ZynAddSubFX
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ZynAddSubFX (also now called Zyn-Fusion) is a free and open-source software synthesizer for Linux, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows. Version 3's new user interface was initially released under proprietary terms, but is now open source (though prebuilt binaries are still sold to fund development).<ref name="zynaddsubfx FAQ">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
For sound generation it has three hybrid synth engines that combine additive, subtractive, Fourier and other synthesis methods. No external samples are used to produce the sound; everything is done by synthesis. The synthesizer has effects like reverberation, echo, chorus, distortion, equalization and others, and supports microtonal tunings.<ref name="zynaddsubfx.sourceforge">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ZynAddSubFX | Microtuning Features Updated"> {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The original author of ZynAddSubFX is Romanian programmer Nasca Octavian Paul.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The project was started in March 2002<ref name="zynaddsubfx.sourceforge" /> and the first public version (1.0.0) was released on September 25, 2002.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Since 2009, the new maintainer is Mark McCurry.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Sound generation
ZynAddSubFX combines several different methods of audio synthesis in order to create sounds: additive synthesis by the ADSynth engine,<ref name="zynaddsubfx.sourceforge" /> subtractive synthesis by the SUBSynth engine,<ref name="zynaddsubfx.sourceforge" /> and an original algorithm used to generate wavetables in the PADSynth engine.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Music made with ZynAddSubFX
ZynAddSubFX was featured in the KVR One-Synth-Challenge contest.
In November 2013, Unfa released an album that was entirely made with ZynAddSubFX. Slavonic pagan ambient project Svitlo albums were created using ZynAddSubFX as synthesizer.
See also
- Yoshimi (synthesizer), Linux only, based on ZynAddSubFX 2.4.0
- Free audio software
- Linux audio software