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The impOSCar3 Black Friday deal from GForce Software cuts 50% from this hybrid synth plugin, so it costs $59.99 until Dec 1, 2026.
impOSCar3 pairs digital oscillators with analogue-style filters, following the design of the British hardware synth OSCar. GForce says that mix covers dark and ambient pads, resonant bells and precise leads.
If you want more weight, switch to poly-unison for a thicker stack of voices.
The hardware that inspired it came out of the UK in the early 1980s. It mixed digital and analogue tech in one instrument, and only 2,000 units were made.
The original had digital oscillators that could produce standard analogue waveforms plus up to 24 user-defined digital ones. It also had a dual high-pass and low-pass filter that could run at the same time.
The oscillators now take fully editable 256-step wavetables. You can draw them as shapes or edit them as partials.
Here is what GForce lists as new in this version:
GForce also says it simplified how the instrument operates while keeping its depth and compatibility with impOSCar2 patches.
The dual filter is the core of the synth. You get LP, HP and BP in 2-pole or 4-pole, and three parallel pairings: LP with BP, LP with HP, and BP with HP.
That adds up to 9 filter modes, each with Drive, Cutoff, Q and Separation controls. The maker says the parallel setups open up formant-like textures, phasing and resonance effects.
Wavetable switching lets you move to a new tone inside a patch while the core character of the sound stays put.
Beyond the filter and wavetables, the list covers:
The 1800+ presets include 450+ new ones from sound designers such as Sandunes, Zardonic, Plughugger, Reverb Machine and Tom Hall. The 1350+ legacy patches include work by Billy Currie of Ultravox and Darren Price and Rick Smith of Underworld.
Yes. The impOSCar3 Black Friday deal takes 50% off GForce Software's synth plugin, so it costs $59.99 until Dec 1, 2026.
impOSCar3 adds a wavetable oscillator and editor, a user LFO editor, 450+ new patches, a preset browser, four macros, Matrix Reverb, a scalable UI, undo and redo, and aftertouch control. impOSCar2 patches still load.
There are over 1800 presets in total. That is 450+ new factory patches plus 1350+ legacy patches, some by Billy Currie, Underworld's Darren Price and Rick Smith, and original OSCar programmer Paul Wiffen. It also has 150+ wavetable presets and 25+ LFO presets.
The dual filter offers 9 modes with Drive, Cutoff, Q and Separation. You can run LP, HP or BP in 2-pole or 4-pole, or pair LP with BP, LP with HP, or BP with HP in parallel.
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