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FluidSynth VS Zebralette

Compare FluidSynth VS Zebralette and see what are their differences

FluidSynth logo FluidSynth

FluidSynth is a real-time software synthesizer based on the SoundFont 2 specifications and has...

Zebralette logo Zebralette

u-he makes creative software synthesizers and effects.
  • FluidSynth Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-04-29
  • Zebralette Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-04-17

FluidSynth videos

MIDI SoundFont synthetizer with Intel Edison and Fluidsynth

More videos:

  • Review - Triggering Fluidsynth with my Alesis Nitro Mesh MIDI in Linux
  • Review - Setting up Fluidsynth MIDI channels on phone

Zebralette videos

FREE Synthesizer from U-he—Zebralette Review

More videos:

  • Demo - AWESOME FREE SYNTH VST | Zebralette by U He Vsti Review & Preset Demo
  • Review - Zebralette Free - Top-level presets

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to FluidSynth and Zebralette)
Email Marketing
56 56%
44% 44
Work Management
57 57%
43% 43
Audio & Music
57 57%
43% 43
Music
100 100%
0% 0

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, Zebralette seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 6 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

FluidSynth mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of FluidSynth yet. Tracking of FluidSynth recommendations started around Mar 2021.

Zebralette mentions (6)

  • Ableton synths vs 3rd party (with a twist)
    My U-HE synths.. For a long time have I wondered what the big 'fuss' was all about, I've read & seen so many people talking highly about these. And then NI had a nice Holiday season sale. So now I too have Diva, Hive (and a bit more) then also grabbed Bazille shortly after. Yah, here's the next person sharing his admiration for U-HE :-). Source: 9 months ago
  • Arturia's V-Collection vs Native Instrument's Kontakt
    If you need sampled sounds of acoustic instruments Kontakt is the industry standard. Particularly to create soundtracks the likes of Berlin strings, Cinestrings, Cineperc, etc etc all run in Kontakt. V-Collection shines in modelling synth hardware. The advantage is that you can modify the parameters live and they are not (although they may be sometimes) effects applied directly onto sampled sounds. This collection... Source: over 1 year ago
  • My friend just said "Linux is not good for multimedia"
    This is true. I use Bitwig Studio which is native for Linux and has a bunch of great stuff built in. A couple of companies I've found that have great native Linux VST plugins are Audio Assault, these are also a very reasonable price, and u-he. Not to mention you can use SFZ instruments with Carla from KX Studio. But I've found that I prefer the raw samples and using Bitwig's own multisample file format. Linux... Source: over 2 years ago
  • DAW recommendations for film scoring
    The U-he https://u-he.com/ guy/owner Urs Heckmann is basically Han's personal engineer who collaborated with him for years. He designed the Dark Zebra for the Dark Knight and Dark Knight Rises for example. Source: over 2 years ago
  • 800 rand
    Also, most of the big VST development companies release at least one product, or a entry version of their paid-for products, for free, most of the time you just need to sign up for an account with your email address. Some examples I use: Https://u-he.com/ Https://labs.spitfireaudio.com/. Source: over 2 years ago
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