After several hours of testing out dozens of free vst synths, i have come up with a list of ones that i feel are either high quality or provide a unique sound.

Here's the list... Enjoy



Free Alpha

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Up to 12 note polyphonic. Unlimited number of presets (direct from disk). 2 oscillators each with 2 from 30 different waveforms; pitch, amplitude and symmetry modulation from LFO, Envelope or MIDI. Fat and rich-sounding Multimode filter; cutoff and resonance modulation from LFO, Envelope and MIDI. 2 separate ADSFR envelopes for amplitude and cutoff and a additional pitch envelope ; time ranges from super-fast 1 millisecond up to full 10 seconds. LFO with 6 waveforms, variable attack, variable temp sync. Modulation matrix with 4 free assignable slots, 15 sources, 12 destinations. Adjustable Warmth (Precision). Mono & polyphonic portamento/glide with Normal, Held and Auto-Bend mode. Adjustable voice limit down to monophonic. Fully recognised velocity and aftertouch (mono and poly) and several controllers. LinPlug ECS for MIDI-CC assignment. Own Preset Browser works in any VST host.

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Claw

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One oscillator with PWM. Basis-feature for ping-pong effects. Build in distortion and delay. 32 ready to go presets included. Very easy to use

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Four Seasons

(this one's interesting hehe)

- you can "draw" your own OSC shapes
- Filter/resonance
- Env
- Delay/feedback
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DreamKiller

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2 oscillators with extensive Sample & Hold features for creating random arpeggios. Mixable Low-Pass and Band-Pass filters. 2 BPM synced LFO's. Flanger and Stereo Delay effects.

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MDA Piano

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Up to 32 note polyphonic Decay, Release and Stereo Width controls Stretch and random tuning

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Phobia Station

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Dual Oscillators with Sync and X-Modulation capabilities. Low Pass Filters with Resonance, Envelope, Level, Separation, and Overdrive controls. Fatness control gives you what every synth should have. Tone Controls aid in the creation of rich sounding basses and hot leads. Assignable "Multi-Envelope" can modulate nearly every Phobia Station parameter. Dual Amplitude Envelopes with Mix controls. Numerous Modulation Wheel and Velocity routing options. Dual LFO's - LFO 2 can modulate LFO 1. Hasher, Buzz Mode, and Distort create searing leads and fuzzy bass lines. Unique signal routing produces thousands of sonic possibilities. Built-in Flanger effect.

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Polyiblit

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32 voices. 3 oscillators per voice (Generated using BLITs (Band Limited Impulse Train) which gives oscillators with very low aliasing). Sine, Triangle, Sawtooth and Pulse waveforms. Noise generator. Pulse Width/Slope Modulation. Two LP/BP/HP filters. Two DCAs. Four LFOs with tempo sync. Speed and amplitude modulation of LFOs. Four ADSR envelope generators that can be triggered by Note On, LFOs, Control Change or portamento.

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Quantum64

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Quantum 64 is a harsh and aliased digital synth with single DCO and multimode filter. It is inspired by Commodore 64's SID sound chip but it definitely is no emulation. The two special ingredients that make the soul of Quantum 64 are the arpeggiator and the degrader/quantiser unit.

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Satyr

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2 oscillators with variable waves. An additional sub Osc. Noise generator. Ring, FM & Amplitude modulation and sync. 3 ADSR time/level envelopes (2 assignable) with delays and manual triggering. 2 variable LFOs with sample & hold. Internal clock for BPM synced LFOs. 16 different modulation destinations. 2 filters - one 4-pole lowpass and one 2-pole multimode. Filters can be in parallel or serial mode, among others. There are two versions of Satyr available: normal Satyr that is 4-note polyphonic and Satyr-8 that is 8-note polyphonic.

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Note: I've only tested these synths with fruity.. will post some later... time for sleep now

Last edited by J.L. on Jul-09-2003 at 10:25