Revision as of 11:01, 29 March 2024

A sample of synth engines and effects available in Zynthian, for a longer list see below...

Synthv1 - Old School Polyphonic Synthesizer
ZynAddSubFX - Polyphonic Aditive, Substractive, and Pad synthesis
PianoTeq - A proprietary Physical Modelling Synth Engine for acoustic and electric pianos
TAL-NoiseMaker is a virtual analog synthesizer with a great sound and low CPU usage. 128 factory presets included.
Surge Synth - Featuring many synthesis techniques, a great selection of filters, a flexible modulation engine, a smorgasbord of effects, and modern features like MPE and microtuning.
The OB-Xd is a synthesizer that has been designed to recreate the sound and behavior of the Oberheim OB-X.
Padv1 - Old School Polyphonic Additive Synthesizer
Odin 2 -The design approach of Odin 2 lets you choose from a large variety of modules, which can be mixed and matched for virtually endless sonic capabilities.
Tal-Reverb-II - Reverb
DrumGizmo - Drum Synth
Geonkick - Drum Synth
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ADLplug - FM Synth
Casio Electronic Musical Instrument (bleep bloop)

The Mimi-a Hardware original of the MiMi-d plugin.

Nekobi - Inspired by the legendary TB-303

1 Engine Guides

Fluidsynth: Real-time software synthesizer based on the SoundFont 2 specifications.
ZynAddSubFX (Polyphonic Aditive, Substractive, and Pad synthesis) https://github.com/fundamental/zynaddsubfx
LinuxSampler (SFZ/GIG SoundFont Player) https://www.linuxsampler.org
Sfizz (SFZ SoundFont Player) https://sfz.tools/sfizz/
setBfree (Hammond B3 electromechanical organ Emulation) https://github.com/pantherb/setBfree
Pianoteq (A proprietary Physical Modelling Synth Engine for acoustic and electric pianos, developed by Modartt)
Helm (synth) [1]
Aeolus (Pipe Organ Emulator) https://kokkinizita.linuxaudio.org/linuxaudio/aeolus/
Jalv (Run LV2-plugins as standalone processors) http://blog.zynthian.org/index.php/2018/09/28/new-engine-jalv-lv2-plugins-as-standalone-layers/
MOD-HOST & MOD-UI (Plugin Host + Web GUI, developed by ModDevices for the ModDuo device) [2] [3]
Pure Data (Visual Programming Language) https://puredata.info
MiMi-d MiMi-d synth https://discourse.zynthian.org/t/mimi-d-creating-a-new-software-synth-for-zynthian/8648

Dexed (Yamaha DX7 emulation)
MDA plugins (LV2 port of MDA plugin collection, including ePiano, JX10, DX10 and others)
TAL free plugins (Some plugins from Togu Audio Line, including Noize M4k3r and more)
DISTRHO Plugins-Ports (A collection of plugins ported to Linux that includes OBXd and others)
DISTRHO DPF-Plugins (A plugin collection which includes the Nekobi Bass Monosynth and more)
Calf plugins (One of the best free software plugin collection)
Helm (Advanced Polyphonic Synthesizer + Arpeggiator)
AMSynth (Analog Modelling Synthesizer)
Synthv1 (Old School Polyphonic Synthesizer)
Padthv1 (Old School Polyphonic Additive Synthesizer)
SooperLooper Live looping sampler capable of immediate loop recording, overdubbing,
Surge Free & Open source hybrid synthesizer...
DrumGizmo: Open source, multichannel, multilayered, drum plugin - User Guide
GeonKick: is a free software for generating a wide range of percussive sounds - User Guide
Drum Kits as LV2 plugins:
And much more ...

All kind of effects:

Category	Includes
Delay	Delay, Echo
Distortion	Overdrive, Distortion, Fuzz, Wave-shaper
Dynamics	Compressor, Limiter
Filter	Filter, Equalizer, (Auto-)Wah, Envelope Filter
Generator	Synthesizer, Piano, Organ, Drums, Noise, SoundFonts
Modulator	Chorus, Phaser, Flanger, Vibrato, Tremolo, Ring modulator
Reverb	Reverb, Shimmer, Plate, Room, Spring
Simulator	Amplifier, Cabinet, Leslie, Tube
Spatial	Panner, Auto-panner, Stereo field manipulator
Spectral	Pitch-shifter, Auto-tune, Harmonizer, Vocoder
Granular	Granulator
MIDI utilities	MIDI filter & tools
Other	Arppeggiator, SooperLooper

This is not a complete list of all synths & effect plugins, see the MOD devices wiki page to see some amp and cabinet sim plugins available:

Currently, Zynthian supports only LV2 plugins compiled for RBPi (ARM):

Here is an unmaintained repository of LV2-plugins for Zynthian: https://github.com/zynthian/zynthian-plugins/tree/master/lv2

Support for VST, DSSI and LADSPA has been removed for simplicity, but it could be re-enabled in the future if we have good reasons for doing so.

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 * [[DrumGizmo]]:  Open source, multichannel, multilayered, drum plugin - '''User Guide'''
 * [[GeonKick]]:  is a free software for generating a wide range of percussive sounds - '''User Guide'''
-* [[Drum Kits]]:
+* [[Drum Kits as LV2 plugins]]:
 * And much more ...