KVR Audio

yobare · Post by **yobare** » Wed May 25, 2022 9:10 am

Ye viper is low cpu!

DNnX · Post by **DNnX** » Wed May 25, 2022 10:40 am

For me, the term [Low CPU Usage] has 3 elements in audio plugins.

Instantiate Time (Loading the plugin and create instance),
DSP (CPU Usage of audio thread),
GUI (CPU Usage when GUI editor is appeared)

Some plugins load really slow while their DSP performance is not that bad

Saukar30 · Post by **Saukar30** » Thu May 26, 2022 10:41 pm

Another one that is great on the CPU is Synthmaster One

BONES · Post by **BONES** » Fri May 27, 2022 12:05 am

Who wants to put money on the fact that by the time this thread is done, every single plugin you can get your hands on gets a mention?

buzz1 · Post by **buzz1** » Fri May 27, 2022 8:39 am

BONES wrote: ↑Fri May 27, 2022 12:05 am Who wants to put money on the fact that by the time this thread is done, every single plugin you can get your hands on gets a mention?

Except pigments.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Fri May 27, 2022 9:04 am

Good Synths with Low Cpu Usage

Pigments!

sQeetz · Post by **sQeetz** » Fri May 27, 2022 10:12 am

I believe that one from Arturia wasn't mentioned yet... which one was it?

noiseboyuk · Post by **noiseboyuk** » Fri May 27, 2022 3:17 pm

If you consider it counts as a synth (entire threads on this) reFX Nexus.

Korg Supporter · Post by **Korg Supporter** » Sat May 28, 2022 12:49 am

Surge XT, Tal Noizemaker and Dexed for freebies.

Don't forget ZynAddSubFX, Synth1, Charlatan, and the FullBucket synths! Odin 2 is also great-sounding, though it is not very CPU-friendly.

SynthRatings · Post by **SynthRatings** » Sat May 28, 2022 9:14 am

I like to do rigorous testing of CPU usage when checking out synths, and my findings echo some of the synths mentioned in this thread.
If you're looking for the best of the best CPU-wise then I recommend:

Sylenth1
DUNE 2
Viper
Largo

astralprojection · Post by **astralprojection** » Sat May 28, 2022 9:48 am

retrologue! my favorite go to subtr/va synth and im making a free goa trance pack for it

EdSfer · Post by **EdSfer** » Sat May 28, 2022 10:23 am

Plenty of great options already mentionned. Most of the praised freeware synths are pretty light on CPU. Most of "old" synths too.

When it comes to sound quality x features x cpu usage, Dune 3, Zebra 2 and Surge XT are hard to beat IMO.

anttimaatteri · Post by **anttimaatteri** » Mon Oct 31, 2022 12:55 am

a lakmus test for lower cpu usability.
buy a used surface pro 5 install renoise, or bitwig, then test synths etc.

the most usable ones so far before the cracklemonster comes:

tunefish 4
surge xt
hive 2
sylenth
curve 2
microtonic.

no chance:

chromaphone 3

tunefish is by far the winner here. what else^^. born child of the demo scene

MattLeschuck · Post by **MattLeschuck** » Mon Oct 31, 2022 1:14 am

Nothing beats Dune 3 from my experience, especially when considering the quality of sound, filters and flexibility you get.

martiu · Post by **martiu** » Mon Oct 31, 2022 1:20 am

fm8, absynth, synplant, massive, synclavier, arcsyn