Category Archives: Synthesizer

Audio Synthesizers

SonicBirth ~ Create Powerful Audio Plugins

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SonicBirth is an AudioUnit designing MacOS application. The first in its category, it allows users to build their own AudioUnit plugins, either by working with existing circuits or by creating circuits completely from scratch. SonicBirth is also a free AudioUnits package, as it comes bundled with a set of plugins designed for standalone use as plugins as well as pre-constructed circuits to modify or build upon for creating new plugins. Whether you’re looking for traditional eqs, compressors, and reverbs, or softsynths, distortion, and filters, etc., SonicBirth allows you unprecedented freedom and creativity over your sound.

sonicbirth

sonicbirth.sourceforge.net

eSpeak ~ Open Source Speech Synthesizer

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eSpeak is a compact open source Linux and Windows speech synthesizer for English and other languages. eSpeak uses a “formant synthesis” method. This allows many languages to be provided in a small size. The speech is clear, and can be used at high speeds, but is not as natural or smooth as larger synthesizers which are based on human speech recordings.

eSpeak is available as:

  • A command line program (Linux and Windows) to speak text from a file or from stdin.
  • A shared library version for use by other programs. (On Windows this is a DLL).
  • A SAPI5 version for Windows, so it can be used with screen-readers and other programs that support the Windows SAPI5 interface.
  • eSpeak has been ported to other platforms, including Android, Mac OSX and Solaris.

speak.sourceforge.net

Amsynth ~ Analog Modelling Synthesizer

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Amsynth is an easy-to-use software synth with a classic subtractive synthesizer topology.

  • Dual oscillators (sine / saw / square / noise) with hard sync
  • 12/24 dB/oct resonant filter (low-pass / high-pass / band-pass / notch)
  • Mono / poly / legato keyboard modes
  • Dual ADSR envelope generators (filter & amplitude)
  • LFO which can modulate the oscillators, filter, and amplitude
  • Distortion and reverb

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amsynth.github.io
github.com/amsynth
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amsynth

padthv1 ~ Polyphonic Additive Synthesizer

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padthv1 is an old-school polyphonic additive synthesizer with stereo fx; it is based on the PADsynth algorithm by Paul Nasca, as a special variant of additive synthesis.

Features:

padthv1

padthv1.sourceforge.io

drumkv1 ~ Drum-Kit Sampler Synthesizer

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drumkv1 is an old-school all-digital drum-kit sampler synthesizer with stereo fx.

Features:

  • a pure stand-alone JACK client with JACK-session, NSM (Non Session management) and both JACK MIDI and ALSA MIDI input support;
  • a LV2 instrument plug-in. URI: drumkv1.sourceforge.net/lv2
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drumkv1.sourceforge.io

samplv1 ~ Old-School Polyphonic Sampler

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samplv1 is an old-school all-digital polyphonic sampler synthesizer with stereo fx.

Features:

 

 

samplv1

samplv1

samplv1.sourceforge.io

synthv1 ~ Old-School Polyphonic Sampler

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synthv1 is an old-school all-digital 4-oscillator subtractive polyphonic synthesizer with stereo fx.

Features:

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synthv1.sourceforge.io

Cecilia ~ Ear-Bending Sonics

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Cecilia is an audio signal processing environment aimed at sound designers. Cecilia mangles sound in ways unheard of. Cecilia lets you create your own GUI using a simple syntax. Cecilia comes with many original built-in modules and presets for sound effects and synthesis.

Cecilia

ajaxsoundstudio.com/software/cecilia

Frinika ~ Complete Music Workstation

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Frinika is a free, complete music workstation software for Linux, Windows, Mac OSX and other operating systems running Java. It features a sequencer, soft-synths, real-time effects and audio recording.

frinika

www.frinika.com

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ZynAddSubFX ~ Multi-platform Synthesizer

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ZynAddSubFX is a fully featured open source software synthesizer capable of making a countless number of instruments …

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zynaddsubfx.sourceforge.net
zynaddsubfx.sourceforge.net/download
VST version
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZynAddSubFX

LMMS ~ Let’s Make Music

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Produce music with your computer by creating melodies and beats, synthesizing and mixing sounds, arranging samples and much more. Playback instruments, samples and plugins with a typing or MIDI keyboard in a user-friendly and modern interface. Bundled with ready-to-use content from an assortment of instrument and effect plugins, presets and samples to VST and SoundFont support.

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LMMS – Project View

lmms.io
github.com/LMMS
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LMMS