Podolski Alternatives

Podolski is described as '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' and is a music production app in the audio & music category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Podolski for Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and JACK Audio Connection Kit. The best Podolski alternative is Surge Synthesizer, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Podolski are ZynAddSubFX, AudioMulch, Qsynth and Odin 2.

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Podolski is a simple, CPU-efficient virtual analogue synthesizer. Basically a cut down version of FilterscapeVA with just...

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Surge Synthesizer
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36 Surge Synthesizer alternatives
Surge is an open source digital synthesizer originally written and sold as a commercial product by @kurasu (Claes Johanson) at Vember Audio. The synth uses subtractive hybrid synthesis and each patch contains two 'scenes' which are separate instances of the entire...
- - Surge Synthesizer is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Podolski.
- - Surge Synthesizer is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Podolski.
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Surge Synthesizer Features
1. Virtual InstrumentSurge Synthesizer uses mainy virtual instruments (piano, guitar, drums, bass, etc.).
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ZynAddSubFX
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Freemium • Open Source
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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.
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Growl integration
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AudioMulch
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Paid • Proprietary
Music Production App
Mac
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53 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 Podolski.
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1. Support for VST PluginsAudioMulch support third-party Virtual Studio Technology (VST) plugins.
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Qsynth
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Free • Open Source
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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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Odin 2
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Free • Open Source
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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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1. Virtual InstrumentOdin 2 uses mainy virtual instruments (piano, guitar, drums, bass, etc.).
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Skale Tracker
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Windows
Linux
53 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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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
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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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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.
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Oxe FM Synth
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Free • Open Source
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16 Oxe FM Synth alternatives
Oxe FM Synth is a touch-sensitive, realtime polyphonic FM-based music synthesizer created and maintained by Oxe Software.
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samplv1
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Free • Open Source
Linux
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13 samplv1 alternatives
samplv1 is an old-school all-digital polyphonic sampler synthesizer with stereo fx.
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synthv1
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Free • Open Source
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17 synthv1 alternatives
synthv1 is an old-school all-digital 4-oscillator subtractive polyphonic synthesizer with stereo fx.
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