Software Synthesizers Are Catching Up

There have been many popular software synthesizers that have become milestones in the software technology of music production, helping bring us far from the days of using rebirth for electronic music production.

one of the simpler synthesizers is the "Synth1" this VST instrument should not be under estimated, its basic look, and simple graphics are made up in the versatility and practicality of this plug-in.

Spectrasonics released the two power house VST's called "Atmosphere" and "Trilogy" that come with an extensive set of high quality audio samples that are manipulated with an insane variety of sliders and knobs, Trilogy's meant for creating nice baselines that will make any producer smile.

Synth Edit is a VST creator meant for the audiophile that wants to take a hand at synthesizer basics how oscillators are linked with envelopes, pans, pitch adjustment, pretty much the basic of synthesizer design. By using C++ modules this program will allow you to create you own VST synthesizer or .wav player.

Software VS. Hardware

Although software synths are catching up to the sound quality of hardware synths i don't think they ever will. Hardware synths will always be able to dedicate one hundred percent of its resources where as a computer will always have to support its operating operating system and tones of other little programs that run in the background eating up the resources of your computer. Software synthesizers can create quality sound and save alot of money in studio costs when utilizing the massive resource of freeware VST's with a few internet searches.

midi controllers are great If you like the idea of software synthesizers but don't want to give up the control physically manipulating the sound with the twist of a knob or sliding a fader. they will enable you to control your software synthesizers by assigning software controls to a universal hardware faceplate.