Free/Cheap Synth Software

Posted on Mar 01, 2010 07:58 am
pipedreams
Marijuana Czar
Member Since: Oct 01, 2009

Hello again, does anyone know of some good synth software for pc?
Preferably vst's. I tried the Massive Synth pack or whatever it's called, which I like.

And without starting another thread, do you guys know of any soundfonts/vst's that emulate famous synthesizers like the yamaha dx7 n ****?
I havn't been able to find any :@

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pjk
Prince CZAR-ming
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Since: Apr 08, 2004

Mar 01, 2010 12:18 pm

While I hate to cross post, here's a big list of all sorts of stuff. I'm pretty sure there's some real decent synths in there.

I know OLGA is referenced in there somewhere, which is shareware.

forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=563

Many other things to be looking into as well.

I think on the first page there's a reference to a DX8 emulator. I'm sure there's others, just have to look through it (11 pages).

No Olga, see here for Olga: www.stillwellaudio.com/?page_id=37

pjk
Prince CZAR-ming
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Since: Apr 08, 2004

Mar 01, 2010 12:53 pm

Here's a big list, found link in the thread I posted above:

www.gersic.com/plugins/index.php?daCat=-3

another one:
" Double Six is a 6-operator FM synth with 32 DX7 algorithms and 16 4-operator algorithms."
www.odosynths.com/
scroll down a little.

Here's more:
bserrano.free.fr/Synths.html

and more:
www.hgf-synthesizer.de/

and more:
www.novakill.com/killerz.htm

EMU Proteus VX, nice stuff in there, definitely worth a DL here;
www.emu.com/promo/proteusvx/

That should keep you busy for awhile. I know the kontact stuff has some nice stuff in it too, but I found Proteus to be more likable, the short time I poked through them.

pjk
Prince CZAR-ming
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Since: Apr 08, 2004

Mar 01, 2010 02:40 pm

here's more:
www.alexanderblu.com/Alex...ad/download.htm

and Oatmeal, which I've heard mentioned many times:
www.kvraudio.com/get/2237.html

Quincysan
http://www.unitedmusicians.info
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Since: Nov 11, 2007

Mar 01, 2010 06:39 pm

If you're interested in checking out how subtractive synthesis works I found this nifty introduction article...

synthstudent.wordpress.com/

pipedreams
Marijuana Czar
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Since: Oct 01, 2009

Mar 02, 2010 12:54 am

Whoa that's alot, awesome as
cheers pjk

pjk
Prince CZAR-ming
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Since: Apr 08, 2004

Mar 02, 2010 09:41 am

No prob, Oatmeal on YT:

pipedreams
Marijuana Czar
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Since: Oct 01, 2009

Mar 03, 2010 05:54 am

I've messed around with double six, but it's daunting to look at,
not really sure how to fully use it lol
Oatmeal sounds pretty sick

pjk
Prince CZAR-ming
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Since: Apr 08, 2004

Mar 03, 2010 07:37 am

I'm like that too, most of them are pretty ominous. Too many bells/ whistles/doodads, etc for me to grasp =/

That's why I'm a bit of a pre-set junky, flip through presets till i find one that's close, then tweak a little.

FL Studio has some synths that are pretty nice that come with it, but they also have like 5 other BIG synths. I bought Sytrus a few years ago on a group buy, but they have others now too.

Image-line is the company.

Moe Shinola
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Since: Mar 09, 2010

Mar 09, 2010 12:21 am

Here's a great, free synth, Novakill's NitreousPM :

www.kvraudio.com/get.php?mode=show&id=4266

Here's a review I wrote after creating a bank of 64 presets, some of which have an FM sound:

www.kvraudio.com/user_review/4266.html

Here's the link to the Banks/Patches page at KVR. My bank, UsabilityPM, is the 6th one down:

www.kvraudio.com/banks.php

pjk
Prince CZAR-ming
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Since: Apr 08, 2004

Mar 09, 2010 11:31 am

Sweet, thanks Moe.

I picked up a KVR pack (of oatmeal) someone put together that has a bunch of presets, banks, and other stuff.

www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=133930

I guess you can reskin oatmeal too, to be easier to use, though I haven't figured out how yet. I noodled with some presets, and poked around a bit, but not much.

J-bot
Byte-Mixer
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Since: Dec 04, 2007

Mar 09, 2010 01:34 pm

Oatmeal Pwns. Hands down....absolutely luv the randomize button.

Also, I forget the link, but look up GTG synths. Great stuff there too.

Argh, back to work with me.

-J