AAS Chromaphone 3 VST AU AAX
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Chromaphone 3

Acoustic Object Synthesizer

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A MIND-BLOWING SONIC PALETTE

Creative synthesis with real-life acoustic character.

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    Chromaphone 3

    synth only

    • Chromaphone 3 synthesizer
    • Factory library

    1090+ acoustic and electric guitar presets

    $199

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    19 sound packs included

    Chromaphone 3+PACKS

    synth + sound packs bundle

    3200+ professionally crafted presets

    $399

UPGRADES AND CUSTOM OFFERS

Whether you own any previous version of Chromaphone or a few sound packs, we offer multiple options allowing you to upgrade or complete your sound pack collection at any time.

Don’t miss out on anything!

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Hear and see Chromaphone 3 in action

Chromaphone 3 has a unique sonic signature. Discover how our collaborators are using it.

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WHAT’S NEW

We have streamlined Chromaphone and brought it to a whole new level.

  • NEW Home view

    With macros mapped to key sound characteristics—modulation, timbre, envelope, and effect—the Home view presents a distraction free and laidback browsing and tweaking experience.

  • NEW Two-voice multitimbral

    Chromaphone 3 combines two independent timbres—stacked or split—to create performance-friendly, texture-full, and spacious sounds that are sure to make a good impression.

  • NEW Factory Library​

    Chromaphone 3 ships with a completely new factory library of 421 sounds created by top sound designers. Michel Basque, Christian Halten, Jerry Kovarsky, Christian Laffitte, Niall McCallum, Adam Pietruszko, Daniel Stawczyk, Sean Divine, and Venus Theory form an incredible team that made the most of the latest Chromaphone 3 features. It’s with great pride that we present these new signature sounds.

  • REMASTERED Chromaphone 2 library

    A long and fastidious process of fine-tuning went down in the AAS quarters. Each and every sound of the legacy Chromaphone 2 library went under the eyes of the AAS team members. They now boast a consistent gain-stage, unity-gain effects, better dynamics, and compelling real-time sound transformation assignments to take advantage of the new features of Chromaphone 3. That’s an extra 676 solid sounds in your hands.

  • NEW Browser

    With Packs, Sounds, Categories, and Creators views, Chromaphone 3’s brand-new browser offers an efficient way to home in on the sounds you’re looking for.

  • NEW Macros

    Chromaphone 3 now boasts four performance macros per layer that respond to user-defined MIDI controls. Each and every sound features modulation, timbre, envelope, and effect morphing assignments that can be played in real time for enhanced expressivity and sonic dimension.

  • IMPROVED Microtonal tunings via Scala scale files

    Chromaphone 3 now supports the Scala scale file format as well as reference note frequency tuning for microtonal music making.

  • NEAT Compatible with Chromaphone 2 sounds

    Simply copy Chromaphone 2 banks in Chromaphone 3’s packs folder to convert them.

  • EXPANDED Multi-Effects Module

    Chromaphone 3’s multi-effects module now sports reverb, equalizer, compressor, tremolo, and guitar amplifier processors for even more completeness. Furthermore, the five effect slots can be re-arranged in any order.

    Artist Richard Devine talks Chromaphone 3

Try Chromaphone 3 now for free

Fully functional for 15 days. Less than 130 MB to download. Seconds to install.

RESONATORS—THE HEART OF OBJECT SYNTHESIS

Chromaphone 3 proudly showcases eight physically modeled acoustic resonators. Mix and match strings, plates, drumheads, membranes, beams, bars, and tubes to reproduce real-life instruments or create original ones. At the turn of a few knobs, become an instrument maker, shaping metal, carving wood, and stretching skins.

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    Beam

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    Marimba

  • Chromaphone 3 resonators open tubes image

    Open Tubes

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    Closed Tubes

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    String

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    Drumhead

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    Plate

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    Membrane

MAIN FEATURES

Chromaphone 3 is a two-voice synthesizer based on physically modelled acoustic resonators. This versatile instrument provides a delightful mixture of real-life presence and distinctive timbres that can’t be found anywhere else.

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    HOME VIEW

    With macros mapped to key sound characteristics—modulation, timbre, envelope, and effect—the Home view presents a distraction free and laidback browsing and tweaking experience.

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    JUMP RIGHT IN

    With Packs, Sounds, Categories, and Creators views, Chromaphone 3’s brand-new browser offers an efficient way to home in on the sounds you’re looking for.

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    TWO-VOICE MULTITIMBRAL

    Chromaphone 3 combines two independent timbres—stacked or split—to create performance-friendly, texture-full, and spacious sounds that are sure to make a good impression.

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    MIX AND MATCH RESONATORS

    Chromaphone is the first synthesizer to take into account the effect of coupling between resonators. A proprietary technology precisely models the bidirectional nature of the energy flow between the resonators and how they interact thereby capturing key acoustic behaviours of musical instruments.

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    MULTI-EFFECT GALORE

    Chromaphone 3 holds an abundance of effects in three independent racks. Reverb, delay, distortion, phaser, chorus, flanger, filters, equalizer, compressor, guitar amplifier, tremolo—all assist in putting the final touch on a sound.

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    PER SOUND MIDI-CONTROLLED VARIATIONS

    Chromaphone 3 now boasts four performance macros per layer that respond to user-defined MIDI controls. Each and every sound features modulation, timbre, envelope, and effect morphing assignments that can be played in real time for enhanced expressivity and sonic dimension.

    Supernova Kalimba—Watch Thiago jam with Chromaphone 3

DISTINCTIVE SONIC SIGNATURE

With 1000+ sounds on hand, Chromaphone 3 proficiently nails the classic synthesizer categories with a unique and refreshing character that can’t be found anywhere else.

  • 421

    State-of-the-art signature sounds

    Chromaphone 3 ships with a completely new factory library of 421 signature sounds. These rich and organic sounds take advantage of the new timbral possibilities of Chromaphone 3 and constitute an endless source of inspiration for your productions.

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    Top sound designers

    The entire Chromaphone 3 factory library features exclusive signature sounds from nine a-list members of the craft: Michel Basque, Sean Divine, Christian Halten, Jerry Kovarsky, Christian Laffitte, Niall McCallum, Adam Pietruszko, Daniel Stawczyk, and Venus Theory.

  • 670

    Remastered Chromaphone 2 library

    The Chromaphone 2 library gets back totally revitalized. Remastered, each an every sounds bring forward a consistent gain-stage, unity-gain effects, better dynamics, and compelling real-time sound transformation assignments that take advantage of Chromaphone 3’s latest features. That’s an extra 670 solid sounds in your hands.

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    Synthesizer sound categories

    Chromaphone 3 shows high proficiency by covering 34 sound categories—arpeggios, basses, bells, brass, chimes, choirs, claps, clavs, cymbals, effects, formants, guitars, hi-hats, impacts, keys, kicks, layers, leads, noises, organs, pads, percussions, plucks, reeds, rhythmics, sequences, snares, splits, strings, sweeps, textures, and toms.

Take it further

Pick up these 19 Sound Pack Series titles separately or as part of the Chromaphone 3 +PACKS bundle. With 2110+ presets on tap, this collection secures an endless source of inspiration.

Also, make sure to visit the custom offers page of your account to complete your collection.

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Exodus—Michel Basque sound pack for Chromaphone 3

Exodus

by Michel Basque

$39
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Split Personality—Adam Pietruszko sound pack for Chromaphone 3

Split Personality

by Adam Pietruszko

$39
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Ice Crystals—Richard Veenstra sound pack for Chromaphone 3

Ice Crystals

by Richard Veenstra

$39
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Humanized—Daniel Stawczyk sound pack for Chromaphone 3

Humanized

by Daniel Stawczyk

$39
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Transmutation—Michel Basque sound pack for Chromaphone 3

Transmutation

by Michel Basque

$39
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Deconstruction—Amon Tobin sound pack for Chromaphone 3

Deconstruction

by Amon Tobin

$39
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Synth City—Adam Pietruszko sound pack for Chromaphone 3

Synth City

by Adam Pietruszko

$39
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Turmoil District—Emeric Zubar sound pack for Chromaphone 3

Turmoil District

by Emeric Zubar

$39
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Hover—Niall McCallum sound pack for Chromaphone 3

Hover

by Niall McCallum

$39
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Solids—Francis Preve sound pack for Chromaphone 3

Solids

by Francis Preve

$39
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Octagon—Daniel Stawczyk sound pack for Chromaphone 3

Octagon

by Daniel Stawczyk

$39
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Digital Sins—Daniel Stawczyk sound pack for Chromaphone 3

Digital Sins

by Daniel Stawczyk

$39
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Multiverse—Thiago Pinheiro sound pack for Chromaphone 3

Multiverse

by Thiago Pinheiro

$39
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Cinematix—Christian Laffitte sound pack for Chromaphone 3

Cinematix

by Christian Laffitte

$39
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Synbiosis—Daniel Stawczyk sound pack for Chromaphone 3

Synbiosis

by Daniel Stawczyk

$39
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Epicycles—Richard Devine sound pack for Chromaphone 3

Epicycles

by Richard Devine

$39
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Microsound Textures—Richard Devine sound pack for Chromaphone 3

Microsound Textures

by Richard Devine

$39
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KitNetix—Martin Walker sound pack for Chromaphone 3

KitNetix

by Martin Walker

$39
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Cardinals—Simon Stockhausen sound pack for Chromaphone 3

Cardinals

by Simon Stockhausen

$39
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Chromaphone 3 +PACKS synth and sound packs bundle

Chromaphone 3 +PACKS

Synth and Sound Packs Bundle

  • Chromaphone 3 synthesizer
  • Factory library
  • 19 expansion sound packs
$399

Tutorials

Learn more on how to use Chromaphone 3.

Neat features

  • Standalone operation for quick jams and experimentations
  • Real-time control over any parameters via your MIDI controller knobs, faders, and switches
  • Host and tap tempo synchronization for effects and modulations
  • Relaxed editing with unlimited undo/redo capability
  • Scala scale file format for microtonal music making
  • Built-in arpeggiator
  • Compatible with Chromaphone 2 presets

The benefits of physical modeling

  • Sound manipulation at the source core
  • Presets load in a flash
  • Super smooth dynamics—no velocity layers!
  • Small memory footprint—less than 256 MB of RAM per instance
  • Installs in less than a minute

    The Restless Alchemist—Watch Thiago jam with Chromaphone 3

  • WINDOWS
  • MACOS
  • 64-bit

  • VST2
  • VST3
  • AU
  • AAX Native
  • NKS
  • STANDALONE

Chromaphone 3 is compatible with nearly all DAWs.

  • Ableton Live 11 application icon

    Ableton

    Live

  • Apple Logic Pro application icon

    Apple

    Logic Pro

  • Avid Pro Tools application icon

    Avid

    Pro Tools

  • Bitwig Studio application icon

    Bitwig

    Bitwig Studio

  • Cockos Reaper application icon

    Cockos

    Reaper

  • Image Line FL Studio application icon

    Image-Line

    FL Studio

  • MOTU Digital Performer application icon

    MOTU

    Digital Performer

  • Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol application icon

    Native Instruments

    Komplete Kontrol

  • Native Instruments Maschine application icon

    Native Instruments

    Maschine

  • Presonus Studio One application icon

    Presonus

    Studio One

  • Reason Studios Reason application icon

    Reason Studios

    Reason

  • Steinberg Cubase 9 application icon

    Steinberg

    Cubase

  • Mac minimum system requirements*

    • macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) or later
    • Intel Core i5 (circa 2015), Apple M1 processor or later
    • 64-bit DAW
  • PC minimum system requirements*

    • Windows 10 64‑bit or later
    • Intel Core i5 (circa 2015) processor or later
    • 64-bit DAW

*The minimum system requirements mentioned above are for standalone usage. For plug-in usage, please refer to your DAW software requirements (Cakewalk, Pro Tools, Cubase, Live, Digital Performer, Logic Pro, etc.).

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  • Painless installation

    Our custom installers ensure fast installation and authorization so that music remains the priority.

  • Free in-house support

    We pride ourself in providing fast, accurate, and friendly customer assistance by our in-house experienced AAS staff.

  • 26 years in the business

    We craft music software since 1998 and pledge to continue doing so for years to come, and that with the best user experience in mind.

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