Still, do manage the poly count as going above 12 voices can kill your CPU. While previously, their plugins were notoriously resource hungry, now not only did the machines we use became much more stronger, but the VSTs themselves have been optimised. This is no under statement, they make some of the best sounding plugins on the market. We are very happy that they implemented MPE Support on all their main virtual instrument products.
U-he is no small name in the VST synth market. You can also use MPE to modulate rhythmic controls like the arpeggiator and the sequencer. The workflow is similar to modular synths, and to be honest it is extremely fun to play with. While not built from the ground up as 100% MPE, it has a lot of MPE compatible presets. Again, getting excellent scores and reviews, this one is an extremely good value proposition. Still, the ROLI badge grants this MPE VST product more weight. We see that all the stores are selling it as FXpansion Cypher2, so this is the name that we are also using. This one, while officially another ROLI product, was developed by FXpansion. It also has a lot of emulations of classic subractive synths and the control possibilities are virtually unlimited. It gets stellar reviews and boasts four types of synthesis: Wavetable, Sample-based, Granular and Noise. The Equator2 is actually great as a stand alone tool as well, as long as you pair it with your favourite MPE controller. We have a very nice review of it here, along with a nice article on the latest version (at the time of writing), Pigments 3 here. The visual representation of the parameters, along with their modulations is astounding, and the possibilities and virtually endless. Pigments is an excellent VST, equally valuable for novice sound designers and for veterans. So, here we go with our picks on the BEST MPE VST products : A. If you want to know more about MPE in general and also if you want to do some research into MPE devices, this article should do the trick. In this article we will only focus on the virtual side of things, with the VST product marketplace being much more dynamic in terms of MPE support than the hardware counterparts. While some relatively older hardware products have included MPE support via firmware updates (the modern synths from Dave Smith – Prophet 6 and the collaboration with Tom Oberheim – OB-6), there are more and more new instruments coming out with support out-of-the box. Hardware synths, while not the subject of this article, have even less offerings that support MIDI Polyphonic Expression. Ableton for example has implemented MPE in its DAW called Live in version 11, which was released in 2021. While the MPE specification has been with us for quite some time, only recently have we seen very good implementations. Hey guys! Today we are bringing you an ever-updating list of MPE VST products available right now on the market.
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