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- u-he Zebralette. Urs Heckmann, founder of u-he, spoils us with several excellent free software synths. Tyrell and Podolski have been around for years and are still very popular.
- Vember Audio Surge. The wavetable synth “Surge” by Vember Audio definitely deserves a place on this list of the best free software synths. Yes, you read that right: Wavetable synthesizer, free of charge.
- Cherry Audio Voltage Modular 2. Cherry Audio Voltage Modular is a powerful virtual modular system, and the mini version called Nucleus is available for free!
- Eventide Pendulate. Pendulate emerged from a collaboration between Eventide and Newfangled Audio and offers a novel sonic concept derived in part from ideas developed by Don Buchla.
Apr 21, 2021 · Free Software Synths For Windows. Ocean Swift Synthesis has released their entire line of software synths for Windows as free downloads. The developers note that their products “were a labor of love and our babies” but that they’ve moved on to other development jobs.
- MidiEditor
- Piano Time by Revel Software
- Garageband For Mac by Apple
- Piano 10 by Jefbcreating, A Top Free Midi Keyboard App
- Waveform Free by Tracktion
- Perfect Piano by Revontulet Soft Inc
- Labs by Spitfire Audio
- Surge
- Atmos Piano by Prism Audio
- Brels Midi Editor
MidiEditor is a simple, attractive, no-nonsense graphical interface (featuring a design circa mid-2000s) you can use to edit, play, and record MIDI data. From creating new MIDI content with your MIDI keyboard to loading in and editing existing MIDI files, MidiEditor is a capable workhorse for Windows and Linux. Sequencing and recording MIDI is ofte...
For those who want a dedicated environment in which to play, experiment, and work on their piano parts, Revel Software’s Piano Time hits the spot. This is a Windows-only multitouch piano app with 36 onscreen keys and selectable octaves. The app comes with several fun and handy features like the metronome, as well as unlimited record and playback. Y...
With GarageBand, Apple made music production accessible to even the greenest of beginners. With its launch, it wasn’t long before everyone and their dog was making beats and publishing online. With the included samples and loops, anyone could combine them in their own unique ways, and create their own beats. Fun! Turns out GarageBand is so much mor...
Here’s another simple Windows Piano app compatible with HoloLens, PC, mobile devices, and Hub. It’s called Piano 10, and it’s an acoustic piano app with the ability to choose your octave. The interface is simple and attractive. It creates a nice distraction-free environment where you can practice and work on your piano skills. There’s not a whole l...
Tracktion’s Waveform Free is one of our favorite free DAWs, and whether you’re looking to record or sequence MIDI tracks, it’s an excellent, streamlined working environment in which to do exactly that. Additionally, you might be inclined to play with piano, synth, strings, or other virtual instruments. The easiest way to do this is with a proper ho...
Revontulet Soft Inc’s Perfect Piano has been described as an “intelligent piano simulator” for Android phones and tablets. This app features an 88-key piano keyboard, multiple modes (single-row, double-row, dual players, chords), multitouch screen support, force touch, keyboard width adjustment, built-in effects (grand piano, bright piano, music bo...
Welcome to the ultimate composer’s playground. Spitfire Audio’s LABS encompasses a wide range of beautiful, organic sounding virtual instruments, including strings, guitars, pianos, brass, drums, vocals, percussion, synths, and experimental. There aren’t many gaps in their incredible library! These virtual instruments “stay in their lane,” as it we...
The Surge synth is one of those VST plugins that lives up to the hype. If you haven’t heard of it, here’s the lowdown – it’s a free, powerful, versatile, open source, award-winning, hybrid synth that’s compatible with Linux, Mac, and Windows systems. We’ve already covered Surge in multiple guides (and raved about it), so we won’t be going over all ...
This one is a recent discovery for us, though it’s entirely possible you’ve come across Prism Audio’s Atmos Piano before. So far as free “soft piano” sounds are concerned, yeah, LABS – Soft Piano might do a better job, but Atmos Piano is still quite solid for evocative, atmospheric, ambient piano sounds. Throw on a little reverb or delay and play a...
Do you ever feel like you’re stuck in the 90s? Do your friends always find subtle ways to remind you that you’re not “with” the times? Well, you might as well embrace who you are (and what you like), and with BRELS MIDI editor, you can pretend that you’re still in the early days of computer software. It even brands itself as a free, open-source, ol...
- Dexed. Frequency modulation (FM) synthesis has a bit of a rep of being difficult to master, mostly due to Yamaha’s DX7 – the hardware FM synth that defines the genre.
- discoDSP OB-Xd 2.0. The OB-X was a fat and warm-sounding 80s hardware polysynth that barged its way to prominence with the help of Jean-Michel Jarre, Herbie Hancock, Van Halen and Queen – among plenty other artists.
- Surge. Used by the likes of Roger Linn, Surge is a free, open-source software synth that was, until 2019, a paid product. The subtractive hybrid synth features three oscillators per voice with eight oscillator algorithms plus oscillator FM/ring modulation to quickly mutate your sounds.
- TAL Noisemaker. NoiseMaker builds on the success of TAL’s Elek7ro synth and is a relatively straightforward virtual analogue soft synth. Despite its simplicity, with three oscillators, several different filters and a pleasing amount of modulation capabilities, it can make some seriously powerful sounds.
- Vital. In late 2020, Tytel released Vital, a freeware spectral warping wavetable synthesizer with a staggering list of features and on-board controls.
- Dexed. This free plugin is probably the closest you’ll ever get to owning a Yamaha DX7 without spending a penny! Dexed is a highly versatile synthesizer that acts as an incredibly accurate emulation of the iconic hardware synth Yamaha DX7.
- Monique Bass Synth. Monique is a monophonic subtractive VST synthesizer with an impressive range of on-board effects and modulation options. It is designed primarily for creating deep basslines and rumbling 808s.
- u-he Tyrell N6. Tyrell N6 is a gorgeous, highly intuitive subtractive free VST synth with a lot of tricks up its sleeve. The plugin was developed by u-he, a legendary audio development company well-known for creating award-winning, dynamic VST instruments and effects, such as Diva and Hive 2.
Mar 23, 2022 · For Apple users, Garageband is hands down the best free MIDI keyboard software out there. It has all the modern DAW features found on much more expensive packages such as Ableton Live or Logic Pro, but for free! If you’re on PC, we recommend BandLab by CakeWalk.
Sep 20, 2022 · 1. DiscoDSP OB-Xd. (Image credit: discoDSP) PC/Mac | Standalone/VST/AU. OB-Xd isn’t the flashiest synth is this round-up, nor is it the newest, despite being updated to version 2 in recent months. It remains our favourite freeware synth, though, based largely on its blend of simple usability and excellent sound.
