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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.
- Free Plugin Synths at A Glance
- Vital
- Digital Suburban Dexed
- Codsp OB-Xd 2.0
- Surge Xt
- Tal Noisemaker
- Martin Lüders PG-8X
- Wavewarden Odin 2
- U-He Tyrell N6
- NUSofting Sinnah
VitalDigital Suburban DexeddiscoDSP OB-Xd 3.0Surge XTVital’s self-titled free synth, released in 2020, is a powerful spectral warping wavetable synth with tons of features. While there are paid-for versions with more presets, custom skins and a cool text-to-wavetable feature, even the free version of Vital is an absolute steal. It has wavetable and spectral morphing, loads of modulation capabilities,...
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. The DX7 was incredibly popular in the 80s and 90s, though, and you can hear it presets on countless pop hits. Dexed, created by Digital Suburban, is an open-source DX7 clone, and while it sp...
The OB-X is a fat and warm-sounding, highly sought-after hardware polysynth, released by Oberheim in 1979. It barged its way to prominence in the 80s with the help of Jean-Michel Jarre, Herbie Hancock, Van Halen and Queen– among plenty of other artists. OB-Xd by discoDSPfaithfully emulates the renowned OB-X polysynth. It integrates modern features ...
Used by the likes of Roger Linn, Surgeis a free, open-source software synth that was, until 2019, a paid product. Rebranded as Surge XT in 2020 and having gone through various updates since then, this subtractive hybrid synth features three oscillators per voice with eight oscillator algorithms plus oscillator FM/ring modulation to quickly mutate y...
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. Built-in effects such as a reverb, bitcrusher and Roland Juno...
Roland’s synth legacy from the 1980s is impressive, and the freeware community has paid homage to the brand’s legendary line of instruments in abundance. The PG-8X is based on the popular JX-8P, an analogue subtractive six-voice synth with digitally controlled oscillators and a separate programmer, the PG-800. And it’s from this programmer that sof...
Reason’s legendary wavetable synth, Thor, gets the freeware treatment from TheWaveWarden with Odin 2. The 24-voice VST3 plugin is still in beta but features 11 oscillators, over 30 different waveforms and 12 different filters. The filters include emulations of Moog’s classic Ladder filter, Oberheim’s smooth low-pass filter and the aggressive Korg 3...
u-heregards the Tyrell N6 as a “compact, sporty synth”. Inspired, the brand says, by design concepts for hardware, it’s a virtual analogue synth with two oscillators, noise, ring modulator, and twin filters reminiscent of the u-he’s aforementioned Diva model. With two LFOs featuring eight waveforms and host-syncing capabilities, you can churn out a...
One of our classic choices gets an inclusion again, thanks to an update to v1.1 a couple of years back. At first glance, Sinnah has a simple architecture, but also boasts a large delay matrix, plus five waveshapes and the ability to increase the level of harmonics for each. It’s able to sound both acoustic and very electronic, so can be used for a ...
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Jan 29, 2021 · The unconventional GUI may not appeal but the angsty sounds it generates surely will. Instant download, email required. Link: https://www.newfangledaudio.com/pendulate. ModulAir [Win] - Mono/Poly. ModulAir is a stunning software modular synth for those not yet ready for the quantum leap into VCV Rack.
Jul 20, 2019 · Surge is an opensource Synth VST that sounds fantastic and used to be considered by many to be the best free synthesizer plugin currently available.
- Tal Noise Maker. Tal Noise Maker is a virtual analog synth with syncable oscillators. It is available for both Mac and PC and comes in VST/AU/AAX formats.
- Matt Tytel Helm. Matt Tylel Helm is a virtual analog synth with a multi-compatible nature. It supports Mac, PC, and Linux and comes in VST/VST3/AU/LV2 formats.
- U-He Tyrell N6. Tyrell N6 is another free synth with a fairly straightforward and classic-looking user interface by Urs Heckmann, the man behind virtual synth classics like Zebra2 and Diva.
- Digital Suburban Dexed. If you’re looking for a free VST version of Yamaha’s renowned DX7, Digital Suburban Dexed is an ideal substitute. This free plugin has a sound that is quite similar to Yamaha DX7, which makes it a good choice.
Jul 17, 2019 · 1. Vital by Vital Audio. Vital VST Review. This is the newest one on our list and I’ve decided to put it first because it’s just that good! Vital is a super hot “Spectral Warping” wavetable synth that is creating a lot of buzz for some really obvious reasons. In case you are only just hearing about Vital now, let’s look at why it’s a hit…
Nov 9, 2020 · So here is our round up of the best and most interesting freeware synths currently available for you to try out. 1. Dexed. This is a Yamaha DX7 embodiment in software. Basically the creators of ‘Dexed’ analyzed the actual DX7 chips and created a software version of it.
