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 v4.1.7

• OS X 10.7 compatibility

New in v4.1.6

• Bugfix for random crash/drawing problem after a while.
• Bugfix for crash in all bowed-type modules in 64-bit VST plug-in.

New in v4.1.4

• Authorization now works with non-admin user accounts.
• Fixed browser focus crash on Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.
• Fixed drag-and-drop in Logic 9 but now have a separate edit window.
• Fixed MIDI Links behavior on On/Off buttons.
• Fixed Edit MIDI dialog values glitch.