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Halonmusic · Post by **Halonmusic** » Thu Jul 16, 2020 2:37 pm

Full Bucket synths and plugins. Very CPU efficient

Skandiluz · Post by **Skandiluz** » Thu Jul 16, 2020 3:25 pm

Dencheg wrote: ↑Thu Jul 16, 2020 1:00 pm
Skandiluz wrote: ↑Wed Jul 15, 2020 6:04 pm Off the top of my head:

- Parawave Rapid
- Sonic Academy Ana 2
- Synapse Audio Dune 3 (this is probably lighter than sylenth1)
- Melda MSoundFactory

That's the few I can attest that I can run multiple instances with no issues. I'm sure there's others
While having ANA 2 as my favorite synth, I don't think it qualifies as lightweight. I think modern wavetable synth are mostly medium-weight (by design).
Also a lot of stuff is happening on the Rapid UI, it can't be lightweight.

Lightweight are (for instance)
TAL synths
Sylenth1

Sure if we're talking pure lightweight with no frills, then of course. I personally haven't used any tal synths but I hear good things about them. Sylenth1 and dune 3 are the lightest synths that I've personally used (along with MSoundFactory, not sure what this runs on but it's crazy efficient as well). But for me, on my PC and mac, Ana 2 doesn't use that much more than sylenth1. Of course I can run many more instances of sylenth1 over Ana 2 but that didn't make Ana 2 any less cpu efficient for my needs. If we're talking purely statistical data then sure, but I'm no scientist nor am I deep testing these synths. I just simply compare how many instances I can run compared to Serum, which is known to be quite cpu taxing.

And also, I do see your point about semi-lightweight, simply because Ana 2 (like all other wavetable synths) by nature, just do much more than Sylenth1 being just a VA synth. For what Ana 2 does though, if you're not going balls to the wall crazy with modulating everything, then I personally thing it's really good on cpu. Is it the lightest? No. That's where Sylenth1 and Dune 3 shine (and I assume Tal? Again never used these). But for still being semi-lightweight, I think it fits well.

nevis · Post by **nevis** » Thu Jul 16, 2020 5:59 pm

MemoryMoon Messiah 2.1

A recent discovery I made when faced with the same question: what to have on my old laptop when travelling.

MMaarrkk · Post by **MMaarrkk** » Thu Jul 16, 2020 9:28 pm

Have to add to the pool of Sylenth. Not only will it work on mostly anything, you can find hundreds if not thousands of great preset banks that will cover any genre under the sun.

Ranoka · Post by **Ranoka** » Thu Jul 16, 2020 9:42 pm

DC offset!
https://youtu.be/vFPRxTNZPMQ

JerGoertz · Post by **JerGoertz** » Thu Jul 16, 2020 10:15 pm

Ranoka wrote: ↑Thu Jul 16, 2020 9:42 pm DC offset!
https://youtu.be/vFPRxTNZPMQ

adamjay · Post by **adamjay** » Sun Jul 19, 2020 4:22 am

I tend to just go with older stuff that still sounds as good today as it did ages ago when it was a CPU hog, but computers have caught up:

Synplant, Absynth, FM8, Massive 1.5

(edited: spelling)

layzer · Post by **layzer** » Sun Jul 19, 2020 8:50 am

adamjay wrote: ↑Sun Jul 19, 2020 4:22 am I tend to just go with older stuff that still sounds as good today as it did ages ago when it was a CPU hog, but computers have caught up:

ASynplant, Absynth, FM8, Massive 1.5

MMaarrkk · Post by **MMaarrkk** » Sun Jul 19, 2020 9:06 am

I always forget that Massive was released back in 2007

docbot · Post by **docbot** » Mon Jul 20, 2020 8:47 pm

Shame a lot of older plugins are just not available anymore. I remember Linplugs Albino 3 to be quit nice and not too heavy on the CPU, same with reFX Vanguard

docbot · Post by **docbot** » Mon Jul 20, 2020 8:58 pm

Synapse Audio also makes a Synth called Hydra, it's super light on the CPU

Halonmusic · Post by **Halonmusic** » Mon Jul 20, 2020 9:33 pm

Charlatan by Blaukraut Engineering

paulm12 · Post by **paulm12** » Tue Jul 21, 2020 12:36 am

Skandiluz wrote: ↑Wed Jul 15, 2020 6:04 pm Off the top of my head:

- Parawave Rapid (I stand corrected. I had this running on gpu which is something not everyone will be able to do. When using CPU, it's not quite as lightweight as I originally thought)
- Sonic Academy Ana 2
- Synapse Audio Dune 3 (this is probably lighter than sylenth1)
- Melda MSoundFactory

That's the few I can attest that I can run multiple instances with no issues. I'm sure there's others

I do agree about Dune 3; Sylenth1 is light but Dune 3 is even lighter! Insane synth.
I also find that the Synthmasters and Sunrizer are incredibly CPU efficient.

pdxindy · Post by **pdxindy** » Tue Jul 21, 2020 12:46 am

paulm12 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 21, 2020 12:36 am I do agree about Dune 3; Sylenth1 is light but Dune 3 is even lighter! Insane synth.
I also find that the Synthmasters and Sunrizer are incredibly CPU efficient.

FM8 is also really light on CPU

RexBanner · Post by **RexBanner** » Tue Jul 21, 2020 1:17 am

I must be using Dune 3 wrong because it always uses more CPU than Sylenth1 with similar sounding patches. It's still really lightweight though.

Best lightweight plugins?