The Shepherd

The Shepherd VST plugin was developed to be a monophonic analogue synth designed to re-create the sound of a person whistling.

Controls for this synth are as follows: Volume - controls the overall volume level Velocity - controls the amount that key velocity affects the volume level Attack - the larger the amount, the longer the attack stages of the amplitude, frequecy and LFO envelopes Jump - this is the depth control for the frequency envelope and determines how far below the played note the pitch will slide from- adjusting this does not alter tuning of the played note Noise - this controls the amount of white noise (breathyness) included in the whitle tone Speed - this is the LFO rate control Warble - this is the LFO depth control - the amount of tremolo and vibrato are carefully balanced to sound natural no matter what setting is applied Glide - if notes are played overlapping portamento will be applied - this control determines the portamento time.