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Minisynth Series plugin interface
Acrobatics

Minisynth Series

Minisynth Series by Acrobatics offers a trio of polyphonic synthesizers | FRET, GRIT, and PEAK | each designed with simplified controls and high-quality sound to enhance creativity and usability.

VST2Synths
Mika Micro plugin interface
tesselode

Mika Micro

Mika Micro by tesselode is a fun, expressive subtractive/FM synthesizer featuring 2 oscillators with 6 waveforms, simple FM, and a 12dB resonant low-pass filter. It supports 8-voice polyphony and mono/legato modes with a minimal control set.

VST2Synths
Miffi plugin interface
Verklagekasper

Miffi

Miffi is a morphing synthesizer for Windows using a unique DSF synthesis variant to create complex comb filtered stereo sounds by morphing between two parameter sets.

VST2Synths
massTURBOtar plugin interface
Morfiki

massTURBOtar

massTURBOtar by Morfiki is a hybrid synthesizer featuring unique morphing capabilities and two morphable oscillators with variable filter types and widths.

VST2Synths
Lynx plugin interface
Xenobioz

Lynx

Lynx by Xenobioz is a free subtractive synthesizer featuring two drawable, stackable unison oscillators and an advanced wave editor with functions like FM, harmonics, and random wave generation.

VST2Synths
Lucid plugin interface
Xenobioz

Lucid

Lucid by Xenobioz is a hybrid synthesizer featuring waveshaping, FM, morphing, and subtractive synthesis with versatile oscillator and filter options.

VST2Synths
Lord of the Springs plugin interface
Taron

Lord of the Springs

Lord of the Springs is a 128-voice synthesizer plugin by Taron that uses constantly active spring systems to create metallic and complex percussive sounds.

VST2Synths
Lektro plugin interface
Xenobioz

Lektro

Lektro by Xenobioz is a free phase distortion synthesizer plugin featuring flexible modulation options including multiple LFOs, ADSRs, and a randomizer for dynamic sound shaping.

VST2Synths
LazerWave plugin interface
L-Day

LazerWave

LazerWave is a polyphonic synthesizer featuring 3 shapeable triangle wave oscillators, offering a spacious and versatile sound palette for your productions.

VST2Synths
KXPM23 plugin interface
KX77FREE

KXPM23

KXPM23 is a vintage analog subtractive synthesizer featuring a Moog filter effect, dual delays, distortion, ADSR, and KxStep EQ implementation. It also includes a SoundFont player.

VST2Synths
KXOMNI-600 V3 plugin interface
KX77FREE

KXOMNI-600 V3

KXOMNI-600 V3 by KX77FREE is a free analog and phase distortion synthesizer featuring dual-layer stereo design with phase distortion oscillators and multimode filters.

VST2Synths
KWave plugin interface
Krakli

KWave

KWave is a free morphing additive synthesizer by Krakli for Windows 32-bit systems. It offers dynamic waveform morphing with Envelope and LFO modulation, dual oscillators, and dual filters for rich sound design.

VST2Synths
Kuma 508 plugin interface
beatassist.eu

Kuma 508

Kuma 508 by beatassist.eu is a hybrid FM and analog synthesizer featuring 5 FM algorithms, 3 single oscillator modes, semi-modular patchable filters, and 22 extra waveforms per oscillator.

VST2Synths
Kruudster plugin interface
Xenobioz

Kruudster

Kruudster by Xenobioz is a hybrid synthesizer featuring drawable low-resolution waveforms, three oscillators, three LFOs, a randomizer, multiple ADSRs, and a versatile filter with 13 modes.

VST2Synths
Kruud plugin interface
Xenobioz

Kruud

Kruud by Xenobioz is a Windows-only VST2 synthesizer featuring a drawable low resolution oscillator with multiple waveform modes including Phase Mod, PWM, and morph modes.

VST2Synths
Kairatune plugin interface
Futucraft

Kairatune

Kairatune by Futucraft is a synthesizer plugin tailored for electronic music producers seeking crisp and tight electric sounds with high audio quality.

VST2Synths
Joker plugin interface
KBplugs

Joker

Joker by KBplugs is a VST2 synthesizer plugin for Windows x86 systems inspired by the u-he ACE synthesizer circuits but without aiming to replicate the original sound. It comes without presets.

VST2Synths
Hum808 X plugin interface
Callybeat

Hum808 X

Hum808 X is a free bass synthesizer plugin for Windows offering 3 oscillators, a sampler, and flexible subtractive or FM synthesis modes to create crunchy or deep bass sounds.

VST2Synths
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