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I've also used ZynAddSubFX, which is also a very powerful synth, though its interface (at least to me) is a bit of a clusterfuck. You could also try browsing this index of microtonally capable synths on the xenharmonic wiki. Source: about 1 year ago
The code for this can be found here on shadertoy! The audio was made with an Ibanez bass, Guitarix, Hydrogen Drums, ZynaddSubFX and Ardour! Source: over 2 years ago
Here is an additive synth - https://zynaddsubfx.sourceforge.io/. Source: over 2 years ago
There are VSTs for Linux. Surge, Vital, and ZynAddSubFx are three prominent examples, as well as OxeFM, Dexed, and plenty I'm forgetting. Surge and Zyn also come LV2 and DSSI, which are native Linux formats. For those who don't know, the VST3 SDK supports Linux, and is released under GPLv3 by Steinberg. Source: almost 3 years ago
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: 12 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
Surge XT - Open-source subtractive-hybrid synthesizer formerly sold commercially as Vember Audio Surge.
Vital - Vital is a spectral warping wavetable synthesizer with drag'n'drop modulation workflow and animated preview of the synth's inner workings where needed. Comes with many modulation sources (including audio-rate), MPE support and FX chain.
Dexed - Dexed is a multi-platform, multi-format plugin synth that is closely modeled on the Yamaha DX7.
FluidSynth - FluidSynth is a real-time software synthesizer based on the SoundFont 2 specifications and has...
Serum - VST for FL Studio, Ableton Live, and many other VST supported DAWs. Heavily utilized in EDM.
Qsynth - Qsynth is a simple Qt4 application wrapper for the ...