Statement Lead: Analog-Style Lead Synth by Softube

Each sound is built by mixing one or two of the 90 waveforms, which are organized into 11 categories. You can add a dirt layer from the Analog Dirt section, using looped material such as TV Screen, Taped Storm and Robotic Noise, or transient sounds such as Plastic Attack and Metal Attack. The dirt can go through the filter or straight to the output.

The filter is an analog-style low-pass with 6, 12 and 24 dB/oct slope options. Its built-in 16-step sequencer runs in sync with the DAW clock, so filter cutoff or output volume changes in time with your music. You can set the loop length from 1 to 16 steps and choose stepped or slewed values.

The Tone section lets you blend sound sources and set the amplitude envelope, from a slow build to a snappy, punchy attack. Auto Glide adds a programmable pitch bend at the start or end of each note, with a range from minus two to plus two octaves. You choose the trigger, such as velocity above a threshold, aftertouch level, or every note on or off.

Aging adds controlled instability, with less stable pitch, less predictable attacks and more dirt and grit. Built-in Drive, Reverb, Delay, one-knob multiband compression and Spatialization round out the effects, with synced pre-delay and ducking on the reverb and eight individual L and R taps on the delay.