However, on my 2017 Retina 5K, 27in iMac with 40GB of RAM, I only started experiencing audible distortion from six voices per module with all effects activated and several modules interconnected. To use all modules with eight voices and multiple effects turned on and up, you must be prepared to use quite a bit of CPU power. You can set up Hexeract as a mono or polyphonic synthesiser or as an arpeggiator and each oscillator can have up to eight unison voices that can be spread in a stereo field and that you can detune. In addition, it has three sequencers that can be step sequencers or custom curves, three extra envelopes, midi CC, velocity and a random settings control. The synth has three LFO’s that you can use for Frequency Modulation (FM), Amplitude Modulation (AM) and cutoff FM by connecting them with the corresponding controls in a Matrix or (the most often used ones) directly in the Oscillators UI. It has three filter modules - 6dB LP, 6dB HP, 12dB LP, 12dB HP, 24dB LP, notch, 12dB BP, comb and ring-modulation - that include a resolution control. It also offers the standard oscillator waveforms to create your sound. Hexeract is built around three oscillators and a set of about 120 sampled instruments. The synth itself is fully equipped and, although it doesn’t offer the mind-blowing number of controls and options Alchemy has, the sounds you can create with it are at least as rich, fat, aggressive or delicate.
This allowed me to put an Artiphon Instrument 1 to full use, but you can also use a ROLI or Expressive-E controller or keyboard and assign Hexeract parameters to various MPE gestures, such as slides, glides, aftertouch, etc, complete with curves of how deep the gesture will affect the parameter.
It has full support for MIDI Polyphonic Expression (MPE) with full modulation capabilities and triggers. Hexeract is available as a VST/AU/AAX plug-in and is also a standalone application for Windows or Mac. Auddict’s €200 Hexeract was built using HISE, the open source framework for sample based instruments.
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