Orion
| Category | Audio Production / Sequencers |
| Version | 8.6 |
| Format |
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| Compatibility |  Windows |
| License | Commercial Software |
| Price | $249 / 229€ |
| Rating | |
| Updated On | Oct 30, 2015 |
| Total Downloads | 868 |
| PC Downloads | 868 |
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Orion is a complete virtual studio software, including a powerful pattern-based sequencer, many synthesizers and effects, a mixing desk with sub busses, and multitrack audio recording.
All common interfaces, VST, DirectX and ReWire are fully supported. Orion ships with a massive 1 GB sound library filled with royalty-free presets and high quality multisamples. Demo songs and tutorials are included as well.
Using the 8-bus Mixer and Master Section, you can build advanced mixes in no-time, and the MultiFX control lets you create complex effect routing.
High resolution post-production is made possible by the enhanced WAV exporter, which supports up to 32-bit / 192 kHz resolution and can render instruments or channels to multiple WAV files.
Orion comes with a selection of 43...
All common interfaces, VST, DirectX and ReWire are fully supported. Orion ships with a massive 1 GB sound library filled with royalty-free presets and high quality multisamples. Demo songs and tutorials are included as well.
Using the 8-bus Mixer and Master Section, you can build advanced mixes in no-time, and the MultiFX control lets you create complex effect routing.
High resolution post-production is made possible by the enhanced WAV exporter, which supports up to 32-bit / 192 kHz resolution and can render instruments or channels to multiple WAV files.
Orion comes with a selection of 43...
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Orion is a complete virtual studio software, including a powerful pattern-based sequencer, many synthesizers and effects, a mixing desk with sub busses, and multitrack audio recording.
All common interfaces, VST, DirectX and ReWire are fully supported. Orion ships with a massive 1 GB sound library filled with royalty-free presets and high quality multisamples. Demo songs and tutorials are included as well.
Using the 8-bus Mixer and Master Section, you can build advanced mixes in no-time, and the MultiFX control lets you create complex effect routing.
High resolution post-production is made possible by the enhanced WAV exporter, which supports up to 32-bit / 192 kHz resolution and can render instruments or channels to multiple WAV files.
Orion comes with a selection of 43 internal effects - including reverb, delay and chorus effects, a full parametric equalizer, and more. Additionally, there is full support for third-party VST and DirectX effects, as well as for third-party VSTi and DXi instruments.
Orion comes with the following generators:
- Pro-9
Virtual-analog drum synthesizer, with individual parameters for each of the eleven individually modelled drum circuits. The Pro-9 contains its own step sequencer, but like all Orion generators, it can of course be controlled via MIDI, the piano roll or even PC keyboard as well.
- Toxic
6-Operator FM Synthesizer with a modulation matrix, a virtual-analog lowpass filter and multiple onboard effect sections such as Chorus, Flanger, EQ and Delay. The Toxic comes with a large selection of outstanding presets.
- Acoustic Grand
Acoustic Grand Piano module of highest quality, powerered by sampling experts Yellow Tools.
- Sampler
Multisample player with two LFOs and three envelopes. Supports reading many industry standard formats such as SoundFont (SF2), Akai S5000/6000 and many more.
- Wasp
Virtual Analog synthesizer with two oscillators + subosc, two LFOs and three envelopes, integrated effect unit and six different filter modes. From the beautiful to the plain weird, from lush pads and strings to harsh leads and basses - the virtual analog WASP synthesizer does it all, and with conviction.
- Toxic III
Rack version of the Toxic synthesizer with a couple of extra parameters added. Note: This generator is only included in the 32-bit edition of Orion.
- DrumRack
Flexible sample-based drum machine, with up to 18 tracks, containing its own step and velocity sequencer. Both single WAV files, as well as multisampled LM4 kits with velocity layers can be imported.
- Monobass
Monophonic bass synth.
- Ultran
Wave-morphing sampler with four oscillators, two LFOs and three envelopes, custom velocity response and more.
- Tomcat
Versatile drum sound synthesizer.
- Wavefusion
Wavetable synthesizer with three oscillators, three LFOs, three envelopes and three filter modes.
- Screamer
2-Oscillator virtual analog monosynth with special overdrive and accent/slide circuitry.
- Plucked String
Physical modelling synth.
- MIDI Out
Use this module to compose with external gear.
- Plug-in Support
Full VSTi and DXi integration.
All common interfaces, VST, DirectX and ReWire are fully supported. Orion ships with a massive 1 GB sound library filled with royalty-free presets and high quality multisamples. Demo songs and tutorials are included as well.
Using the 8-bus Mixer and Master Section, you can build advanced mixes in no-time, and the MultiFX control lets you create complex effect routing.
High resolution post-production is made possible by the enhanced WAV exporter, which supports up to 32-bit / 192 kHz resolution and can render instruments or channels to multiple WAV files.
Orion comes with a selection of 43 internal effects - including reverb, delay and chorus effects, a full parametric equalizer, and more. Additionally, there is full support for third-party VST and DirectX effects, as well as for third-party VSTi and DXi instruments.
Orion comes with the following generators:
- Pro-9
Virtual-analog drum synthesizer, with individual parameters for each of the eleven individually modelled drum circuits. The Pro-9 contains its own step sequencer, but like all Orion generators, it can of course be controlled via MIDI, the piano roll or even PC keyboard as well.
- Toxic
6-Operator FM Synthesizer with a modulation matrix, a virtual-analog lowpass filter and multiple onboard effect sections such as Chorus, Flanger, EQ and Delay. The Toxic comes with a large selection of outstanding presets.
- Acoustic Grand
Acoustic Grand Piano module of highest quality, powerered by sampling experts Yellow Tools.
- Sampler
Multisample player with two LFOs and three envelopes. Supports reading many industry standard formats such as SoundFont (SF2), Akai S5000/6000 and many more.
- Wasp
Virtual Analog synthesizer with two oscillators + subosc, two LFOs and three envelopes, integrated effect unit and six different filter modes. From the beautiful to the plain weird, from lush pads and strings to harsh leads and basses - the virtual analog WASP synthesizer does it all, and with conviction.
- Toxic III
Rack version of the Toxic synthesizer with a couple of extra parameters added. Note: This generator is only included in the 32-bit edition of Orion.
- DrumRack
Flexible sample-based drum machine, with up to 18 tracks, containing its own step and velocity sequencer. Both single WAV files, as well as multisampled LM4 kits with velocity layers can be imported.
- Monobass
Monophonic bass synth.
- Ultran
Wave-morphing sampler with four oscillators, two LFOs and three envelopes, custom velocity response and more.
- Tomcat
Versatile drum sound synthesizer.
- Wavefusion
Wavetable synthesizer with three oscillators, three LFOs, three envelopes and three filter modes.
- Screamer
2-Oscillator virtual analog monosynth with special overdrive and accent/slide circuitry.
- Plucked String
Physical modelling synth.
- MIDI Out
Use this module to compose with external gear.
- Plug-in Support
Full VSTi and DXi integration.
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Windows XP/Vista/7
CPU: P4/1.4GHz, SSE2 support
RAM: 512 MB
DISK: 200 MB
VIDEO: 1280x800
Orion v 8.6
Oct 30, 2015
Windows
Orion 8.6 introduces track freeze, new effects, usability enhancements and an update of the skin system. Additionally, many bugs from version 8.5 have been addressed.
Orion v 8.5
Sep 27, 2011
Windows
New features:
New default skin by Nick Moritz
New effect: RNA-160 Compressor/Limiter, a faithful emulation of an outboard legend
New effect: Concert Hall, a new algorithmic reverb with a high-quality sound
New effect: Analog Phaser, an analog-modelled six-stage phaser
New effect: Vintage EQ, tone stack emulation of the legendary '59 Bassman Amp
Compressor CV-82, an improved version of the Compressor 8 with additional features
Sidechain support for VST effects
Pro-9 extended with the Noise Spread knob, which increases the spaciousness of the Snare and Clap sound in the stereo field
ASIO Outputs can be freely assigned to individual subgroups in the Master section
Skinning system overhauled, skins are easier to develop and maintain now, most knobs support alpha-blending and an arbitrary number of frames
Toxic 2 synthesizer engine completely overhauled, its performance is now up to 50% higher than previously. New "Pan Spread" knob for spreading Unison voices in the stereo field
All workspace windows can snap to a user-definable grid, facilitating the window arrangement
Full Screen Mode (F11)
Workflow Enhancements:
Popup Hints for generator knobs (can be turned off)
Current Parameter value visible in event editors (red line by default, user-definable)
All workspace Windows can snap to a user-definable grid
"Clone" function which clones all patterns and the arrangement of a generator to a new track. The source mixer strip with all its associated insert FX and EQ settings can be optionally cloned as well
Bug Fixes:
Toolbars no longer 'blink' when clicking on them
Some VST plugins did not redraw properly, fixed
Assigning Transport buttons to MIDI CC did not always work properly, fixed
Song Merge did not always work properly, fixed
MP3 Export did not work in 64-bit version of Orion, fixed
Incorrect meter drawing while mixer was moving, fixed
Audio glitches while window was moving or scrolling, fixed
Playlist cursor drawing bugs while window was moving, fixed
Song Length was not correctly updated when adding huge patterns, fixed
Mousewheel did not work properly in all cases, fixed
Modules were loosing focus and focus was set for playlist (TAB shortcut issue), fixed
Deprecated effect "Simple reverb" was not recovered properly from older projects, fixed
"Audio Input" text was not drawn properly on expanded playlist, fixed
Hitting [Alt]+[-] to invoke MDI window caused hang, fixed
Styles imported from V7 with automation in them did not show the automation, fixed
Pattern list Drop-down in Playlist did not always work, fixed
VST effect "PSP-85" crashed after inserting it, fixed
"Receive MIDI from..." did not work for VST effects, fixed
IL plugins had drawing issues, fixed
Recorded MIDI CC Automation was sometimes not shown for VST plugins, fixed
Event Editor: Events drawn with the line tool while left button was held down were erased by playlist cursor, fixed
Imported v7 projects with many generators did not show all mixer strips, fixed
Scrolling in Piano Roll and Playlist was sluggish sometimes, fixed
Generator window was not resizable if pianoroll was opened while window was rolled, fixed
After un-maximizing a window, the border was not redrawn correctly, fixed
Toxic 2 "Init Program" function created a silent patch, fixed
Calling up minimized Windows from the Window menu did not work, fixed
On some systems the Mixer had redraw issues, fixed
New default skin by Nick Moritz
New effect: RNA-160 Compressor/Limiter, a faithful emulation of an outboard legend
New effect: Concert Hall, a new algorithmic reverb with a high-quality sound
New effect: Analog Phaser, an analog-modelled six-stage phaser
New effect: Vintage EQ, tone stack emulation of the legendary '59 Bassman Amp
Compressor CV-82, an improved version of the Compressor 8 with additional features
Sidechain support for VST effects
Pro-9 extended with the Noise Spread knob, which increases the spaciousness of the Snare and Clap sound in the stereo field
ASIO Outputs can be freely assigned to individual subgroups in the Master section
Skinning system overhauled, skins are easier to develop and maintain now, most knobs support alpha-blending and an arbitrary number of frames
Toxic 2 synthesizer engine completely overhauled, its performance is now up to 50% higher than previously. New "Pan Spread" knob for spreading Unison voices in the stereo field
All workspace windows can snap to a user-definable grid, facilitating the window arrangement
Full Screen Mode (F11)
Workflow Enhancements:
Popup Hints for generator knobs (can be turned off)
Current Parameter value visible in event editors (red line by default, user-definable)
All workspace Windows can snap to a user-definable grid
"Clone" function which clones all patterns and the arrangement of a generator to a new track. The source mixer strip with all its associated insert FX and EQ settings can be optionally cloned as well
Bug Fixes:
Toolbars no longer 'blink' when clicking on them
Some VST plugins did not redraw properly, fixed
Assigning Transport buttons to MIDI CC did not always work properly, fixed
Song Merge did not always work properly, fixed
MP3 Export did not work in 64-bit version of Orion, fixed
Incorrect meter drawing while mixer was moving, fixed
Audio glitches while window was moving or scrolling, fixed
Playlist cursor drawing bugs while window was moving, fixed
Song Length was not correctly updated when adding huge patterns, fixed
Mousewheel did not work properly in all cases, fixed
Modules were loosing focus and focus was set for playlist (TAB shortcut issue), fixed
Deprecated effect "Simple reverb" was not recovered properly from older projects, fixed
"Audio Input" text was not drawn properly on expanded playlist, fixed
Hitting [Alt]+[-] to invoke MDI window caused hang, fixed
Styles imported from V7 with automation in them did not show the automation, fixed
Pattern list Drop-down in Playlist did not always work, fixed
VST effect "PSP-85" crashed after inserting it, fixed
"Receive MIDI from..." did not work for VST effects, fixed
IL plugins had drawing issues, fixed
Recorded MIDI CC Automation was sometimes not shown for VST plugins, fixed
Event Editor: Events drawn with the line tool while left button was held down were erased by playlist cursor, fixed
Imported v7 projects with many generators did not show all mixer strips, fixed
Scrolling in Piano Roll and Playlist was sluggish sometimes, fixed
Generator window was not resizable if pianoroll was opened while window was rolled, fixed
After un-maximizing a window, the border was not redrawn correctly, fixed
Toxic 2 "Init Program" function created a silent patch, fixed
Calling up minimized Windows from the Window menu did not work, fixed
On some systems the Mixer had redraw issues, fixed
Orion v 8.5beta2
Aug 25, 2011
Windows
New in this version:
Full Screen Mode (F11)
Changes sice first public beta:
Arpeggiator played wrong notes in some cases, fixed.
VST Sidechain input was not memorized, fixed.
Time View window did not refresh its title bar, fixed.
Cloning channels with FX having sidechains did not clone the sidechain channel, fixed.
Clone Cancel button not working, fixed.
The VSTi Purity did not show its GUI in Orion, fixed.
Last note length used was no longer remembered, fixed.
New Reverb could overload at high decay and low HF Damp values, fixed.
Recording with Metronome Count-in gave odd results when step recording was active, fixed.
Recording in Pattern Mode with Quantize On could yield notes beyond pattern boundary, fixed.
Recording in Song Mode with the Arpeggiator turned on did not work, fixed.
Transport into the middle of a pattern was not always working properly, fixed.
Stereo Pan/Width effect inverted left and right channels, fixed.
Pattern size was not updated properly after an Undo operation, fixed.
Windows moved outside the visible area (e.g. due to a screen resolution change) can be restored via the View menu.
Minor Skin/UI improvements and fixes.
Full Screen Mode (F11)
Changes sice first public beta:
Arpeggiator played wrong notes in some cases, fixed.
VST Sidechain input was not memorized, fixed.
Time View window did not refresh its title bar, fixed.
Cloning channels with FX having sidechains did not clone the sidechain channel, fixed.
Clone Cancel button not working, fixed.
The VSTi Purity did not show its GUI in Orion, fixed.
Last note length used was no longer remembered, fixed.
New Reverb could overload at high decay and low HF Damp values, fixed.
Recording with Metronome Count-in gave odd results when step recording was active, fixed.
Recording in Pattern Mode with Quantize On could yield notes beyond pattern boundary, fixed.
Recording in Song Mode with the Arpeggiator turned on did not work, fixed.
Transport into the middle of a pattern was not always working properly, fixed.
Stereo Pan/Width effect inverted left and right channels, fixed.
Pattern size was not updated properly after an Undo operation, fixed.
Windows moved outside the visible area (e.g. due to a screen resolution change) can be restored via the View menu.
Minor Skin/UI improvements and fixes.
Orion v 8.5
Jun 28, 2011
Windows
Key Features introduced in Version 8.5:
New default skin by Nick Moritz
New effect: RNA-160 Compressor/Limiter, a faithful emulation of an outboard legend.
New effect: Concert Hall, a new algorithmic reverb with a high-quality sound.
New effect: Analog Phaser, an anlog-modelled six-stage phaser
New effect: Vintage EQ, tone stack emulation of the legendary '59 Bassman Amp
Compressor CV-82, an improved version of the Compressor 8 with additional features
Sidechain support for VST effects
Pro-9 extended with the Noise Spread knob, which increases the spaciousness of the Snare and Clap sound in the stereo field
ASIO Outputs can be freely assigned to individual subgroups in the Master section
Skinning system completely overhauled, skins are easier to develop and maintain now, most
knobs support alpha-blending and an arbitrary number of frames.
Toxic 2 synthesizer engine completely overhauled, its performance is now up to 50% higher
than previously. New "Pan Spread" knob for spreading Unison voices in the stereo field.
All workspace windows can snap to a user-definable grid, facilitating the window arrangement
Workflow Enhancements:
Popup Hints for generator knobs (can be turned off)
Current Parameter value visible in event editors (red line by default, user-definable)
All workspace Windows can snap to a user-definable grid
"Clone" function which clones all patterns and the arrangement of a generator to a new track. The source mixer strip with all its associated insert FX and EQ settings can be optionally cloned as well.
Bug Fixes:
Toolbars no longer 'blink' when clicking on them
Some VST plugins did not redraw properly, fixed
Assigning Transport buttons to MIDI CC did not always work properly, fixed
Song Merge did not always work properly, fixed
MP3 Export did not work in 64-bit version of Orion, fixed
Incorrect meter drawing while mixer was moving, fixed
Audio glitches while window was moving or scrolling, fixed
Playlist cursor drawing bugs while window was moving, fixed
Song Length was not correctly updated when adding huge patterns, fixed
Mousewheel did not work properly in all cases, fixed
Modules were loosing focus and focus was set for playlist (TAB shortcut issue), fixed
Deprecated effect "Simple reverb" was not recovered properly from older projects, fixed
"Audio Input" text was not drawn properly on expanded playlist, fixed
Hitting [Alt]+[-] to invoke MDI window caused hang, fixed
Styles imported from V7 with automation in them did not show the automation, fixed
Pattern list Drop-down in Playlist did not always work, fixed
VST effect "PSP-85" crashed after inserting it, fixed
"Receive MIDI from..." did not work for VST effects, fixed
IL plugins had drawing issues, fixed
Recorded MIDI CC Automation was sometimes not shown for VST plugins, fixed
Event Editor: Events drawn with the line tool while left button was held down were erased by playlist cursor, fixed
Imported v7 projects with many generators did not show all mixer strips, fixed
Scrolling in Piano Roll and Playlist was sluggish sometimes, fixed
Generator window was not resizable if pianoroll was opened while window was rolled, fixed
After un-maximizing a window, the border was not redrawn correctly, fixed
Toxic 2 "Init Program" function created a silent patch, fixed
Calling up minimized Windows from the Window menu did not work, fixed
On some systems the Mixer had redraw issues, fixed
New default skin by Nick Moritz
New effect: RNA-160 Compressor/Limiter, a faithful emulation of an outboard legend.
New effect: Concert Hall, a new algorithmic reverb with a high-quality sound.
New effect: Analog Phaser, an anlog-modelled six-stage phaser
New effect: Vintage EQ, tone stack emulation of the legendary '59 Bassman Amp
Compressor CV-82, an improved version of the Compressor 8 with additional features
Sidechain support for VST effects
Pro-9 extended with the Noise Spread knob, which increases the spaciousness of the Snare and Clap sound in the stereo field
ASIO Outputs can be freely assigned to individual subgroups in the Master section
Skinning system completely overhauled, skins are easier to develop and maintain now, most
knobs support alpha-blending and an arbitrary number of frames.
Toxic 2 synthesizer engine completely overhauled, its performance is now up to 50% higher
than previously. New "Pan Spread" knob for spreading Unison voices in the stereo field.
All workspace windows can snap to a user-definable grid, facilitating the window arrangement
Workflow Enhancements:
Popup Hints for generator knobs (can be turned off)
Current Parameter value visible in event editors (red line by default, user-definable)
All workspace Windows can snap to a user-definable grid
"Clone" function which clones all patterns and the arrangement of a generator to a new track. The source mixer strip with all its associated insert FX and EQ settings can be optionally cloned as well.
Bug Fixes:
Toolbars no longer 'blink' when clicking on them
Some VST plugins did not redraw properly, fixed
Assigning Transport buttons to MIDI CC did not always work properly, fixed
Song Merge did not always work properly, fixed
MP3 Export did not work in 64-bit version of Orion, fixed
Incorrect meter drawing while mixer was moving, fixed
Audio glitches while window was moving or scrolling, fixed
Playlist cursor drawing bugs while window was moving, fixed
Song Length was not correctly updated when adding huge patterns, fixed
Mousewheel did not work properly in all cases, fixed
Modules were loosing focus and focus was set for playlist (TAB shortcut issue), fixed
Deprecated effect "Simple reverb" was not recovered properly from older projects, fixed
"Audio Input" text was not drawn properly on expanded playlist, fixed
Hitting [Alt]+[-] to invoke MDI window caused hang, fixed
Styles imported from V7 with automation in them did not show the automation, fixed
Pattern list Drop-down in Playlist did not always work, fixed
VST effect "PSP-85" crashed after inserting it, fixed
"Receive MIDI from..." did not work for VST effects, fixed
IL plugins had drawing issues, fixed
Recorded MIDI CC Automation was sometimes not shown for VST plugins, fixed
Event Editor: Events drawn with the line tool while left button was held down were erased by playlist cursor, fixed
Imported v7 projects with many generators did not show all mixer strips, fixed
Scrolling in Piano Roll and Playlist was sluggish sometimes, fixed
Generator window was not resizable if pianoroll was opened while window was rolled, fixed
After un-maximizing a window, the border was not redrawn correctly, fixed
Toxic 2 "Init Program" function created a silent patch, fixed
Calling up minimized Windows from the Window menu did not work, fixed
On some systems the Mixer had redraw issues, fixed
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