Synapse Audio Software
Synapse Audio Software is a software company located in Germany. Previously known as Sonic Syndicate and headed by Richard Hoffman they develop music production software for the Mac OS and Microsoft Windows platforms. They started developing software in November 1998 as Sonic Syndicate and changed their name to Synapse Audio with the release of Orion Platinum in 2002
The name Synapse Audio was thought of by Epilogue, an Orion user. Sonic Syndicate ran a competition for users to suggest new names for the company. The winner received a free copy of Orion Platinum.
Orion Studio
Orion is a main product manufactured by Synapse. It's complete, standalone music production package, with multitrack sequencer and pattern-based workflow. Orion includes several built-in instruments, and supports additional VST instrument and effect plugins. As of version 8.5, Synapse Orion Studio contains following default instruments:
- Drumrack
- Sampler
- Pro-9
- Tomcat
- Wasp
- Toxic
- Monobass
- Screamer
- Plucked String
- Acoustic Grand Piano
- WaveFusion
- Ultran
- MidiOut module
- Enables sending notes to external MIDI-compatible music equipment
Other products
- Antidote
- Subtractive synthesizer with two complex oscillator banks and an eight mode filter (Rack Extension Plugin)
- Poly-850
- Emulation of early analog Synthesizers (VST Plugin / DXi)
- Hydra
- Multimodel FM-like Synthesizer (VST Plugin / DXi)
- Junglist
- Multimodel KickMaking Synthesizer (VST Plugin / DXi)
- Scorpion
- Emulation of a vintage analog Synthesizer (VST Plugin / DXi)
- Plucked String
- Simple Guitar simulation instrument (VST Plugin / DXi)