Synapse Audio Software is a software company located in Germany

Germany

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. Previously known as Sonic Syndicate and headed by Richard Hoffman they develop music production software for the Mac OS

Mac OS

Mac OS is a series of graphical user interface-based operating systems developed by Apple Inc. for their Macintosh line of computer systems. The Macintosh user experience is credited with popularizing the graphical user interface...

 and Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows

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 platforms. They started developing software in November 1998 as Sonic Syndicate and changed their name to Synapse Audio with the release of Orion Platinum

Orion Platinum

Orion is a music production suite developed by Synapse Audio Software for Microsoft Windows.The software supports all stages of music production, from composing and arranging music to mixing and mastering. Its features include multitrack audio recording, audio generation, audio effects, and a...

 in 2002

The name Synapse Audio was thought of by Epilogue, an Orion user. Sonic Syndicate ran a competition for users to suggest new names for the company. The winner received a free copy of Orion Platinum.

Products

• Orion Pro/Platinum
  Orion Platinum
  Orion is a music production suite developed by Synapse Audio Software for Microsoft Windows.The software supports all stages of music production, from composing and arranging music to mixing and mastering. Its features include multitrack audio recording, audio generation, audio effects, and a...
  
  

  Complete music production software package. Includes emulation

  Emulator

  In computing, an emulator is hardware or software or both that duplicates the functions of a first computer system in a different second computer system, so that the behavior of the second system closely resembles the behavior of the first system...

  
   of hardware components in software and multitrack audio recording facilities.

• Poly-850

  Emulation of early analog Synthesizer

  Synthesizer

  A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...

  
  s (VST Plugin

  Virtual Studio Technology

  Steinberg's Virtual Studio Technology is an interface for integrating software audio synthesizer and effect plugins with audio editors and hard-disk recording systems. VST and similar technologies use digital signal processing to simulate traditional recording studio hardware with software...

  
   / DXi)

• Hydra

  Multimodel FM-like Synthesizer

  Synthesizer

  A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...

  
   (VST Plugin

  Virtual Studio Technology

  Steinberg's Virtual Studio Technology is an interface for integrating software audio synthesizer and effect plugins with audio editors and hard-disk recording systems. VST and similar technologies use digital signal processing to simulate traditional recording studio hardware with software...

  
   / DXi)

• Junglist

  Multimodel KickMaking Synthesizer

  Synthesizer

  A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...

  
   (VST Plugin

  Virtual Studio Technology

  Steinberg's Virtual Studio Technology is an interface for integrating software audio synthesizer and effect plugins with audio editors and hard-disk recording systems. VST and similar technologies use digital signal processing to simulate traditional recording studio hardware with software...

  
   / DXi)

• Scorpion
  Scorpion
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  Emulation of a vintage analog Synthesizer

  Synthesizer

  A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...

  
   (VST Plugin

  Virtual Studio Technology

  Steinberg's Virtual Studio Technology is an interface for integrating software audio synthesizer and effect plugins with audio editors and hard-disk recording systems. VST and similar technologies use digital signal processing to simulate traditional recording studio hardware with software...

  
   / DXi)

• Plucked String

  Simple Guitar simulation instrument (VST Plugin

  Virtual Studio Technology

  Steinberg's Virtual Studio Technology is an interface for integrating software audio synthesizer and effect plugins with audio editors and hard-disk recording systems. VST and similar technologies use digital signal processing to simulate traditional recording studio hardware with software...

  
   / DXi)