KVR Audio

kuniklo · Post by **kuniklo** » Wed May 02, 2012 1:21 am

My new VST synth, Scythe, is free and available now. It's a port of my GrainBender iPad synth but with a somewhat different interface tailored more for VST. It's currently available as an OS X and Windows 32-bit VST.

key features:
- unique, intuitive sound design interface
- versatile oscillators with analog & digital waveforms
- extensive but easy-to-use modulation
- effects ranging from chorus and delay to digital grunge
- low cpu usage

http://www.plastaq.com/scythe/

vata44 · Post by **vata44** » Wed May 02, 2012 1:27 am

Windows PC please?

kuniklo · Post by **kuniklo** » Wed May 02, 2012 3:03 pm

I don't even have access to a Windows box right now, but the code should be pretty portable. If I get enough requests for a port I'll do one. Thanks for your interest!

bpblog · Post by **bpblog** » Wed May 02, 2012 4:56 pm

would definitely like to see a Windows version of this.

Bronto Scorpio · Post by **Bronto Scorpio** » Wed May 02, 2012 4:59 pm

Looks great!
A Win version would definitely be nice!

Cheers
Dennis

ESPECTRO · Post by **ESPECTRO** » Wed May 02, 2012 5:04 pm

Thanks for offering this for free - it's got a cool, fun character to it. Being a Mac user, I'm so used to seeing neat looking free synths all the time and lamenting that they're PC only - so it's nice to find one I can actually play with.

kuniklo · Post by **kuniklo** » Wed May 02, 2012 5:32 pm

I'll happily accept patches if anybody wants to send them my way.

alvfaria · Post by **alvfaria** » Wed May 02, 2012 5:43 pm

Windows, please!

GeorgeZ · Post by **GeorgeZ** » Wed May 02, 2012 5:50 pm

Request.

Crackbaby · Post by **Crackbaby** » Wed May 02, 2012 6:04 pm

Any audio demos (or video) for us windows guys so we can hear/see it in action?

* Is the sound (exactly) the same as grainbender's? There's audio demos for it..

UncleAge · Post by **UncleAge** » Wed May 02, 2012 6:44 pm

Thanks kuniklo! Gave it a 5 minute quickie before hitting an appointment. Sounds cool so far.

kuniklo · Post by **kuniklo** » Thu May 03, 2012 12:24 am

Everything in the sound engine is the same as GrainBender except the filter. This has a newer, better sounding multimode filter that's more versatile than the one in GB but the sound demos on the GB page should give you a pretty good idea of what it can do. It can do the usual subtractive bread & butter sounds well enough but it's really good (I think) for easily dialing up weird sounds and effects.

Maybe I'll put up a few sound demos on the Scythe page too.

fisherKing · Post by **fisherKing** » Thu May 03, 2012 1:35 am

mac is a good thing LOL, and looks nice. any chance of an AU?

kuniklo · Post by **kuniklo** » Thu May 03, 2012 1:43 am

Yes I'd like to do an AU version. Shouldn't be too hard. I'll put it on my list.

synthgeek · Post by **synthgeek** » Thu May 03, 2012 2:06 am

Another win user expressing interest.

Scythe, my new free VST synth, is available now!