ZynAddSubFX
ZynAddSubFX is a powerful real-time, software synthesizer with
many features, including polyphony, multi-timbral and microtonal
capabilities. It includes randomness of some parameters, which makes
warm sounds, like analogue synthesizers.
It has system/insertion effects too, and much more.
ZynAddSubFX is a SYNthesizer with ADDitive, SUBtractive
engines and effects.
Features include:
- Intuitive and easy to use Graphical User Interface with
Clipboard and
many objects has user presets
- Realtime synth
- Polyphonic synth
- Mutlitimbral synth
- Microtonal capabilities with any scale, up to 128 notes per
octave, and key mapping
- Three hybrid synthesizer engines:
- "ADsynth" or "ADnote" is a complex engine which makes
sounds by adding a number of voices. Each one has filters, envelopes,
LFOs, morphing, modulation (Ring Modulation, Phase Modulation... the
modulators can have any shape), resonance, etc. Each voice includes a
very powerful waveform generator with up to 128 sine/non-sine
harmonics. You can use Fourier synthesis or if you don't like it you
can wave-shaping/filtering of functions. This engine includes
anti-aliasing
- "SUBsynth" or "SUBnote" is a simple engine which makes
sounds through subtraction of harmonics from white noise
- "PADsynth" or "PADnote" is engine that makes very
beautiful pads and other instruments. (these instruments can be
exported for use with other programs too)
- Legato, Poly, and Mono modes
- Instruments can be organized in kits, which allows you to
make drum kits or layered(mixed) instruments; this makes possible to
use more than one instrument for a single part. It is possible to
choose what items from the kit should be processed by the Part's
effects
- Effects:
- Reverb, Echo, Chorus/Flange, Phaser, AlienWah (it's a
kind of vocal morpher), Distortion(Wave-shaping), EQ, DynamicFilter
- The effects can behave as System Effects or as
Insertion Effects; this allows to use many effects at the same time.
You can put any insertion effect on any part(or more insertion effects
to same parts, if you like so) or you can put the insertion effect to
Master output (very useful if you use the EQ effect). Also, you can
have instrument's effect (which save with the instrument)
- Filters up to 60dB/octave (or more..); filters can be
analogic (LPF,HPF, BPF,etc.), formant (advanced formant filters) and
state variable (SVF)
- Envelopes can have ADSR (or ASR, etc..) modes or can be
free modes (with any shape)
- Many settings have a "randomness" option, which you can
make instruments that every time produces a subtle different sound;
this produces a very pleasant effect (like analogue synths or natural
instruments that can't produces exactly same sound twice)
- Midi support (supports many controllers) and (if you want)
JACK support
- Built-in Virtual Keyboard which let you to use it even if
you don't have a real midi keyboard
- Option to disable the graphical user interface
- LASH support
- DSSI audio output
- Over 300 high quality instruments included
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