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Air Music Technology 最初将 Vacuum Classic 作为其 Creative Collection 乐器插件系列的一员，该系列曾随 Avid™ Pro Tools™ 一同发布。随着 Pro Tools 的普及，越来越多的音乐人和制作人开始依赖这款合成器强大的声音表现力，Vacuum Classic 也持续迭代，市场需求日益增长。如今，Vacuum Classic 已独立发布，以 AU/VST 格式面向所有追求即时创意的音乐创作者开放。
Vacuum Classic：复古单音合成器
Vacuum Classic 是一款搭载真空管合成技术的复古单音合成器，其真空管电路建模精准还原了模拟时代的粗砺温暖质感。它配备模拟振荡器、多种滤波器、包络以及内置音频效果，让你能够深入探索减法合成，重现 70、80 年代备受追捧的经典模拟音色。通过调试开关、旋钮和调节盘，你可以自由打造贝斯、主音、铺垫或独特音效等各类声音。
核心特色
- 双真空管振荡器：提供四种波形可选，不仅支持单独选用，还能实现波形之间的“变形”过渡，为音色创作增添更多可能性。
- 信号处理链路：振荡器输出信号先进入混音器，可在此添加驱动/失真和环形调制效果，随后通过高通、低通滤波器进一步塑形。
- 专业预设库：内置由知名声音设计师 Richard Devine 和 Mark Ovenden 打造的丰富预设，涵盖主音、铺垫、贝斯、琶音、打击乐及音效等类别，为你的创作提供即时灵感，且所有预设均可按需微调。
- 模拟老化质感：滤波器不仅带来顺滑音色，还配备饱和度控制以适配更具冲击力的声音需求。独特的“Age（老化）”旋钮，可调节振荡器的音高漂移，或模拟老式合成器因灰尘积累产生的噪点，还原硬件的岁月质感。
- 真实硬件模拟：“Age”功能包含 Drift（漂移）和 Dust（灰尘/噪点）控制，从细微的音高漂移、噼啪杂音，到轻微的键盘触发偏差，精准复刻合成器爱好者追求的纯粹硬件体验，堪称极具真实感的模拟复刻。
- 丰富的调制与功能：提供多种调制选项，包含两个可设置重触发的包络，还内置琶音器。作为合成器插件，它的声音摆脱了传统软件合成器的生硬感，呈现出真实、粗砺的模拟质感。
- 复古界面设计：采用流畅的复古合成器风格界面，致敬经典真空管合成器，兼顾强大功能与操作便捷性。
升级方向：Vacuum Pro
若你需要更丰富的创作可能，比如拓展效果器、搭载六组电路的复音真空管合成功能，可选择升级至 Vacuum Pro。
Vacuum Pro 将两个独立的合成器声部深度融合，支持堆叠、分割和分层，可打造出宏大、宽广且饱满的模拟音色。每个声部以两个宽频真空管振荡器为基础，支持同步、微调，可灵活设置八度音阶，同时每个振荡器配备四重微调控制，轻松塑造醇厚音色。内置的 Doubling 效果还能瞬间拓宽并加厚音色，让声音更具层次感。
官网
https://www.airmusictech.com/virtual-instruments/vacuum/
Air Music Technology originally created Vacuum Classic as part of their Creative Collection of instrument plug-ins that were included as part of Avid™ Pro Tools™. As the popularity of Pro Tools grew, more and more musicians and producers relied on the incredible sonic firepower of this amazing Synth. Vacuum Classic continued to evolve and demand grew. Vacuum Classic is now available on its own, available to anyone who demands instant creativity in AU/VST formats.
Air Music Technology originally created Vacuum Classic as part of their Creative Collection of instrument plug-ins that were included as part of Avid® Pro Tools®. As the popularity of Pro Tools grew, more and more musicians and producers relied on the incredible sonic firepower of this amazing Synth. Vacuum Classic continued to evolve and demand grew. Vacuum Classic is now available on its own, available to anyone who demands instant creativity in AU/VST formats.
Vacuum Classic is a monophonic vintage synthesizer featuring Vacuum Tube Synthesis
with vacuum tube circuit modeling that perfectly captures the crunchy, warm sound of the analog era. With analog oscillators, multiple filters and envelopes and built-in audio effects, Vacuum lets you dive deep into subtractive synthesis to recreate those sought-after analog sounds from the 70s and 80s. Tweak the switches, knobs and dials to program anything from basses, leads, pads or unique sound effects.
Vacuum gives you two Vacuum Tube Oscillators. A nice touch with the four available wave shapes is that rather than just picking one, Vacuum lets you ‘morph’ between them. The output of the oscillators goes through a mixer, where you can apply drive/distortion and ring modulation, before being passed through high- and low-pass filters.
Included are a wide range of pre-sets designed by highly-acclaimed sound designers Richard Devine and Mark Ovenden. Covering everything from Leads, Pads, Bass, Arpeggios, Percussive, and FX sounds this library provides instant inspiration for anyone to tweak to their contentment.
The filters provide a smooth sound, but each offers a saturation control if you prefer a more aggressive sound. A really nice touch can be found in the ‘age’ knobs, where you can set an amount of pitch drift to apply to the oscillators, or the quantity of dust that might make the synth sound old and noisy.
The Age function provides Drift and Dust controls adjusting the age from oscillator drift to crackling controls to slightly inaccurate keyboard triggering/pitch for that truly authentic hardware experience sought out by Synth lovers. This is one of the most realistic emulations you’ll hear anywhere!
Vacuum also offers a number of modulation options, including two envelopes, which can be set to retrigger in the settings page. There’s also an on-board arpeggiator. For a synth plug-in, Vacuum sounds surprisingly unlike a synth plug-in, exhibiting a real, dirty and analog quality.
The slick vintage synth-styled interface pays homage to some of the best vintage tube synths of the past, powerful and easy to use.
For those who require even more creative possibilities such as expanded FX, Polyphonic Tube Synthesis with Six circuits, consider the upgrade to Vacuum Pro.
Vacuum Pro is a powerful combination of two separate synthesizer parts that can be stacked, split, and layered to produce big, wide and fat analog sounds. Each Vacuum Pro part starts with two wide-range, vacuum tube oscillators that can be synched, detuned, and set to various octave levels. Plus, the Quad Detune controls per oscillator make it easy to quickly dial in lush sounds. For an even bigger sound, the built-in Doubling effect instantly widens and thickens up your patch.
