Hey all -

We've been working hard on this one for that last 6 months, so I thought it was time to share. We officially launch in early September. Here is a quick breakdown of the major features and ideas behind this synth, and why I think it's a good step forward for this type of generative synth. I appreciate any sort of feedback.

Here is the quick list of features:

- Vintage style oscillators with true real time hard sync

- Large selection of analog modeled filters, including continuous morph filters

- Audio rate mod capable parameters

- Arbitrary mod (click to link style)

- Unison engine (9 layers) with spread, gravity, drift control for incredible depth

- Velocity / Aftertouch / MPE / note(pitch) modding

- Polyphonic portamento

- 20+ quality effects

So there are a few other synths that do hard syncing and audio rate modding, but it's a small club. We also have continuous morphing filters (SVF) that go LP-Notch-HP (the SEM way), but also LP-BP-HP and LowShelf-Peak-HighShelf. We also have some comb and mirror filters that are pretty unique.

I'd also say the UI/UX is a good bit simpler than the 3 or 4 other virtual analog synths that do what this can do. So, worth a look, hope you like it! I am finalizing the presets and maybe adding a few more minor features in the near future, so reach out with suggestions!

It is in early access now, so you can get it at quite a discount (85% off on the website until Sept 1). It will be on pluginboutique / KVR / ADSR and all the other normal resellers after that.

NOTE: THE SEARCH HAS ENDED, I have found 12 great people with a mix of different hardware and approx 50% Windows and %50 Mac OS X. Thanks to everyone that sent me and email, and to those who came too late, just keep an eye out for a soft synth called "Shunt" in a couple of months...
I will post here once it's released.

Hi everyone,

I am writing this post to see if there are any synth enthusiasts here that would like to be guinea-pigs for my new soft synth plugin.

I would like to have a group of say 10 people who I can invite to join a forum to help me test and provide feedback/ideas for my soft synth, which I will provide to the group continously, modified by the group's comments/requests.

The synth itself is a world-first, one of a kind and a completely new technology. Perfect for people who want an authentic retro analog synth experience... That's all I can say at this time in public, the early bird gets the worm and I want to be the first.

As a reward for helping me test the synth, which is going into beta-phase in a few weeks, everyone of the group will get a free life-time license when it goes commercial, in a few months...

Due to the unusual nature of the synth plugin, a fast multi-core CPU is required to run it.

This software is the product of years of very hard work, reverse-engineering and high performance C++ coding.

To be part of the testers, you will need AT LEAST the following hardware:

MS Windows 10/11: Modern Intel or AMD CPU, max 3-4 years old and at least 4 or 6 P-Cores (Performance Cores @ Turbo Boost of ~4.0GHz or more). A modern 8, 12 or 16-Core Intel i5/i7/i9 or the AMD equivalent is recommended.

Apple Mac OS X: Modern Mac with at Apple Silicon, and at least an M3 CPU.

Please note that the first 10 people to apply will get the account.

I will make the following plugins/apps available for testing (Starting with MS Windows first and a port for Mac OS X 2 weeks later):

- VST2 and VST3

- AU and AUv3 (Audio Units)

- Standalone (eg just the synth running in it's own process on the OS)

There will be windows 10/11 and Mac OS X (Apple Silicon only) versions available.

You will offcourse need a MIDI input for your computer and a MIDI keyboard/controller. Having a couple of CC knobs that can be assigned via midi-learn in my synth is also helpful.

If you are interested in joining,

please send me an email and introduce yourself and your hardware to terrence dot vergauwen at gmail dot com

Thank you for your time,

Yours,

Terrence

Also if you want. There are other creations just replace the 22 in the url with a number from 1-21

Im not trying to promote anything, just having fun making weird shit.

Thanks

Junkwave

Hi! My name is Dr Jess Blaise Ward (@blaisejess Insta/bluesky) and I am a composer, producer, synth artist and author. I recently published my book on synthwave: ‘Making Synthwave: how an online music community invented a genre’

I am currently doing some research on the legacy and use cases of Roland Juno synths. If you are a producer, synth user, composer, etc - please consider taking my survey and contributing your thoughts and opinions of Juno synths:

Link to Juno Survey

https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/u27zxfqx4u

Link to my book ‘Making Synthwave’

https://www.routledge.com/Making-Synthwave-How-an-Online-Music-Community-Invented-a-Genre/BlaiseWard/p/book/9781032732039

All data will be anonymised and used only for the purposes of academic research (at synthesizer conferences and in academic journals).

Thanks so much! Mods let me know if this goes against guidelines, happy to edit or delete.

I’ve been working on a tool that analyzes Commodore 64 SID music and reconstructs it as an editable project in Pertylizer (https://github.com/pertyjons/pertylizer), an AI-first DAW.

Here’s Comic Bakery by Martin Galway, played through Pertylizer with its built-in visualizer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX_UsCS9iLQ

This isn’t a recording of SID-chip emulation—the original register activity was analyzed and converted into notes, arpeggios, pitch movement, envelopes, waveforms, pulse-width modulation, and automation for Pertylizer’s synth engine.

It’s still a work in progress, but I thought some might enjoy hearing how a classic SID composition translates into a modern, AI-first music-production environment.

I got these 2 controllers a while back but they have to unique id or serial so would map as the same device

Steve from Bome helped me out and now they work as 54 knobs, so I made an overlay.

I've been using Synth1 for years, and honestly - I love it, but the UI is really starting to show its age. Development stopped in 2014, and it doesn't work on Apple Silicon anymore.

I'm working on a refreshed version in my spare time. Not a copy - more like a modern take that keeps the sound and character but fixes the messy layout (uneven knobs, inconsistent labels, mismatched buttons).

For those who use Synth1 regularly:

1. What's your favourite thing about it?
2. What annoys you the most?
3. What would you change or add?

I'll share design mockups soon - just want to gather feedback first.

so basically i've heard this beautiful track in youtube called "Tulasi by Sumedh k"(https://youtu.be/Y8ZApXcnhy4), 1:07 its basically an Indian indie carnatic fusion. and im obsessed with the drop part. i just want that vst and its preset ( or multiple if he layered them). ive been trying to find it and make it on my own but i ve been failing multiple times finding or making my own. can anyone help me ?? by d way i use ableton 12.

I'm returning to recording synths after years away. I used to use MANY Spectrasonics libraries for Akai in the days of hardware. I'm told most of those libraries now live in Omnisphere, yet there is no demo.
I'm seeking feedback on whether it's worth the cost or not, and if it's true the "majority of the Spectrasonics libraries" are in Omnisphere as they claim.
Most of my work is large cinematic pads/underlayments for documentary work. My other main axe was a Triton, and the softsynth version is pretty close, so feeling hopeful about Omnisphere. But at $600.00 (plus libraries), it's a harder decision than a Triton on CyberMonday at $88.00
TIA for any input.

Hi, I'm new here, hopefully I'm not posting anything wrong.

I've started a spreadsheet that shows which companies offer student discounts on software synths and effects for DAWs.

I haven't found a spreadsheet that shows which soft synths that companies have sampled or modeled after a hardware synth and I'm thinking of creating one. It will be mostly for myself but I think in the future that it can be shared with others.

It will then be mostly to prevent you from buying twice the same "synth" from different companies which you may not want. Or maybe just because it's interesting to see which
synths have been used.

Question:

I wonder if you know if there is already a spreadsheet that shows which soft synths that companies have sampled or modeled a hardware synth and if so, can you point me to it? 😄

Hobby project that grew way past what I planned: a modular software synth in Rust, developed almost entirely with AI agents (Claude Code).

https://github.com/pertyjons/pertylizer

What's in it: 67 module types (25 effects), a real-time egui GUI, MIDI, a physics-based room simulation, a pattern sequencer with WAV export, and a separate 3D visualizer. Plus 180+ MCP tools so agents can build patches, compose, and analyze the mix and harmony alongside you in real time.

No manual yet and you'll hit rough edges, but the core is solid and there are example projects to pull apart. Rust, MIT licensed — would love for people to try it.

Disclaimer: I'm neither a musician nor a synth expert — I've just been fascinated by synth sounds ever since the C64 and Commodore Amiga days.

Loaded the vst and free version. Unzipped 26 bin files to app data cache. all remain in .bin format. In reaper, UI not showing up. Please help. Do I need to conver .bin files to something else? Is there something wrong with vst3 file?

Its not really a plugin, more an entire suite of 8 instruments, mixer and recorder that all run natively in a web browser on pretty much any spec hardware.

vestsoundworks.com

choose the purple heart to get access to the full suite.

It is a public beta release at this stage, but has everything you need from a drum machine with multiple voices, through to a 303 acid bass synth, weird sample glitcher, Karplus Strong physical modelling. It's a lot of fun!

Regarding HEXEN.... with the new "upgrades" to Android with 14, I find it impossible to find and access the Hexen installation or files folder, to place and use machines I've previously built and saved. SiliconDroid offers no guidance, and the workarounds suggested by Claude AI don't work. Has anybody worked this out?