Synth VSTs are one of the most exciting things about being a producer today. Software synthesizer plugins are great for everything from ambient pads to massive sub bass. Matt Tytel Helm Synthesis is hard to understand even when you have real hardware synthesizer in front of you. Overall, Tyrell N6 is a quality freeware synth that any producer can use to make great sounds.
This straightforward synth has a powerful sound and compact, lightweight interface. Every musician should try using VCV Rack to see what modular is all about. Pair it up with Dexed for authentic 80s stacked synth textures! You'll like that too. Production Tips. There are 32 sound banks that each contain 32 presets, from electric pianos, to synth brass, and more.
Dexed was originally intended to be a software partner for the hardware DX7 synth. It still works as a program editor for the hardware Yamaha synth, which is handy if you have one. FM synth plugins are sometimes a bit tedious, but Dexed lets you get to the sounds you want easily. If you are a fan of that classic DX7 sound, then you should already own Dexed; if not, you should get it now. There are eight oscillator algorithms, including analog, FM, and wavetable.
It has a whopping wavetables , and two filters with eight filter types, along with 12 customizable LFOs per voice. Adding to the sound design potential are eight FX slots with 10 FX types and a modulation matrix. As well as the quite extensive sound-shaping options, there are 1, presets with some absolute gems in there. Although the massive amount of presets are organized into categories for quick browsing, which helps a lot. Despite the UI being quite fiddly, some of the presets are worth the effort.
To sum it up, it could have been the best free synth VST , but expect to get frustrated with the UI, so use it sparingly. Modular synthesis is a vast and expensive world, VCV Rack is the closest you will get to modular gear in software form without spending any money. The most significant aspect of modular gear is the workflow, and this plugin captures it better than most. The workflow of any VST relies on a solid UI, and with virtual modular synths, the patch cables hanging everywhere can make it very messy.
In truth, the oscillators, filters, and so on are very average. It might seem a little hasty to include this synth in our top Hardware modular synths can be very expensive, and very addictive once you get started. What better way to learn the basics that with a free VST with a fantastic interface? It will save you time and money later on. So much care was taken in developing this plugin that the original Triton developers even supervised it. It comes with over 4, radio-ready preset sounds , and eight-part multi-timbre combis.
The Triton was well-known for its arpeggiator, and that is brought to life here with arpeggiator patterns that create instantly useable phrases. The UI is nice and simple, with a quick search function for sounds or characters. Through their proprietary Component Modeling Technology , Korg has replicated the true analog feeling of this synth in remarkable detail.
For example, higher polyphony and new built-in effects that make this a vintage synth with modern functionality. All three generations of the ARP Odyssey synth are represented here, each with their own filter characteristics. The one downside is that it only includes Korg synths, obviously. However, if you are a Korg fan, and we are, you will go nuts for these plugins!
When we thought about choosing the 10 best VST synth plugins, we wanted to take into account different budgets, requirements, and ability levels. So, do we have the 10 best VST synth plugins overall? Probably not although our top 5 certainly fit that category. That means our top 10 has something for everyone, and we love every one of these awesome synths.
Read more about author. Hardware synth integration. As in-depth as it gets. Infinite sound design. Over 14, preset sounds. Advanced arpeggiator. Granular synthesis. Used by many. Fantastic UI. Intuitive speedy workflow. Granular Synthesis. Performance-friendly sequencer. Great artist presets. Fairly expensive.
Not as expansive as Omnisphere. Extremely versatile. Incredibly accurate. Acoustic instruments. Intuitive UI goes beyond the hardware versions. One of the biggest virtual synths available. Outstanding bass patches. Over wavetables. Eight bar sequences. Modulation for days. It provides a clear high-quality sound, incredible versatility, and a myriad of features, all based around a simple and intuitive workflow. Serum offers a host of features.
Serum provides you with over pre-made wavetables, each of which provides a clean, professional sound. You could even drag a whole track into the wavetable. These oscillator functions make Serum one of the most versatile synthesizer VSTs out there. No matter what genre you are working in Serum is more than capable of crafting perfect sounds for you.
Deep growls, screeching leads and soaring pads are all perfectly at home here. Optimized for creating a crystal clear sub bass in seconds, this mini oscillator gives you just what you need and nothing more, making it next to impossible to overcomplicate. These are all independently adjustable with a convenient numbered guide for accuracy and can be set to automate just about any parameter in Serum.
Automation in Serum is as simple as a click and drag. These high quality effects mean that not only can you start to create your sound within Serum, but you can finish it as well.
This especially tends to be true of the more feature-rich synths, which while powerful require a PHD to comprehend. The thing people love about Serum is that it offers features to rival the best of them but still manages to be one of the most user-friendly software synthesizers out there.
Automated controls are highlighted in a bright blue that lights up when you have the source selected ex. LFO 1 or Envelope 2 and operates as a range of automation control. Finally, with Serum, gone of the days of endless searching through an outdated manual to find the function of a single knob.
If you need to know what something does, just hover your mouse over it for a second and an explanation of the function appears. The name of the game with Serum is as deep as you want to get with it - you can get great sounding results with just its surface elements, or you can go crazy and dive into the highly customizable features and hone your sound to perfection.
Either way Serum works hard to make itself as accessible to everyone as possible. Bottom Line: Serum is not the cheapest of software synths, but given how powerful and user-friendly it is the price is absolutely justified. Serum provides a wonderful synthesis experience for both seasoned veterans and complete beginners. Best of the Best. Check Price on Plugin Boutique. In fact, if we had to boil it down to just two words to describe it, we would choose quality and analog.
The great thing about Diva is that its developers did not constrain themselves to recreating any one specific analog synth; rather, Diva is modeled after a host of classics like the Minimoog, Roland Juno, Jupiter-8, Korg MS, and more.
So, how does u-he Diva sound? In one word, phenomenal. This has everything to do with the engineering that went into it, and the highly touted zero-delay-feedback filters. The amazing thing is that Diva is very, very authentic to that analog sound we all love.
Diva will hold its own compared to vintage analog synthesizers. In many synths, presets are overblown and way too fancy, complicated, and essentially unusable. All this goodness comes at a cost.
A good way to describe it would be that it has a lot of character due to its convincing analog emulation. French music producer Madeon - despite not being a fan of analog - says Diva is his go-to if he ever needs it:. We love any soft synth that sounds like a Roland Juno basically. With Diva, you can put a twist on it and do something different that a Juno can't, but it has that warmth and that nice choral sound, so we were sold.
Dutch electronic music producer Dash Berlin Tweets that u-he Diva is his favorite software synthesizer. It has some big name producers supporting it, and carries an attractive price tag. The main thing that comes to mind when working with Carbon Electra is simplicity. So, what makes Carbon Electra so simple and effective? The interface is just a single screen, with no hidden menus or pages.
When you first fire up this VST synth, what you see is all you have to work with. In the bottom-right corner is the MASTER section with a built-in limiter you can toggle on or off, and the usual master controls like polyphony, tune, volume, etc.
We agree with Ask. It comes with over presets several made by famous producers like Carl Cox and Freemasons , and many of them sound pretty inspiring, especially the ones that make use of the step envelope.
Bottom Line: We love how straightforward Carbon Electra is. The fact that everything you can tweak is on one page is a big win in our book. We think that criticism is missing the point; simple does not mean thin sounding or boring. We actually found ourselves playing with this plugin longer than any of the others, mostly because of said simplicity.
Dance music legend Carl Cox says:. Take it from him or take it for us, Carbon Electra deserves a top spot for synth VSTs and is a very worthy alternative to its many competitors like Sylenth1. For the most part, we would say they succeeded. This is a VST synth with a ton of depth, where nearly anything can modulate anything else and the sound creation possibilities are limited only by your imagination.
In the top left corner are 6 buttons that let you navigate to all the main parts of this soft synth, and clicking on Browser will take you to the preset browser so you can get a good idea of what SynthMaster can sound like. What this means is that you can find sounds exactly like you think - what we mean by that is say you think you want a Lead , that sounds Distorted , for something that would fit Dance Music.
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