“...superb synth offering very fine presets”
[ read the full review online ]
Computer Music 07/2006


Recommendation in Beat 11/2006

demo songs
(made only with Sophistry, except for the drums)

[ Sophie’s Dream
  by Marco Lehmann ]

[ Sophistry Chillihouse
  by Metal ]

[ Sophistry Demo
  by Chris Hülsbeck ]

[ Sophistry Oldiepop
  by Metal ]

[ Spatialcartrige
  by Metal ]

    The SOPHISTRY Ambient Synthesizer

    Features

• 700 exclusive presets based on more than 5 Gb of samples by
  Frank XenoX Neumann from Particular Sound
• Versatile architecture with 4 generator modules that are mixed into two filters.
• Generator types are Oscillator, Time-Sampler, Wavetable (Schrader) and Loop-Sampler.
• Free Filter with new, continuously adjustable, modulatable filter-type.
• Loop Sampler Generator with individually modulatable loop-points and start-point.
• Easy-Edit panel allowing preset browsing and quick access to main synthesis parameters.
• Powerful, editable arpeggiator with up to 32 steps.
• Stereo and 5.1 support (2 generators, both filters and 3 of the effects units can be mixed in 5.1 format, stored as part of the preset).
• Analogue-modeled Oscillator Generator for real-time analog-style synthesis.
• Time-Sampler with independent real-time time-stretching and pitch-shifting.
• Wavetable (Schrader) Generator that offers wavetable-like operation using any sample.
• Loop Sampler Generator, capable of loading up to 64 samples.
• Sampler Generators support audio formats including WAV and AIFF up to 24bit/96kHz.
• 2 analog-style multimode stereo filters with modulatable cutoff frequency and resonance.
• 7 ADSFR-type envelopes for controlling output amplitudes and cutoff frequencies, as well as two freely assignable Modulation Envelopes.
• 4 independent LFOs with various waveforms and midi-sync capabilities.

• LFO Waves have adjustable delay, attack and decay time, and waveform-symmetry.
• Modulation Matrix with 10 routings for connecting 30 sources and 56 destinations.
• Fully recognizes Velocity, Aftertouch, Pitchbend, Modwheel and various other
  MIDI controllers, and includes a “MIDI Learn” function for easy controller assignment.
• 6 simultaneously available effect units, including various Delays, Chorus, Phaser, Filter,
  Flanger, Gator, Stereo Enhancer, Parametric EQ and Crusher.
• Mono/Polyphonic Portamento/Glide featuring "Fingered" mode, switchable Constant Time/Constant Rate and Auto-Bend Modes.
• 32-voice polyphony (CPU dependent), sample-accurate, settings are saved with the song.

[ 400 Miles Distance
  by Markus Siebold ]

[ Sweet Sophie ]
 by Dominik (LpD) Popinski
 

Requirements a VST2.0 or AU capable host software, a screen resolution of 1024x768 or higher, 5.5 Gb free space on your harddrive
[for Macintosh®]: Mac OSX 10.3 or newer, 1 GHz CPU, 1 Gb RAM
[for PC]: Windows XP or newer, 1 Ghz CPU, 1 Gb RAM

The Sophistry is available exclusively from LinPlug.It comes with more than 700 exciting presets made by Particular Sounds and an English, French and German PDF-manual !
The license fee is 199 US$ / 149 Euro (including a DVD, a printed manual, handling and shipping worldwide)

CronoX 3 customers can get the Sophistry Ambient Synthesizer at a reduced fee of 99 US$ / 79 Euro
 

Sophistry and CronoX3

Actually the Sophistry Ambient Synthesizer is “a CronoX3 instrument”. This means that its a CronoX3 with a custom GUI and a complete new set of sounds. When you purchase Sophistry you get the instrument software, that is 100% sound compatible with the CronoX3 instrument software and offers exactly the same possibilities to tweak sounds or build sounds from scratch as the CronoX3. The sounds of Sophistry are 100% new sounds, made by Particular Sound exclusivel for the Sophistry instrument, based on more than 5 Gb of samples. If you already own CronoX3 you can get the Sophistry at a much reduced price of <Undefinierte Benutzervariable: SophistryUS_SO> US$ / <Undefinierte Benutzervariable: SophistryEU_SO> Euro here. The Sophistry sounds can be loaded into CronoX 3 (and vice versa, CronoX3 sounds can be loaded in the Sophistry Ambient Synthesizer).