Audeon releases a new Windows demo version of its flagship software synthesizer UFO. In addition to a couple of fixes, this new demo offers:

• 50% more factory presets
  
• Improved graphics for better parameter readability

UFO is built upon Audeon's proprietary TransModal Synthesis engine, wrapped in a unique and intuitive user interface. Programming a sound consists of placing dots on 2D controllers featuring perceptual attributes such as Periodicity, Brightness, Noisiness, Chaos, etc. Hundreds of simultaneous parameter modulations can be achieved by simply drawing coloured arrows on these 2D controllers.

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Try or retry it now! UFO can be downloaded from Audeon's website www.audeon.fr

• The sound is defined by various perceptual attributes such as Periodicity, Brightness, Noisiness, Chaos, etc. These sound characteristics are mapped to two-dimensional (XY) control surfaces. Programming a sound comes down to placing dots on these controllers for getting the desired balance between these characteristics.
• The timbre of the sound can be modulated graphically: you simply draw arrows on the control surfaces indicating the way the sound is altered by the various modulations. UFO's synthesis engine allows hundreds of simultaneous modulations, offering a great deal of expressivity while remaining very easy to program thanks to the graphical representation of the sound.

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UFO can be purchased online from Audeon's web site www.audeon.fr. It is available as a VST plugin and is priced $139/€119.

Try before you buy: PC and Mac demo versions are available for download, including a beta test release of the upcoming Mac update to Universal Binary.

A light version of UFO is also available as a shareware (Windows only).