ZynAddSubFX
Surge XT
Dexed
Serum
Synth1
Zebralette
FluidSynth
ODIN
Vital
Surge XT
Serum
VCV Rack
Dexed
Youlean Loudness Meter
Omnisphere
Synth1
VitalBased on our record, Vital seems to be a lot more popular than ZynAddSubFX. While we know about 311 links to Vital, we've tracked only 4 mentions of ZynAddSubFX. 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.
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
This was the first subtractive snth I got really into. It's so good! Matt Tytel also made an open source wave table synth called vital that I'm also in love with that you can find here: https://vital.audio/ git repo is here: https://github.com/mtytel/vital. - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago
Don't forget Vital which is Matt's newer synth. It continues to be open-source as well. https://vital.audio/. - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago
Good stuff! I started getting in to this at the start of the year. Already had an old, dusty MicroKORG and MIDI interface to use it as a controller, but recently splashed out on a bigger controller as the Korg's tiny keys were hurting me - plus, I wanted something bigger to get better at piano! A couple of free soft synths I'd recommend are Surge XT, and Vital. https://surge-synthesizer.github.io/... - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago
Serge is great, but Vital whips the llama's ass: https://vital.audio/ There was a time when Sylenth and Serum-quality synthesizers didn't exist for free. Back then, shit like Serge and Helm were really the best you could rely on. Maybe a few free U-HE plugins or your DAW defaults. Today's producers are downright spoiled with so many excellent free options! - Source: Hacker News / 7 months ago
Download Vital Synth from https://vital.audio/ and install it. It usually goes into some VST folder. Then point Reaper (under settings/preferences plugins location) to that folder so it can find it. Source: 10 months ago
Surge XT - Open-source subtractive-hybrid synthesizer formerly sold commercially as Vember Audio Surge.
Dexed - Dexed is a multi-platform, multi-format plugin synth that is closely modeled on the Yamaha DX7.
Serum - VST for FL Studio, Ableton Live, and many other VST supported DAWs. Heavily utilized in EDM.
VCV Rack - A cross-platform modular synthesizer.
Synth1 - Synth1 is a software synthesizer. Functionally it is modeled on the Clavia Nord Lead 2 Red Synth.
Zebralette - u-he makes creative software synthesizers and effects.
