Zodiac is a virtual instrument with a collection of sounds inspired by New Age artists of the 80s and 90s like Enigma, DeepForest, Vangelis, Enya, and others.
Lush Pads, Nature sounds, Lead Flutes, and other Orchestral and World Elements are bundled into one instrument to inspire you. All sounds are professionally produced and sampled and preset generated using our own synthesis and effects engine.
These are ready to play!, Just go through the presets and you will be instantly inspired to make new music. Whether you make film soundtracks or pop music, this is a must have collection for all artists and composers.
Features
Factory Presets :
Comes Bundled with 200+ Factory Presets: 19 World Sounds, 24 Pads, 23 Elements, 11 Voices, 48 Orchestra Sounds, 10 Sequences, 23 Keys, 18 Bass, 13 Key Splits, 6 Drums Kits, and 9 Synth sounds.
Multi-Sample Maps :
17 Bass maps, 6 Drum kits maps, 14 Elements maps, 5 guitar maps, 23 Keys maps, 32 Orchestra maps, 20 Pads maps, 14 Synths maps, and 17 World maps.
The 2 Multisample Maps Engines A and B can be Layered or Split on the keyboard with automatic assignment via MIDI.
All Controls on the plugin are MIDI mappable easily with a “right-click”.
Library Relocate :
Easily place the content on any internal or external drive of your computer and just use the settings icon to
Locate your library once. You can move the content anywhere at any time and re-connect it with the plugin.
Synthesis Features:
Each Engine Features :
- Amp Envelope – ADSR
- Filter envelope – ADSR
- Pitch Envelope – ADSR3 LFOs for Filter, Volume, and Pitch respectively.
- All Syncable to tempo. Features Rate and Depth Controls.
- Analog Modelled Ladder Filter with LP, HP, and BP modes with 12 or 24dB / Oct selections.
- Filter Cutoff and Resonance controls.
- Pitch Transpose, Tune.
- Portamento (Glide) with rate parameter.
- Velocity to Volume Curve adjustment & Velocity to Filter Cutoff Curve Adjustment.
Arpeggiator :
Up to 32-step Arpeggiator synced to tempo with Modulation in steps for :
Velocity, Note Length, and Pitch.
Save your own patterns and load factory patterns.
Step Increment, Swing, and other features are also implemented.
FX Engine:
9 Swappable Effects available :
Reverb, Chorus/Flanger, Phaser, 4 Band EQ, Compressor, Drive, Bit Crusher, Delay, and Stereo Expander.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
VST3, AU, AAX (64-bit host)
Windows 10 or later / OSX Mojave or later ( NOT TESTED ON MacOS Ventura* )
Intel i5 or later / AMD Athlon 64 or equivalent 2 GB RAM / 300 MB HD
Tested on :
MACOSX: Logic 7.2, Ableton Live 11, Protools 12, Fl Studio 20
WINDOWS: Ableton Live 11, Protools 12, Fl Studio 20, Bitwig, Reaper, Cubase.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
M1 Mac users currently using Logic Pro (10.7.2 and above ) or Ableton (11.1) please use ( OSX -M1). For all other Daws please use the regular installer ( OSX )
INSTALLATION
OSX:
– Download the Zodiac_OSX.pkg file and click open
– Follow the instructions install the plug-in(s) Follow the instructions to install the plug-in(s)
Windows:
– Run Zodiac_WIN.exe
– Follow the instructions to install the plug-in(s)
Here is what you should do if you are unable to see the library ( Content folder ) :
1. Download the Content folder from the download section.
2. Extract the Content folder to the Drive of your choice.
3. Now open your DAW, Load Zodiac, and click on the gear icon ( Available on the Zodiac interface ) to select the location of the Zodiac Content folder.
4. Now just select the folder ” Zodiac ” that you extracted inside your Drive. Once that is done, it will automatically load the content on Zodiac, just restart the plugin.
Note:
For users: Windows
- If you are planning to move the content of Zodiac to another location, please make sure that the target destination has folder write and read permissions before moving.
- For resetting Zodiac back to factory settings and locations, please delete the file “Zodiac_settings” from the Documents folder.
For users: OSX
- For resetting Zodiac back to factory settings and locations, please delete the file “Zodiac_settings” from the Documents folder.