Helm synth

[GaryG]

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Anyone else tried it?

Sounds neat though a lot of the presets push towards the harsher/more digital side of things (so worth spending some time taming it). Clever modulation system with visual feedback of what's being modulated at that time. Also a few effects not found on your regular subtractive (formant filter, stutter effect etc.)

And it's free and available for all major platforms (windows, mac and linux!)

http://tytel.org/helm/

[MetaDronos]

Thank you for this. Very interesting.

[synkrotron]

Yeah, cheers Gary... Got to be worth a try

[S1gnsOfL1fe]

Let's hear some impressions when you guys have had a chance to play with it. Love free stuff, but if it does pads, I love it even more!

[Ahornberg]

maybe I'll give it a try ...

[GaryG]

Let's hear some impressions when you guys have had a chance to play with it. Love free stuff, but if it does pads, I love it even more!

It certainly does do pads, a few in the presets. Again, they tend towards the harsher side of things though if you want some token chiptune sounds then it's very good at them.

Among the modulators is a simple sequencer so complex, rhythmic/looping sounds can be created too.