BioTek 2 (Download)
A powerhouse in sampling and synthesis

BioTek 2 introduces an entirely new synthesizer playground. Combining organic natural and environmental samples with a world-class synthesis engine and inspirational user interface, inviting users to dig deep into the world of digital modular synthesis.

Creative Horsepower

BioTek 2 features 4 oscillators per sound layer capable of creating multiple forms of synthesis: FM Synthesis, Virtual Analog, Sample Playback, Karplus-Strong, and now also Granular and the unique Spinal Saw. With unlimited sound layers per patch, you can create simple or extremely complex, expressive instruments.

A Breath Of Life

BioTek 2 takes modulation to the next level – it features 200 modulation routes and 32 modifier routes performing mathematical functions on the modulation sources. It also features 8 unique Flow LFOs, each with 8 individual parallel syncable sub-LFOs on every sound layer. With so much routing available, it is possible to program “life”, organic randomness, into your sounds.

Instant Control

BioTek’s signature ‘Wild’ macro page allows you to rapidly explore each sound patch with surprising depth. The stunning central XY control is typically assigned to numerous sound-shaping parameters allowing for immediate and sometimes extreme manipulations. The unique ‘Flow LFOs’ invite you to dynamically perform variations in the modulation assignments. Each patch is individually designed to present the most interesting sound-shaping tools right at your fingertips, then dive deep into the editing pages to fully customize your sound.

Spinal Saw Oscillator

The ‘Spinal Saw’ oscillator allows you to have up to 11 detuned sawtooth waves within a single oscillator. Considering BioTek features 4 oscillators per voice, this gives you a total of 44 sawteeth per sound layer – and you can have unlimited sound layers per patch. Perfect for making thick leads, huge pads, and rumbling synth basses – unleash the beast!

Granular Oscillator

The BioTek 2 granular oscillator extracts sound grains from the sample of your choice and redistributes them into dense clouds, scattered drops, or any density in-between. This allows you to create everything from uniquely textured musical instruments to otherworldly soundscapes. The oscillator itself provides a useful visual reference for how the grains relate to the source sample, showing playback position and pitch relationships. The BioTek 2 granular oscillator brings a mighty storm surge of synthesis to an already powerful engine.

Deep Parameter Control

BioTek 2's unlimited engine can scale to tens of thousands of parameters, so managing the workflow is key. The intuitive system for importing your own samples and promoting parameters to the main ‘Wild’ macro page allows you to quickly construct your own instrument. The customizable ‘Wild’ page macro controls are immediately accessible to your DAW automation. New in version 2 is the ability to also access the entire parameter list from the deep editing pages. You have unprecedented control over all the instruments' sound-shaping tools.

Surgical Precision

No synthesizer is complete without a comprehensive filtering and effects section. BioTek 2 has a full complement of both – 9 high-quality effects can be loaded into 4 effect slots per voice allowing for extensive creative sound-shaping. Filtering is also extremely flexible with numerous types to choose from, now including Transistor Ladder and Sallen-Key – sculpt your sound with surgical precision.

Requirements:

mac:
ram: 2
disk: 0
version: 10.9 or later
internet_required: False
plugins: VST-2,AU,AAX

windows:
ram: 2
disk: 0
version: 7, 8, 10
internet_required: False
plugins: VST-2,AAX

linux:
ram: 2
disk: 0
version: Tested on Ubuntu 16.04
internet_required: False
plugins: VST-2,AAX

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