ZynAddSubFX has been discontinued. Similar apps include Vital, which is open source with a free version. Other options are Helm, ZynAddSubFX for Android, yoshimi and Odin 2. You're spoiled for choice with Music Production Apps like ZynAddSubFX: we list more than 25 alternatives for Windows, Mac, Linux, iPad and iPhone.
Vital is a spectral warping wavetable synthesizer with drag'n'drop modulation workflow and animated preview of the synth's inner workings where needed. Comes with many modulation sources (including audio-rate), MPE support and FX chain.
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Helm is a free, cross-platform, polyphonic synthesizer with a powerful modulation system. Helm runs on GNU/Linux, Mac, and Windows as a standalone program or LV2/VST/VST3/AU plugin.
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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.
Odin 2 is a versatile 24-voice polyphonic synthesizer that covers about every type of synthesis out there. Odin 2 is released as open-source software.
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Dexed is an FM-type softsynth developed by Pascal Gauthier of Digital Suburban. It is an ideal application for importing, playing and editing/managing sysex patches from both the classic Yamaha DX7 synthesizer and the TX7.
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AudioMulch is an interactive musician's environment for PC and Mac. It is used for live electronic music performance, composition and sound design.
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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...
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Movement in nature has inspired us for centuries. And now, the sounds of movement in nature have inspired a new instrument that will put you into a creative state of flow.
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The NES VST is designed to emulate the 8-bit sounds of the Nintendo, remaining faithful to the specifications of the 2A03 chip.
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PaulStretch (or Paul's Extreme Sound Stretch) is a program for stretching the audio. It is for extreme sound stretching of the audio (8x, 50x, etc.) and for applying special effects by "spectral smoothing" the sounds.
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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.
