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.
Free Music Software: alert: E-Mu is giving away the free Proteus VX for Windows, along with the v2 Proteus X Composer Bank: As we release and launch E-MU’s next generation Emulator X3 Streaming Sampling Synthesizer software, E-MU celebrates and is pleased to announce that we will be providing the full version of our Proteus VX… Read More Free E-MU Synthesizer, For Windows Users Only 🙁
Free Windows Music Software: Theodor Krueger Music has released BellSynth, a free windows VST dedicated to making bell-like sounds. It can also be used to create large detuned pads and leads. Preview the sound of BellSynth below: [display_podcast]
It’s starting to look like old 8-bit computers are the new Roland TB-303. Petsynth is a free, open source application described as “the only program for rocking the Commodore PET that the cool kids use”: Petsynth features a two-octave keyboard layout, selectable note length, many selectable octaves, selectable pulse-width, vibrato, distortion, and noise or “drum… Read More PetSynth Turns Commodore PET Computer Into A Synthesizer
Supersynths have introduced Monstrous Horror Synth – a new software synth for Windows that specializes in “horrific and scary sound effects, spooky instruments and massive percussion.” It’s packed with creepy sounds, including laughter, screams and door creaks, and the standard scary movie instruments (organ, theremin, etc.) Monstrous retails for $20. Details below.
audioMIDI.com is offering Applied Acoustic Systems’ Ultra Analog software synthesizer for $15.00. They’re calling it the no-brainer deal, because it’s 92% off the MSRP. Description: Ultra Analog is a unique and powerful 32-voice virtual analog synthesizer driven by two alias-free oscillators featuring standard waveforms, sub oscillators, hard sync, and integrated pitch envelopes. Two multimode filters… Read More Sweet Deal: Applied Acoustic Systems Ultra Analog Synthesizer For $15
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Free Windows Music Software: Think the world needs another monophonic soft synth? Alterex does – it’s released X*ONE, a virtual monophonic synthesizer with one oscillator, one modulator, and one 12dB lowpass filter. According to Alterex, “this basic unit has some tricks up it’s sleeve and is one of the core parts of the X*PAND VSTi,… Read More Free Windows Software Synthesizer X*One
Mixware Rapid Evolution is a free advanced harmonic music library tool for DJs, designed to be used while you mix. Description: Rapid Evolution helps profile your songs by saving important properties, such as the BPM, key, time signature, styles, comments, etc. You can then instantly see which songs are within BPM range, in key harmonically… Read More Free Harmonic Mixing DJ App For Windows, Rapid Evolution
Last week, we brought you the news of Plogue‘s new 8-bit style software synth, Chipsounds. According to Plogue, Chipsounds emulates more than eight vintage 8bit-era sound chips (on top of their variants), down to their smallest idiosyncrasies. Now you can decide for yourself:
Muse Research has announced a new Solid State Drive (SSD) option for the Receptor 2 Pro line of hardware plug-in players. SSD dramatically increases the data throughput of the Receptor 2 Pro and Pro Max, for greater polyphony and lower latency, as well as increasing the device’s ruggedness, by replacing the traditional rotating hard drive… Read More Muse Receptor 2 Pro Gets Solid State Hard Drive, Making It Invincible
