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    Bolt

    May 21, 2019 3 minutes
    By Ronan Macdonald

    $99 nektartech.com

    Ronan has been writing about music technology and production for over 20 years. He’s also a drummer, but don’t hold that against him

    Strengths

    + Novelsynthesis method

    + Easy-to-use, singlewindow interface

    + Bright, punchysound

    + Veryreasonablypriced

    + 500thoroughlyusable presets

    Limitations

    - Modulationnot visualized

    - Onlyonemodenvelope

    - Effectscan’tbe modulated

    - ‘Low-passfilter’ only

    Call me cynical, but I learnt a long time ago that when a software instrument developer tells us they’ve “invented a new form of synthesis‚” what they usually mean is a different way of coming up with

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