Just sing it!

This December we take a look at Jussi, a very unique sounding vocal synth. Jussi can sing anything from soft and airy choir-like vowels to hard and angry shouting.

Jussi Björling was a super famous Swedish opera singer. A bit like Justin Bieber, with the only difference that we won’t make a plugin called Justin. Not for the foreseeable future at least. Anyway, Jussi Björling was a star, and this month's Pick of the Month is our little tribute to his legacy.

Jussi (the plug-in that is) emulates a man singing vowels using pure synthesis. No samples are involved what so ever. The formants are controlled by velocity, so a gentle tap on your keyboard generates a soft vocal (oo) and a high-velocity tap generates a hard vocal (aa).

We’re totally aware that this synthesizer doesn’t sound lika a real classical trained vocalist. Our aim and focus was to create an instrument that’s fun to play, and hopefully will find its place in many different musical settings.

Bagatellamusic made this awesome jam featuring Jussi - Vocal Synthesizer