The Tassman is a modular sound synthesis studio based on Applied Acoustics Systems' award winning physical modeling technology. The Tassman offers a near infinite range of creative possibilities with a wide collection of synths ranging from highly realistic emulation of acoustic instruments, analog and FM synthesizers, loop processors to entirely unique hybrid creations simply not possible by any other means.

The Tassman is a tightly integrated environment comprising of three mains interfaces: the Player, the Builder and the Browser. With the Tassman Player you are ready to play any of the synths included in the library. The automatically generated Player interface is inspired by classic analog hardware making it easy to tweak any of the existing factory presets to create and save your own custom sounds.

The Builder allows you to customize the way individual modules are connected within a synth, or even create your own instruments from the ground up, using an intuitive 'building block' approach. The Builder interface presents the patch associated with each synth in a way that is easy to understand and logical. A patch can easily be modified or created by dragging the color-coded building blocks from the bank of modules. Finally, the Browser is where you find and organize all the Tassman elements used in the Player and Builder: performances, synths, presets, modules, MIDI Links, imported patches and subpatches. The Browser Filters and Locate function make navigating and organizing Tassman elements a breeze.

From unrivaled recreations of analog and acoustic instruments, to wildly adventurous cinematic textures, the Tassman puts the shape of sound design in your hands.

New in v4.1.3

• New Features: Total recall. Saving your host project now saves Tassman's instrument, preset, output stage and MIDI Links.
• New Features: Better behavior with audio and MIDI settings on first start and on configuration changes.
• New Features: Recorder now records .WAV and .AIFF files on both Windows and Mac OS X.
• Fixed Recorder crash on Windows.
• Fixed audio cuts when the plug-in window was displayed.
• Fixed MIDI Link crash on "Default" channel.
• Fixed Cubase 5 crash on Windows.
• Now works with Cubase 5 64-bit VST Bridge.
• Now works with Sonar 64-bit BitBridge.
• Fixed "Fatal Error 417" during authorization on Mac OS X.
• Fixed Edit MIDI Link dialog values glitch.
• Add MIDI Link menu was missing in DXi plug-in.
• Module info is now displayed on Mac OS X when a module is selected in the browser.
• Fixed Player module crash on Intel-based Mac systems when loading a preset made on an PowerPC-based Mac system.
• Fixed Builder/Player button crash when no patch was loaded.
• Fixed crash on polyphony change.
• Browser now prettier on Windows.
• Fixed stuck Applescript dialog in Mac OS X installer.
• Fixed optimisation option on Mac OS X.