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Dexed is a free software synth plugin and standalone app modeled on the Yamaha DX7.
Free planOpen sourceiOSLinuxmacOS
Alternatives to Vital
Vital focuses on spectral-warping wavetable synthesis. Its oscillators stretch, shift, smear and skew harmonics, while samples can become wavetables through pitch-splicing or vocoding. You can edit those tables or generate them from text, then shape sound with drag-and-drop and audio-rate modulation, stereo-splittable and keytracked LFOs, custom envelopes, routable filters and effects. MPE and microtonal tuning support broaden controller options, and it runs on Linux, macOS…
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PREMIER SOUND FACTORY sells sampled software instrument libraries for music and other production work.
Free planmacOSWindows
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Surge XT is a free, open-source virtual instrument plugin and hybrid synthesizer for making music.
Free planOpen sourceLinuxmacOSWindows
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Pianoteq
Pianoteq is a virtual piano and instrument suite for keys that creates notes in real time through physical modelling, rather than built-in samples.
iOSLinuxmacOSWindows6.7$139 one-time - 5
Virtual Drummer
Virtual Drummer is a collection of drum instrument plug-ins for adding drum tracks to music productions.
Free planmacOSWindows6.6$9.52 one-time - 6
Voltage Modular
Voltage Modular is a virtual modular synthesis platform for building and playing synthesizer patches.
Free planmacOSWindows6.6$15 one-time - 7
BBC Symphony Orchestra
BBC Symphony Orchestra is a virtual orchestral sample library for music creators, with strings, brass, woodwinds, and percussion recorded at Maida Vale Studios.
Free planmacOSWindows6.5£399 one-time - 8
EastWest ComposerCloud+
macOSWindows6.4From $69 a year - 9
KORG Collection
KORG Collection 6 is a paid suite of software instruments that recreates the sound and behavior of KORG synthesizers.
macOSWindows6.4From $15.99 a month - 10
Virtual Guitarist
Virtual Guitarist is UJAM’s collection of electric and acoustic guitar plug-ins for creating accompaniment in different styles.
macOSWindows6.3$9.03 one-time - 11
NotePerformer
NotePerformer enhances playback in Sibelius, Dorico, and Finale notation software on macOS and Windows.
macOSWindows6.2From $10.75 a month - 12
Virtual Pianist
Virtual Pianist combines sampled piano instruments with a session-pianist engine that generates piano performances from chords, so users can make…
macOSWindows6.2$129 one-time - 13
Trilian
Trilian is a virtual instrument for music producers working with acoustic, electric, and synth bass sounds.
macOSWindows6.1$299 one-time - 14
OB-E
OB-E is GForce’s software instrument based on the Oberheim 8-Voice, using an eight-voice SEM architecture.
macOSWindows6.0€173.22 one-time - 15
Garritan Abbey Road Studios CFX Concert Grand
Garritan Abbey Road Studios CFX Concert Grand is a sampled virtual piano library for macOS and Windows.
macOSWindows5.7$199.95 one-time - 16
Kontakt 8
Kontakt 8 is a software instrument available as a standalone application and as a plug-in for VST3, AU and AAX formats.
macOSWindows5.4$299 one-time - 17
Magnus Choir
Magnus Choir is a paid plug-in that combines natural and synthetic choir sounds for music-production software.
macOSWindows5.3$54.90 one-time - 18
VOCALOID3 Library kokone
Windows5.2$77.84 one-time - 19
Arturia V Collection 11
macOSWindows4.9 - 20
Diva
LinuxmacOSWindows4.9 - 21
Hive 2
LinuxmacOSWindows4.9 - 22
Omnisphere
macOSWindows4.9 - 23
Zebra 3
LinuxmacOSWindows4.8 - 24
Addictive Drums 2
macOSWindows4.7 - 25
EZbass
macOSWindows4.7 - 26
EZkeys 2
macOSWindows4.7 - 27
Keyscape
macOSWindows4.7 - 28
MODO BASS 2
macOSWindows4.7 - 29
MODO DRUM
macOSWindows4.7 - 30
Stylus RMX
macOSWindows4.7