Highlights
- Synapse: Laura's new signature filter. 4-pole slope, drive-mode-shaped resonance, always-on warmth, vocal bloom.
- Sing knob folds the resonance peak through a wave-folder for harmonically rich, almost-vocal character.
- Filter+ panel now hosts a live response curve, a Resonance knob, and conditional dimming on every control that has no effect at current settings.
- DICE button rolls every Filter+ control and the filter type itself, so each press is a genuinely fresh sound.
- Two new factory presets in a Lost Synapse category: Synapse Pulse (SEQ) and Synapse Bloom (PAD).
Details
Laura now ships with a brand-new filter type called Synapse. It's the synth's signature filter, built from scratch so every coefficient is tuned for character rather than generic spec-sheet correctness.
Synapse is a 4-pole low-pass with always-on input warmth, a wider resonance peak from a detuned cascade, drive-mode-shaped integrator saturation, and a built-in Sing fold. Each Drive Mode (Tanh, Soft, Hard, Aurora, Mirage, Halo) lends Synapse a distinct personality. Aurora especially makes the resonance sing when pushed.
The Sing knob is the headline. It taps the bandpass component of the filter, wave-folds it, and mixes it back into the output. At low values it adds a touch of harmonic glow; at high values it turns the resonance peak into a bell-like, vocal bloom. Sing works on every SVF-based filter type, with the most musical results on Synapse, where it's baked in at a baseline so the filter always has personality.
Filter+ panel also picked up a live response curve display, a dedicated Resonance knob, and conditional dimming so any control that has no effect at the current settings goes translucent. The DICE button now rolls the filter type, all six drive characters, the new Sing fold, stereo offset, voice jitter, FM, and more.
Two new factory presets ship in a Lost Synapse category to showcase Synapse and Sing: Synapse Pulse (a snappy pentatonic sequencer with Aurora drive and a vocal-resonance pluck) and Synapse Bloom (a slow evolving pad with Mirage drive and a high Sing setting for harmonic bloom on every sustained chord).