Tracktion/Dawesome
Kult $129 PC MAC
With ‘Strange Attractor’ oscillators – 30 of them – plus easy FM and AM synthesis, Kult might well be the synth of the year. And it’s only March
Where to start with Kult? For a start, it’s produced by Dawesome (aka Peter V and in conjunction with Tracktion). He produced the exceptionally well regarded Abyss and Novum instruments, and also appeared in the exceptionally well regarded Computer Music magazine last month. Kult takes the brilliantly colourful UI philosophy, applies it to Strange Attractor (or Strangely Attractive) oscillators, makes AM and FM synthesis easy, modulates madly, and adds effects and more aplenty. Pretty much before it gets out of bed…
It is Strangely Attractive
Peter is a bassoon and contrabassoon player, orchestral oddities in themselves. Kult is similarly, and maybe relatedly, an oddity for synths. And all the better for it.