Since the Deluge also has a Matrix and is about the same time on the market:
SYNTHSTROM DELUGE UPDATES since introduction:
V2.0
-- Song arranger mode
-- 30 - 50% or more improvement to CPU efficiency (i.e. more voices)
-- Around 30x more RAM available for working on a song
-- New analog-modelling synth engine features
-- Effect tails may now be heard even after a track finishes playing (including outside of the new arranger mode)
-- MIDI CC, pitch bend, and channel aftertouch recording, sequencing and output
-- MIDI note outputs within kits
-- Note velocity now defaults to that of last touched note (per track)
-- Innumerable other bugfixes and improvements
V2.1
New In Synthstrom Audible 2.1
Sample Engine
multisampling
waveform view
AIFF file support, and wav file support extended to include 8-bit files
sample loop point support – UI, and import from tagged files
high quality 16-point windowed sinc interpolation now used for sample pitch adjustment / sample rate conversion
better quality pitch shifting and time stretching – also ~60% more efficient
automatic pitch detection and transposing of all samples loaded into “synth” instruments, including single-cycle waveforms
MIDI/Gate
greatly reduced jitter on MIDI, gate, and trigger-clock output, regardless of CPU load
when MIDI clock or trigger clock output is enabled, stopping all tracks and then starting one again no longer restarts the clock
can set to ignore MIDI clock input
Arranger
arrangement recording from live performance in song view
can now add / delete instruments, and learn MIDI input channels to them, directly in arranger
automation of “affect entire song” params, in arranger only
Media management
can import a whole folder of samples as a kit
collect media tool – copies all song’s samples to a folder for export
for certain sample params (POLYPHONY, MODE, REVERSE, SPEED, PITCH/SPEED), can now apply change to whole kit by holding affect-entire button
Plus
CPU efficiency improved another ~15% (on top of the 30 – 50% gained in V2.0)
horizontal scroll position numeric indication is now present in arranger, and has been changed everywhere to the more standard “bar.beat” format. The same numeric format is now shown when editing track length
settable defaults and randomness for tempo, swing, key and scale
multiplying a track now alters notes’ iteration dependence to keep the piece sounding the same where possible
sidechain and pitch are now adjustable at the “kit” level, using “affect-entire”
V3.0
New features
* Audio clips (an all-new type of clip, in addition to synth, kit, CV and MIDI)
* Live looping of audio and instrument / MIDI clips, including easy overdubbing / layering, and automatic tempo setting
* Audio clip live looping includes option to record additional audio "margins" either side of loop (from before you even pressed record), to allow a brief crossfade to eliminate click at loop point
* Auto-extending of clip length during note recording
* Recording count-in
* Recording audio or MIDI directly into arrangement tracks
* Audio thru
* Alphanumeric keyboard, allowing text-based names of presets and files
* Deleting of audio and preset files
* New preset-loading interface, with "clone" function for adding multiple preset instances
* USB host mode for MIDI devices
* Ability to switch off automatic sample previewing
* Expanded MIDI control of functions for pedal control of live looping
* Further CPU optimizations to allow an even greater number of sounds to be played at once
and these are just the big updates
different instruments, sure, but Rohan Hill of Synthstrom seems to be a bid closer to his customers
