Introducing Cypher2: A sound design adventure

ROLI and FXpansion launch Cypher2, available now

8th August 2018

Explore over 1,300 presets and high-powered sound design tools in Cypher2, which works as a standalone application or VST, AU and AAX plug-in for popular DAWs.

Journey to uncharted sonic horizons with Cypher2, the new premium software synthesizer from ROLI and FXpansion.

Years in the making, the FXpansion and ROLI team have built on the best features from Strobe2 and Cypher from DCAM Synth Squad to create a high-powered desktop instrument that lets you manipulate sound in almost infinite directions. Featuring a vast range of expressive presets and extensive sound design tools, Cypher2 makes every performance a true adventure in sound.

Cypher2 is available to purchase for $199 (£159, €179) — with a special discount price of $99 (€89, £79) for Seaboard and BLOCKS creators.

Connect your Seaboard or BLOCKS to Cypher2 to explore the 5 Dimensions of Touch in more depth than ever before. Assign 5D expression to almost any parameter with Cypher2's TransMod system, or create endlessly evolving melodies with the MIDI Polyphonic Expression (MPE)-optimised step-sequencer

There are also over 500 MPE presets to play with - hear a selection of these expressive sounds performed on the Seaboard RISE 49:

Over 1300 diverse and exciting sounds in total (including over 500 MPE and 800 presets for standard MIDI controllers) have been carefully crafted for Cypher2 by veteran FXpansion and ROLI sound designers. From atmospheric and sharp-edged electronics like PD Antarctica Ice Sweep 5D, to otherworldly interpretations of acoustic instruments like WI Harmonica 5D, there’s an entire sonic universe to discover.

“This project has been a true labour of love for the FXpansion team and ROLI’s veteran sound designers”, says Angus Hewlett, founder of FXpansion and now VP of Engineering at ROLI. “The expressive power of MPE and the sonic fidelity of circuit modeled synthesizer components is a uniquely powerful combination: an advanced software synthesizer which responds to your playing like no other”.

Check out even more of Cypher2’s presets performed on the ROLI Songmaker Kit below:

Explore more features of Cypher2 here, or watch this overview film: