Sinevibes Isomer v2, the ensemble delay Korg Logue plugin is now compatible with NTS-1 mk2 and NTS-3 Sinevibes Hollow, Isomer, Luminance, and Vibrant, supercharge your Korg synths with new FXs

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After Hollow v2, Luminance v2, and Vibrant v2, Sinevibes released Isomer v2 with support for the latest Korg Logue synths: NTS-1 mk2 and NTS-3

In July 2023, Sinevibes released four new effects algorithms in the form of Korg plugins for their Logue synthesizers. The new NTS-1 mk2 synth and NTS-3 Kaoss Pad are based on a more powerful engine, and the plugins need to be adapted.

After Hollow v2, Luminance v2, and Vibrant v2,  the last missing piece of this foursome is now complete. Sinevibes has released Isomer v2, a free update for its Korg Logue ensemble delay plugin that now also runs on the new Korg NTS-1 mk2 and NTS-3.

The second generation of Isomer features the same engine but now has an additional variable stereo width parameter.

Sinevibes Isomer v2 is now available for $19, and the update is free of charge for existing users. Thanks, Sinevibes, for the update! 

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Article from July 23, 2023

You often buy a new synthesizer if you’re looking for new sounds. This is expensive and does not necessarily lead to success. The Korg SDK logue platform shows that you can get new results without buying a new synth. But only by swapping its internal multi-engine algorithms.

The digital oscillator and the effects can be changed here, and thus you can push the synth in a new direction. There are free Korg plugins but also commercial ones. Sinevibes, one of these developers, has now released four excellent new FX plugins that let the logue synths shine in a new light.

Sinevibes Korg Hollow Isomer

These effects are already available from Sinevibes as VST/AU/AAX plugins. But now, in an adapted form, you can get them for your logue synths, including Korg prologue 8/16, minilogue xd, and NTS-1.

Sinevibes Hollow

Hollow is the first new FX plugin for the Korg SDK platform. It’s a super rich-sounding space reverb. At its core is a feedback delay network with 64 connections, allowing you to create super lush, almost three-dimensional reverb sounds.

According to Sinevibes, it can generate tail times beyond 120 seconds if you max out the settings while still having a smooth and naturally damped exponential decay.  It also hosts a unison-style modulation, adding musical depth and richness to the results.

Sinevibes Isomer

Isomer takes you in creative stereo delay spheres. It has two stereo delays offering tempo-synchronized time adjustment and near-infinite feedback. Their outputs are sent into four additional delays (two per channel) with their own individual feedback lines. Plus, the time of each delay is modulated by a dedicated LFO signal.

Sinevibes has incorporated mutual phase offsets between these LFOs and subtle feedback for achieving a delay tail with a magical detuning effect similar to a chorus. And the opposing modulation between the left and right channels, Isomer adds an extra dimension within the stereo field.

Sinevibes Luminance

Let’s quickly return to the reverbs after a little excursion into the delayed world. Luminance is a shimmer reverb with a novel take. It offers an ethereal reverb with a tail that gradually pitch-shifts itself upwards or downwards.

The core of Luminance is based on a feedback delay network with a granular pitch shifter and chorus-style time modulation. Thanks to the perfect engine tuning, it smoothly follows the original musical content and creates a beautiful background sound layer. Sinevibes promises that it is reminiscent of a dreamy symphony of strings or pipe organs.

Sinevibes Vibrant

For all those who have enough delays and reverbs in the Korg Logue library, Sinevibes has an exciting phaser for it. Vibrant is a deep phaser based on a classic analog-inspired design connecting six two-pole all-pass filters in series. It also has a global feedback loop.

Artemiy, the developer says:

“this setup produces three deep notches in the incoming signal’s spectrum, with strong yet smooth resonant peaks around them – possessing a distinct vocal-like character at higher feedback values”.

Further, it hosts a triangle LFO that sweeps the center frequency within two octaves (800 to 3200 Hz).​

Who is Sinevibes?

And for those who always wanted to know who Sinevibes is, where the ideas come from etc. Here is an interview with the founder and one of the two developers Artemiy Pavlov.

First Impression

Four beautiful FX plugins for the Korg-Logue hardware synthesizers. Especially the reverbs take the logue synths into super spacey, lush ambient worlds. Great release.

The new Sinevibes Korg plugins Hollow, Isomer, Luminance, and Vibrant are available now for $19 + VAT each. The plugins run on Korg prologue, minilogue xd, and NTS-1.

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7 Comments

  1. I admire his patience. Korg’s software that interfaces with these devices is ancient and riddled with bugs. I completely lost patience with it and gave up coding anything for them. It’s a shame because there’s really a lot of potential there. I’m glad someone is making use of it.

    • the reward is well worth the effort. i play my Prologue everyday; it was the last synth i ever bought, and every other synth i own has gone idle since. i’m used to bare metal programming, so this is easy. debug has a lot to be desired though… *shrug* still worth it. especially once Tsonic open sourced his front panel reverse engineering work. being able to expand the control space of digital oscillators using front panel controls and/or leveraging native modulators is huge. Korg stopping development was the best thing that ever happened to it imho. lol.

      • Hnnnggh. Now I want to try again. Is there a workaround for Korg’s software not recognizing MIDI devices past #10? I had to delete MIDI devices from my PC every time I wanted to interface with my NTS-3 because long ago Windows used to not allow more than ten MIDI devices and Korg never updated the software. It was a huge pain. If I could get past that…

        • i’m sorry Bob, that sounds like a really annoying bug to still be dealing with. i only use a computer for logue coding, nothing else, so i’m of little help here.

          • Thanks! I have an old laptop lying around. If I made it a dedicated LogueSDK machine maybe.

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