Tag: software synthesizer

A software synthesizer, also sometimes known as a virtual synth, is a computer program designed to create and control a variety of sounds. The concept of the modern synthesizer was defined by Robert Moog in the mid to late 1960\’s, but software synthesizers did not become popular until the late 1990\’s.

Here are the most recent posts at Synthtopia about software synthesizers.

Warning: This Free Software Synthesizer Could Damage Your Ears! And Your Monitors!

Free Music Software: This is a preview of CrazyOSCs – a free polyphonic 3 oscillator software synthesizer, with delay, distortion units and extensive modulations options. According to the developer, “CrazyOSCs can produce a wide range of sounds like classic synth sounds, complex atmospheric pads, weird effects sounds, acid leads, modulated basses, polyphonic crystal bells and much more…”… Read More Warning: This Free Software Synthesizer Could Damage Your Ears! And Your Monitors!

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Guess What Classic Synth Inspired This Windows Soft Synth, And You Can Have It For Free

Free Music Software: The Prodigious synthesizer is a Mono/Poly instrument based in the architechture of a famous synthesiser from the past, complemented with a few more charachteristics from other well known machines. If you know what classic synth this is based on – or even if you don’t – it’s available as a free download… Read More Guess What Classic Synth Inspired This Windows Soft Synth, And You Can Have It For Free

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Free Windows Software Synthesizer, TS Substance

Free Windows Music Software: Tactile Sounds has introduced Substance, a free Windows software synthesizer. Description: Substance is a virtual analog software synthesizer (VSTi) emphasizing simplicity, flexibility, and sound quality. The key factors in the design of Substance were that it should sound great, without effects, and that it should all fit on one page.

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Free iPad Synth – Sylo Synthesiser

iPad Music Software:  Sylo Synthesizer (App Store link) is a free iPad synth that  lets you build sounds from basic waveforms, or capture them using the iPad’s built-in microphone. Sylo Synthesiser features live time-stretching technology based on granular synthesis, and a suite of filters.

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