Blaukraut has released Charlatan 3, a free virtual analog (VA) synthesizer, for Linux & Windows, with focus on sound quality and usability.

Features:

• Two dual oscillators per voice with custom drawable waveforms, cross-modulation (Phase Mod, linear Frequency Mod, Ring Mod), windowed hard sync and noise generator
• Up to 7 unison voices per oscillator
• Two filters per voice with types: 4-pole ladder LP/HP/BP, Acid LP, 2-pole Sallen-Key LP/HP/BP, Notch and Comb
• Flexible filter routing (serial / parallel / dual)
• Four modulation generators with freely drawable shape where each can operate either as LFO or envelope generator
• Four Modulation transformers (XFORM) allow reshaping any control signal through a user-defined mapping
• Arbitrary routing of modulation signals via Drag’n’Drop
• High-quality master FX section: Distortion, Phaser, Chorus, Reverb, Delay, EQ
• Very low CPU and RAM usage
• Optional internal 2x oversampling
• Preset browser
• Cross-platform support: Windows / Linux / VST3 / CLAP

Pricing and Availability:

Charlatan 3 is available now as a free download.