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.
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Filed under: Free Music Software, Software Synthesizers & Samplers
Krakli Synths has released RGB4, a freeware software synth for Windows.
RGB4 features
- Two main sound sources: a 32 partial additive Osc and a more conventional multi-wave VA Osc.
- Individual levels of each partial can be controlled by red sliders at the top left of the display, or by the ADSR sliders ranked below each partial. Blue sliders vary the amount of ADSR modulation and the Green Oscilloscope trace shows the realtime modulation of the waveform.
- Multiwave Oscillator with simple controls and a mix knob to vary the amount it comes into the sound (waveform is indicated by the Yellow Oscilloscope display).
- Global ADSR which affects the overall amplitude of the sound.
- Octave Velocity and Volume amounts.
- Controls for bend range, vibrato, delay rate and amount.
- Filter modulation section with x-y pad.
- 6 filter frequency, resonance, envelope modulation and LFO (with various waveforms) controls.
- Global control for filter LFO rate, including random LFO waveform.
- Phase shift for LFO waveforms.
RGB4 is available as a free download.
This series of videos looks at how to make a software synthesizer with Native Instruments Reaktor 5.
AlgoMusic has introduced CZynthia, a VSTi based on the classic Casio CZ synthesizer line.
You can preview the sound of CZynthia below:
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Filed under: Free Music Software, Software Synthesizers & Samplers, Virtual InstrumentsKnobster has released the Knobster Bundle, a collection of previously released software instruments that may be the strangest collection of Windows music software ever released.
How strange?
Try MeowSynth for strange:
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Filed under: Software Synthesizers & Samplers, Virtual Instruments
Soniccouture has introduced The Skiddaw Stones, a new virtual instrument that lets you make rock music from sampled ancient rocks:
The Skiddaw Stones are probably the most unusual and certainly the oldest instrument that Soniccouture has sampled.
A Lithophone ( litho = stone, phone= voice ) dating from 1840, The Skiddaw Stones are composed of 61 tuned and shaped rocks, made from the rare hornfels stone, found in Cumbria, England. Hornfels is said to have a superior tone and longer ring than the more commonly used slate.
The Worlds First Rock BandCreated by Joseph Richardson, a stonemason and musician, it took almost thirteen years to collect and shape enough individual notes of hornfels to make an eight-octave range. The massive task of assembling this instrument consumed Joseph so absolutely that he and his family were reduced to poverty. Once complete, Richardson and his sons toured Europe as The Rock, Bell and Steel Band, and even performed at Buckingham Palace, by command of Queen Victoria.
See the Soniccouture site for audio demos – the Skiddaw Stones do sound awesome and unique.
