, edgy and dream-like. 

SQ80 V’s unique voice is all about combining and manipulating waveforms, and each of its three oscillators can be assigned a different waveform. The SQ80 V unites classic waveforms from the original built-in library with hundreds more, ranging from the familiar to the abstract. The resulting range of sounds at your disposal is simply enormous. Discover soft moving string pads, plucky pulse width basses, glitchy industrial percussion and much more.
Arturia SQ-80 V Digital Wavemaker Synthesizer Software Instrument

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  • Three digital oscillators based on the original DOC chip
  • Over 400 waveforms across four unique banks
  • Amplitude Modulation and Hard Sync
  • Four analog DCAs; One for each oscillator, one master output
  • Analog resonant low-pass filter based on the original CEM chip
  • Four polyphonic envelope generators with three modes; SQ80, DADSR, MSEG
  • Three LFOs with six waveforms
  • Eight MIDI sources
  • Modulation mixer for combining two modulation sources
  • Built-in 7-mode arpeggiator
  • Up to 16-voice polyphony with Unison mode
  • Four FX slots across two busses, configurable in series or parallel
  • 15 master effect types
  • Advanced Brightness, Timbre, Time and Movement macro controls
  • 200+ factory presets, including 40 from the original SQ-80 instrument
  • MPE compatibility

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Windows
  • Win 8.1+ (64bit)
  • 4 GB RAM
  • 2.5 GHz CPU
  • 2GB free hard disk space
  • OpenGL 2.0 compatible GPU
Apple
  • Mac OS 10.13+
  • 4 GB RAM
  • 2.5 GHz CPU
  • 2GB free hard disk space
  • OpenGL 2.0 compatible GPU

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