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Surge is a digital synth and makes no bones about it.
If you have used it in the past, it will be like welcoming an old friend back into your life. If you are new to Surge, welcome to the party. Come on in, the water is fine.
Thanks to the generosity of @Kurasu (owner of Vember Audio), Surge has been open sourced and lives on GitHub.
SYNTH SPECIFICATIONS
Synthesis method: Subtractive hybrid
Each patch contain two ‘scenes’ which are separate instances of the entire synthesis engine (except effects) that can be used for layering or split patches.
Quick category-based patch browser
Runs on a variety of operating systems, plugin formats, and architectures
FACTORY SOUNDS
- 1725 patches
- 523 wavetables
OSCILLATORS
- 3 oscillators per scene.
- 8 versatile oscillator algorithms: Classic, Sine, Wavetable, Window, FM2, FM3, S&H Noise and Audio Input.
- Classic oscillator is a morphable pulse/saw/dual saw oscillator with a sub-oscillator and hard sync.
- FM2/FM3 oscillators consist of a carrier and 2 or 3 modulators and various options.
- Most algorithms (except FM2, FM3 and Audio input) offer up to 16-voice unison at the oscillator level.
- Oscillator FM and ring modulation between oscillators 1-2 and 2-3.
- Most oscillator algorithms (except FM2, FM3 and Sine) are strictly band-limited, yet still cover the entire audible spectrum, delivering a clear punchy yet clean sound.
- Noise generator with variable spectrum.
FILTER BLOCK
- Two filter units in 8 different configurations.
- Feedback loop available in 7 of those configurations.
- Available filter algorithms: Lowpass (12 and 24 dB/oct, each with 3 variations), Lowpass 24 dB/oct (3 variations), Ladder Lowpass (6-24 dB/oct), 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), Comb (4 variations), S&H.
- Filters can self-oscillate (with excitation) and respond amazingly fast to cutoff frequency changes.
- Waveshaper (5 shapes).
EFFECTS
- 8 effect units arranged as 2 inserts per scene, 2 sends and 2 master effects.
- 13 effect algorithms:
- EQ, Distortion, Conditioner (EQ, stereo image control and limiter), Frequency Shifter, Rotary Speaker, Ring Modulator, Vocoder, Chorus, Phaser, Flanger, Delay, Reverb 1, Reverb 2
System Requirements
macOS
- Intel Mac running at least macOS 10.11
- Minimum of 4 GB of RAM
- VST-compatible or AU-compatible host application
Windows
- Windows 7 and a recent Intel processor (at least Pentium 4 or above)
- Recommended: Computer running Windows 7 64-bit or newer
- Minimum of 4 GB of RAM
- VST-compatible host application
- x64-compatible CPU, OS and host is required to use the 64-bit version
Free Vst Host For Mac Windows 7
Linux
- PC running a Linux distro
- CPU must support the SSE2 instruction set. This has been supported on Intel CPUs since Pentium 4, and on AMD CPUs since Athlon 64.
- Minimum of 4 GB of RAM
- VST-compatible host application
- x64-compatible CPU, OS and host is required to use the 64-bit version
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Sonic Visualiser 2.5 | View and analyse the contents of music audio files. [Hosts VST Plugins] | Mac | Free | 2015-10-28 | 1 | 75db |
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Renoise v3.1 | Professional music tracker and composing tool. [Hosts VST Plugins] | Mac | Demo | 2016-01-26 | 2 | 65db |
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Audacity v2.1.2 | Audacity is a Cross-platform full featured multi-track sound editor. | Mac | Free | 2016-05-02 | 7 | 60db |
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Audio Hijack Pro 3.2.0 | Add professional-quality DSP effects to audio output from any application as well as record. Hosts VST/AU/LADSPA plugins. | Mac | Demo | 2015-07-29 | 0 | 60db |
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Ugly VSTi Interface v0.3 | Freeware VSTi Host. | Mac | Freeware | 2005-09-01 | 0 | 55db |
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Mixbus v2.5 | Digital Audio Workstation with 'True Analog Mixing' [Hosts AU] | Mac | Demo | 2014-05-01 | 0 | 55db |
n-Track Studio for Mac v8.0 | Multi-track recording software with support for realtime effects. [Hosts AU/VST Plugins] | Mac | Demo | 2014-04-28 | 1 | 55db |
Bidule 0.9743 | Realtime modular creation studio. [Hosts VST/AU plugins] | Mac | Demo | 2014-10-20 | 0 | 55db |
MainStage 3.2.2 | Take your Mac on stage and use it as a live performance full screen interface with a collection of plug-ins, sounds and hardware control. [Host] | Mac | Paid | 2015-10-23 | 0 | 55db |
Ableton Suite 8.4.1 | Gives you all of the features in Live 8 plus SOUND, with a new Library packed with beautiful new sounds and a wealth of useful resources. [Hosts VST Plugins] | Mac | Demo | 2013-04-22 | 0 | 55db |
Bitwig Studio 1.3.11 | Cross-platform music production software tweaked for live performance. | Mac | Demo | 2016-07-04 | 0 | 55db |
RapidComposer v2.82 | Rapidcomposer is a software designed to help songwriters as they write in various music styles | Mac | Demo | 2015-02-02 | 0 | 55db |
Ardour v4 | Record, edit and mix multitrack audio. [Hosts VST Plugins] | Mac | Shareware | 2015-04-16 | 2 | 55db |
Amadeus II v3.8.7 | Direct-to-disk sound editor and analyzer with MP3 support. | Mac | Shareware | 2006-05-22 | 40 | 55db |
Image Line Deckadance v2.42 | DJ mixing application. [VSTi/Standalone] | Mac | Demo | 2015-02-02 | 0 | 55db |
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Tracktion T7 | Clean, clutter-free audio/MIDI workstation. | Mac | Demo | 2016-03-07 | 0 | 55db |
EnergyXT 3 Beta2 | Modular MIDI and audio environment. [Hosts VST Plugins]. | Mac | Demo | 2016-04-04 | 0 | 55db |