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XILS-lab XILS 3 LE

Item ID: XILS3le

Virtual Analog Polyphonic Synth Plug-in with Modular Architecture, 3 Aliasing-free Oscillators, 128-step Sequencer, and MIDI Controllability | Mac/PC - VST, Audio Units, RTAS

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Take Your Sounds Into a New Dimension

The XILS-lab XILS 3 will sate your vintage synth appetite. The XILS 3 is based on the classic, semi-modular EMS VCS3 - which Pete Townsend used to modulate the signal of a Lowrey organ for the sequenced intro of Who's Next's closing anthem. With this lofty pedigree, you'd expect the XILS 3 to serve up a banquet of holy-grail vintage analog goodness - and it does, indeed. Unlike it's ancestor, however, the XILS 3 is affordable - and easy to program, thanks to its powerful modularity. Fortify your arsenal with a virtual vintage modular synth: XILS-lab's XILS 3.

XILS-lab XILS 3 at a Glance:
  • You've got connections
  • Modules galore
  • Sequence this

You've got connections
The XILS-lab XILS 3 virtual synthesizer ushers modularity and sound design into a new dimension. With more than 450 connections (audio and control signals, trig signals) available on the XILS 3, you can pretty much route anything to anywhere, giving you iron-fisted control over your sound palette. You can also use it - as did Townsend with the VCS3 - as a powerful and versatile effects processor.

Modules galore
The XILS-lab XILS 3 is fitted with three warm-sounding, alias-free analog-style oscillators, analog curve matching, 2-pole and self-oscillating 4-pole dynamic filters, fast envelopes, a noise generator, a ring modulator, and spring reverb. More than enough to whip up intensely original sonic textures.

Sequence this
The XILS-lab XILS 3 boasts an easy-to-program 128-step sequencer that can create standard 8- or 16-step fixed patterns, as well as more complex rhythms to fuel your compositional expeditions.

XILS-lab XILS 3 Features:
  • Awesome modular synth for music and sound design!
  • Three aliasing-free oscillators: sine, ramp, square, triangle.
  • One 2/4-pole lowpass filter
  • One envelope, based on two different designs, trapezoid and ADSR
  • One spring reverb
  • One ring modulator
  • One 128-step sequencer
  • Two output static filters
  • One joy stick
  • Three connection matrix
  • One input gate
  • One input envelope follower
  • One pitch tracker
  • One transient tracker
  • Mono/Unison/Polyphonic playing mode; up to 18 voices of polyphony
  • All parameters MIDI controllable
  • Many presets made by famous sound designers
  • Plug-in only; no stand-alone operation

Steer your sound in new directions with the XILS-lab XILS 3!
Specification Detail
Software Type Synth
Supported Computer Format Mac, PC
Supported Plug-In Formats RTAS, VST, AU
Hardware Requirements - Mac Apple G5 CPU or faster, 512GB RAM
Hardware Requirements - PC Pentium or AMD equivalent CPU, 512MB RAM
OS Requirements - Mac Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later
OS Requirements - PC Windows XP or later
Manufacturer Part Number XILS3LE

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THE synth that gave us the most recognizable sequence.

by Joe Diaco from
January 2, 2012
Music Background: Recording Artist
The XILS 3 has convinced me that next to the likes of Arturia and GForce, XILS-labs makes some of the best software synth emulations. At launch, the preset sounds just blew me away and I was even more... read more [+] impressed that it worked flawlessly on my 5 year old iMac Intel Core Duo processor.

The XILS-lab website also offers some great video tutorials on how to use the sequencer and other modules. So if you're looking for that classic Pink Floyd On The Run sound, this is the one. close [-]

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