GForce impOSCar - Virtual Vintage Analog Synthesizer
The OSCar from the Oxford Synthesizer Company in England was a unique breed in its time. Its digital oscillators with Additive Wave Matrix combined with analog filters gave it the capability of delivering sounds like nobody had ever heard before—or since. Few of these units ever made it across the Atlantic, a handful of elite musicians such as Keith Emerson and Stevie Wonder being the exception. The impOSCar delivers all the goods found on the original and more. The software version features user programmable waveforms, built-in effects, polyphony and programmability. impOSCar also include a unique, easy-to-use interface for mapping MIDI Continuous Controllers to its programming controls.
Not only does the impOSCar have programmability that was never possible on the original OSCar, it comes with over 500 patches programmed by world-class musicians who really know their way around this synth. You get sounds from Billy Currie (Ultravox), Mark Moore (S-Express) Rick Smith (Underworld), Lee Groves (Basement Jaxx, Terminalhead), Tim Dorney (Republica) and Paul Wiffen—the original OSCar sound designer and OSCar programmer to Stevie Wonder and Jean-Michel Jarre.
You can use the impOSCar by itself or as a plug-in from most popular host applications including Live 4, Cubase, Logic, GarageBand, SONAR, Digital Performer, ACID and Pro Tools LE/TDM. Compatible formats include VST 2.0 (Mac/PC including VSTi), RTAS (Mac/PC) and Audio Units (Mac). In other words, you can integrate with the rest of your studio and use it just about any way you want.
Compatibility
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| VST 2.0 (Mac/PC including VSTi) |
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| RTAS (Mac/PC) |
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| Audio Units (Mac) |
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Minimum System Requirements (PC)
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| Intel Pentium III 300MHz with 64MB RAM |
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| Windows 98, 98SE, Me, 2000, and XP* |
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| VST 2.0 or RTAS compatible host application for plug-in operation |
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| ASIO-compatible soundcard for standalone operation |
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| * Home and Professional Edition only. Windows Media Center Edition is not currently supported. |
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Minimum System Requirements (Mac)
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| PowerMac G4 with 64MB RAM |
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| Mac OS X |
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| VST 2.0, RTAS, or Audio Unit compatible host application for plug-in operation |
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USD 129.95 MSRP
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Awards
Reviews
"…ImpOSCar captures much if not all of the original’s unique sonic signature, and its added features take it to a whole new level. We could easily see it being the go-to analog synth in a small studio’s virtual arsenal.”
- Recording/January 2005
- Recording/January 2005
"The impOSCar is incredible!! I have rinsed it out on a new remix already & I have to say it’s the best VSTi I have got since the Oddity. The filters are amazing."
- Robbie Bronnimann (Howard Jones, Tektonik)
- Robbie Bronnimann (Howard Jones, Tektonik)
"It's immense!"
- Lee Groves (Terminalhead, Britney Spears, Basement Jaxx, Janet Jackson)
- Lee Groves (Terminalhead, Britney Spears, Basement Jaxx, Janet Jackson)
"Having been a member of the original Oscar owner's club in the mid-Eighties, I was very curious (and dubious) to see how impOscar would measure up against its mentor. You see, there was always that ONE sound that you could get out of the original Oscar and not from anything else which made it really quite special. Well I can honestly say in comparison, after having worked with impOScar for some months now, the answer is simply: Better - and better. Very inspirational sounds, ease of operation, full polyphony, fatter-than-fat bass and many other very cool features make it without doubt one of the best software synths on the market in my opinion. And most importantly, you can still get that ONE sound that sounds like nothing else. In fact, you can get quite a few more than just one! Bloody brilliant. Get one—now!"
- Geoff Downes (Yes, Asia)
- Geoff Downes (Yes, Asia)
"As an avid collector of analog synthesizers and an equal enthusiast of modern plug-in based soft synths...I am always a little scared when a company tries to recreate not only a classic, but in this case something I own 2 of. Let me say this, the day after I received the impOSCar, we boxed up both my beloved Oscars and put them in storage. This plug-in is nothing short of flawless. Quite simply the best soft synth I have ever heard. The filters alone are astonishing and I must say, although my pair of Oscars have mad sentimental value to me, I can't believe I can carry them around with me in Audio Units versions on the very laptop I write this on!…a home run."
- BT, songwriter/composer/producer (Madonna, Sarah McLachlan, Sting)
- BT, songwriter/composer/producer (Madonna, Sarah McLachlan, Sting)
"The sound is simply incredible! The most fun part is to achieve completely unexpected sounds by customizing the harmonics of the user waves. It's a shame that my job is to recommend good synths because I want to keep this all to myself."
- Hiroshi Fujimaki, DTM Magazine Japan
- Hiroshi Fujimaki, DTM Magazine Japan
