FabFilter has announced FabFilter Twin 3, the latest version of its virtual analogue synthesiser.
Almost two decades after FabFilter’s plug-in debut with the FabFilter One synthesiser, Twin 3 expands and improves on its predecessor in every area, including a redesign of the GUI and workflow, more and better oscillators and filters, an improved modulation system and all-new FX section.
FabFilter has completely redesigned Twin 3’s interface and workflow, making it more immediately accessible, visually informative, and speedy to navigate, and adding new scaling options and a Full Screen mode. Responsive per-oscillator oscilloscopes, a spectrogram, and full visualisation of modulation signals throughout the signal path let users see everything they hear, while the floating slot panels group active modulation sources at each target control for collective tweaking.
Twin 3 provides four oscillators (up from Twin 2’s three) featuring analogue-modelled drift for subtle random pitch and phase fluctuation, as well as pulse width modulation, hard sync, and phase sync. Polyphony has been upgraded to a maximum of 64 voices (double the 32 of Twin 2) and the Per Oscillator polyphony mode, which steps through the oscillators with each incoming note. Twin 3’s filters have been doubled in number from two to four and similarly enhanced, with new vintage-style Bell, Shelf, and Notch types delivering nonlinear distortion, and the 6dB/octave slope option.
Twin 3 introduces a supercharged new FX section, comprising six processing modules for transforming and polishing signals. Shape dynamics and apply saturation with compressor and drive effects; create space and generate rhythmic echoes with reverb and delay; and thicken and widen the sound with chorus and phaser. Every FX parameter is available as a modulation target that can be controlled by Twin 3’s Envelope Generators/Followers, XLFOs, XY controllers, Sliders and Midi sources. The new Arpeggiator features host sync, groove/Llegato, and rate offset control.
Replacing the simple menu of previous versions, Twin 3’s preset browser makes navigation and management of factory and user patches quick and easy. Presets can be assigned freely editable tags for filtering within the Search engine, set as favourites, and given author names and text descriptions. If anyone has Twin 1 and/or 2 installed, then all of their presets will appear in Twin 3 as well.
FabFilter Twin 3 is now available for €29, US$129, or £109, supporting both Windows and macOS in VST and VST 3, Audio Units, AAX and AudioSuite plug-in formats.
System requirements are either Windows 11, 10, 8, 7, or Vista (32-bit and 64-bit) and a VST 2/3 host, or Pro Tools, or macOS 10.13 or higher (64-bit only) with Intel or Apple Silicon processor, and an Audio Units host, VST 2/3 host, or Pro Tools.
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