ZynAddSubFX

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">Template:Cite 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">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ZynAddSubFX | Microtuning Features Updated"> Template:Cite web</ref>

The original author of ZynAddSubFX is Romanian programmer Nasca Octavian Paul.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite 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>Template:Cite web</ref> Since 2009, the new maintainer is Mark McCurry.<ref>Template:Cite 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>Template:Cite 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

External links

• ZynAddSubFX home page