Absynth Alternatives

Absynth is described as 'ABSYNTH 5 is an exceptional synthesizer with unique sonic potential and more than 2,100 preset sounds. Its speciality is a limitless spectrum of unusual, evolving sounds created using the powerful, hybrid synthesis architecture and sophisticated modulation and effect system -' and is a music production app in the audio & music category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Absynth for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, BSD and iPhone apps. The best Absynth alternative is GarageBand, which is free. Other great apps like Absynth are ZynAddSubFX, AudioMulch, Qsynth and Odin 2.

Absynth alternatives are mainly Music Production Apps but may also be Digital Audio Workstations or Audio Recorders. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Absynth.

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Absynth

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Music Production App

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GarageBand
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Free • Proprietary
Music Production App
Digital Audio Workstation
Audio Recorder
Mac
iPhone
iPad
103 GarageBand alternatives
Welcome to the school of rock. A Mac-sized practice space. Your own recording studio. If you want to learn to play an instrument, write music, or record a song, GarageBand can help — whether you’re a rookie or a rock star.
- - GarageBand is the most popular Mac, iPhone & iPad alternative to Absynth.
- - GarageBand is the most popular free alternative to Absynth.
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GarageBand Features
1. Works OfflineGarageBand can be used without the need to connect to the internet.
2. Virtual InstrumentGarageBand uses mainy virtual instruments (piano, guitar, drums, bass, etc.).
3. Music SequencerRecord, edit, or play back music with GarageBand, by handling note and performance information.
Preset beats
Audio Samples
Piano Roll
Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
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ZynAddSubFX
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Freemium • Open Source
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Windows
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BSD
28 ZynAddSubFX alternatives
ZynAddSubFX is a fully featured open source software synthesizer capable of making a countless number of instruments, from some common heard from expensive hardware to interesting sounds that you'll boost to an amazing universe of sounds.
- - ZynAddSubFX is the most popular Windows & Linux alternative to Absynth.
- - ZynAddSubFX is the most popular Open Source alternative to Absynth.
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ZynAddSubFX Features
Synthesizer
Growl integration
Sound Effects
AudioMulch
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Paid • Proprietary
Music Production App
Mac
Windows
52 AudioMulch alternatives
AudioMulch is an interactive musician's environment for PC and Mac. It is used for live electronic music performance, composition and sound design.
- - AudioMulch is the most popular commercial alternative to Absynth.
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AudioMulch Features
1. Support for VST PluginsAudioMulch support third-party Virtual Studio Technology (VST) plugins.
Modular System
Sound Effects
Qsynth
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Free • Open Source
Linux
BSD
11 Qsynth alternatives
Qsynth is a simple Qt4 application wrapper for the FluidSynth software MIDI sequencer for Linux. Qsynth is a fluidsynth GUI front-end application written in C++ around the Qt4 toolkit using Qt Designer.
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Qsynth Features
Synthesizer
Odin 2
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Free • Open Source
Mac
Windows
Linux
22 Odin 2 alternatives
Odin 2, the successor of Odin 1, is a gratis, open-source, cross-platform, semi-modular subtractive-style software synthesizer. It covers about every type of synthesis out there.
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Odin 2 Features
1. Virtual InstrumentOdin 2 uses mainy virtual instruments (piano, guitar, drums, bass, etc.).
Synthesizer
Skale Tracker
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
Linux
52 Skale Tracker alternatives
Skale Tracker is a music tracker (a special kind of music sequencer) available for Windows and Linux on the desktop as well as in a Flash-based browser verison.
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Skale Tracker Features
1. Support for VST PluginsSkale Tracker support third-party Virtual Studio Technology (VST) plugins.
2. Music SequencerRecord, edit, or play back music with Skale Tracker, by handling note and performance information.
Beat maker
Discontinued
Online version is no longer available. Last desktop version, v0.81, released on December 2005, it's still downloadable and usable.
FluidSynth
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Free • Open Source
Mac
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12 FluidSynth alternatives
FluidSynth is a real-time software synthesizer based on the SoundFont 2 specifications and has reached widespread distribution. FluidSynth itself does not have a graphical user interface, but due to its powerful API several applications utilize it and it has even found its way...
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FluidSynth Features
Synthesizer
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Omnisphere
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Paid • Proprietary
Music Production App
Mac
Windows
7 Omnisphere alternatives
Omnisphere is the flagship synthesizer of Spectrasonics® - an instrument of extraordinary power and versatility. This award-winning plugin brings many different types of synthesis together into one amazing-sounding instrument that will inspire a lifetime of exploration.
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Omnisphere Features
Synthesizer
Tyrell N6
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Free • Proprietary
Music Production App
Mac
Windows
18 Tyrell N6 alternatives
Tyrell is the name of a project by the German online magazine Amazona.de. A reader survey and follow-on forum posts provided a pool of ideas for a low cost HARDWARE analogue synth, which Mic 'Moogulator' Irmer used to develop quite a powerful concept.
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Tyrell N6 Features
Synthesizer
MyMotif - Add music to video
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Free • Proprietary
Music Production App
iPhone
88 MyMotif - Add music to video alternatives
Everyone want to have music to their videos, so why not creating it yourself? Even with ZERO knowledge of music, anyone can put together their own special soundtrack by using MyMotif’s sounds, melodies and beats.
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MyMotif - Add music to video Features
sound recorder
Sound Effects
Phasex
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Free • Open Source
Music Production App
Linux
JACK Audio Connection Kit
12 Phasex alternatives
PHASEX is an experimental software synthesizer for use with Linux/ALSA/JACK. The name comes partially from its experimental method of using phase offset modulation, where each oscillator can have its phase offset between right and left channels modulated by an LFO or another...
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Phasex Features
1. Support for MIDIPhasex includes MIDI hardware and software support to record and import audio.
Synthesizer
samplv1
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Free • Open Source
Linux
BSD
13 samplv1 alternatives
samplv1 is an old-school all-digital polyphonic sampler synthesizer with stereo fx.
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