FabFilter One

For FabFilter One is one of the best cut-off filter ever. Our new design approach has resulted in the fattest and smoothest self-oscillating digital filter you have ever heard. It has been tuned carefully to achieve the character and warmth of a classic analog synthesizer. FabFilter One‰’s filter sounds raw but never cheap or ‰”digital”, even at full resonance.

If you’ve been for a synthesizer plug-in that has the warmth, body, and presence of an old analog synth, there are plenty of products that claim to have it. But in reality, few hold up. FabFilter, now a respected and well-known plug-in manufacturer, launched their company on this plug-in: The FabFilter One. It’s a fantastic-sounding synthesizer plug-in, whose filter really does give the synth a fantastically analog quality. It was so successful that it enabled FabFilter to become one of the industry’s premier plug-in manufacturers. To this day, it still lives up to its reputation as one of the best analog-sounding synth plug-ins available.

From the first notes we played with this synth, we were impressed. It’s got the massive warmth and fat tone of the real thing. And it has a lot going for it too: The synth features a high-quality oscillator with zero aliasing, and a choice between sawtooth, triangle and square waveforms. It also has as an incredible filter. This is where the company got its name as well as its reputation: this feature is what makes it sound the most like a true analog synth. Both the oscillator and the filter can be modulated by the plug-in’s LFO and/or the envelope generator (EG). The LFO has tempo sync, triangle and square waveforms, plus an adjustable wave balance for getting other waveform shapes. The envelope generator has attack, decay, sustain, and release controls, and an additional “hold” control that adds additional sustain by holding down keys for longer. With both of these modulators engaged, you can really add some great envelope and filtering effects to the signal. Additionally, you have pulse-width modulation, and can introduce noise. The cool way that each of these modulators, oscillators and filters combine makes this plug-in a lot of fun to explore and get to know.

Luckily for us, commitment to analog tone doesn’t mean there aren’t some cool modern day features to go along with it! If you’re just diving into synths, you’ll be relieved to know that the plug-in comes with tons of great presets that really illustrate the range of sounds contained here. These not only sound great and can dial in a totally usable tone, they can illustrate what each parameter control does to a signal. The help controls take that even further, with detailed explanations of each parameter (available by simply holding the mouse icon over a button.) You’ll have tons of great sounds at your disposal, with all the tools you need to make the most of it. This is definitely a must-try plug-in if you’re going for analog synth tone and capabilities in your DAW.

Main Features:

• High-Quality, aliasing-free oscillator with triangle, sawtooth, and square wave forms
• Self-oscillating low-pass filter with warm, fat and smooth tone
• LFO (low-frequency oscillator) with tempo sync, triangle and square wave forms, plus adjustable wave balance, allowing for multiple waveform shapes
• Fine-Tuned Envelope generator with additional “Hold” setting gives you a ton of controls
• Frequency and Filter Cut-off modulation give you plenty of modulation types and parameters
• Pulse width modulation controls control pulse-width for square waveforms
• Filter keyboard tracking lets you adjust filter cutoff frequency, and allows for self-oscillation
• Velocity sensitivity controls gives you dynamics control at your fingertips, with adjustable sensitivity for both volume and filter
• 10-voice polyphony, expanding the capabilities of most analog synths
• White/pink noise generator adds noisy frequencies to your signal, making analog tone even more realistic
• Smooth portamento allows synthesizer to glide pitches up and down around the note, adding some vibrato and cool sliding effects
• Over 100 presets make it easy to unlock the One’s massive potential
• Undo and redo buttons make for easy corrections
• MIDI learn lets you control parameters with your MIDI controller
• Smart Parameter Interpolation reduces aliasing effects that can occur with parameter adjustment
• Sample-accurate automation of all parameters further reduces artifacts
• Parameter value display is easy, intuitive and helpful
• Extensive help file as well as on-screen guides that can be accessed simply by holding the mouse over a parameter controls

Controls:

• Bit-controlled oscillator has scale (octave), waveform (triangle, sawtooth, square, or “noise” setting), and pitch controls
• Monophonic or polyphonic (ten voices)
• Fantastic-sounding filter includes controls for resonant frequency cutoff and frequency peak controls
• Oscillator and Filter can be modulated by envelope generator and modulation generator, with amount controls for each
• Envelope Generator has ADSR controls (attack, decay, sustain, release) plus an additional “hold” control that can add sustain by holding down keys for longer; can also be inverted via inversion switch
• Modulation generator has frequency and waveform controls, with adjustable wave balance; can also sync modulation to DAW tempo
• Add Pulse-width modulation to either modulation or envelope generators
• Portamento (gliding) amount and noise amount controls, with option to choose between pink and white noise
• Keyboard velocity sensitivity controls adjust volume and filter sensitivity to keyboard dynamics
• Master output (volume) controls plus Filter KBD tracking
• MIDI learn lets you control parameters with your MIDI Controller

Requirements

Windows

• 64-bit: Windows 10, 8, 7 or Vista
• 32-bit: Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista or XP
• VST 2/3 host or Pro Tools

Mac OS X

• OS X 10.6 or higher
• AU or VST 2/3 host or Pro Tools
• Intel processor