Why use it
What it doesA sampled reed electric piano with the bark intact when you dig in.
Reach for it whenSoul and funk parts. Lo-fi beds that need reeds rather than tines.
What makes it differentEvery note sampled rather than stretched, so the growl belongs to the note you played.
A sampled reed electric piano with the reed bark intact — the growl you get when you dig in, not just a louder version of the soft notes.
Every note was retuned before it went in. The source recordings were 31 cents flat across the board, several notes were labelled an octave off, and the top octave was unusable. All of that is fixed: the instrument now averages 0.4 cents of error across the keyboard.
The 200A's own effects are here too — the tremolo that made the instrument famous, plus the phaser, chorus and reverb people always ran it through.
CONTROLS · VOLUME · DRIVE preamp level and how hard you push the amp · BASS / TREBLE the 200A's own tone stack · TONE Normal · Medium · Hard — how bright the reeds sit · TREMOLO speed and intensity, the classic 200A wobble · PHASER rate and depth · CHORUS rate and depth · REVERB mix · OUTPUT final level
Watch the ghost on the panel — it sways with the tremolo.
WHAT'S NEW IN 1.6.2
· Overlapping MIDI notes on the same key no longer cut each other off — the first note-off used to release both voices.
· Reverb no longer roughly doubles the level when raised from 0 to 0.2%.
· Fixed a crash that could bring the host down: closing the plug-in window and then removing the plug-in left a timer running on freed data.
· Licence activation fixed: a bundle key now counts one activation per computer instead of one per plug-in, so one key covers five machines as stated.
· Rebuilt, re-signed and notarized for macOS (Universal) and Windows.
REGISTRATION
· The plug-in runs unrestricted for a 7-day trial from first launch, counted separately for each plugin.
· Your licence key is on your Gumroad receipt and on the download page.
· Paste it into the plug-in once — it needs internet that one time, then works offline.
· Message me on Gumroad if you need it reset for a new machine.
FORMATS macOS AU + VST3 + AAX (Pro Tools), Universal (Intel + Apple Silicon) Windows VST3 + AAX (Pro Tools), 64-bit
INSTALL — WINDOWS 1. Unzip. 2. Right-click "Install.bat" and choose "Run as administrator". It puts both the VST3 and the AAX version in place. 3. Restart your DAW and rescan plugins.
INSTALL — macOS 1. Open the .pkg installer and follow the prompts. 2. Pick the formats you want (VST3 / AU / AAX). 3. Restart your DAW and rescan plugins.
Signed with a Developer ID and notarized by Apple — no security warnings, no Terminal commands.
Stuck, or something sounds off? Message me — I answer every one.
More plugins coming, posted gradually.
UPDATES
Buy once, updated forever. Every future build is free to you — Gumroad emails you when there is a new one. No subscription, no upgrade fee, no re-purchase.
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