Software Synthesizer

Kiln Synthesizer Wavetable synth plugin

Name: Kiln Synthesizer
Brand: Vitric
SKU: kiln
Price: 49 USD
Availability: InStock

Build the patch, or start from a sound.

Kiln Synthesizer 0.2.0, licensed, on the factory preset Blown Hearth: the furnace stage with the filter slab and the lit glass vessel, three oscillator slots running Ember 10, Warm Saw and FM Glass under the section rail, and the keybed across the foot of the plate. — InterfaceView full size

A wavetable synth plugin with analog and sample oscillators, Glass resonance and 554 factory presets. Shape your own sound, or let Anneal search locally for editable patches inspired by a recording.

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VST3 / AU / AAX · macOS & Windows · v0.3.0

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IN MOTION

Kiln, running.

IN YOUR SESSION

Move from an idea to an editable patch.

Build across oscillators, filters, modulation and effects, or drop audio into Anneal and let an evolutionary search breed four ordinary, editable patches toward it on your own machine. The result is a starting point for editing, not a promise of exact resynthesis. Either way you end up in the same place: a patch made of ordinary parameters you can keep shaping.

3oscillator slots

48modulation slots

554factory presets

82Glass patches

A CLOSER LOOK

Inside Kiln.

Kiln Synthesizer 0.2.0 licensed on the factory preset Blown Hearth: the furnace stage with the filter slab and the lit glass vessel, the OSC page below it holding three slots on Ember 10, Warm Saw and FM Glass, and the keybed across the foot of the plate

Any source, any slot

OSC 1 switches between WT, ANA and SMP, loads a wavetable, and reads level, table and shape over its unison, pan, octave, semitone, fine, pulse width and FM row.

Kiln's FILTER 2 panel with GLS lit beside SVF, LDR, CMB and FRM: cutoff at 20000 Hz, resonance 0.15, and the Glass row reading MRPH 0, KEY 0, MAT 0.68, POS 0.62, DRV 0 dB, MIX 0.45, SIZE 0.6 and DMP 0.5

Glass on filter 2

Filter 2 is set to GLS. Cutoff and resonance sit above the Glass row: MAT 0.68, POS 0.62, SIZE 0.6, DMP 0.5, mixed in at 0.45.

Kiln's MODULATION page on its MATRIX view: eight route rows pairing lfo1, velocity, modWheel, macro1, env2, lfo2, macro2 and random with osc1WtPos, flt2GlassPos, flt2GlassShimmer, flt2GlassMaterial, osc2UniDetune, osc3Level, drift and osc1Fine, under the page tabs 1-8 to 25-32

The modulation matrix

Eight routes filled on the MATRIX page. Each row picks a source and a destination from a menu, and the tabs above page the matrix in eights.

All features & controls

Three oscillator slots: wavetable, analog morph or sample (WAV, AIFF or FLAC) in each
Dedicated sub and noise sources beside the three slots
16-voice unison per slot; FM between slots
80 in-house wavetables, zero third-party content
Two filter slots: SVF, ladder, comb, formant or Glass
The ladder self-oscillates in tune within plus or minus 0.1 cents across five octaves
Per-voice analog drift is seeded: a fresh instance plays the same notes with the same drift
Glass modal resonator as a first-class per-voice filter: Material, Size, Position and Damp, with Shimmer as a modulation target
82 factory Glass patches carry the signature timbre
48-slot modulation matrix; depths automatable and themselves modulatable
Four DAHDSR envelopes, four LFOs, random and chaos sources
Four macros as matrix sources: every factory patch routes macro 1, and 362 also route macro 2
Nine effects; Ultra quality when the host reports offline rendering
Anneal: fully local sound-guided patch search returning four editable patches
Purchased licenses work offline; trials require an internet connection
MPE per-note bend (the standard 48-semitone range), pressure and slide; bend accuracy measured at minus 0.2 cents
MTS-ESP microtuning, plus Scala .scl scales and .kbm keyboard maps saved with the session
554 factory presets, tagged by category
28 MPE patches and a Learn tag in the library
AU, VST3 and AAX on macOS; VST3 and AAX on Windows

554 presets, tagged

The library searches by name and filters on tag chips: ALL, BASS, LEAD, PAD, KEYS, PLUCK, GLASS, FX. Every row is marked FACTORY or USER.

Anneal

Drop audio into Anneal. It analyzes the first four seconds and searches locally for editable patches with a related tone and envelope.

Type the value, in Hz

Click a readout and type in its own unit. The FX EQ's MID FREQ field is open with 820 entered; Return commits, Escape cancels.

Tuning and recovery, measured

Claim	Measured
The ladder tracks	Self-oscillates in tune within plus or minus 0.1 cents across five octaves
MPE bend lands	Bend accuracy measured at minus 0.2 cents over the standard 48-semitone MPE range
Scala tuning lands	A +50 cent .scl table plays A4 at +50.000 cents in the test suite
Anneal recovers	Self-recovery eval: 6 of 6 within the family bar
Seeded drift	Per-voice analog drift is seeded, so a fresh instance plays the same notes with the same drift

Put it to work.

Start from a reference sound

Drop audio into Anneal and choose from four editable patches generated on your own machine.

Basses and leads

Three oscillator slots with 16-voice unison each, dedicated sub and noise, and FM between slots for weight and bite that stay tuned.

Textures and keys

The Glass modal resonator turns any source physical: Material, Size, Position and Damp on the panel, Shimmer as a modulation target, per voice, with 82 factory Glass patches to start from.

Performance

MPE with per-note bend, pressure and slide, bend accuracy measured at minus 0.2 cents, four macros as matrix sources, and 28 dedicated MPE patches in the library.

THE DETAILS

Fits your setup.

Oscillators: 3 slots (wavetable · analog morph · sample) + sub + noise
Unison: 16 voices per slot; FM between slots
Filters: 2 slots · SVF, ladder, comb, formant · Glass modal resonator
Modulation: 48 slots · 4 DAHDSR · 4 LFOs · random and chaos · 4 macros
Effects: 9
Library: 554 presets · 80 in-house wavetables · 82 Glass patches
Tuning: MTS-ESP · Scala .scl and .kbm
MPE: Per-note bend (48 semitones), pressure, slide; bend accuracy minus 0.2 cents
Formats: VST3 and AAX on macOS and Windows · AU on macOS
Platforms: Windows 10+ (64-bit) · macOS 10.15+ Intel / 11+ Apple Silicon
Made in: Studio 4, Cleveland OH
Windows: Windows 10 or later, 64-bit. VST3, AAX, Standalone.
macOS: macOS 10.15 or later on Intel; macOS 11 or later on Apple Silicon. AU, VST3, AAX.
Hosts: A 64-bit host supporting your platform’s plugin format. Your DAW may require a newer operating system.

Use it in Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Ableton Live, Cubase, Studio One, FL Studio, REAPER, Bitwig Studio, and other compatible hosts.

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Questions about Kiln.

What is Anneal?

A local audio-analysis and patch-search workflow. Drop a sound and an evolutionary search breeds four ordinary, editable patches toward it. It is a starting point for editing, not exact resynthesis.

Does Anneal need an internet connection?

Anneal’s analysis and search run locally. Purchased licenses work offline; trial licenses need a live internet connection, and the plugin checks in every few minutes.

Which oscillator types are present?

Wavetable, analog morph or sample in each of the three slots, plus dedicated sub and noise sources. SMP plays a WAV, AIFF or FLAC file you click to load or drop on the OSC panel; the session saves a copy of it, or a link to the file past 16 MB per patch.

Does the ladder filter track?

It self-oscillates in tune within plus or minus 0.1 cents across five octaves. Per-voice analog drift is seeded, so a fresh instance plays the same notes with the same drift.

Which formats and platforms?

AU, VST3 and AAX on macOS; VST3 and AAX on Windows. Check the system requirements and your DAW’s supported formats.

Is there a free trial?

Yes. Every released Vitric plugin has a free 3 day trial with every feature available during the trial window. Trials need a live internet connection; the plugin checks in every few minutes. Purchased perpetual licenses work offline. Get the installer from the downloads page and request your machine-bound trial license on the trial page. At the signed expiry the plugin’s output goes silent until you install a purchased license or a valid subscription grant. The plugin can still load, so projects and saved settings are not deleted.

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