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.
Axon uses a modified artificial neural network as a sequencer, and features seven FM-based percussion voices. It is capable of creating complex rhythms that repeat in surprising ways. … Read More Audio Damage Axon 2 Brings Neural Networking To Drum Machines
FM4 is modeled on Yamaha DX synths of the 80s, but with a modern interface and free of some of the limitations of the original synths’ technology.… Read More FM4 Tutorial Hands-On Demo
Robotic Bean has introducded Resonans Physical Synthesizer, a new physical modeling synthesizer Rack Extension.… Read More Resonans Physical Modeling Synthesizer For Reason
Sugar Bytes has released Unique for iPhone and Unique for iPad – iOS versions of its Unique desktop synth.… Read More Sugar Bytes Intros ‘Unique’ Synth For iPhone, iPad
At the 2017 NAMM Show, we talked with with Magnus Lidström of Sonic Charge about his new collaboration with Teenage Engineering on the PO-32 Tonic Pocket Operator Drum Machine.… Read More Teenage Engineering PO-32 Tonic Pocket Drum Machine Hands-On Demo
G-Sonique has introduced FM Wave XR7 – a new FM synthesizer for Mac & Windows that lets you draw your own waveforms. … Read More New FM Soft Synth, FM Wave XR7, Lets You Draw Your Own Waveforms
Vengeance Sound has introduced Vengeance Producer Suite – Avenger, a new synth for Mac and Windows that they say is the ‘alpha and omega of synthesis’.… Read More New Synth, Avenger, ‘The Alpha & Omega Of Synthesis’
The iKaossilator app for iOS became an enormous hit when it was released in 2011, and now it’s available as an Android app.… Read More Korg Kaossilator Now Available For Android
At Knobcon 2016, Synthtopia talked with Percussa’s Bert Schiettecatte, who gave us an overview of their new Synthor Modular Synthesis System.… Read More Percussa Intros Synthor Modular Synthesis System (Knobcon 2016)
The sounds are generated using FM synthesis and can be further sculpted using a multi mode filter and two simple yet flexible envelope generators.… Read More Linear Display Intros Ephemere Glitch Percussion Synthesizer
