RipperTronic Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 What are your favorite freeware softsynths (on either PC or Mac)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksoper Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 MeowSynth Get your "Jingle Cats" on. 9 Moog things, 3 Roland things, 2 Hammond things and a computer with stuff on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User_35092 Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 Ni players, yelllow tools indepedance FRee, pro tools structure free I get new gear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Coda Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 What are your favorite freeware softsynths (on either PC or Mac)? PC: http://www.geocities.jp/daichi1969/softsynth/ 89 banks of patches here (incl. 20 banks of SOS NL 2 patches which partially ned some editing ´cause these were made w/ older versions of Synth 1) ... http://www.mediafire.com/?5olf8uriplxkd90 also look for the 1st 3 entrys of "technogremlin" for categories of tested freeware here,- it´s updated continuously http://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=52382 not synths, but big free reverb test here ... http://forum.cockos.com/showpost.php?p=462116&postcount=37 A.C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RipperTronic Posted September 20, 2010 Author Share Posted September 20, 2010 > yelllow tools indepedance FRee, pro tools structure free Well, but these are mainly samplers, aren't they? I meant actual synthesizers - i.e. software capable of generating sound by itself (including wavetable synths, as that is still considered a synthesis technique, strictly speaking). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davinwv Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 Elektrostudio Polish Synth Pack - http://elektrostudio.ovh.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYKeys Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 Native Instruments - Kontakt 4 and Kore Players. MY Toys - Kurzweil PC1X, Roland A-90, Yamaha KX88, Yamaha CS1x, Novation 49SL MkII, Presonus Studiolive 16.4.2, JBL PRX615M My Music Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RipperTronic Posted September 20, 2010 Author Share Posted September 20, 2010 > Native Instruments - Kontakt 4 Well, this is not exactly "free"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davinwv Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 I think he meant Kontakt Player 4 and Kore Player, along with their free libraries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stillplaying Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 also look for the 1st 3 entrys of "technogremlin" for categories of tested freeware here,- it´s updated continuously http://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=52382 A.C. Ones I was going to list are on there. Good list. +1 for NI I'm the piano player "off of" Borrowed Books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYKeys Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 I think he meant Kontakt Player 4 and Kore Player, along with their free libraries. Yep - meant player. Another that I use all the time is XPAND 2 (Pro Tools 8) MY Toys - Kurzweil PC1X, Roland A-90, Yamaha KX88, Yamaha CS1x, Novation 49SL MkII, Presonus Studiolive 16.4.2, JBL PRX615M My Music Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User_35092 Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 i have xpand and also use it alot more than the others I get new gear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RipperTronic Posted September 21, 2010 Author Share Posted September 21, 2010 Hey, while googling around I found this site: http://krakli.com/ which reports the following "I have already mentioned it but now I can confirm that fans of Krakli can look forward to the release of a Computer Music exclusive in their freeware special which will be released in the UK in October." (snip) "R.I.P. will be featured as part of a collection of 99 amazing free-plug ins for music producers, as selected by Computer Music magazine. The collection containing 99 effects, synths, other instruments, utilities and more will be issued with Computer Music Special 44, which also includes a complete guide to all the featured plug-ins, plus step-by-step tutorials. The magazine/DVD will be available from 20 October in the UK, with worldwide distribution to follow." So there's gonna be some special coverage on freeware synthesizers on the October issue of CM: that's interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Fiala Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 There aren't that many that I keep coming back to...of course KVR audio has a listing. One freebie I found there that I like is "Superwave P8". Tom F. "It is what it is." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RipperTronic Posted September 21, 2010 Author Share Posted September 21, 2010 > One freebie I found there that I like is "Superwave P8". This looks interesting but it seems to be Windows only if I'm not wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sven Golly Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 > One freebie I found there that I like is "Superwave P8". This looks interesting but it seems to be Windows only if I'm not wrong. The OP did say "on either PC or Mac"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RipperTronic Posted September 21, 2010 Author Share Posted September 21, 2010 > One freebie I found there that I like is "Superwave P8". This looks interesting but it seems to be Windows only if I'm not wrong. The OP did say "on either PC or Mac"... Indeed - but maybe it would be better to specify when platform-specific. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Coda Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 There aren't that many that I keep coming back to...of course KVR audio has a listing. One freebie I found there that I like is "Superwave P8". Superwave P8 is a good freebee, a bit specialized on that "supersaw" thingy, but it´s old, which makes it necessary to test it for the "multicore bug". All older freeware synths for PC made w/ Synthedit before Synthedit itself was able to run on multiprocessor machines have this bug and that means you can only run ONE instance of that plugin in a host. If you use 2 or more instances, it crashes the host. So,- we should talk about the new and updated 2010 freebees for PC only. Daichi Synth 1 is also a old one, but was updated 3 times this year. There´s a follow up synth for Superwave P8, but is commercial now. A.C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Coda Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Hey, while googling around I found this site: http://krakli.com/ RMXL is a good one A.C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RipperTronic Posted September 22, 2010 Author Share Posted September 22, 2010 > RMXL is a good one Also this one is Windows only... anything for Mac? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Coda Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 > RMXL is a good one Also this one is Windows only... anything for Mac? I believe, 99% of freeware is for PC and most Mac users are using payware only,- w/ some exceptions as always. But I know, many Mac (and Logic) users I know, have a PC in addition, running a VST host to use all the VST plugins for PC. There are different ways they link the different platforms,- FX Teleport, VST system link (if they have Cubase/Nuendo on Mac and VStack on PC) or simple connections via MIDI and lightpipe p.ex.. I doubt, there´s much freeware for the Mac,- otherwise you´d get many answers here. A.C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sven Golly Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 I doubt, there´s much freeware for the Mac,- otherwise you´d get many answers here. That's rather faulty logic, frankly. One of the best sites for freeware VSTs for either platform is www.dontcrack.com. Lots of options available (890 freeware offerings for Mac, 1101 for PC). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Coda Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 I doubt, there´s much freeware for the Mac,- otherwise you´d get many answers here. That's rather faulty logic, frankly. One of the best sites for freeware VSTs for either platform is www.dontcrack.com. Lots of options available (890 freeware offerings for Mac, 1101 for PC). Thx for correction, I wasn´t aware of this relation. Well, I switched to PC many years ago,- the latest Mac I have is a G3 running Logic 4.8 and Sounddiver 3 talking MIDI to hardware instruments ... :-) A.C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridog6996 Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 One that I use quite a bit is Basic64. It's great for those vintage video game type sounds. I use Vivaldi fairly often also, which is an FM synth. I'm sure there are others I use often that were free, but my memory ain't so great. The free plugin I definitely use the most is Voxengo SPAN. It's a frequency analyzer, not a synth, but it's butter. My YouTube Channel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RipperTronic Posted October 20, 2010 Author Share Posted October 20, 2010 Here's the list of freeware synths - in alphabetical order - selected by Computer Music Special for their "ESSENTIAL SELECTION 2010" (issue No. 44, out today in the UK): Alionoctis Free (PC): Atmospheric synth Analog Box (PC): Modular synthesis system Angelina (PC): Breathy vocal synth Arppe2600va (PC): Classic ARP 2600 emulation Autogun (PC): Adventurous synth Avatar ST Basic Free (PC): Atmospheric synth Chimera (PC): Out-of-this-world synth daHornet (PC&Mac): Virtual analogue synth DSK Synthopia 2 (PC): Three synths in one FMMF (PC): FM synthesiser emulator Jasuto (PC&Mac): Powerful, fully modular synth KX*Synth-X16 (PC): Classic EMS VCS3 emulation MinimogueVA (PC): Classic Minimoog recreation P8 (PC): Virtual analogue synth PhysiX (PC): True physical modelling synth Plastique (PC): Casio HT'700 recreation Rainbow (PC): FM, additive and subtractive synth Rez v2.0 (PC): Virtual analogue synth R.I.P. (PC): Special edition pad synth S3B (PC): Atmospheric pad synth TAL*Elek7ro (PC&Mac): Virtual analogue synth TAL*Vintager (PC&Mac): Simple monophonic analogue synth Texture (PC): Virtual analogue synth Vogue Quattro (Mac): Microtonal polysynth Too bad the vast majority of them is PC-only, and I'm wondering how many of these PC synths were made with SynthEdit. Surprisingly enough, Ichiro Toda's "Synth 1" (which is not made with SynthEdit afaik) is not in the list! Hmm... NB: there is a separate selection of free samplers and other instruments on the same issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Coda Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 Here's the list of freeware synths - in alphabetical order - selected by Computer Music Special for their "ESSENTIAL SELECTION 2010" (issue No. 44, out today in the UK): thx for the list ! I'm wondering how many of these PC synths were made with SynthEdit. Plugins made w/ Synthedit don´t have to be bad,- there are some good commercial ones made w/ Synthedit basicly,- Memorymoon "Memorymoon", "Messiah" & "ME80" are made w/ Synthedit as also Sonic Projects OPX ! Surprisingly enough, Ichiro Toda's "Synth 1" (which is not made with SynthEdit afaik) is not in the list! Hmm... Yep,- "Synth 1" is a classic and even better in vers. 1.12 from 2010. Unfortunally, w/ this update, many of the patces done w/ older versions don´t sound exactly the same anymore,- I´ve found some of the SOS NL2 patches behave incorrect. A.C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenElevenShadows Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 Hey, thanks for the list. Yeah, it is too bad that most are PC, but I'll check out some of the Mac stuff (I use both PC and Mac, but the Mac's what I use for audio stuff). Ken Lee Photography - photos and books Eleven Shadows ambient music The Mercury Seven-cool spacey music Linktree to various sites Instagram Nightaxians Video Podcast Eleven Shadows website Ken Lee Photography Pinterest Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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