XILS-lab MemoryTone: another Memorymoog emulation with modern upgrades and a short intro price

# What MemoryTone is and where it fits XILS-lab MemoryTone is a software emulation of the Moog Memorymoog architecture. It reproduces the idea of three oscillators per voice across multiple voices and the classic 24dB/octave ladder filter, while adding modern workflow and sound-design features. It joins Arturia's Memory V and Cherry Audio's Memorymode 2 as the third Memorymoog-style plugin released this year.

# Memorymoog sound XILS-lab focused on the interaction of the 18 oscillators that characterize the original Memorymoog—how small variations accumulate between voices and how level changes affect the signal before the filter. Each oscillator offers pulse, sawtooth and triangle waveforms, variable pulse width, and hard sync. You can detune oscillators two and three or use oscillator three as an LFO like on the Minimoog.

The filter is modeled as the 24dB/Oct Ladder and can be driven into self-oscillation. XILS-lab also models "Drift" and voice-to-voice detune (VCE Detune) variations to recreate that layered, slightly imperfect ensemble character.

# Voice architecture, modes and performance Although the original Memorymoog is six-voice, MemoryTone increases polyphony to 12 voices while still describing itself as three oscillators per voice. Playing modes include mono, polyphonic and circular polyphonic (POLY cir). There's a massive unison option and both mono and polyphonic glide.

# Modulation, sequencing and expression Modulation includes two ADSR envelopes with advanced contour behavior and an LFO with a 0.1–10 Hz range and multiple waveforms (triangle, saw up, saw down, square and sample & hold). There are six assignable modulation slots and polyphonic voice modulation destinations such as oscillator FM and pulse-width modulation.

Expression features include velocity, aftertouch, expression input and MPE support, making the instrument usable in contemporary expressive setups.

# Modern features beyond the original synth XILS-lab has added an advanced arpeggiator with mono and poly modes, octave extension, broken-chord behavior, random patterns, gate and swing. A sequencer is included. The effects rack provides chorus, phaser, delay, reverb, EQ and a resonator, extending sound shaping well past the original hardware's capabilities.

# Presets and sound character The preset library includes the original factory patches programmed by Wendy Carlos, Herbert Deutsch and Jan Hammer. XILS-lab positions MemoryTone as a credible-sounding emulation with additional modern tools for contemporary production.

# Price, formats and availability

# Where this sits in your plugin choices If you already own Arturia's Memory V or Cherry Audio's Memorymode 2, MemoryTone may be redundant. If you don't own one of the Memorymoog-style plugins yet, the suggested approach is to try demos and compare sound, feel and workflow—the introductory price is positioned as an incentive to evaluate it now.