Are there any good software synths out there?

jahtao · 27th February 2006

I'm talking subtractive synthesis of the classic analogue variety...

I need something that sounds good (oddity does not to me but some arturia stuff does) ...has a least one LFO retriggerable by keyboard and a good GUI (preferably not an old skool clone look)

...is there one out there? Any thoughts greatly appreciated

many thanks

Ol' Betsey · 27th February 2006

I don't know what subtractive synthesis is or exactly how to use a retriggerable LFO but this guy seeems to get some pretty serious props from the electronic crowd:

Alphakanal - Automat

And it's free...

Mac OSX only though.

R.

osci · 27th February 2006

You may want to look at the minimonsta, impOSCar and the Wayoutware ARP2600.

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jahtao Lives for gear Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: London, UK Posts: 626 Thread Starter	Are there any good software synths out there? I'm talking subtractive synthesis of the classic analogue variety... I need something that sounds good (oddity does not to me but some arturia stuff does) ...has a least one LFO retriggerable by keyboard and a good GUI (preferably not an old skool clone look) ...is there one out there? Any thoughts greatly appreciated many thanks

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Ol' Betsey Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: London Posts: 1,992	I don't know what subtractive synthesis is or exactly how to use a retriggerable LFO but this guy seeems to get some pretty serious props from the electronic crowd: Alphakanal - Automat And it's free... Mac OSX only though. R. __________________ The Speaker Snuggy is specifically designed to compensate for the additive effect of using plugins which literally remove the blanket from your speakers. These plugins can sound good when solo'd, but when used across dozens of tracks they can leave your speakers sounding cold and insecure. (Casey / Bricasti) When I haven't any blue I use red. (Pablo Picasso) Ol' Betsey Satan - The Original Flower Shop 8 track - "She fought long and she fought hard..."

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27th February 2006	#3
osci Gear nut Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 91	You may want to look at the minimonsta, impOSCar and the Wayoutware ARP2600.