XILS lab XILS3 Virtual Instrument Software Download

XILS Lab's XILS 3 continues in XILS Lab's relentless pursuit of the detailed emulation of classic and underrepresented synthesizers. The XILS 3 invokes the EMS VCS3, a darling of both The Who and Pink Floyd.

As is the case with all of XILS Lab' synthesizer emulation plugins, the XILS 3 faithfully recreates all of the capacities of the original but does not stop there. It features three oscillators, one with a sine and sawtooth wave generator and two more with square and triangle on board. Add to that a noise generator with level and color control and you have the building blocks of rich and complex synthesizer sounds.

There is a ring modulator and a spring reverb emulator that are separate from the effects section, which include the expected chorus and delay. This clever separation of effects according to their character is a brilliant architectural consideration.

The trapezoid envelope generator is particularly charming, and is equipped with a controllable looping option. A standard ADSR envelope is part of the mix as well.

The XILS 3 is also host to a powerful sequencer that can be clocked to the host or run on its own. It is a 128 event, three-track sequencer that can be routed to six outputs, which can be rerouted to a variety of other destinations. One of its many quirky aspects is a pitch-tracker that detects the frequency of incoming audio and applies it as a modulation source.

The presets are stunning, obviously created at the loving hands of dedicated synthesizer enthusiasts, just like you. The XILS 3 is a complex and wonderful tool for anyone who already lives and breathes analog sound design, or anyone who instinctively knows that their lives have been empty shells without this breathtaking plugin.

Three aliasing-free oscillators : sine, ramp, square, triangle.
One 2/4 poles low pass filter
One envelope, based on two different designs, trapezoid and ADSR
One spring reverb
One ring modulator.
One 128 steps sequencer
two output static filters
One joystick
Three connection matrix
One input gate
One input envelope follower
One pitch tracker
One transient tracker
Mono/Unison/Polyphonic playing mode, up to 18 voices of polyphony
Two envelopes, 1 MIDI synced LFO, 1 MIDI synced S&H, 1 Voltage Processor (for increasing the modulation shapes)
New sources and destinations for the matrix : A menu allows a wide range of destinations or sources, without increasing to much the matrix size.
Matrix Pins : 4 different colors for four different amounts and new sort of pin for inverting the signal.
New sequencer features : mouse editing, three independant sustain times, ....

Mac OSX 10.3.9 and later : VST, Audio Unit, RTAS (Protools 7.0 and later)
Windows XP, Vista and 7 ; VST, RTAS (Protools 7.0 and later)