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.
M4L : Build a MIDI Synth in 1 minute! Pt 1 : Learn to make your own Max for Ableton live synths! was uploaded by: eameres2
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Tone2 has released ElectraX v.1.1, an update to its software synth for Mac & PC. Here’s what’s new: The arpeggiator has been extended. ‘S’ restarts the note-order-sorting. This is very usefull to syncronize rhythmic patterns and to get a more harmonic beat which does not rely on the number of pressed keys. We recommend to… Read More Tone2 ElectraX v1.1 Released
http://www.vimeo.com/19219589 This tutorial takes a look at Subtractor synthesis in Propellerhead Reason. It’s part of an excellent series of tutorials on Reason & Record by James Bernard.
Audio New Room has one of the first reviews we’ve seen of the new Audio Damage Phosphor software synthesizer. They find a lot to like: Audio Damage’s Phosphor steps out above the pack to offer a palette of sound shaping tools that both pay homage to the alphaSyntauri and improve upon it. The clean interface… Read More Audio Damage Phosphor Review
expressionPadVid.m4v was uploaded by: rrr00bb
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Cubic Audio has introduced Apollo – a new subtractive synthesizer made specifically for bass sounds. Apollo comes with a sound bank of 70 pre-made bass presets. There are also 10 default presets for you to create your own sounds. All sounds can be edited. Apollo consists of 2 oscillators, each oscillator with 2 waveforms. Inside… Read More Cubic Audio Intros Apollo Bass Synthesizer
Vetrix has introduced VSTron, a free software synth for Windows that’s designed for creating special FX sounds. Initially inspired by the Korg Monotron the VSTron includes 1 Osc ( Saw , Sine , Triangle , Ramp , Pulse , White Noise and Pink Noise ) and 1 VCF Osc with 4 modes ( Low Pass… Read More Free Software Synth Inspired By The Korg Monotron
Welcome to synthmate was uploaded by: synthmate1
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B. Serrano has introduced Radium, a free software synthesizer for Windows. Features: 16 voices polyphonic. Substractive / FM 2 operators synth. MIDI learn implementation. Comfortable XY Pad. Auto Pan. Download the free synthesizer (Windows VST) at the B. Serrano site. via rekkerd
Free Music Software: Xen-Arts has released Xenharmonic FMTS – a 4 Operator FM Synthesis VSTi with a specialized set of features for musicians interested in exploring the expressive possibilities of microtonal and xenharmonic music making. Xenharmonic music is music based on tuning systems other than the standard 12-tone equal tempered scale. Xen-Arts says that the VSTi is… Read More Free Windows Synthesizer Designed For Microtonal & Xenharmonic Music
