Some musicians were very critical about our words when we annouced Gladiator.
Here is what the press writes:
"Finally, a company that makes a synthesizer that offers a new synthesis technique. HCM is not just some meaningless "buzzword" that's a rehash of more of the same... It gives a new direction in dynamic expression." (Recording magazine 10/2008)
"nearly endless opportunities... opulent sound processing... new, very specific sounds, which no other synthesizer plugin can do..."
(Keys magazine 10/2008)
"The developers succeeded to pack a huge variety of features to a very well arranged and easy to use interface. Gladiator sounds powerfull and impressive... very good sounds are included."
(sound & recording magazine 02/2008)
"This is a seriously fine-sounding instrument and hardcore synthesists in particular will love the innovative approach to sound generation"(Computer Music magazine 03/2008)
Harmonic Content Morphing (HCM) Synthesis
The new synthesis method is based on a large and expandable repertoire of standard waves like saw or pulse as well as complex waves like multi waves, trumpets, organs, pads, pianos, and voice samples. These waves can be modified in real-time by e.g. transposing the wave by one or two octaves and adding it to the original wave, altering its harmonic structure, syncing, compressing or expanding the frequency domain of the spectrum, making the wave fat using only one (!) oscillator by transforming each wave into a hyper-wave, selecting some cycles of a sample and moving through them over time (comparable to wavetable synthesis).
Any modification of a wave can be modulated producing lively shimmery sounds (recall: with only one oscillator!). In total there are more than 18,000 different spectra available for combination and modulation.
