Wide Blue Sound, is proud to announce ELYSIUM, a KONTAKT plug-in represented as a two-layer synth for creating music infused with tonal rhythms, movement, and unrivalled playability.

ELYSIUM features two layers: PERC and SYNTH including percussive tonal sounds, including guitars, mallets, pianos, and synths. It is possible to add MORPH and BASS sounds while the associated Analog, Flux, and Spread controls add variety between each note played. SYNTH should already be familiar to owners of Wide Blue Sound’s ORBIT — designed for the rapid creation of stunning cinematic synths and atmospheric textures. Boosted by some special features never before seen in a synth, ELYSIUM boasts 11 traditional and custom-shop filter designs.

Nathan Rightnour, CEO, said “Our favourite thing about ELYSIUM is that we’ve created an unprecedented variety of ways to add motion to your patch over time, while keeping things musical. Everyone users it in a different way, and we were surprised at the huge range of patches that the sound designers sent back to us. Every single sound designer had a unique voice that came through the instrument, and they all loved exploring its unique features.”

The FX page features a comprehensive effects sections with 31 electrifying effects, spanning stomp-boxes, amplifiers, adventurous modulation- and chorus-based effects, saturated delays, reverbs, and more, 300 effect presets (not including convolution reverb presets) and 600-plus practical and creative impulse responses in 27 reverb categories. It is possible to create full FX chains for the PERC layer, SYNTH layer, and MASTER effects bus, or conjure up immediate inspiration by generating entire effects chains at the click of a button.

The MOTION page provides six stylish sequencers with which users can creatively automate any of ELYSIUM’s parameters, including an ability to change the PERC layer’s MORPH and BASS sounds on every step, while its innovative TIDE module makes it a breeze to create multi-bar swells or quick EDM-inspired LFOs. Sequences can be generated for inspiration or hand-drawn for precision.

ELYSIUM includes three useful sound locks to retain certain parts of the patch when changing presets: Rhythm Lock (locks all rhythmic elements of the PHASE SEQUENCER and synth engine itself), Pitch Lock (locks the PITCH sequence in the PHASE SEQUENCER), and FX Lock (locks the entire FX page) — perfect examples of the dozens of thoughtful and innovative features found throughout ELYSIUM to help make sound design a more fun and practical experience!

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