"I overlaid tracks of my vocals mixed with virtual vocals from a software package called Cantor, which has a very robotic sound, and this track popped out." Mike Oldfield - Listen

Virsyn is the story of Harry Gohs and his wife Christiane Kaltschmid - a small company run by a dedicated 2 person team, absolutely passionate about making the best synthesizers in the world. A tall order for such a small team, but our senses tells us that Virsyn won't be small for long.

We first saw them at Musik Messe in 2001 in a booth not far from Steinberg. There was Harry and Christiane showing TERA which seem to be a virtual instrument on steroids. It offered just about every type of synthesis imaginable, and even had a sequencer as well. It was stand alone and was also going to work as a plug-in. I sat through a very passionate demo given by Harry who exhibited the enthusiasm of a kid opening a christmas present. I left quite impressed with Harry's passion, although it was hard to pigeon-hole TERA just by the sheer number of pages I had just seen.

The following Messe we again saw Harry and Christiane, this time with a very streamlined version of TERA and a new piece called CUBE. Not only was TERA fronting a much better interface, it was multi-platform and ready to work with just about any application as a plug-in synthesizer of the highest quality. After hearing the vast range of sounds eminating from the CUBE, we began working with Harry and Virsyn.

Virsyn, this tiny operation out of Pfinztal Germany, has now created a vital niche for itself. TERA earned the prestiguous KEY BUY award from Keyboard Magazine and the CUBE got Electronic Musician's "Editors Choice Award 2004" for the most innovative product for 2003. The CUBE offers unprecedented options for additive synthesists, educators and sound designers - or anyone else who covets being unique and not filling out their composition with a run of packaged sounds from today's run-of-the-mill synthesizers - 500,000 people have those sounds already.

For those ready to stretch out and claim new aural terrain, get the edge by adding Virsyn products to your pallette, you and your audience will be able to tell the difference. Visit a store today and hear the story.

Poseidon
The Ocean of Sound
For all creatures in the ocean of sound - Sonic textures from other worlds, Analog signature sounds, Cut-through-the-mix leads and silkily smooth pads: POSEIDON sets a new standard for sounds and ease of use.

CUBE 2
Additive synthesis for limitless instrument design
CUBE 2 is a musical instrument and the ultimate tool for sound designers who wish to have instant and intuitive access to all principal components every imaginable sound is build from. Every sound can be decomposed in a sine spectrum representing the harmonic and inharmonic partials and a residual noise spectrum for the noise components. The spatial character of a sound can be represented by a pan spectrum. The temporal evolution of these three spectra is a very convenient way to describe every sound. CUBE 2 is built around this model and allows you to manipulate the structure of a sound with all its components in a comfortable and musical way.

CANTOR 2
The Vocal Machine
Thanks to our new vocal synthesis technology VOSE*, a vast improvement in sound quality and intelligibility was achieved. The range of voice characters is virtually unlimited: it goes from robotic voice characters to highly expressive and nearly realistic sounding voices.

TERA 3
The professional tool for sound design and music production
TERA is a modular software synthesizer based on five different synthesis technologies including the the revolutionary "Spectrum synthesis." This new synthesis allows the creation and manipulation of resonant bodies with up to 128 formant frequencies. The innovative user interface of VirSyn TERA sets a new standard in design and functionality. This extremely simplifies the access to the huge sound space of its predecessor. TERA 3 allows each of the three main oscillators to us samples instead of simple waveforms. The new TERRAIN filter allows for real-time morphing between two 16 pole filters.