Hades XT

Hades XT is a lightweight audio plugin whose purpose is to help you boost and tweak the quality of the sound using three oscillators with waveshaping distortion mode, sync, and X-Mod effects, two LFOs (low-frequency oscillation) that can work freely or via BPM host sync options, two DADSR (Delay, Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release) envelopes, two parallel LP (low-pass)/HP (high-pass) resonant filters (12/24 db/oct), ring modulator, chorus, delay, as well as 14x5 modulation matrix.

In order to make use of the audio plugin’s capabilities, you need to have a VST host installed on the target computer like energyXT or VSTHost. It can be deployed on all Windows flavors out there, provided that a VST host is present.

Hades XT welcomes you with a clean feature lineup. However, you still need to invest some extra time and play around with the dedicated parameters in order to understand how the audio plugin works. A help manual is not embedded in the package so you are on your own when it comes to discovering the plugin’s capabilities.

The three built-in oscillators are embedded in different panels, placed side by side, making it very easy for you to reach out and tweak them. You can make changes to the waveform by enabling different profiles (e.g. Saw, Triangle, Pulse, White Noise, Pink Noise, Sine), alter the shape, as well as enable or disable oscillator sync mode. Other tweaks can be applied to the octave and X-Mod effects.

What’s more, you are offered the freedom to enable filters, like cutoff frequency and resonance, switch between LP and HP options, enable 11 or 24 db/oct, turn on or off chorus effect and modify the rate, make the most out of two envelope panels and alter the delay, attack, decay, sustain, and release parameters, activate or disable delay, tweak two LFOs in terms of delay, steps, rate, beat, and shape, as well as set up MIDI channels, amplitude (attack, delay, sustain, release), and make changes to a modulation matrix.

To sum things up, Hades XT proves to be a reliable six voice polyphonic synthesizer that comes bundled with lots of audio tweaking parameters waiting to be discovered. You can take it for a spin to boost the sound. It is suitable for both music enthusiasts and casual users.