Wavea Flite is a new sampling and synthesis workstation plugin designed to create hybrid, evolving sounds or explore just the sounds in the free Play version.
Kontakt, Falcon 2026, SynthMaster 3, or Omnisphere 3 come to mind for plugins with creative multi-sample mangling options. But how about Flinte by Wavea?
This relatively new plugin was released at the end of 2024 and has been continuously developed ever since. The plugin has now made a significant leap forward with the new free 1.3 update.
Update 1.3
Flinte 1.3 is out now, another significant update for the Synthesizer workstation plugin. A big star of the 1.3 update is the new granular oscillator. Oh, it’s not just one, but you can use up to four granular oscillators at the same time.
Each granular oscillator comes with a dedicated granular engine and 22 built-in factory samples or the option to import your own WAV or MP3 files. The engine offers various advanced parameters.
For example, the grain engine’s frequency and length can run freely or be synced to your DAW. Plus, there is an adjustable jitty for these parameters. Additionally, you can set the playback modes, start and end points, and the tuning.
Inside the granular engine, you can also work with grain start and spray parameters, as well as a unique grain age module. In the latter, you can adjust the grain level, pan, width, tuning, damping, drive, and Air EQ.
Along with the update, there are also new samples and many new presets to explore, especially those that demonstrate the new granular engine.
It’s great to see that the Flinte now also has a granular option, making it even more versatile. It’s also good that it can be used flexibly and isn’t limited to a single channel.
Wavea Flite 1.3 is available now as a free update for existing users. The plugin is now on sale for $79 for a limited time.
More information here: Wavea
Update from November 12, 2025
Around the same time last year, Wavea, Sharooz Raoofi’s new company, released the Flite multi-engine Synthesizer and sampler.
Version 1.2, the first major update for the Flite Synthesizer plugin, is now available.
A neat new feature is the sample auto-mapping. Import your samples, and Flinte will automatically map them based on the key and velocity labels. This lets you create full instruments in just a few clicks.
Update 1.2 also introduces a new audio pool for managing samples within each multi-instrument. Loading presets is also now faster (up to 3ox) even if you have heavily loaded presets with 4 multi-sampled instruments.
With the “go to” buttons, you can now shuffle between multi-sampled instruments, making these feel like oscillators in their own right – a great addition. Other additions include:
- Readable sample loop points – Flite’s sampler can read sample loop metadata created in applications like Sample Robot.
- Improved preset search – full text searching of packs and libraries.
- Presets can (finally!) be selected by clicking enter – it’s the small wins!
The new Wavea Flite 1.2 update is available now as a free download for existing users.
Article from September 16, 2024
There are different types of Synthesizer plugins: simple ones that only offer one or two synthesis types and the “workstation” that gives tons of sound sculpting options. Among the latter are virtual instruments like UVI Falcon 3, Spectrasonics Omnisphere 2, or NI Kontakt 8.
All these plugins offer deep sampling and synthesis capabilities. One disadvantage is that they are high-priced plugins, often costing twice or three times as much as a simple synth. Wavea, Sharooz Raoofi’s new company, wants to change that with Flite.
Wavea Flite
Flite is a new hybrid workstation Synthesizer plugin for macOS and Windows. It has two versions: the Player version is a free download that allows you to play and tweak sounds with a handful of macros. Nice!
The Flite Create version is for those who want complete control or want to craft new sounds from scratch. Once purchased, a sound design toolbox opens with sampling, synthesis, effects, and more—everything you would expect from a Synthesizer workstation.
Under the hood is a hybrid engine consisting of four multi-samplers and a multi-engine Synthesizer. Let’s start with the sampler.
Each multi-sampler can host single samples or multi-sample instruments with individual sound and group controls. You can customize them with various controls, including gain, pan, coarse, fine, sample start/end points, loop start/end points, and more.
I miss more creative sampling features, like a granular sampler, in the current version — maybe we will see this in an update. You can also export these mapped multi-samples as monolith files.
Then, you can layer a multi-engine Synthesizer engine to the four multi-samplers. Multi-engine because it gives you virtual analog, FM, and wavetable synthesis with multiple oscillator modes to explore. How far the synthesis goes would have to be seen in a detailed test.
Filtering, Effects & Deep Modulations
Besides this, you have a colorful noise generator with four flavors and level and pan controls, which completes the sound generator level.
These now go into a multimode filter with dual 12/24dB lowpass, highpass, and bandpass characteristics, analog and modern flavor, and flexible routing options. The final step in the signal chain is a multi-FX processor featuring seven effects, including a granular reverb by Sinevibes.
On the modulation side, Wavea Flite also offers a lot. First, you can find three multi-wave LFOs with key trigger, delay, and rate controls.
Right next to it, it hosts three freely assignable ADSR envelopes. Although they seem very classic, I would have been happy with more modern multi-segment envelopes, which give you more freedom to design advanced sounds.
Wavea Flite also hosts two 32-note and modulation sequencers with randomization duties, smoothing, and different trigger settings. This is a great addition to creating evolving sounds. A very clearly designed modulation matrix with plenty of slots manages all this. It’s neat that you can assign modulators with a button press.
Further, you can work with eight custom macros. Plus, each voice includes a 5×3 band equalizer (EQ).
Wavea Flite Play
If that’s too much synthesis and sampling nerdism for you and you only want sounds that inspire, there is Wavea Flite Play—a free version of the plugin that only playback sounds supported by a handful of macros.
Both plugins ship with 2.5GB of samples, including multi-sampled vintage and modern synths and drum machines (Yamaha CS-80, U3, Juno 106, TB-303, TR-909, Oberheim OB-8, Xpander, Sequential Circuits T8,…)
Plus, you get 200+ patches to explore by Sharooz Raoofi, Wavetick, Principleasure and more.
First Impression
An exciting new synth workstation. Many features remind me of earlier Sharooz Raoofi plugins like Audiaire Zone or Astra in collaboration with Splice. The plugin offers a lot of scope, but in my opinion, there is still room for new sound mangling features in some areas.
Flite definitely looks more user-friendly, modern, and hands-on than the other workstation synths. It’s not like an Excel table “on steroids” for synthesis. It’s very positive that there is a free version with many patches to play with. The price is also very attractive.
I hope the plugin will be maintained and continued longer than the Audiaire stuff I miss on my macOS Apple Silicon.
Wavea Flite is available now in the Create (full access version) for $99, and Wavea Player is a free download. Both releases run as VST3 and AU plugins for macOS (native Apple Silicon + Intel) and Windows.
More information here: Wavea
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