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Top 20 virtual instruments and high-quality plugins, such as Oddity, Trilian, Absynth, Omnisphere and more!

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20. Audiodamage – Phosphor 2.WIN.OSX

Years ago this plugin was considered a very peculiar and interesting instrument, and it continues being it until our days. It has two oscillators, each one is formed by a series of sinusoidal waves in multiples of the main frequency – partial or harmonic. At the end of the chain, you have a stereo delay that has a filter for the highs/lows for the left and right channels.

AD038 PHOSPHOR2

19. GForce – The Oddity 2.WIN.OSX

GForce together with Arturia is known for their high-quality emulation of vintage synths. This VST is based on ARP Odyssey, which was produced between 1971 and 1976, which was used by Kraftwerk, Gary Numan, Herbie Hancock and later by Portishead. At the same time, Oddity 2 is a first-class emulation of this synthesizer. Its virtual nature offers a series of advantages, for example, the combination of different preset settings, which as a result can give really interesting results.

https://www.gforcesoftware.com/products/oddity2

18. Gforce – Minimonsta. WIN.OSX

If one seeks to emulate classic synthesizers, it has two options – a faithful reproduction of the original that is written in conformity with the possibilities of the hardware or build an analog copy and add some functions that are not typical of the original model, but doing that the result is more interesting. In the case of Minimonsta, Gforce took the second road. Basically, it is a Minimoog but with Monsta mode, which has the option of assigning an LFO to almost any parameter. Thanks to Ohm Force’s Melohman technology, you can move between 12 presets without problems. In the end we get a virtual instrument with a vintage character, but with modern features.

https://www.gforcesoftware.com/products/minimonsta

17. Spectrasonics – Trilian. WIN.OSX

Trilian – is a high-quality bass sampler created by Spectrasonics. The 34 GB library contains samples of acoustic and electronic basses, each preset consists of two layers (secondary presets), up to 8 presets can be organized in groups. If you have Trilian, it’s hard to imagine yourself looking for more virtual basses.

16.FabFilter- Twin 2. WIN.OSX

The Twin 2 has three oscillators, 4 filters with wide options and a very clear and easy to use modulation system. All this is packaged in an ergonomic interface. This synthesizer is very exciting to use and program, and with a purely sonic vision. Perfect virtual instrument for EDM, House, Hip Hop and more electronic related genres.

15. Native Instruments – FM8. WIN.OSX

All those who used synthesizers in the ’82s are familiar with the Yamaha DX7, which was the FM synthesizer that everyone wanted to have. The same FM8, which emulates the Yamaha DX7, is also a legend. Not only does it sound great, but a very laborious process like frequency modulation is carried out in a very logical and clear way. You can achieve a lot even in Easy mode. But for those who want to go deeper, there is the Expert mode.

14. Sonic Charge – Synplant. WIN.OSX

If the competition for the most original synthesizer was announced, Synplant would surely have won.

It was created by a man who made Malstrom as part of Reason.

The Synplant works with a tonic head – and many branches that grow from it. The resulting sounds of this synthesizer are very organic.

Quite unique and interesting virtual instrument for anyone who wants something different and original.

13. Cakewalk – Z3TA + 2. Win.

It was clear that Z3TA + was in a dead end until the second version was launched in 2011. On the one hand, the interface has undergone a total reworking, on the other, the synthesis architecture has not changed at all. But despite this quality of sound of great quality, as befits a modern synth, especially with the capabilities of the second version, for example, working with oscillators and establishing double anti-aliasing by default.

12. Rob Papen Albino 3. WIN.OSX

The Albino 3 semi base synthesizer was assembled by LinPlug according to the specifications of the famous sound of the designer Rob Papen.

All its functions come with a unique interaction with each other. Here you will find 4 oscillators, each of the patches can have up to 4 layers, this makes it possible to create powerful epic sounds.

Onboard there is a hard filter, and the modulation options are extremely extensive. In the kit come 2,100 presets of Rob Papen, but you will get more from this unit if you start cr

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