Softube Modular License Code

Summary from SOS magazine February 2019

PROS

• Works exactly like a modular, inside your DAW
• Official emulations of real-world modules
• Can be inserted as an effect to process your DAW tracks
• Great NKS support

CONS

• No MIDI learn or general CC control implementation
• Frustrating fixed window size system

SUMMARY

Modular is the closest simulation of Eurorack you can get as a plug-in.

FINAL THOUGHTS

Modular is currently the closest direct simulation of Eurorack available in a plug-in. It sounds fantastic and offers many modules that are virtual recreations of real (and choice) hardware modules. As well as a synth, you can use Modular as an insert effect, so it adds an experimental signal processing toy box to your DAW. There are some basic things that would make Modular better to use, such as a freely resizable plug-in window, and more MDI modulation and control possibilities.

Softube make it clear in the manual that you can’t fully replicate the physical experience of using a modular synth in software. Using a hardware synth puts you into a different headspace, there’s a relationship between your physical movement and the sound that forms a more direct feedback loop.

There is, though, a lot of upside in the form of patch saving and recall, DAW automation and portability. You can rebuild your rack any time and use multiples of any module (although there’s a danger that you only ever scratch the surface of things). But it’s not a zero-sum game – if you’re a hardware Eurorack fan, Modular is great for prototyping new ideas or purchase options, and there’s always the possibility of connecting via a suitable audio interface. Above all, Modular makes modular synthesis accessible to many more people, and at a much lower cost.

- Simon Sherbourne, Sound on Sound February 2019

Features:

• Cross-platform modular synthesizer plug-in standard
• Features authorized emulations of hardware Eurorack brands
• True dynamic circuit-emulation—looks
• Functions and sounds like its hardware counterparts
• Basic System contains six Doepfer modules (A-110-1 VCO, A-108 VCF, A-132-3 Dual VCA, A-140 ADSR, A-118
• Noise/Random, A-147 VCLFO)
• Over 20 Utility modules (MIDI to CV/Gate, mixers, Slew, sample & hold, switches, multiples, Delay, Offset, Sequencers, Clock Sources, Dividers, Logic and Signal Tools and Polyphonic MIDI to CV/Gate)
• Additional authorized emulations from Intellijel available (uFold II, Korgasmatron II, Rubicon)
• More modules from other quality hardware Eurorack vendors coming
• Softube Heartbeat drum channels and EQ can be used as separate modules (Heartbeat owners)
• Modular can be used both as effect and instrument
• Integrable with hardware Eurorack modular
• More than 200 quality presets covering a huge range of styles and sounds
• Manual offers step by step patching tutorials

formats: VST/VST3/AU/AAX Nativ

Mac min. requirements: Intel Core Duo, AMD 64 X2, 4 GB RAM, Mac OS X 10.7, 32/64 Bit

PC min. requirements: Intel Core Duo, AMD 64 X2, 4 GB RAM, Windows 7 (32/64 Bit), 32/64 Bit

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