impOSCar3

impOSCar3 is an innovative software synthesizer that captures the essence of the legendary British hardware synth OSCar®. Combining digital oscillators with analogue filters, impOSCar3 provides a vast array of sonic possibilities. Craft expansive, lush, dark, or ambient pads, resonant bells, and precise leads with this exceptional recreation. The finely tuned filter, aligned with the new wavetable editor, merges digital clarity with unparalleled analogue richness. For an even more massive sound, switch to poly-unison. Prepare to be surprised by the depth and character of impOSCar3.

Unique Filters & New Custom Wavetables
The one-of-a-kind dual filter is central to impOSCar3, providing remarkable character and quality. Multiple configurations of LP, HP, and BP in 2-pole or 4-pole, along with various parallel configurations, open paths to formant-like textures, phasing, and resonance effects, enhancing tonal control and widening sonic possibilities. The new wavetable oscillator, with over 150 presets, and the new user LFO offer substantial tonal and modulation power. Design and save your custom wavetables or draw the partials in an additive style. Wavetable switching offers a simple yet effective way to explore new tones within a selected patch while retaining the core characteristics of the original sound.

What’s New?
impOSCar3’s oscillators have been enhanced with fully editable 256-step wavetables, drawn as shapes or edited as partials. Over 450 new factory patches and a powerful browser simplify navigation through the vast array of included patches—over 1800 in total. Additionally, four new macros, a new reverb, an improved layout, a user-designable LFO editor, aftertouch control, undo & redo, a fully scalable UI, and more. We have simplified the instrument’s operation while maintaining its depth and compatibility with legacy impOSCar2 patches.

A Trailblazing Hybrid Synthesizer with a Legacy of Innovation
The instrument that inspired impOSCar3 was designed in the UK in the early 1980s, renowned for its pioneering integration of digital and analogue technologies in a synthesizer. Equipped with digital oscillators, it could generate standard analogue waveforms and up to 24 distinctive user-defined digital waveforms, offering an exceptionally broad sound palette. Its dual filter—high-pass and low-pass—could operate simultaneously for intricate sound sculpting. Its iconic yellow membrane panel set it apart visually and underscored its distinctive design. Only 2,000 units were made. impOSCar3 celebrates this unique classic while significantly expanding its capabilities.

A Deep and Unique Playground with No Equal
impOSCar3 provides a rich trove of inspiration and a deep and unique sound design playground. Professional sound designers and artists, including Jogging House, Sandunes, Nadia Struiwigh, PKH, The Unfinished, Jordan Passmore, GEOsynths, Christian Laffitte, Richard Veenstra and Ramon Kerstens (K/V), Polydata, Patricia Wolf, Zardonic, Plughugger, Reverb Machine, Tom Hall, Boudicca’s Bass Service, Dave Spiers, and more, explored the vast sonic possibilities of impOSCar3. Together, they contributed over 450 new patches to complement the existing 1350+ legacy patches, some designed by legends such as Billy Currie (Ultravox), Darren Price & Rick Smith (Underworld), and Paul Wiffen (the original OSCar sound designer and programmer for Stevie Wonder & Jean Michel Jarre).

Key Features:

• An authentic-sounding emulation of a British synth classic: The same incredible award-winning sound
• 9 Filter modes: With Drive, Cutoff, Q, and Separation
• LP, HP, or BP 2-pole or 4-pole: Multiple configurations including LP in parallel with BP, LP in parallel with HP, and BP in parallel with HP
• Wavetable and Wavetable editor: Design and save your custom wavetables
• Over 1800 presets: Including 450+ new presets and over 150 wavetable presets
• Powerful Preset Browser: Easy navigation through vast array of patches
• Fully-scalable UI: User-friendly interface
• User LFO Editor: With 25+ User LFO presets
• Matrix Reverb effect: High-quality reverb
• Four programmable Macros: Easy manipulation of sounds
• Chord Mode and Arpeggiator: Create complex patterns
• Backward preset compatibility: Compatible with legacy impOSCar2 patches
• Mono Unison and Poly Unison Modes: Versatile unison options
• Note Pan Modes, Unison Voice Pan: Enhanced spatial effects
• Ring Modulator, Chorus and Delay: Additional sound shaping tools
• Programmable Velocity Responses and Aftertouch: Dynamic control