ZynAddSubFX
Creative
software synthesizer
SHOW HN2018
53points
17comments
#763of 2,155 in 2018
Top 36%of 2018 by points
How HN took it
LovedMost comments that take a side are positive
7 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 10 comments about the project. Thread score +0.41.
Design: 3 for, 0 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Good sounds for pads and bell tones
From 2 comments
Long long time ago, in an other life I used this synth. I always remembered it being very good for pads and clean bell-like sounds. Can't hear much (or any) aliasing in the…
friendly_chap on HNZyn has some of my favourite output from a synth as well. Here is a nice breakdown on the original author's thoughts on harmonics and randomness:…
DrPhish on HN
Deep parameter set makes many sounds possible
From 1 comment
This synth blows my mind every time I mess with it for a bit, there are soo many parameters and possibilities. You can basically make anything with it. Thank you for this…
fb03 on HN
Free and open instruments that run across platforms
From 1 comment
Awesome; I really like the idea of free and open instruments as you can move from platform to platform, i.e. compose in a computer based sequencer, than put on a Raspberry PI for…
schrijver on HN
Objections
Name is hard to remember or could be improved
From 1 comment
Can the name by improved?
senatorobama on HN
Requests
Audio Unit support on macOS
From 1 comment
Awesome; I really like the idea of free and open instruments as you can move from platform to platform, i.e. compose in a computer based sequencer, than put on a Raspberry PI for…
schrijver on HN
WebAssembly build
From 1 comment
Consider doing a webasm build.
Jyaif on HN
Questions
How does it avoid aliasing
From 1 comment
Long long time ago, in an other life I used this synth. I always remembered it being very good for pads and clean bell-like sounds. Can't hear much (or any) aliasing in the…
friendly_chap on HN
Did the crowdfunding/source-release model generate revenue
From 1 comment
I've followed a bit the zyn-fusion project. Apparently, you have opened the sources of the new GUI just a few weeks ago and before that, the binaries could be bought. Has this…
programLyrique on HN