The layout of the synth is both alien and intuitive, and the visual feedback is akin to your favorite screensavers from an old '90s PC married with Star Trek: The Next Generation. I’d suggest checking out their site to get a sense of the other improvements, but what we end up with is a beautiful-sounding synth that asks us to think in a different way. There are too many new features to mention here, but of note is the aforementioned redesigned GUI, addition of a fourth oscillator, a new effects section, arpeggiator, oversampling, and a clean and easy-to-navigate preset browser. Twin 3 is capable of hosting up to four oscillators and all of the other bells and whistles you’d expect to find. As someone who has dabbled with hardware and software synths for the better part of 20 years, I found the FabFilter workflow refreshing and inspiring, and enjoyed the feeling of working in a familiar realm, albeit in an unfamiliar way. With this long-awaited third installment to their virtual analog synth, they’ve done that once again. Some of FabFilter’s latest plug-ins, like Saturn 2, Timeless 3, and even Pro-Q 3, suggest a propensity toward sound design, and their intuitive way of mapping out features and breaking the mold has reshaped the way we’ve thought about our daily driver plug-ins. If you’ve been following FabFilter over the years you may have noticed that their penchant for selling us something we didn’t know we needed, and the Twin 3 is no different. FabFilter’s growth as a company is evident with Twin 3, as they serve up a fantastic-sounding synth with a unique workflow and an eye-popping GUI. Fourteen years later, Twin 3 represents a massive overhaul to almost every aspect of the instrument, and it truly is a joy to use. FabFilter’s Twin 3 is a sweeping update to their well-received virtual Twin 2 synth, originally released back in 2009.
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