Description
Overview
The Ultra Analog VA-3 Upgrade transforms your previous version of Ultra Analog into a professional two-voice, two-oscillator, bi-filter analog synthesizer. This upgrade balances classic analog familiarity with modern flexibility, delivering fat, alias-free oscillators and a sophisticated signal path designed for high-impact sonic results. By introducing a dedicated Home view for rapid tweaking and a powerful multitimbral engine, VA-3 provides the tools necessary to create texture-rich, spacious sounds with professional precision.
Key Details
- Two-Voice Multitimbral Engine: Combine two independent timbres in stacked or split configurations to create complex, layered textures and performance-ready sounds.
- Advanced Oscillator Section: Features alias-free oscillators with hard sync, sub-oscillators, and integrated pitch envelopes for authentic analog behavior.
- Enhanced Filter Architecture: Includes two ballsy multimode filters with multiple drive and distortion options, plus a brand-new ladder-type filter for an iconic, musical low-pass response that remains musical even under extreme modulation.
- Performance Macros: Four macros per layer respond to user-defined MIDI controls, allowing real-time morphing of modulation, timbre, envelopes, and effects for enhanced expressivity.
- Streamlined Interface: A new Home view provides a distraction-free environment with macros mapped to key sound characteristics for intuitive sound shaping.
- Massive Sound Library: Access over 1,000 presets, including 560 brand-new signature sounds from world-class designers (such as Richard Devine and Christian Halten) and a refined legacy library of 648+ sounds from VA-2, optimized for consistent gain-staging and dynamics.
- Efficient Workflow: A redesigned browser featuring Packs, Sounds, Categories, and Creator views ensures rapid patch discovery.
Use Cases
- Cinematic Soundscapes: Utilize the two-voice multitimbral capability to stack rich pads and deep basses for spacious, atmospheric textures.
- Live Performance: Map the four performance macros to a MIDI controller to evolve sounds dynamically during a set without diving into menus.
- Modern Electronic Production: Leverage the ladder filter and distortion options to create aggressive leads and punchy basslines that cut through a dense mix.
- Rapid Prototyping: Use the Home view and enhanced browser to quickly audition and tweak sounds, keeping the creative flow uninterrupted.
Installation
This is a digital software upgrade. Upon purchase, you will receive a digital license to authorize the software. Please note that this version requires verification of a previous Ultra Analog serial number during the checkout process.
The installation process is optimized for speed, typically completing in less than a minute. Once installed, the software can be launched as a standalone application or loaded as a plugin within your compatible DAW.
Compatibility
- Supported Operating Systems: macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) or later; Windows 10 64-bit or later.
- Processor Requirements:
Mac: Intel Core i5 (circa 2015), Apple M1 processor or later.
PC: Intel Core i5 (circa 2015) processor or later. - Plugin Formats: VST2, VST3, AU, AAX Native, NKS, and Standalone.
- Architecture: 64-bit only.
- DAW Support: Compatible with 64-bit DAWs (e.g., Logic Pro, Cubase, Ableton Live, Pro Tools, Digital Performer, Sonar). Please refer to your specific DAW’s requirements for plugin usage.
Additional Details
- Manufacturer: Applied Acoustics Systems (AAS)
- Manufacturer: AAS
- Edition: Upgrade from previous version (VA-2)
- Delivery Format: Digital software license and download
- Delivery Format: Download / Digital License
- Platform: Mac and Windows
- Plug-In Formats: VST2, VST3, AU, AAX Native, NKS, Standalone
- Plug-In Formats: VST2 · VST3 · AU · AAX Native · NKS · Standalone
- SKU: ILIO-AA-UAUGDL3
- Supported Operating Systems: macOS · Windows · 64-bit, macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) or later, Windows 10 64‑bit or later
- Compatibility: macOS · Windows · 64-bit, VST2 · VST3 · AU · AAX Native · NKS · Standalone, Mac minimum system requirements*, macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) or later, Intel Core i5 (circa 2015), Apple M1 processor or later, 64-bit DAW, PC minimum system requirements*, Windows 10 64‑bit or later, Intel Core i5 (circa 2015) processor or later, *The minimum system requirements mentioned above are for standalone usage. For plug-in usage, please refer to your DAW software requirements (Sonar, Pro Tools, Cubase, Live, Digital Performer, Logic Pro, etc.)
- Requirements Source: manufacturer or supplier product documentation (https://www.ilio.com/ultra-analog-va3-upgrade).
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