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Introducing ELYSIUM, an inspiring synthesizer that combines tonal rhythms with beautiful atmospheres to present what has been heralded as a “utopia of possibility”.
With an entirely new way to create beautiful organic arpeggios, evolving pads, and one-of-a-kind hybrid instruments, Elysium simply cannot be replicated by any other synth on the market.
Some of the biggest synths end up being preset synths, with features built for the patch designers instead of the users. Elysium is different.
Enter a galaxy of generators, macro knobs, and more fun ways to create sounds with movement, where even your most basic patches sound more alive than they would in any other synth.
Elysium’s groundbreaking, critically-acclaimed UI is designed to give you the most power and flexibility with the least amount of resistance.
But don’t take our word for it. Read on for more.
Change pitch, add Analog vibe and sample Flux between each hit, or Spread extra voices for a wider, mono-compatible sound stage.
3 of 7Selects the state of the filter on the channel. The Cutoff and Tone knobs perform differently for each filter type.
Click the button below to explore the filter types.
The 3 engine modes turn lush sustained sounds into rhythmic performers. Choose an LFO shape, and adjust how it hits using the custom-tuned controls for each mode.
The Depth knob brings in a pad bed made from any of the 4 sounds, which you can filter with the Settings icon.
5 of 7It also allows for step-based Pitch, Accents, and a set of Actions that includes Double and Triple hits
You can also turn off the Phase Sequencer for each layer, and play the sounds yourself.
Smooth Highpass and Lowpass
The smooth filter uses a special level-responsive resonance that prevents ear-piercing tones, even when the resonance is cranked.
“College courses on interface design should study Wide Blue Sound’s user interface as an example of how to combine simplicity, depth, and an invitation to experiment.”
– Harmony Central
Combine live and analog instruments.
Balinese Gamelans, pianos, mallets, a beautiful live full string section recorded at a church in New York, and much more.
Run it though Elysium’s acclaimed sequencer or play on your own.
We sampled some of the most sought-after synths in history, collecting the most modern sounds for producers and composers.
Run hundreds of iconic patches through the Pulse-Chop-Flow Engine and find yourself lost in mesmerizing pulses, charismatic leads, and meditative soundscapes.
Select the mood you want to bring to your music.
1 of 5You can audition and assign the perc channel and all four synth channels at the same time.
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Every soundsource is carefully multi-sampled across the entire keyboard range, and designed to work from bass to the highest range.
This gives you more flexibility than nearly all other instruments, which transpose a single sample across the keyboard.
FX are sound design too.
That’s why we created arguably the most robust and fun FX section ever seen in a synth, bar none.
Welcome to sound design heaven. Create full FX chains for the Perc Layer and Synth Layer. Use the Master Chain to affect the whole mix.
1 of 3For Perc and Synth layers: solo, change layer volume, or conjure immediate inspiration by generating entire FX chains with the click of a button.
2 of 331 effects over 7 effect rows, 300 effect presets and over 600 practical and creative impulse responses.
View the list of Effects below.
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Harness the FX factor with 31 electrifying stompboxes, amplifiers, adventurous mod and chorus-based effects, saturated delays, reverbs, and more.
300 effect presets, ranging from practical tools to sounds you’ve never heard.
600+ Incredibly diverse Convolution Reverbs from 9 world-class reverb units (like the famous Bricasti M7, EMT 250 and Lexicon 480) to the most ethereal and otherworldly sounds imaginable.
Add to the mix funky harmonic plates, household recordings and actual samples of other live instruments… you could get lost exploring these alone for hours. Try running one of Elysium’s mallet sounds through a long piano impulse… instant vibe.
In 2015 we pioneered “Intelligent Randomize” for you to make new patches, which gave you great starting points instead of dead-ends.
Now, generating sounds is no longer smart — it’s human.
From the Sound Browser or FX Pages, use the Generate buttons to blend thousands of hand-crafted sounds and FX presets to generate something brand new, uniquely yours, and human-approved.
Infinite inspiration at the click of a button.
Introducing Tide, an intuitive way to change volume with rhythm. Make sweeping, cinematic 8-bar swells, or beat-driven LFO “sidechain” pumping, and adjust how much you want on each layer.
1 of 4The Tide Display tracks each voice during its entire Rise and Fall in real-time, to help you easily see what you’re playing and follow the timing.
2 of 4 A few optional add-ons for Tide:
We know that in the moment you don’t always want to draw sequences. Use each sequencer’s dropdown to Generate functions to create common or random shapes, then use the Process, Repeat or Trajectory functions to sculpt your sequence + playback. No drawing necessary if you don’t want to.
4 of 4Make your entire patch Ebb and Flow with Global Tide: Create multi-bar swells or rhythmic LFOs. See the music demo below.
6 elegant, one-click Motion Sequencers to automate any parameter in the entire synth, including the ability to change the Perc layer’s Morph and Bass sounds on every step.
With over 130 modulation destinations, you’ll never run out of creative ways to set your sound in motion. Add subtle or rhythmic evolution, or turn the resolution up and use them per-cycle as an LFO.
A new category of sound. We turned the Phase Sequencer off for this one: purely sublime, ultra-playable hybrid instruments, featuring sounds only possible in Elysium.
Pandora includes 62 instruments of inspiration plus a 14-patch bonus bank “The Lost Patches”.
By popular demand, 86 rhythmic pulsing presets that add drive to modern genre. A buffet of bread-and-butter pulses that work in any track.
Harness the power of Rhythmic Element’s 6 categories: Deep Pulsars, Analog Drums, Pulses, Rhythm Suites, and Tickers.
One of the most inspired instruments ever created
300+ track-starting presets
Hundreds of deep-sampled keyboards, mallets, live strings, iconic synths and more Beautiful evolving atmospheres with subtle tonal rhythms blended in.
A creative, unique arpeggiator, one-click Sequencers and the all-new Global Tide. Quickly generate blissful arps, hard-hitting 303 basses, or any rhythmic element with impeccable, radio-ready sound design that fits into any modern track.
Easily make fun patches and sequences that are oozing with character.
We believe this is one of the most inspiring instruments ever created. If you aren’t happy after 14 days, just write to us.
A journey through Elysium with your intrepid host, founder Nathan Rightnour.
Shaun Chasin plays through some of his favorite presets, showing us what just a single instance of Elysium can do.
Programmed for Native Instruments keyboards.
Elysium is 3.5 GB (compressed) and runs inside the free Kontakt Player 6.4.2+. Full Kontakt 6.4.2+ works as well.
System requirements are:
• macOS 10.12, 10.13, 10.14 or 10.15 (latest update), i5, 4 GB RAM
• Mac OS X (64-bit only): Stand-alone, VST, AU, AAX
• Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 10 (latest Service Pack), Intel Core i5 or equivalent CPU, 2 GB RAM
• Windows (32/64-bit): Stand-alone, VST, AAX
A DAW or NKS Keyboard/Controller are not required to use Kontakt Player or Elysium.
Every purchase of Elysium works in the free Kontakt Player, which is easy to setup. Links will be in your download email.
Kontakt powers the lion’s share of the most powerful sound engines in the world. Most high-end libraries require the paid version of Kontakt to run, but Wide Blue Sound goes one step further to make our libraries accessible to EVERYONE on Mac & PC using the free Kontakt Player, which is essentially the same sampler with the same performance & sound quality under the hood.
We offer a 14-day Money Back Guarantee — no questions asked — so there’s zero risk in giving it a spin.
Flip through the presets, generate some cool sounds using the Sound Browser, even use it in a track or two, and if you don’t LOVE IT just shoot us an email.
If you have any questions at all, you can reach us via the Contact page or by replying to any of our emails.
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