Developed by renowned sound designer Francis Preve of Symplesound, Solids presents a preset collection that demonstrates the sonic versatility of Chromaphone. The wide range of sounds runs the gamut of essential house organs and electric pianos to cinematic textures that shimmer and evolve. A variety of electric guitar and plucked string elements as well as an array of hyper-realistic bells and chimes also augment the set.
At times, Solids blurs the line between analog, FM, and physical modeling with punchy basses, delicate plucks, and ethereal pads—perfectly suited for synthwave and soundtrack productions. These 101 patches complement beautifully the original Chromaphone 2 factory library by combining both familiar keyboard classics with utterly unique experimental textures.
Who is Francis Preve?
For over 20 years, Francis Preve has been intimately involved with every aspect of synthesis. From his legendary preset work for companies including Ableton, Dave Smith Instruments, Korg, Xfer Records, and Roland to iconic club hits as a DJ/producer. As a college professor and journalist, Preve thoroughly understands the specifics of sound design at a quantum level.
The 101 presets of Solids
Arpeggios
12 String Dulcimer
Abbey Arpeggiator
Analog Dulcimer
Cathedral
Dreamtime
Film & TV Ready
Haunting of the Bells
Lullappeggio
Mallet Space
Morning After
Rainforest Chase
Rubberpeggio
S&H Mode
Solid Bass 100
Unipeggio
Vintage Anapluck
Wolfen Hunger
Basses
Precision Orgbass
Transient Bass
Bells
Additive Bell
Beautiful Clattering
Carillon
Churchtower
Clavierbell
Organic Bell
Tuned Symbols
Brass
Majestic Horn
Chimes
Fauxecho Chime
Sylvan Chime
Choirs
Choir, yep.
Symplesoft
Guitars
Edge Mutes
Guitar Intro
Nuance
Keys
Faux Lo Piano
Harpiano
Reedvibes
Rhodesian
Kick
Synthwave Kick
Layer
Punctuator
Leads
Analog Layering
Chuggin Metal
Dirty Mouth
Marina
Mallets
Bellarina
Echo Toy
Mellow Island
Millerrific
NOFX
Organs
Cave Organ
Distant Drawbars
Grabbing Hands
Them & Us
Pads
Air LAX
Crystalline Breath
Ephemeral Pad
Internal Motion
Pad Layer
Phased Strings
Polyhumana
Sacred Pad
Shimmershine
Squarepad
Thinalog
Percussions
Melodic Tymbale
Steam Monster
The Gong Show
Tympanica
Plucks
Chamber Performance
Graj Mahal
Mac's Pluck
Pizzicato
Psycherock
Squareverb
Tykopluk
Rhythmics
Hybridizer
Wobblebongo
Sequences
Big Ol' Bass
Future House Bass
Hausbass
House Organ
Major Rhythm
Scatterpluck
Sixteen Rhythm
Strings
Rich and Thin
Stringsynth
Stringvox
Textures
Airy Swell
Ambient Generator
Beam Me Up Pad
Butterflutter
Federation Orchestra
Granular Methodologies
Harmonic Waves
Mysterious Occurence
Sonariffic
The Mangler
Whispering Winds
Winds
Melancholia
Steps Ahead
Zarrarr
macOS · Windows · 64-bit
VST2 · VST3 · AU · AAX Native · NKS · Standalone
Mac minimum system requirements*
macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) or later
Intel Core i5 (circa 2015), Apple M1 processor or later
64-bit DAW
PC minimum system requirements*
Windows 10 64‑bit or later
Intel Core i5 (circa 2015) processor or later
64-bit DAW
*The minimum system requirements mentioned above are for standalone usage. For plug-in usage, please refer to your DAW software requirements (Sonar, Pro Tools, Cubase, Live, Digital Performer, Logic Pro, etc.)
