FluidSynth Alternatives

FluidSynth is described as 'Real-time software synthesizer based on the SoundFont 2 specifications and has reached widespread distribution' and is an app in the audio & music category. There are more than 10 alternatives to FluidSynth for Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and JACK Audio Connection Kit. The best FluidSynth alternative is ZynAddSubFX, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like FluidSynth are TiMidity++, WhySynth, Qsynth and Tyrell N6.

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  1. ZynAddSubFX icon

    ZynAddSubFX

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    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.

    30 ZynAddSubFX alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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    • ZynAddSubFX is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to FluidSynth.

    • ZynAddSubFX is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to FluidSynth.

    • ZynAddSubFX is Freemium and Open SourceFluidSynth is Free and Open Source
  2. TiMidity++ icon

    TiMidity++

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    TiMidity++ is an open source MIDI to WAVE converter and player.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  4. WhySynth

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    WhySynth is a versatile softsynth which operates as a plugin for the DSSI Soft Synth Interface. A brief list of features:

    • 4 oscillators, 2 filters, 3 LFOs, and 5 envelope generators per voice.

    • 10 oscillator modes: minBLEP, wavecycle, asynchronous granular, three FM.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    WhySynth screenshot 1
     
  5. Qsynth icon

    Qsynth

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    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.

    11 Qsynth alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    Qsynth screenshot 1
     
  6. Tyrell N6 icon

    Tyrell N6

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    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.

    18 Tyrell N6 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    Tyrell N6
     
  7. TAL-NoiseMaker icon

    TAL-NoiseMaker

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    TAL-NoiseMaker is an improved version of TAL-Elek7ro and has a completely new synth engine and a lot of improvements in sound and usability. The synth also includes a small effect section with a reverb, chorus and a simple bit crusher effect.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    TAL-NoiseMaker
     
  9. Absynth icon

    Absynth

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    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 -...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    Absynth 5
     

    • Absynth is the most popular commercial alternative to FluidSynth.

    • Absynth is Paid and ProprietaryFluidSynth is Free and Open Source

  10. Phasex

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    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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • JACK Audio Connection Kit
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  11. yoshimi icon

    yoshimi

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    Yoshimi is a software synthesizer for Linux based on the 2.4.0 release of ZynAddSubFX, written by Nasca Octavian Paul. Yoshimi delivers the same synth capabilities, along with very good Jack and Alsa midi/audio functionality.

    5 yoshimi alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    The main window - the starting point for most Yoshimi adventures
     
  12. Zebralette icon

    Zebralette

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    Zebralette is just one of Zebra2's oscillators packed into a simple, easy-to-learn framework – but you have everything you need to make some pretty amazing sounds. Sounds that can be directly loaded into Zebra2 later.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    Zebralette
     
  13. Podolski icon

    Podolski

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    Podolski is a simple, CPU-efficient virtual analogue synthesizer. Basically a cut down version of FilterscapeVA with just one oscillator, one filter, one envelope and two LFOs, it also features a Zebra-style arpeggiator/sequencer plus chorus and delay effects.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    Podolski
     
  14. GiMeSpace TouchSpace Synth icon

    GiMeSpace TouchSpace Synth

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    This program was created to make playing music on a computer more intuitive and affordable for anyone who wants to make music. It offers the most natural way to make music by simply using your touch screen or your hand in front of the web cam.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    GiMeSpace TouchSpace Synth screenshot 1
     
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