DUNE 3

You can create a lot of good music just by playing with the sounds that come with your DAW. But once you start looking for ways to create a distinct sound, you may soon find that virtual synths may be the best solution for creating unique melodies. Remember though that most synths have distinct sounds of their own, so that doesn’t mean that your work will be easier; you still have plenty of parameters to tweak before you’re satisfied with your originality.

But let’s get back on track. Today, we’re going to take a look at DUNE 3, a synth that you can use to create bright and powerful digital sounds,

No, not that Dune. DUNE 3 is actually the successor of DUNE 2, a popular soft synth in its own right, and with a name also written in Caps. After you launch it in your DAW, you may notice that DUNE’s interface is very intuitive. All the modules are well-organized and their purpose becomes clear almost immediately, even to those who have little experience with such plugins.

Still, that doesn’t mean that DUNE 3 isn’t a complex instrument. At its core are three oscillators; the first two are versatile modules that enable you to shape your waveforms any way you wish. You can choose to work with either virtual analog synthesis, frequency modulation synthesis, or wavetable synthesis; if you choose the latter, you also have the possibility to edit your own wavetables. The third oscillator is less complex, but it also doubles as a white / pink noise unit.

No, not that Dune either. But there may be a connection here since it’s easy to recommend DUNE 3 to those who wish to create melodic dance anthems. Among the synth’s more important features are two FX buses, three LFOs, two arpeggiators, and a simple modulation matrix, but the list can go on. Actually, it’s easy to recommend DUNE 3 to anyone who wants to play with an intuitive modern-sounding virtual synth.