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"…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
"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)
"It's immense!"
- 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)
"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)
"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
"After several days with the impOSCar, it has to be proclaimed a winner. It's hard to think of another soft synth with as many features or as powerful as this for as little. Definitely recommended. Produces wonderfully fat, aggressive sounds."
- Music Tech
"A great synth capable of producing a huge variety of analogue sounds."
- MacFormat
"…really powerful and delivers faultlessly. Like it's stable mate, the Oddity, the results are outstanding and leave you with the feeling you've just eaten the best 7 course meal of your life, satisfied… about the best VST Synth classic emulation I have seen."
- Music Mart
"The impOSCar is the most exciting synth in my set up. It has a unique sound and the Overdrive was quite literally MADE for me."
- Billy Currie (Ultravox)
"I'm impressed by impOSCar. Many sound creating features are far extended coherently. impOSCar is no common plug-in: distortions are part of its special sound... The offered sounds are original: bass line sounds are way more brachial than with any other plug-in. If you like digital FXs you got to put your hands on impOSCar... The wicked, high powered and harsh sounds make it so different to all other simulations of analogue gear."
- Keyboards, Germany
"The character and sound of the impOSCar are stunningly close to the original OSCar hardware, even down to the slightly digital-sounding edge to the oscillators' raw output. There can be little doubt that impOSCar is much more impROVement than impOSTor."
- Computer Music
"…an extremely powerful soft-synth—one of the most powerful, honestly, that I've ever come across. A brilliantly designed, great-sounding virtual OSCar. Buy it today."
- Future Music
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- 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)
"It's immense!"- 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)
"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)
"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
"After several days with the impOSCar, it has to be proclaimed a winner. It's hard to think of another soft synth with as many features or as powerful as this for as little. Definitely recommended. Produces wonderfully fat, aggressive sounds."- Music Tech
"A great synth capable of producing a huge variety of analogue sounds."- MacFormat
"…really powerful and delivers faultlessly. Like it's stable mate, the Oddity, the results are outstanding and leave you with the feeling you've just eaten the best 7 course meal of your life, satisfied… about the best VST Synth classic emulation I have seen."- Music Mart
"The impOSCar is the most exciting synth in my set up. It has a unique sound and the Overdrive was quite literally MADE for me."- Billy Currie (Ultravox)
"I'm impressed by impOSCar. Many sound creating features are far extended coherently. impOSCar is no common plug-in: distortions are part of its special sound... The offered sounds are original: bass line sounds are way more brachial than with any other plug-in. If you like digital FXs you got to put your hands on impOSCar... The wicked, high powered and harsh sounds make it so different to all other simulations of analogue gear."- Keyboards, Germany
"The character and sound of the impOSCar are stunningly close to the original OSCar hardware, even down to the slightly digital-sounding edge to the oscillators' raw output. There can be little doubt that impOSCar is much more impROVement than impOSTor."- Computer Music
"…an extremely powerful soft-synth—one of the most powerful, honestly, that I've ever come across. A brilliantly designed, great-sounding virtual OSCar. Buy it today."- Future Music
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