@jz take a look on Yoshimi/ZynAddSubFX, Helm, Odin, Tal-Noisemaker...
and all the stuff here :
https://kx.studio/
https://distrho.sourceforge.io/

#vcvrack #Vitalium #hydrogen #bespoke #SurgeXT #ardour

Among the most amazing pieces of free/libre software I tested in the last few months (but not limited to...) are:

-#Ardour 7.0 (wow! remember launching versions 1.0 then 2.0!! so featurefull, flexible, robust now!)

-#SurgeXT, one of many new free/libre synths, part of the https://surge-synthesizer.github.io/ suite

- #Bespoke, incredible DAW reminding of AudioMulch (!)

- #Hydrogen, one of the first mature audio software that gave me hope 15y ago, as a drum machine.

-#Vitalium

yet didnt touch #VCVRack...

Here is my seventh #music entrie for my #febrajam.
Made in #zrythm, #opensource daw, using #vitalium, open source virtual synthesizer.
It's mostly revisited last try in zrythm.
Almost no mixing here, can sound bad.

Does anyone know how I can get #Ardour to accept the #Vitalium vst3? The lv2 always forgets settings after restarting #Ardour, rendering it unusable :(

I've gotten to the point where #Vitalium is starting to tax my CPU on songs. When doing analog recordings that rarely happened until maybe 30 tracks. Vitalium just needs 3.

I'm gonna have to bounce some tracks.

Here's a snippet that will probably become my first full song. #WIP

New mini song. Cyberpunkish built with #Vitalium, Helm, and the FluidR3_GM Soundfont.

Got a new midi keyboard. It's really good for sensing key pressure makes building tracks a bit more natural that using a mouse.

This is just me trying to make pianos and guitars sound natural with midi. Weirdo bass powered by #Vitalium. Built in #Ardour.

Made another little track.

Wonkybot

Made with #ardour and #vitalium plus a few public domain samples from #freesound.

The strings are FluidR3_GM soundfont, the guitars are #ZynAddSubFX, Black Pearl drum plugin, and The fat thumpy bass is from #Vitalium. Programmed in #Ardour. I'm having fun learning all this stuff.

My first "song" made with #Ardour, #Vitalium, and the Black Pearl AVL Drumkits. Most of the Vitalium instruments are hand made.

This is really fun to learn.