VirtualMIDISynth is a software MIDI synthesizer implemented as a Windows multimedia user driver, accessible as a standard MIDI Out device.
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Qsynth Alternatives
Qsynth is described as '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' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to Qsynth for Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD and JACK Audio Connection Kit. The best Qsynth alternative is VirtualMIDISynth, which is free. Other great apps like Qsynth are AudioMulch, FluidSynth, Tyrell N6 and TAL-NoiseMaker.
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58 AudioMulch alternativesAudioMulch 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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FluidSynth is a real-time software synthesizer based on the SoundFont 2 specifications and has reached widespread distribution.
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- Free
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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.
23 TAL-NoiseMaker alternativesTAL-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.
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 -...
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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- Free
- Proprietary
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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...
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- Free
- Open Source
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- Linux
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Comments about Phasex as an Alternative to Qsynth
- Phasex is Free and Open Source
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.
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.
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.
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I use both. Phasex is resource hungry, so I make soundfonts of the sounds I generate and play them from qsynth (1 instance) or fluidsynth (2 instances in my stage setup). Phasex is a true synth and very powerful.