Podolski Alternatives
Podolski is described as 'simple, CPU-efficient virtual analogue synthesizer' and is an app in the Audio & Music category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Podolski for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Advanced Linux Sound Architecture. The best alternative is Surge Synthesizer, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Podolski are FluidSynth (Free, Open Source), Qsynth (Free, Open Source), ZynAddSubFX (Freemium, Open Source) and AudioMulch (Paid).
- Open-source subtractive-hybrid synthesizer formerly sold commercially as Vember Audio Surge. View 32 alternatives to Surge Synthesizer
- FluidSynth is a real-time software synthesizer based on the SoundFont 2 specifications and has reached widespread distribution. View 12 alternatives to FluidSynth
- Qsynth is a simple Qt4 application wrapper for the FluidSynth software MIDI sequencer for Linux. View 11 alternatives to Qsynth
- 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. View 27 alternatives to ZynAddSubFX
- AudioMulch is an interactive musician's environment for PC and Mac. It is used for live electronic music performance, composition and sound design. View 49 alternatives to AudioMulch
- Paid • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Oxe FM Synth is an open source VST 2.4 instrument plugin for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. View 15 alternatives to Oxe FM Synth
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- samplv1 is an old-school all-digital polyphonic sampler synthesizer with stereo fx. View 13 alternatives to samplv1
- Free • Open Source
- Linux
- BSD
- synthv1 is an old-school all-digital 4-oscillator subtractive polyphonic synthesizer with stereo fx. View 17 alternatives to synthv1
- Free • Open Source
- Linux
- BSD
- PHASEX is an experimental software synthesizer for use with Linux/ALSA/JACK. View 11 alternatives to Phasex
- Free • Open Source
- Linux
- Advanced Linux Sound Architecture
- JACK Audio Connection Kit
- 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. View 49 alternatives to Skale Tracker
Discontinued
Online version is no longer available. Last desktop version, v0.81, released on December 2005, it's still downloadable and usable.
- Free • Proprietary
- Windows
- Linux