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By S.hadow Wolf

A little apreciation blurb about this awesome free VST software
synthesizer from Switzerland called TAL NOISEMAKER. Its old already, 
from 2010 or something, so we can maybe speak of something like a 
vintage VST! Its both for PC and MAC and can be downloaded here
https://tal-software.com/products/tal-noisemaker

I have used this thing probably for almost a decade now on countleses of 
records and I will probably keep using it forever. Most of the time, 
software gets obsolete quickly, especially VSTs but Noisemaker has
this timeless character.
                                             
The interface might be a bit confusing at first glance, with certain 
sections of the screen that are hidden, but they can easily be expanded 
and folded by just clicking on them so there is really not much 
confusion going on.

Its a 3 oscillator substractive analog emulation synthesis VST but it 
got some interesting tricks up its sleeve...

First of all there is a huge selection of filters. The usual 12/24 
lowpass, bandpass, hipass, a very juicy 18 db filter , and even more 
exotic: a 6db filter, this one especially has a unique raw yet smooth 
sound.

Another cool function is the envelope editor. A 'drawable' modulation 
envelope LFO which you can loop. Just draw your own LFO 
waveform/envelope, select the speed, the modulation destination and 
choose if you want to let it loop or do a 'one shot' trigger.

In the control section we find some more cool functions. There are effects 
such as reverb and delay, a bit crusher and two sliders for 'vintage 
noise' & filter drive which give your sound a rather appetizing dusty 
character.


TAL NOISEMAKER PRO TIP

In the control section, turn up Cont & Cut off on the Velocity 
sliders(make sure the CONT knob in SYNTH2 filter control is low or at 0, 
so the filter has more 'velocity headroom'). Set the filter type to 18db 
or 6dB. Turn on Portamento in auto mode, with around 10 - 15% portamento 
amount. Make sure its in mono mode (voices: mono). Now program some 
sequences where you have some overlapping notes so they make slides.
  
B
A#
A                       ===  <----- will make a high slide from the
G#                      .           lower note at E to A and goes back
G                       .
F#                      .
F                       .         ======== 
E    ===            ===========          .
D#                                       .
D            ===                         ===== <--- Will make a low
C#                                               slide from F to D
C                                      
     1.......2......3......4......5......6...... etc.

This will be an excellent recepy for intense fluid raw rough acid lines!

TAL software also just released a Jupiter 8 VST for a very friendly price , 
I haven't checked it out yet but I am sure its awesome!