Hi, everyone!
SURGE XT is a stunning FREE and open-source hybrid synthesizer plugin originally released into open source by Claes Johanson in 2018.
Today it is a sound designer's dream, supported by a open worldwide community of volunteers.
It features many synthesis techniques (subtractive, wavetable, FM and so on), great filters, flexible modulations and many modern features like MPE and microtuning.
In this demo I will just let you hear what some amazing sound designers have made for this stunning "hybrid synth" simply by scrolling and playing some beautiful sounds.
SOME SPECS:
◉ Two scenes which are separate instances of the entire synthesis engine that can be used to create layered or split patches;
◉ Quick category-based patch browser;
◉ 2779 patches;
◉ 614 wavetables;
◉ 3 oscillators per scene, with 12 versatile oscillator algorithms: Classic, Modern, Wavetable, Window, Sine, FM2, FM3, String, Twist, Alias, S&H Noise and Audio Input;
◉ Classic oscillator is a morphable pulse/saw/dual saw oscillator with a sub-oscillator and hard sync;
◉ Modern oscillator is a mixable saw/pulse/triangle oscillator with an optional sub-oscillator mode for triangle (which can also change to sine or square) and hard sync;
◉ FM2/FM3 oscillators consist of a carrier and 2 or 3 modulators and various options;
◉ String oscillator uses two filtered waveguides to emulate plucked or bowed string sounds;
◉ Twist oscillator is based on a very famous Eurorack macro oscillator, and it offers a myriad of synthesis options in a very simple and quick way;
◉ Most algorithms (except FM2, FM3, Twist and Audio Input) offer up to 16-voice unison at the oscillator level;
◉ Oscillator FM in 3 different configurations and ring modulation between oscillators 1-2 and 2-3;
◉ Noise generator with variable spectrum;
◉ Two filter units in 8 different configurations with feedback loop available in 7 of those configurations;
◉ Available filter algorithms: Lowpass (12 and 24 dB/oct, each with 3 variations), Legacy Ladder Lowpass (6-24 dB/oct), Vintage Ladder Lowpass (2 variations, each with and without gain compensation), Highpass (12 and 24 dB/oct, each with 3 variations), Bandpass (12 and 24 dB/oct, each with 3 variations), Notch (12 and 24 dB/oct, each with 2 variations), Allpass (3 variations), Comb (positive and negative), S&H;
◉ Open-source additions to our filter algorithms include: K35 and Diode Ladder filter types from Odin 2 synthesizer, 12 and 24 dB/oct multimode filters from OB-Xd, and weird but fascinating Cutoff Warp, Resonance Warp and Tri-Pole filters by Jatin Chowdhury;
◉ Filters can self-oscillate (with excitation) and respond amazingly fast to cutoff frequency changes;
◉ Waveshaper (43 shapes);
◉ 12 LFO units available, 6 are per voice and 6 are global for the whole scene;
◉ DAHDSR envelope generators on every LFO;
◉ LFO shapes consist of 7 deformable LFO waveforms, step sequencer, a fully-fledged multi-segment envelope generator (MSEG) with various curves and up to 128 nodes, and last but not the least - a formula modulator which utilizes Lua scripting language to provide completely custom modulator output;
◉ Extremely fast and flexible modulation routing. Almost every continuous parameter can be modulated;
◉ 16 effect units arranged as 4 inserts per scene, 4 sends and 4 master effects;
◉ 27 effect algorithms: 3-band fully parametric EQ; 11-band graphic EQ; Exciter; Resonator; CHOW; Distortion; Neuron; Tape (based on ChowTapeModel!); Waveshaper; Combulator; Frequency Shifter; Nimbus; Ring Modulator; Treemonster; Vocoder; Chorus; Ensemble; Flanger; Phaser; Rotary Speaker; Delay; Reverb 1; Reverb 2; Spring Reverb; Airwindows (itself containing 56 effects!); Conditioner; Mid-Side Tool;
◉ And much more...
More info here:
- surge-synthesizer.github.io/
Download it here:
- surge-synthesizer.github.io/d...
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