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2003/05/08 update

Instrument Class OS Cost Format Version Spec

AirySynth

AA

Synth OSX Free AU 1.3
  • Single Oscillator (Sine/Rect/Tri/Noise).
  • LFO.
  • AD amp env.
  • Vowel filter.

NLSynth

Abacab TeaM

Synth PC Free VST  
  • Uses the concept of Non Linear Mathematics

Storm

Arturia

Virtual Studio

PC

Mac

$225

VST

Stand
Alene

1.51
  • Virtual Studio that syncs with it's VSTi host
  • 12 built in virtual instruments
  • 8 built in effects

Fresh Killed Beat

Audionaut

Drum Synth

PC

$35 VST 1.2
  • 12 Sounds/Pads (1 full Octave)
  • Each Sound/Pad has :
    • Volume & Pan
    • Amp Envelope
    • Pitch Envelope
    • Low Pass Filter (Cut Off & Resonance)
    • Switchable Sine/Saw/Triangle waveforms
    • Wave Shape control
    • Noise level
    • Length (Release)
    • Base Frequency
  • Demo available (Limited to 4 editable sounds and time-out)

Delay Lama

AudioNerdz

Singing Monk

PC

Mac

Free VST 1.1
  • Delay Lama is a VSTi for Mac & PC that makes your computer sound and look like a singing Tibetan monk. Delay Lama is the first software synthesizer that features both vocal synthesis and a real-time 3D animated interface, which dynamically reacts to musical gestures from the user.
  • To control the pitch and vowel sound (ooh-ow-ah-ayh-eeh), either a MIDI keyboard with pitchbender, or the built-in XY-controller can be used. For an extra mystical effect, Delay Lama has a simple stereo delay.

DreamStation

Audio Simulation

Synth PC $35 DX

1.0

  • Included FREE with Sonar and Sonar XL
  • Subtractive synthesis combined with FM synthesis
  • 3 oscillators, multimode self oscillating IIR filter, VCA, LFO, user EG for each voice
  • Available waveforms: sine, triangle, sawtooth, pulse, square, noise
  • Available filter types: 12dB/Octave Lowpass, Highpass, Bandpass, 24dB/Octave Lowpass and Formant
  • A maximum of 16 voices polyphony
  • Linear frequency modulation, Hard synchronization, Ring modulation, Distortion
  • Supported sampling rates: 11.025Khz, 22.05Khz, 44.1Khz, 48Khz and 96Khz
  • Supported digital audio resolution: 16 to 32bits
  • Internal calculating resolution: 32 bits (with 24bit mantissa)
  • Maximal supported dynamics range: 144 dB (24bits)

bs-1

Bismark

SoundFont Player

PC

Mac

$30 VST 1.1.2
  • 64 Voice polyphonic
  • Playback Sampling Rate: 22.05 - 96kHz
  • Responds to MIDI CC's
  • Volume, Tune, Filter, LFO, Envelope, Vibrato & Polyphony controls
  • Roland GS format NRPN/Control Change

Microcomputer

Block 4

Digital Synth PC   VST 1.5
  • Monophonic
  • 2 oscillators with 14 digital single shot waveforms
  • 2 Ramp generators (Pitch & Amplitude)
  • Oscillator sync
  • Unique digital morphing filter
  • 14 different filter types
  • Ring modulator
  • MIDI automation

Bowed Synth

Chaotikmind

PM Bowed String Synth PC Free VST 0.35 Beta
  • Very early beta version, no custom GUI.

MetaFlute

CMC

Flute

Mac

Free VST    

Pica Drum

Cordylus

Drum Synth PC   VST 1.01
  • Drum synth based on FM synthesis.
  • 8 voice polyphonic
  • 2 oscillators
  • 4 free edit envelopes

Volkszampler

Creamware

Sampler

PC

Mac

$99 VST 1.0
  • Stereo sampling with resampling function
  • 32-bit and 96 kHz support
  • Import/export formats: Akai S1000 & S3000, SoundFont 2, WAV, AIFF, STS
  • Extensive editing options, incl. deluxe graphical sample editor
  • Keygroup editing, velocity-switch, velocity-crossfade
  • Resonant filters and a versatile modulation matrix
  • Multi mode with 16 programs, 16 MIDI channels
  • Program pool for 999 programs, 128 selectable via MIDI program change
  • Stereo out, stereo sample editor out, 6 individual outputs
  • Sample-precise timing during sequence playback
  • 32 stereo voices per Volksz舂pler; multiple instances can be used at one time; the total number of achievable voices depends upon the performance of the host computer

Quacker

D-Animator

Bass Synth PC Free VST 2.0 Phase distortion oscillator coupled with a low pass filter. Combination of 2 different waveforms to choose from. Thundering bass or screaming lead, especially if coupled with a distortion.
It also has "quack" control.

Ruction

Desaster Development

Sample Sequencer PC

$45

VST 1.0
  • 8 stereo-slots for samples, which can be assigned to 6 stereo-outs in your host software.
  • Adjustable vol/length/tune/pan/out per sample-slot
  • Filter section per slot: lowpass, bandpass, highpass filters available
  • Note-off recognition, velocity-sensing for expressive playing
  • Adjustable shuffle parameter
  • Automatic tuning of sample-loops to hosts BPM
  • Parameter data compression for compatibility with logic
  • Support for all host-samplerates

DirectiXer

DirectiXer

VST - DX Adapter PC $49 VST 2.3
  • DirectiXer (pronounced direct-eye-zer) is a VST adapter for DirectX host applications. The program wraps VST plugins so that they can be used in DirectX host applications, such as Cakewalk SONAR, Sonic Foundry Vegas, Syntrillium CoolEdit and many others. DirectiXer fully supports VST 2.0 instruments, exposing them as DXi instruments, and parameter automation recording and playback (host support is required). The program offers flexible per-plugin option settings and routing capabilities. Supported are both float and fixed point audio formats.
  • DXi2 support with multiple instrument outputs.
  • MIDI NRPN automation of synthesisers.
  • Song tempo and meter information support.
  • Windows Explorer integration.
  • DirectiXer also supports internal plugin presets and VST bank (FXB) and program (FXP) files.

Discovery

 

discoDSP

    $100 VST 1.3
  • Hardware synth sound quality.
  • Multilayer virtual analog synthesis:
    • 32 voices polyphony (Discovery has 32 polyphonic voices, and one is used per triggered layer. A single note of a 4 layer program will use 4 voices).
    • 2 Oscillators (Sine/Saw/Tri/PWM/Sq/Noise).
    • Resonant Filter (6 types).
    • ADSR for Amp & Filter.
    • 2 LFOs.
    • Arpeggiator.
    • Delay/Echo.
    • Portamento.
    • Poly/Mono/Legato modes.
    • MIDI CC control.
    • Layer Morphing.
  • 2 preset banks included. More available in future updates.
  • SysEx patch dump import from Nord Lead 2.
  • Lifetime free updates for registered users.

 

SynC Modular

Dr SynC

Modular Synth PC

$49

VST

Stand
Alene

2.21
  • Standalone & VSTi
  • Create your own synths using supplied modules
  • Create your own oscillators & filters
  • BeOS version available (Not VSTi)
  • Development terminated - Dr SynC now works for Native Instruments

Scrubber

Dunk

Sample Mangler PC Free VST Alpha
  • Designed to do the time-stretching "Dread-voice" thing you hear in a lot of old jungle and drum and bass.
  • Supports WAV files only.

Crystal

Green Oak

 

Semi-Modular Synth

PC

Mac

OSX

Free

VST

AU

2.21

2.21

2.21

  • Crystal is a modular synth featuring both subtractive synthesis and frequency modulation (FM) synthesis. It offers abundant modulation control with over 60 parameters which may be modulated, multi-stage envelopes with graphical editors, extensive tempo sync of envelopes/lfo rates/delay times, built-in effects for chorus/flanging/comb filtering/echoes, and a band splitter for effects processing by frequency band.

Exciton

 

Groovecube Technologies

 

PC

Mac

OSX

$75 VST 1.23

1.23

 

  • Synthesis
    • Subtractive Synthesis (physical modeling of an analog synthesizer).
    • Voices: 1 to 64(variable).
  • Oscillator
    • 2 Oscillators (OCS1/OCS2).
    • Waveforms: Sine, Triangle, Sawtooth, Pulse(with PWM).
    • Modulation: 2 mods assignable from ENV1/ENV2/LFO1/LFO2.
  • Mixer
    • Inputs: OSC1, OSC2, ring modulation, noise generator.
    • Noise generator with colour adjustment.
  • Filter
    • Lowpass/Highpass, 6/12/18/24dB/Oct.
    • Resonance: Lowpass, Highpass(without 6dB/Oct).
    • Saturation: available for Lowpass 12/18/24/Oct, Saturation Level, Saturation Curve (3 types).
    • Modulation: 2 mods assignable from ENV1/ENV2/LFO1/LFO2.
  • Amplifier
    • Modulation: selectable from ENV1/ENV2.
    • LFO modulation: selectable from LFO1/LFO2.
  • Envelope
    • 2 envelopes (ENV1/ENV2), ADSR (Attack Time, Decay Time. Sustain Level, Release Time).
    • Attack Curve (3 types).
    • All parameters (without attack curve) can be dynamically controlled during voicing.
  • LFO
    • 2 LFO's (LFO1/LFO2).
    • Waveforms: Sine, Triangle, Sawtooth, Square, Sample & Hold, Random.
    • Mono/Poly mode.
  • Effect
    • Modulation delay, highcut/lowcut filters, overdrive.
  • Others
    • Unison mode.
    • Portamento: available for both Poly/Unison.
    • Velocity Sens.: individually available for all modulations.
    • Programs: 128.

Ultradia SE

 

Hockinfinger

Brainwave Entrainment Generator

PC

Free VST 1.0 Ultradia is a unique brainwave entrainment architecture discovered by Dr. Diane Kistner. Derived from the frequencies of DNA, these special vibrations work to normalize a 90-minute human ultradian rhythm. Ultradia is broken into two 45-minute phases that gently but powerfully oscillate through the active and rest phases of a complete ultradian rhythm.

Ultradia SE is a VSTi for creating binaural beat brainwave entrainment tones.
Created by Hockinfinger based on the original concept provided by Dr. Diane Kistner.

There are two tones created by this VSTi. The carrier tone is produced in the left channel.The right channel will be the sum frequency of the carrier tone and the frequency selected for brainwave entrainment. The tones are triggered by any MIDI note, and volume is controlled by MIDI volume controller #7. The tones can be selected via MIDI controllers 14 & 15.

Synth 1

Ichiro Toda

Synth PC Free DX Beta 1  
Silence (CSound)

Irreducible Productions

Development Tool PC Free VST  
SilenceVST is a self-contained language for programming music and sound on Windows. A Linux version is in the works. SilenceVST runs from the command line, with a graphical user interface, or as a VST effect or synthesizer plugin. SilenceVST embeds Csound as well as its own software synthesis system. SilenceVST is user-extensible via C/C++ plugins or Lua scripts.

SilenceVST is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License, except for Csound code that it contains, which is copyright (C) 1986, 1992 by The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, but freely available for research and educational purposes.
 

Spook Organ

 

JC

Organ PC Free VST 1.0
  • Two banks each of seven oscillators.
  • Each bank can be set to use a different waveform. (Sine, Saw, Ramp, Triangle, Pulse, White Noise & Pink Noise) This makes it possible to additively create some very organ like, or very grungy sounds, especially when combined with the modulation section, which is basically a chorus.

WNM-1

 

KLANG!LABS

Synth PC Free VST 1.5
  • Three independent modules.
  • Six osc's on each module, first five are modulators and can be routed to other osc's.
  • Sine, Saw, Ramp, Triangle, Pulse, w-noise and p-noise waveforms to choose from.
  • Freq, Pulse Width and Modulation depth for each osc.
  • ADSR envelopes for each module.
  • Multi outs

AIFFPlayer

Kuniox

Sample Player Mac  \2500
shareware
VST 1.0
  • Normal and Grain mode playback
  • 3 filter types
  • Volume & Filter envelopes
  • Loop function

LiveSynth Pro

LiveUpdate

Sampler/Sample Player

PC

$64.95

DX 1.4
  • Full SoundFont 2.0 Compatibility
  • Up to 128 instances of LiveSynth Pro can be run simultaneously
  • Up to 128 SoundFont banks per instance
  • Up to 128 voice polyphonic
  • Supports sample rates up to 96 kHz
  • Unlimited Sample Size
  • Reverb & Chorus FX
             

 


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