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With 100s of waveforms, hot presets, easy modulations and a fat effects engine you can't go far wrong with Syl Deluxe and Sim Deluxe if you can tell them apart.
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Got some spare time over New Year's? How about some free plug-ins? Join us as we take a look back at the best free synths and effects of 2021!
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Ujam says that synths are difficult and complex machines that no one understands and are offering Usynth as the patronisingly easy alternative.
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Beautiful, simple and better at generating musical phrases than you are, Voga, developed by Micha Frank, is the perfect Karplus-Strong sidekick for plucky musings.
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This week’s collection of free plug-ins is a little bit of everything: a random slicing effect, a 2-oscillator synth and a multi-effect for guitar.
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This week, we’re celebrating the return of a freeware classic. We’ve also got a spring reverb and an experimental synth. Here’s TesslaSE MkII, Dirty Spring and NANDroid.
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Miniraze is a stunning synthesizer in a dazzling interface that both baffles and delights. It's certainly powerful but is it as approachable as MOK suggests?
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Roland has released the JD-800 Software Synthesizer on Roland Cloud. Bathe in early 90s digital glory from the comfort of your DAW software!
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HoriZEN is the forthcoming software synth from TheSynthFactory that features sampling and virtual analogue in a matrix infused approach to sound design.
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Released to coincide with Superbooth Cherry Audio announces Mercury-4 softsynth, their emulation of the classic Roland Jupiter-4 synthesizer.
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This week’s collection of the best free plug-ins features two unique software synthesizers and an emulation of a vintage vinyl cutting compressor.
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Saurus 3.0 brings this mighty analog software emulation bang up to date with an enhanced GUI, randomisation, microtuning, and more sounds.
This week’s collection of free plug-ins brings you a subtractive synth, a versatile bus compressor and a unique distortion effect.
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Cherry Audio continues its emulation line of vintage synths by taking on the growling Korg MS-20. The PS-20 soups it up, expands the voices and aims for unpredictability.
Cherry Audio brings the ARP 2500 to Voltage Modular with VM2500 Collection. The bundle contains 21 modules based on the vintage modular system.
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KaoX is a virtual instrument inspired by a classic piano-like FM synthesizer wrapped up in virtual analog and pushed through chaotic algorithms.
Enter the ordered, organised and accounted world of the Sassy Audio Spreadsheet - it Excels (!) as a virtual modular synthesizer and actually sounds really good.
D16 Group's spring sale is a great opportunity to save on the company's awesome effect plug-ins and software instruments. Get 40% off D16 Group plug-ins!
To quench your thirst for free plug-ins this week, we've got a reverb, a synth and a 5-band EQ. Here's Verbity, SawPluck and FIVER v3.
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Cherry Audio take on the mighty Moog Polymoog in their latest classic reinterpretation of a synthesizer - the Polymode.
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2020 saw wonderful software by Korg, Roland, Softube, Audiomodern, Cherry Audio GranuRise, Klevgränd, Matt Tytel, Mike Moreno DSP and Newfangled Audio.
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Crumar has released an authentic emulation of their classic 1979 string machine Performer. The deluxe version comes with a t-shirt!
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An unexpectedly fruity software synth from Expressive E. Noisy looks surprisingly groovy and offers an expressive dive into physical modelling and subtractive synthesis.
We all love the Jupiter-8 and TAL Software has released a new emulation of the classic synthesizer for your consideration.
