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FM synth

Ingot

Four operators. Any wavetable.

  • 4-op FM + wavetables
  • 59 presets
  • Arpeggiator
  • Effects rack
Free demo
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Ingot is a hybrid FM synth. Each of its four operators plays a sine, one of twelve wavetables or a sound of your own, and every operator can modulate every other one. It covers glassy 80s keys and bells, synthwave pads and leads, lofi and faded textures, and sounds that don't have a name yet.

4
operators, sine or wavetable
16
modulation slots, drag to assign
59
factory presets
16
voices, or mono with glide

The whole window

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Ingot's SYNTH page playing the Midnight Chase preset: four operators, the FM matrix, filter, LFOs and macros.

What it does

FM with wavetables

Twelve built-in tables, from Classic and Pulse to Vowel, Metal and Chip, plus your own WAV, AIFF or FLAC files. Six warps (Sync, Bend, PWM, Mirror, Fold and Crush) reshape each one as it plays.

A free FM matrix

Any operator can modulate any other, and itself. Start from one of nine algorithms, from a simple stack to a ring of four, then turn any knob in the 4 x 4 grid.

Drag to modulate

Drag a source chip onto any knob: four LFOs, two envelopes, velocity, mod wheel, aftertouch, random or one of four named macros. A ring shows the range and a dot shows where the knob is right now.

Arpeggiator

Up, Down, Up-Down, Random, As Played and Chord, at seven rates over up to four octaves, with swing, latch and a 16-step lane of notes, accents and rests. It locks to your song's grid.

Effects rack

Drive, Crush, Phaser, Chorus, Delay, Reverb, Tape (wow, flutter, age and hiss) and Compressor, in that order, each with its own switch.

Four looks

Neon, Studio, Paper or Mono. The whole window rebuilds in the one you pick, and every Ingot you open remembers it.

Signal chain

  1. Operators A-D
  2. FM matrix
  3. Filter
  4. Amp
  5. Drive
  6. Crush
  7. Phaser
  8. Chorus
  9. Delay
  10. Reverb
  11. Tape
  12. Comp

Up to 16 voices, each with 8-voice unison. HQ runs the voices at 2x.

59 factory presets

80s FM

  • Tine Piano
  • Glass Bells
  • FM Slap Bass
  • Brass Stab 84
  • Marimba Hit
  • E.Grand 80

SYNTHWAVE

  • Night Drive Pad
  • Synthwave Lead
  • Arp Pluck
  • Velvet Strings
  • Outrun Bass
  • Gated Chord
  • Neon Skyline
  • Chrome Brass Wall
  • Twilight Poly
  • Highway Strings
  • Sunset Bass Synth
  • Retro Choir Stack

LOFI

  • Cassette Keys
  • Sunday Tines
  • Dusty Organ
  • 8-Bit Diary
  • Broken Music Box
  • Vinyl Sunset Keys
  • Warped VHS Piano
  • Tape Choir Pad
  • Lofi Pluck Bass
  • Rainy Window Pad

FADED

  • Faded Slide
  • Summer Film
  • Slide Film Lead
  • Choir Of Dust
  • Signal From 1979
  • Golden Hour Haze
  • Old Footage Strings
  • Distant Transmission
  • Pastoral Drift
  • Instant Film Pad

ARP

  • Midnight Chase
  • Laser Grid
  • Berlin Sequence
  • Bedroom Arp
  • Watercolour Arp
  • Glitch Cascade
  • House Chord Stabs
  • Outrun Arp Bass

DANCE

  • Supersaw
  • Reese
  • Hoover
  • House Organ
  • Rubber Sync
  • Stab Bell Club

AVANT

  • Acid Bend
  • Prepared Metal
  • Drill Glitch
  • Ring Swarm
  • Comb Ghosts
  • Fold Wobble

Specs

TypeInstrument: MIDI in, stereo out
Put it onA MIDI track
Voices1 to 16, unison up to 8
QualityHQ mode runs the voices at 2x
WindowResizable, 60% to 160%
SystemWindows 10 or 11, 64-bit. VST3 plugin and standalone app. Mac version planned.
LicenceOne key for everything on your order, checked offline. No iLok, no account.

Ingot

$20

Yours to keep, on every computer you own. Try the free demo first: everything works, with a short gap every 45 seconds until you add a key.

Free demo

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