

If you’re a red-blooded synth fanatic, Twin 3 makes for a must-have addition to your virtual instrument arsenal. Of course, you also get FabFilter’s acclaimed fine-tuned knobs and controllers, interactive MIDI Learn, an undo/redo and A/B switch, Smart Parameter Interpolation, sample-accurate automation, interactive help hints, NEON and SSE optimization, and a whole lot more. Moreover, Twin 3’s oscillator and filter sound quality has received a significant sonic upgrade, along with built-in analog-modeled drift.

This comprehensively redesigned 64-voice soft synth vaunts an easier workflow than its predecessor, with a simplified interface, a new design of modulation sources, and a floating slot panel and FX panels. Twin 3 brims with powerful features, including four ultra-flexible oscillators, four filters, six FX modules, and effortless drag-and-drop routing, plus a vast modulation system with a multitude of source signal generators and limitless modulation assignments. The Renaissance Channel, for example, doesnt look pretty but sounds wonderful. However, you need to bear in mind that Waves concentrate on top sound quality and ease of use rather then snazzy features. Twin 3 isn’t a mere polyphonic synthesizer plug-in it’s your one-way ticket to modulation nirvana. At £725, the Waves Vocal Bundle is certainly a costly package.
