Evolve Air Crossgrade from any full Evolve product is a sample-based synthesizer plugin by Excite Audio, built around breathy textures, wind instruments and spacious atmospheres. It is offered as a crossgrade for owners of any full Evolve product.
Evolve Air Crossgrade is aimed at producers who already own a full Evolve product and want the Air instrument at a lower entry point. The plugin focuses on airy vocals, soft woodwinds, filtered noise and evolving pads, with a library of 250 sound sources and presets. Its four-layer engine lets you mix samples and synth oscillators, and it includes four macro effects built to add grain, movement, shimmer and reverb-based space.
Each of the four layers can hold either a sample-based instrument from a library of 250 sources or a synth oscillator. Sources span chords, hits and percussive sounds, instruments, multisamples, synths, textures and vocals.
You can also import your own samples to start a new sound or replace a source in an existing patch. Sample layers offer play direction, tone and keytracking controls, while synth layers add an oscillator shape slider and unison detuning.
The XY Pad works in Sounds mode to blend the four sources, or in FX mode to modulate any available parameter. Twelve modulation sources include six envelopes, two LFOs, velocity, keytracking and the XY Pad position, with a full modulation matrix for detailed routing.
The four macros are Mist, which adds noise for grain; Drift, which applies gentle pitch movement; Frost, a shimmering delay; and Cloud, a long low-passed reverb. Three rearrangeable effect slots offer 16 effect types.
Formats, systems and requirements as listed by Plugin Boutique. Missing details are left out, not guessed.
| Developer | Excite Audio |
|---|---|
| Type | Plugin |
| Category | Virtual Instruments |
| Formats | VST3, VST2, AU, AAX, Standalone |
| Operating systems | Windows, macOS |
| Architecture | 64-bit |
| Free trial | Yes |
It is available in VST3, VST2, AU, AAX and Standalone formats, on Windows and macOS. The plugin is 64-bit only.
It runs as a plugin inside a compatible DAW, and the listed hosts include Ableton Live, Pro Tools, Logic Pro, FL Studio, Cubase, Nuendo, Reaper and Reason. An internet connection is required to authorise the software.
It is offered as a crossgrade for owners of the full version of any Evolve product. The developer also sells the full version of Evolve Air.
Yes. You can import your own samples to start a new sound or replace any source in an existing patch.
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