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VSM IV Black Friday pricing from GForce Software puts this string machine synth plugin at $59.99, which is 50% off, with the deal running until Dec 1, 2026.
It draws on sounds from 46 classic and rare string machines and lets you stack two of them in layers.
VSM IV is the fourth version of GForce Software's Virtual String Machine, a string machine synthesiser for building the sound bed under a track.
The library covers 46 machines, from the first commercial string ensembles (the Eminent 310 and Freeman String Symphonizer) to the Solina, Elka Rhapsody, Logan String Melody and Korg PE2000.
Each of the 49 notes is sampled and looped individually, and MIDI Learn handles programmable MIDI CC response.
GForce invited Robin Rimbaud (Scanner), Polydata, Lightbath and Noyzelab to build presets, alongside Dave Spiers, Chris Macleod, Graeme Rawson, Boudicca's Bass Service and Tom Wolfe.
The maker lists a long run of additions. Editing gets Undo, Redo, Copy and Paste, plus individual FX locks.
Wow and Flutter controls add ageing instability, the kind of pitch drift that vintage machines had built in.
The sound section gains a second state-variable filter, a three band equaliser, a chorus, an extra ensemble effect and a matrix reverb. The original vintage style Ensemble and Phaser effects are still there, along with the Lowpass, Bandpass and Highpass resonant filter.
LFO shaping now reaches four destinations: Pitch, Filter, Pan and Level.
For playing, Poly Aftertouch and Velocity controls are expanded, and Poly Pitchbend is included.
The two-layer option is the route to hybrids. Load one machine in each layer, or split the keyboard and give each half its own instrument.
GForce says this fusion of instruments is only possible in VSM. Dial in the filters, effects and ageing on top, and you can push these vintage tones past what any single machine does.
Yes. The VSM IV Black Friday deal from GForce Software takes 50% off, bringing the string machine synth plugin to $59.99. The offer ends Dec 1, 2026.
VSM IV ships with sounds from 46 classic and rare string machines, 1900+ patches (200+ of them new) and over 11.5GB of data. It also includes dual layer and split keyboard operation, plus Patch and Instrument Browsers.
The maker lists a scalable UI, Undo, Redo, Copy and Paste, Wow and Flutter ageing, a second state-variable filter, a three band equaliser, chorus, an extra ensemble effect and a matrix reverb. VSM4 is compatible with VSM3 presets.
Yes. VSM IV offers two layers, so you can combine sounds from different machines into hybrid patches. Dual layer and split keyboard operation are both listed, letting you assign different instruments to different parts of the keyboard.
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