Product Description

• Chromatix is a celebration of yet another successful resurrection of an old classic saved from the grave… This time it was a gorgeous 1983 Chroma! After a very deep clean inside and out followed by a visual inspection it was quickly realised the original rather large and somewhat grizzly linear PSU had burnt out and was showing signs of several past repairs. News got round that a new cooler running switched mode PSU retrofit had been made available and was duly installed. Having returned power to the beast it quickly transpired that at least two voice cards had serious issues and were failing the dreaded auto-tune. This rapidly became a can of worms when it became apparent that almost all of the considerable number of analog multiplexors within the beast was practically dying in front of Loot Audio's eyes due to age and after the shock of being pressed back into action for the first time in several years. Following removal and replacement of some 40 or so unsocketed ICs much of the instrument returned to life leaving a final stubborn voice card really determined not to play ball. On discovery of a number of leaky transistor arrays and tired charge pump oscillators
• the final voice card eventually succumb to Loot Audio's continued harassment only to have a third voice card fail during soak testing! After two weeks of intense toil this 16 VCO beast returneth to life… and what a beast! 16 VCO Analog Synth Philip Dodds was left to head a company dying before his eyes and several months of development were lost to company politics. The situation became dire and he was eventually left with little option but to close down the R&D department. Despite the ongoing stress of the situation
• he succeeded in selling the IP rights to the Chroma design to CBS Musical Instruments and in the process was hired to oversee its production. If it wasn’t for this last gasp for survival the Chroma would surely never have existed. The Chroma was an advanced digitally managed 16 VCO analog synthesizer released after the initial success of the Sequential Prophet-5. Both instruments offered patch memory with the Chroma sporting a bank of 50 user programmable patches. It was one of the first analog synths to offer multi-timbral operation
• voice layering and keyboard splitting with velocity sensitivity. The voice architecture was unusually flexible whereby the firmware could route signals through two low pass filters
• in parallel or series
• or switch the VCA before or after the filters. Through a bespoke digital interface (Chroma pre-dated MIDI) it was even possible to edit voices in a program on the Apple II computer. CBS released the Chroma in 1981 with a list price of $5295 and proved to be pretty successful with estimates of around 1400 units eventually sold. 56 Unique Instruments Chromatix features a deceptively powerful layering engine which allows the user to create new sounds and textures with ease by selecting up to four out of a bank of 56 partial voices to be layered. Each layer has its own fine and course tuning
• ADSR envelope
• panning
• velocity sensitivity
• LFO and tone controls. This permits anything from huge pads to complex evolving sounds. Many of the demo instrument patches included are good pointers as to how some of these effects are achieved. Above each of the four voice panels
• there is an orange LCD display showing the selected voice. By clicking on each of the displays a pull-down menu appears allowing one of 56 voice partials to be selected. With a potentially vast number of layered permutations at hand two different banks of 28 partials are available the first set assigned to channels 1 & 3 and the second bank of 28 partials assigned to channels 2 & 4. Features 1030 24-bit Samples 56 Partials/Voices presented in 4 Channel Layering Engine 75 Example Instruments System Requirements Full Kontakt 4.2.4 or above Important Note: Full version of NI Kontakt 4.2.4 and above is required. Will not function with the free NI Kontakt Player. Please Note: Pulse Downloader is used to download the software and must be installed. El Dorado: Legato Ambient Guitar is used as an example. Mac 1. Visit the Pulse Downloader website by clicking the El Dorado: Legato Ambient Guitar 'Download' link in your Plugin Boutique User Account or by clicking HERE
• and download the correct installer for your system (either 'OS X or later' or 'M1 System'). 2. Open the downloaded file and run the installer 'Pulse-XX.X.X.dmg'. 3. Drag 'Pulse' to 'Applications'. 4. Log in to your Pulse account
• or create a new account by clicking 'Register' at the bottom of the window. 5. If registering
• input your email and password
• agree to the terms of use and click 'Register'. 6. Click the '+ Add a Product' button located in the top right-hand corner of the window. 7. Copy and paste your serial number from your My Account page
• click 'Install Now'
• then click 'Redeem'. 8. Select a location for Pulse to download the software by clicking the file icon on the right-hand side of the window. 9. Select the location you would like your software to download and install to. 10. Click 'Download and Install'. 11. The instrument is now downloading. 12. Once the instrument has finished downloading
• open Kontakt
• then open the 'Files' tab and navigate to the location that you downloaded the Kontakt Library to. Then click and drag the .nki file into the empty window. Your Kontakt instrument is now installed and ready to use. Windows 1. Visit the Pulse Downloader website by clicking the El Dorado: Legato Ambient Guitar 'Download' link in your Plugin Boutique User Account or by clicking HERE
• and download using the 'Download for Windows' link. 2. Open the downloaded file and run the installer 'Pulse Web Setup X.X.X.exe'. 2. Log in to your Pulse account
• or create a new account by clicking 'Register' at the bottom of the window. 3. If registering
• input your email and password
• agree to the terms of use and click 'Register'. 4. Click the '+ Add a Product' button located in the top right-hand corner of the window. 5. Copy and paste your serial number from your My Account page
• click 'Install Now'
• then click 'Redeem'. 6. Select a location for Pulse to download the software by clicking the file icon on the right-hand side of the window. 7. Select the location you would like your software to download and install to. 8. Click 'Download and Install'. 9. The instrument is now downloading. 10. Once the instrument has finished downloading
• open Kontakt
• then open the 'Files' tab and navigate to the location that you downloaded the Kontakt Library to. Then click and drag the .nki file into the empty window. Your Kontakt instrument is now installed and ready to use.

Additional Information

About the Loot Audio Chromatix

The Loot Audio Chromatix combines traditional design with modern performance for Kontakt Instrument enthusiasts.

Why Choose the Loot Audio Chromatix?

• •Authentic Loot Audio craftsmanship and design
• •Versatile sound suitable for multiple musical genres
• •Professional build quality and reliable performance
• •Part of Loot Audio's respected Kontakt Instrument lineup

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