RgcAudio Pentagon I v1.4-H2O

Feature Set


Oscillators 4 Oscillators, 13 Alias Free Waveforms each plus a
Noise Generator per oscillator:

Saw Vintage Saw Square Vintage Square Pulse 50% Pulse 25% Pulse
12% Pulse 6% Harmonics 5/2 Harmonics 3 Harmonics 4 Harmonics 5
Pure Sine

4 User Loadable waveform slots, in two modes: Simple cycle and
Full range. Includes a Wavetable Library with more than 50
wavetables including synthetic and vintage waveforms. MULTI mode
allows turning Oscillators 1 and/or Oscillator 3 in eight
individual oscillators. 64 voice polyphonic (CPU dependant) with
polyphony limiter and Intelligent Voice Allocation (no clicks
when maximum polyphony is exceeded).

Full Legato mode for monophonic operation. Monophonic/Polyphonic
portamento with Fixed or Variable per-key Time. Individual
adjustments of Level, Waveform, Mode, Phase, Fine, Octave, Coarse
tune, LFO sensitivity and Pitch Eg Intensity for each oscillator.
Key Sync, Inverted, Free Running or Fixed Frequency mode
selection for each oscillator. Dedicated Pitch Envelope
Generator, with Start Level, Attack Time, Attack Level, Decay
Time, Release Level, Release Time and fully bandlimited
operation. Random Pitch control, with individual generators per
oscillator. 4 Operation modes: Add (normal), Ring Modulation,
Hard Sync and Frequency Modulation. Every group of two
oscillators can select any operation mode. Pulse Width Modulation
(PWM) with adjustable depth for every oscillator and phase shift
control by a dedicated LFO. The width can also be changed
manually (real-time) or with a Envelope Generator. 5 Pitch Bend
modes: Normal, Asymmetric, High Note, Low Note, Hold Notes. Pitch
Bend range adjustable up to +12 semitones.

Filters

2 Superb resonant multimode filters (Low Pass, High Pass, Band
Pass, Notch) with individual adjustments for Type, Cutoff,
Resonance, Envelope amount, Velocity, Keyboard Scaling,
Aftertouch, Breath controller, Modulation. Link mode for the two
filters. Low Frequency Oscillators


Dedicated LFO's, for Pitch, Filter and Amplifier, 13 waveforms
each: Sine, Square, Pulse 50%, Pulse 25%, Pulse 12%, Saw Up, Saw
Down, Triangle, Step 1, Step 2, Random 1, Random 2, Sample and
Hold. Variable offset of all waveforms, Delay, Fade, Speed Depth,
Aftertouch, Breath and Modulation controls. All LFO's are
individually syncable to Host Tempo.

Loadable LFO waveforms.

Envelope Generators 2 Amplifier dedicated Envelope Generators
with Attack Time, Hold Time, Decay Time, Sustain Level, Release
Time, Keyboard tracking and Velocity control. 2 Filter dedicated
Envelope Generators with Attack Time, Hold Time, Decay Time,
Sustain Level, Release Time, Keyboard tracking and Velocity
control. Positive or Negative envelope modes. Linear/Exponential
selectable envelopes.

Effects

Drive stage with tone control. Resonance booster. Amp and Cabinet
simulator, with 19 different recreations of vintage cabinets and
amps plus synthetic environments. Formant Filter makes Pentagon I
"speak" vowels. Once this effect is on, the Drive knob will
select the vowel (AEIOU). Map this knob to any MIDI controller,
aftertouch, breath, etc to play the vowel via MIDI. Formant
Filter can be also modulated with Filter LFO. Filter Limiter to
use high Resonance settings without clipping (one limiter per
voice).

Modulation

6 Mode Modulation section. Broad range of Chorus, Flanger and
Phaser effects available, including mono/stereo and 4-voice
chorus and phaser. Delay, Speed, modulation Depth, Feedback, 2-
band Modulation Equalizer with selectable modes and Level
controls. Auto-pan controlled by LFO.

Delay

Stereo, Ping and LRC delay effects, which syncs to host tempo.
Individual time settings for L and R channels, feedback and level
controls.

Eq

Two band quasi-parametric equalizer, with adjustable frequency
and ±12dB range.

Main Effects

Stereo spread. Master limiter. Master volume control for the
whole instrument (all presets) 4 outputs: Main stereo pair (with
effects), 2 auxiliary mono outputs (dry), or stereo outputs
versions. A Voice Modulator allows controlling any Pentagon I
sound with your voice or any external audio source. Just turn it
on, use Pentagon I as effect and send MIDI to it (don't worry,
you don't need to sing in tune ;) 2x oversampling option.

Programs / Banks

Bank and Program selector, Program up/down, Program Name
display/editor. 6 banks (A-F), 768 program capacity, 300 top-
quality factory presets. Saves and Loads standard .fxb and .fxp
files, plus a special file format to reload USER wavetables when
reloading songs/programs (.p1). Compressed bank file format, to
save space in song/bank files. All settings saved in the song.
Copy/Paste/Initialize program utilities. Auto-load of Default
file, utility to save Default File.

Graphic User Interface

Full Parameter Readout on mouseover, in real units (Hz, dB, %,
cents, etc). Full support for user skins. Supports dual-size
skins, Default Skin can be used at 80%. Skin Brightness, Contrast
and Color Balance are adjustable. Sound Preview ribbon at bottom,
MIDI transmit to host (VST).

MIDI Learn

Extensive MIDI implementation: Velocity, Pitch Bend, Aftertouch,
Modulation, Breath, Sustain Sw. All controls are MIDI Learnable,
with adjustable min/max/reverse status via shift-click. Multiple
MIDI CC#'s are possible to be assigned to same control, multiple
controls can be attached to one MIDI CC#. 10 individual MIDI
configurations, with Clear/Copy/Paste configurations
capabilities. So, it is now possible to have one configuration
for woodwind controller, another for Guitar controller, some
others for different keyboards, etc.

ASIO microHost

Ultra light ASIO host for live performance and programming (90k)
Supports 44.1, 48, 88.2 and 96 kHz samplerates. Virtual keyboard
with Pitch Bend/Modulation/Breath/Aftertouch/Program
Change/Transpose controls using PC keyboard. Simultaneous use of
multiple MIDI ports. Saves 16-bit and 32-bit WAV files direct-to-
disk.

New in v1.4:

* New "Analog Transverse Section" sound bank by BigTone (Brok
Landers).

Miscellaneous enhancements and fixes

* Wavetables for .p1 files are automatically loaded on .fxb bank
loading. * P4 denormal bug fixed (when parallel filters were
used). * CPU usage decreased.