AIR Power Pack

Power up Your Instrument Collection!

The AIR Power Pack collection includes 3 of AIR's most celebrated instruments. Hybrid 3 has you covered for all areas of the synthesis spectrum from analog warmth to digital cold and everything in between. Velvet 2 is a virtual electronic piano that combines five legendary electric pianos from the 60s and 70s into one versatile instrument. Mini Grand is a premium quality piano that is simple to use but sounds great.

Power up your instrument collection with the AIR Power Pack, available for a limited time only.

Hybrid 3

The Next Generation in Synthesis

Hybrid 3.0 is the next generation in synthesis. This high-definition virtual synthesizer combines the coveted warmth of analog synths with a full range of futuristic digital manipulation capabilities. The result is the best of both worlds — a virtual instrument with a comprehensive set of precisely adjustable parameters that can sound like a synth you remember or something no one has ever heard before.

1200+ Built-In Sounds

Hybrid 3.0 comes with over 1,200 inspirational presets designed to jumpstart the creative process. Over 200 new patches, designed by the acclaimed AIR sound designers, include everything from wobbles, synth pads, arpeggios, poly synths, basses, leads, sequences, and much more. Hybrid veterans will be pleased to find that the familiar Hybrid 2.0 presets have been completely reworked, allowing users to experience their favourite sounds with all the sonic improvements of Hybrid 3.0. If you’re prone to tweaking, Hybrid 3.0 is loaded with a comprehensive set of user-adjustable parameters that let you create unique sounds and fine-tune them to taste. With support for two simultaneous parts (i.e. a powerful combination of two separate, 3-oscillator synthesizers), you can layer, split, or spread sounds to produce deep, complex, and wide patches. Plus, the simple patch browser makes it easy to find the preset you’re looking for and allows you to load two presets simultaneously, one into each part, for experimenting with rich timbres and playing multi-patch sounds.

High-Definition Oscillators

With three versatile oscillators and a sub-oscillator per part, Hybrid 3.0 is capable of stacking multiple oscillators together for huge pads, leads, basses, and more. Two multifunctional oscillators can recreate the classic subtractive-synthesis waveforms for a dose of analog nostalgia. In addition, these oscillators feature algorithms for digital wavetables. As a result, users can choose from nine different modes, including the Multi-Square waveform, Saw Sync, Saw Cross Modulation (which modulates the pitch of a saw wave with the output of a triangle wave for complex tones), Saw Multi (a stack of seven saws in unison), Square Sync, Square Cross Modulation, Square Pulse Width Modulation (PWM), and Wavetable. Hybrid 3.0 offers 100 wavetables with up to 64 single-cycle waveforms each. A third oscillator includes saw, square, or triangle waves, plus a noise generator and a sub-oscillator for deep bass effects.

Dual Filtering and Saturation Modes

Hybrid 3.0 features two multi-mode filters that can run in series or in parallel. In addition, the filters can be assigned one per channel to the stereo outputs, or set so that Oscillator 1 feeds Filter 1, with the remaining Oscillators being routed to Filter 2. Both of the filters offer your choice of DCF (Digitally Controlled Filter) or VCF models. The vintage Voltage Controlled Filter (VCF) makes it easier than ever to achieve those fat, retro synth sounds of the ’70s and ’80s. This sound filter brings the legendary soft and fat warmth of classic analog synth hardware filters to Hybrid 3.0.

Use the revolutionary multimode filters to control the tone colour of a part by removing or accenting certain frequencies. Choose from an extensive collection of 23 modes. Then dial in the filter cut-off, velocity, and key tracking. Use the resonance dial to change the tone from a nasal sound to a ringing tone by emphasizing frequencies around the cut-off and generating self-oscillation. A blend of the third oscillator and noise generator can serve as an audio modulation source for filter cut-off, producing distinctive electronic audio effects.

To add some serious edge, adjust the filter saturation. Hybrid 3.0 offers the original Overdrive filter, which creates a soft tube-like clipping and includes five additional filter saturation modes: Distort, which creates a harder, brighter clipping; Hard Clip, which creates a very hard and bright transistor-like clipping; Rectify, which creates a gentle distortion that retains the character of the input signal; Bit Crush, which creates deliberate aliasing by reducing the bit depth; and Resample, which creates deliberate aliasing by reducing the sample rate.

LFOs

Hybrid 3.0 includes four LFOs per part: two monophonic, one polyphonic, and one special Pump LFO. Use the LFOs to modulate pitch, loudness, or cut-off to produce vibrato, tremolo, or electronic sweeps. Choose from eight modulation types, ranging from sine and triangle waves to random, “drift,” and sample-and-hold modulation. Change the depth, rate, phase, and sync mode to quickly and dramatically alter the sound.

Pump is a special type of envelope that simulates studio side-chaining to create the pumping-and-breathing effect. In the case of Hybrid 3.0, this rhythmic effect can be applied to much more than the overall mix. The Pump LFO can be routed to create a rhythmic effect on a variety of specific parameters, such as pitch or filter settings.

Effects

Hybrid 3.0 provides two insert effect sends per part, each with more than 40 effect types, so you can quickly change the sound of a part. A separate master effects section lets you select reverb, delay, and chorus effects to enhance — or warp — any of the sounds at the patch level. Easily adjust effect parameters and sync effects to a chosen tempo.

Seamless DAW Integration

Hybrid 3.0 is available in VST and AAX plugin formats for both 32- and 64-bit operating systems and in AU for 64-bit operating systems. With its rich set of analog and digital sounds and a large array of adjustable parameters, Hybrid 3.0 gives musicians, arrangers, composers, and sound designers the qualities and character of a unique hardware synthesizer with the convenience and flexibility of an integrated plugin.

Features

• Six-oscillator subtractive and wavetable virtual synthesizer with 1200+ inspiring presets.
• Includes 200+ all-new sounds and 1000+ refreshed patches from Hybrid 2.0.
• Comprised of two simultaneous parts, each loaded with 3 oscillators and a sub-oscillator, filters, LFOs, envelopes, and effects for creating complex patches.
• All-new Doubling controls for quickly thickening and widening patches.
• Revamped step sequencers allow you to link steps together for rhythmic variation, syncopation, and advanced modulation patterns.
• All-new Oscillator Restart for punchy bass sounds, runs, and sequences.
• Dual series or parallel filters with vintage Voltage Controlled Filter modes for retro synth sounds.
• Flexible modulation options with 8 LFOs including Pump for the pumping-and-breathing effect.
• Comprehensive editing parameters for the ultimate in sound tweakability.
• Sample-accurate synthesis for super-fast envelopes and high-definition sound.
• Performance-driven features, including modulation matrices and multiple step sequencers for maximum playability.

Learn more about Hybrid 3.

Velvet 2

Five Legendary Electric Pianos

Velvet is a virtual electronic piano that combines five legendary electric pianos from the 60s and 70s into one versatile instrument. Based on Classic Electric Stage Pianos, Wurlitzer 200A and Hohner Pianet-T, Velvet accurately emulates the sound quality, response, and nuances of each original instrument to bring your piano tracks to life. Additionally, Velvet features a pallet of onboard effects and allows you to control every aspect of the sound for unparalleled realism: turn up the tube drive controls in the preamp section to warm up your tone; adjust the timbre, dynamic response, and velocity curve to customize the playing feel; and mix in the sound of pedal and other keyboard mechanical noises to recreate an authentic electric piano track.

Tap into Timeless Sounds

Using proprietary dynamic modelling, a unique combination of optimized sampling and modelling techniques, Velvet is capable of producing highly realistic recreations of classic electric piano sounds with superior fidelity and dynamic response. Additionally, Velvet features the revolutionary Vintage Mode that allows you to tap into the timeless sounds heard on countless classic recordings. Vintage Mode intelligently tweaks the timbre setting to readjust the sonic character of Velvet to match these electric pianos from the past. With the Vintage Mode, you can sound just like your favourite electric piano players.

Classic Effects

Velvet features a built-in preamp and an array of effects to add crunch, ambience, or tremolo to your electric piano track. Its powerful preamp section includes tube overdrive, compression, and a custom 3-band EQ with a parametric mid band to shape your sound. Process your sound further using a wide range of distortion, wah/filter, chorus, flanger, phaser, and tape delay effects to emulate a vintage sound or forge something new. The Ambience, Spring, and Room reverbs can add an expansive ambience to create otherworldly effects, or a small room reverb to add a bit of colour to your performance. You can also add tremolo and autopan effects; the former is modelled after those on the original electric pianos.

Professional Presets

Velvet includes 350+ professional presets meticulously programmed by AIR Music Technology's sound designers that make it easy to call up authentic electric piano sounds. You can even create your own unique presets by dialling into Velvet’s powerful controls. The graphic user interface is reminiscent of vintage electric pianos, and its controls are modelled after the originals, allowing you to easily modify sounds at the twist of a knob or notch of a slider.

Features

• A virtual electronic piano instrument with built-in effects that captures the character and response of five legendary instruments.
• Dynamic modelling and proprietary engine deliver unprecedented sound quality and dynamic response.
• Tweak the timbre, dynamic response, and velocity curve of each model.
• Mix in the sound of the keyboard and pedal noise for mechanical realism.
• Powerful preamp section with tube overdrive and compression for a crunchy tone.
• Onboard 3-band EQ with a parametric mid band for quick tone shaping.
• Authentic tremolo and autopan effects deliver classic expression.
• Vintage distortion, wah/filter, modulation, and amplifier effects.
• High-quality reverb effects include Ambience, Spring, and Room settings.
• Delay effects featuring a classic tape echo.
• MIDI Learn functionality allows easy mapping to MIDI controllers.
• 350 ready-to-play presets that can be tweaked to your taste.
• Intuitive graphic user interface reminiscent of each classic electric piano.

Learn more about Velvet 2.

Mini Grand

The piano—perhaps more than any other single instrument—conveys the whole range of musical thoughts and emotions like nothing else can.

Whether you’re the next Evgeny Kissin bringing the crowd to their feet at the conclusion of a stirring rendition of Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No.2, or Herbie Hancock laying down the funkiness on Watermelon Man or Monte Neuble making Rihanna’s music explode on the stage, it’s AIR music's mission to give you the creative tools you need to reach heights you never thought you could reach.

This was made for you.

Mini Grand is a simple to use yet powerful virtual piano instrument with seven different acoustic piano sounds to suit a broad range of musical styles and production needs.

• Premium quality piano samples
• 7 selectable piano models covering a wide range of piano sounds
• Re-pedaling technology, recreating super realistic string resonance behaviour
• Built-in room simulation
• Equal and stretched tuning available

Learn more about Mini Grand.

System Requirements

Mac: 

• macOS 10.8.5 - macOS 11 Big Sur (Full Apple silicon (M1) support is not available, but the VST plugin(s) may be compatible with some DAWs if run using Rosetta.)
• Core Duo Processor (Core i5 or i7 Recommended)

PC: 

• Windows 10, 8 or Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (64-bit only) 
• Minimum Dual Core 2GHz (Intel Core i5 or i7 Recommended)

Formats:

VST (32-bit and 64-bit) qualified for:

• All popular hosts supported

AU (64-bit only) qualified for:

• Logic Pro X

AAX qualified for:

• ProTools 10.3 (32-bit), ProTools 11.x (64-bit), ProTools 12 and ProTools 2020

Please Note:

• Minimum RAM 1GB (2GB or more Recommended)
• 1GB free hard drive space required (Download and Installation)
• A 64-bit compatible host application is required*
• Internet access required (Download and Authorization)
• A FREE iLok account & Licence Manager is required to authorise this software (a physical USB iLok is not required).

Important note: An internet connection is required to authorise this software.