A downloadable plugin for Windows

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Soraboy is a free VST3 synth plugin for creating chiptune sounds inspired by the Nintendo Gameboy. From v1.1, Wave and Noise channel modes are also supported, allowing for a wider variety of gameboy-like sounds to be generated.

Features

  • Pulse Synth Mode
    • 4 pulse width options (12.5%, 25%, 50% and 75%)
    • "Pulsate" button that cycles through the pulse widths
    • "Plok" button that.. makes plok sound??
  • Wave Synth Mode
    • 4 signal options (Saw, Square, Triangle, Sine)
    • Phase + V Shift controls to transform the waveform (inspired by LSDJ's synth settings)
  • Noise Synth Mode
    • "Shape" knob to adjust the noise tone
    • "Short Noise Mode" for a "pitched" noise sound
  • Pitch Bend
  • Vibrato
  • Envelope (starting amplitude + fade in/out)
  • "Chord" Arpeggiator (based on LSDJ's "C" command)
  • 40 built-in presets

Guide

General controls


Note: You can use Ctrl + Left click to reset any of the controls.

Pulse Channel Mode

Wave Channel Mode

Noise Channel Mode

Demos

Check out these songs that were made using Soraboy!

If you make a song with Soraboy, feel free to share it in this thread and it may be added to this "Demos" playlist!

System Requirements

  • Windows 10 or newer
  • VST3 compatible host (64-bit only)

Soraboy © shadowsora 2022-2023 

VST Plugin Technology by Steinberg


Please do not redistribute Soraboy. Sharing is appreciated, but please link back to this page instead of reuploading the Soraboy files.

Updated 2 days ago
StatusReleased
CategoryTool
PlatformsWindows
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(21 total ratings)
Authorshadowsora
Tags8-Bit, Audio, chiptune, DRM Free, Game Boy, Instrument, Music, Music Production, Retro, VST

Download

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Click download now to get access to the following files:

Soraboy_1.1.0_Win_x64.msi (Installer) 2.2 MB
Soraboy_1.1.0_Win_x64_Manual_Install.zip 2 MB

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