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==Sound generation==
==Sound generation==
ZynAddSubFX combines several different methods of audio synthesis in order to create sounds: [[additive synthesis]] by the ADSynth engine,<ref name="zynaddsubfx.sourceforge" /> [[subtractive synthesis]] by the SUBSynth engine,<ref name="zynaddsubfx.sourceforge" /> and an original algorithm used to generate [[Wavetable synthesis|wavetables]] in the PADSynth engine.<ref>http://zynaddsubfx.sourceforge.net/doc/PADsynth/PADsynth.htm</ref>
ZynAddSubFX combines several different methods of audio synthesis in order to create sounds: [[additive synthesis]] by the ADSynth engine,<ref name="zynaddsubfx.sourceforge" /> [[subtractive synthesis]] by the SUBSynth engine,<ref name="zynaddsubfx.sourceforge" /> and an original algorithm used to generate [[wavetables]] in the PADSynth engine.<ref>http://zynaddsubfx.sourceforge.net/doc/PADsynth/PADsynth.htm</ref>


==Music made with ZynAddSubFX==
==Music made with ZynAddSubFX==

Revision as of 16:51, 20 October 2014

ZynAddSubFX
Original author(s)Nasca Octavian Paul
Developer(s)Mark McCurry, Harald Hvaal
Initial releaseSeptember 25, 2002 (2002-09-25)
Stable release
2.4.4 / June 29, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-06-29)
Repository
Written inC++
Operating systemBSD, Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
Size1.4Mb
Available inEnglish
TypeSynthesizer
LicenseGPL
Websitehttp://zynaddsubfx.sourceforge.net/

ZynAddSubFX is a free open source software synthesizer for Linux, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows.

For sound generation it has three hybrid synth engines that combine additive, subtractive, Fourier and other synthesis methods. No external samples are used to produce the sound; everything is done by synthesis. The synthesizer has effects like reverberation, echo, chorus, distortion, equalization and others, and supports microtonal tunings.[1][2]

The author of ZynAddSubFX is a Romanian programmer Nasca Octavian Paul.[3][4] The project was started in March 2002[1] and the first public version (1.0.0) was released on September 25, 2002.[5]

A limited Mac OS X version was released by Ben Powers. It has been reported however that this port is PowerPC only (G4-G5 chips).[6][7]

A VST port implementation is now available, being maintained by jackoo (Vlad Ionescu) on the KVR Audio Forums.[8] The VST version is still in beta development, but has been tested with hosts such as VSTHost, EnergyXT 1.41, Cubase and REAPER. The latest version features a 'MidiLearn' mechanism (which enables users to assign CC messages to various controls), native VST parameter automation and multiple outputs.

Sound generation

ZynAddSubFX combines several different methods of audio synthesis in order to create sounds: additive synthesis by the ADSynth engine,[1] subtractive synthesis by the SUBSynth engine,[1] and an original algorithm used to generate wavetables in the PADSynth engine.[9]

Music made with ZynAddSubFX

ZynAddSubFX was featured in the KVR One-Synth-Challenge contest.

In November 2013, unfa released an album that was entirely made with ZynAddSubFX.

Support

The official support page is featured on the KVR Audio forums: ZynAddSubFX support

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d http://zynaddsubfx.sourceforge.net/
  2. ^ http://www.xen-arts.com/2013/01/zynaddsubfx-windows-vsti-microtuning.html
  3. ^ http://zynaddsubfx.sourceforge.net/credits.html
  4. ^ http://www.paulnasca.com/open-source-projects
  5. ^ http://zynaddsubfx.sourceforge.net/news.html
  6. ^ http://web.archive.org/web/20060128141330/http://70.24.158.31:8080/zyn_mac/index.html
  7. ^ http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=370041
  8. ^ http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=268277
  9. ^ http://zynaddsubfx.sourceforge.net/doc/PADsynth/PADsynth.htm
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