Fraktal 611 - Free Software Synth for Mac (Standalone, VST3, AU)

[RichBER]

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https://richblaha.gumroad.com/l/FraktalSynth303 (https://richblaha.gumroad.com/l/FraktalSynth303)

Experimental chaos synth with Lorenz oscillators, three granular oscillators or Saw/Square/FM/Drift, fractal synthesis,/two sample engines with different functions and a driven Moog-style ladder filter and random drifts.
Designed for drones, unstable textures, broken basses or cinematic sound design rather than conventional subtractive synthesis but it’s also possible.

Free / donationware.

Currently available only for macOS:
VST3 / AU / Standalone
Windows/Linux builds planned soon.

Any feedback is appreciated

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AI?

[RichBER]

I started this long before AI, and it took me a lot of time until I gave up at a certain point, as going through programmer forums and finding the right code blocks took so much time. My original plan was to create tools for a music project using only tools I had built myself. Last year, I discovered (quite late actually) that AI could help, and I finished it with the help of vibe coding, which was really useful for finding all the bugs. I still have more unfinished plugins in preparation that I’d like to complete, but even with AI assistance it still takes a lot of time. That’s also why the code is public. Another reason is that I don’t have a paid JUCE subscription.

[oneguitarband]

Congratulations on this, really! The youtube demos sound really interesting! Unfortunately I am not a mac user...But since I also use JUCE, when I find time, I might try building the project my self since it is open access on github. I have also experimented a lot with non-linear differential equations, initially from an academic perspective, but I also use simple forms of them for envelope synthesis... Do you face any numerical issues, like the system becoming unstable for some parameter values etc?

[RichBER]

Thanks! Feel free to do that! I’ll try to do it as well, but since my Projucer only works with Xcode and not with VS Code (only with Visual Studio, but that is not for free), I haven’t been able to do it yet. A friend of mine built a version for Linux, which works well on his computer. I want to share it too soon.