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rubez · Post by **rubez** » Tue Apr 14, 2020 12:03 pm

not sure if this is a stupid question, but is there any additive VST synths?

or a VST that is conducive to this type of synthesis.

are organs additive?

felis · Post by **felis** » Tue Apr 14, 2020 12:17 pm

https://lmgtfy.com/?q=additive+VST+synth

fmr · Post by **fmr** » Tue Apr 14, 2020 12:39 pm

The usual suspects - Falcon and HALion - can do additive, as well as almost anything else.

That said, I think the best additive synth is Loom II. And Harmor as second.

Erisian · Post by **Erisian** » Tue Apr 14, 2020 12:51 pm

There are lots of additive vsts both free and commercial. Maybe you can find something here:

http://www.vst4free.com/index.php?s_key ... mit=Search

Erisian · Post by **Erisian** » Tue Apr 14, 2020 12:53 pm

felis wrote: Tue Apr 14, 2020 12:17 pm https://lmgtfy.com/?q=additive+VST+synth

This attitude is stale as hell!

cron · Post by **cron** » Tue Apr 14, 2020 12:55 pm

fmr wrote: Tue Apr 14, 2020 12:39 pmThat said, I think the best additive synth is Loom II. And Harmor as second.

Same here, though I'd reverse the order. I'd definitely recommend Loom 2 over Harmor for someone new to additive though. It's a lot easier to find your way around, to see what each module is doing, and it's faster to both learn and work with. Harmor is really strong when it comes to resynthesising existing audio and bending it in all manner of weird and wonderful ways, but I tend to use Loom 2 when it comes to making sounds from scratch.

Calenberger · Post by **Calenberger** » Tue Apr 14, 2020 1:00 pm

RAZOR blows everything out of the water.

svart · Post by **svart** » Tue Apr 14, 2020 1:01 pm

Also, Arturia Synclavier V is a combination of additive and FM,
Native Instruments Razor (Used inside Reaktor),
and many more, including Audio Damage Phosphor and some of the Virsyn synths. Alchemy includes additive synthesis.

As far as I understand, Hammond organs are in a sense additive.
Take a look at this article: https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques ... -synthesis

Pacific05 · Post by **Pacific05** » Tue Apr 14, 2020 1:08 pm

svart wrote: Tue Apr 14, 2020 1:01 pm Also, Arturia Synclavier V is a combination of additive and FM,
Native Instruments Razor (Used inside Reaktor),
and many more, including Audio Damage Phosphor and some of the Virsyn synths. Alchemy includes additive synthesis.

As far as I understand, Hammond organs are in a sense additive.
Take a look at this article: https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques ... -synthesis

+ 1
Organs are additive

teilo · Post by **teilo** » Tue Apr 14, 2020 1:09 pm

There are many additive synthesizers in that many of them use additive oscillators. That is, the waveforms are made by doing a fast fourier transform on a set of partials. Thorn and Fathom for example.

fmr · Post by **fmr** » Tue Apr 14, 2020 1:15 pm

svart wrote: Tue Apr 14, 2020 1:01 pm Also, Arturia Synclavier V is a combination of additive and FM,

Oh yes... How did I forget that?

Amd CMI V also can do additive as well.

fmr · Post by **fmr** » Tue Apr 14, 2020 1:17 pm

teilo wrote: Tue Apr 14, 2020 1:09 pm There are many additive synthesizers in that many of them use additive oscillators. That is, the waveforms are made by doing a fast fourier transform on a set of partials. Thorn and Fathom for example.

Using a waveform built by adding partials doesn't make a synth additive. Once done, the waveform is fixed.

In additive synthesis, each partial has its own envelope, that changes independently over time. That's what makes the audio spectrum evolve.

tl · Post by tl » Tue Apr 14, 2020 3:30 pm

http://www.musicdevelopments.com/syne.html

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=537711

regards,
tl.

Gamma-UT · Post by **Gamma-UT** » Tue Apr 14, 2020 3:52 pm

Erisian wrote: Tue Apr 14, 2020 12:53 pm
felis wrote: Tue Apr 14, 2020 12:17 pm https://lmgtfy.com/?q=additive+VST+synth
This attitude is stale as hell!

And yet it produces more relevant results than a list of FM synths.

Erisian · Post by **Erisian** » Tue Apr 14, 2020 4:44 pm

Gamma-UT wrote: Tue Apr 14, 2020 3:52 pm
Erisian wrote: Tue Apr 14, 2020 12:53 pm
felis wrote: Tue Apr 14, 2020 12:17 pm https://lmgtfy.com/?q=additive+VST+synth
This attitude is stale as hell!
And yet it produces more relevant results than a list of FM synths.

I made it clear in my post that I don't know the boundaries. I had been under the impression that FM synthesis is additive. Excuse me for being wrong! I am also aware that definitions change as we become more particular so maybe I am not alone and you are not so right. What I do have that you clearly don't is a friendly attitude towards strangers. I'll tell you what - why don't we abandon forums completely and not discuss anything, after all, we have Google to talk to don't we?