TAL-NoiseMaker VS VCV Rack

TAL-NoiseMaker and Dexed for synths and LABS Classic Synths for sampled instruments. Might be worth combing through pianobook if you want some more unusual sampled sounds, like Alex's collection of Soviet-era synths. Oh, and check out VCVRack if you're down to get modular. Source: 11 months ago

Https://tal-software.com/products/tal-noisemaker is a free and simple synthesizer, so is https://u-he.com/products/tyrelln6/ . Source: about 1 year ago

Both the TAL Noisemaker and the u-he Tyrell N6 are both inspired by the Juno 6/60/106 line of synthesizers. Both are free. Both are excellent. Source: about 1 year ago

I recommend to start with TAL NoiseMaker. It's free, it's well-designed, has a good number of presets you can learn from, and it's pretty flexible in what it can do. Source: about 1 year ago

Https://tal-software.com/products/tal-noisemaker or https://u-he.com/products/tyrelln6/ or https://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/synths/super-8/ . Source: over 1 year ago

> It’s haven’t bought any Modular’s yet but I’m really looking forward to getting into other on the new year. http://cardinal.kx.studio https://vcvrack.com/ The former is libre and gratis, runs as a standalone or plugin and in the browser!! and is based on the latter. Ther former has a libre and gratis standalone version, the plugin version is non-gratis. - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago

A music synthesizer. It's a pathway to learning electronics, music, and the nature of sound. There are cheap kits, cheap synths, lots of kinds of synths, and there are much more complicated and expensive systems you can grow into. You can get software synths also, VCV Rack is a free though complex one: https://vcvrack.com/ However I'd recommend an inexpensive hardware one with real knobs you can turn, like one... - Source: Hacker News / 7 months ago

What really opened my eyes was the Nord Micromodular; it taught me what I just described. It showed me how limited other synths were - but that limitation was a trade-off because it's much faster to make something on a fixed-structure synth than on a modular, in most cases. Nowadays, you can use https://vcvrack.com/ instead of a small limited box that needs Windows 98 to run the editor on. Source: 10 months ago

Also I would suggest the paid version of VCV rack which works as a VST too ( the free version is just stand alone ) Expecially when experimenting with modular ( believe me, it can save you a fortune whilst you learn what different modules do ) I would also recommend Omri Cohens Youtube channel for learning this too. Source: 11 months ago

Would be way easier with VCV rack than a DAW as there's already almost 3k modules including a lot of granular and other complex ones that blow away a lot of pedals: https://vcvrack.com/. Source: 11 months ago