

Thor and Subtractor synths in Reason have FM components.FM8 by Native Instruments (extended recreation of Yamaha DX7 sound engine).Zebra (multiple synth techniques) by U-He software.Cube 2 "resynthesis" using additive analysis/resynthesis techniques.Alchemy (multiple synth techniques) part of Logic Pro.Minky Starshine additive synth (times out after 15 minutes).FabFilter One analog-modeling synth (30-day demo).Native Instruments' demos including Reaktor, Absynth, Massive, and FM8 (demo limitations).Oxe softsynth (Windows/MacOS/Linux) is an FM-based softsynth.Komplete Start from Native Instruments.Triple Cheese (Mac/Windows/Linux) by U-He software.Crystal Synth by Green Oak for mobile (inexpensive).Crystal Synth by Green Oak is a very useful analog-modeling softsynth.Software Synthesizers Freeware Analog-modeling SoftSynths Sequel (from Steinberg, makers of Cubase).Most of the DAWs discussed in the Audio section also have the ability to sequence MIDI data and host software synthesizers and samplers. Music Programming Applications (from Ch.The hardware of the MIDI and Audio Systems discussed in this chapter overlap significantly with the hardware from Chapter 7: Audio-What do I need? and the MIDI hardware was discussed in Chapter 9: MIDI Hardware. Chapter 15: MIDI and Software Instruments -What do I need? Hardware
