XenFont by Xen-Arts.
Xen-Arts has released XenFont, a freeware microtonal synthesizer and SoundFont player in VSTi plugin format for Windows.
XenFont is a two oscillator, hybrid SF2 SoundFont & Subtractive Synthesis VSTi that features full-controller MIDI pitch microtuning using the MTS (MIDI Tuning Standard) format, where any MIDI Note Number can be freely microtuned to any desired pitch across the MIDI range.
XenFont is available for free download via Xen-Arts (33.1MB download size, 32-bit VSTi plugin format for Windows).
The instrument is capable of loading any standard SoundFont file, which can then be processed using the built-in microtonal synthesis engine. Apart from working with SF2 files, XenFont can also operate as a regular subtractive synthesizer.
XenFont features a pre-filter saturation stage with 20 saturation types and two independent filters with six different filter types each (LP4, LP2, HPF, BPF, BRF, APF).
Are any of you guys into microtonal synthesis and sound design? I’m still having trouble with the regular music theory stuff. :)
Links
Download XenFont: click here
6 Comments
nope, it’s an interesting scale but i like sticking to basic scales only!
The Telenator
onWhich interesting scale do you mean? First of all, it comes with NO altered scale activated. If you had actually auditioned this font player with one of the microtonal scales, you couldn’t have missed the huge drop-down list of the many scale choices. There are something like 2 dozen included with this and Jacky’s other two creations, the awesome Ivor, a VA synth, and Xenharmonic, a very full-sounding 4-operator FM synth.
Really, though, I only intended to post that if you are looking for an extremely sturdy and easy to operate SF2 font player that’s free and easy to load, this brand new freeware VSTi is an option. You can simply ignore the microtonal scale offerings completely; however, I suspect that on some uninspired afternoon you might give some East Indian-sounding altered scale a try, or perhaps choose one that will have you sounding like Hendrix’s version of guitar nirvana microtonalism — but instead on an oboe, french horn or concert grand soundfont in no time flat (and pun intended)! Microtonalism, oh my! Dare to try something new for a change. It might widen your horizons (and pitch perception, too, while you’re at it).
well i don’t know what scale i was referring to since i know next to nothing on microtone scales, iv just heard some microtone music before. maybe one day i will look into it but for now i am happy with standard scales.
Awesome! Finally this has been released!
nestorg
ongreat sounds
gLOW-x
onThere are more microtonal synths than ppl think…but they never use this feature.
I tried countless solutions to transform “regular” synths into microtonal one by MIDI…they all sucks.
Some Linplug/Rob Papen synths got it (too bad, Alpha Free is not…) :
Alpha, Morphox, Cronox3, Blade, FM8, Albino,Blue… if i remember well.
Zebra, ACE Alchemy, Omnisphere, Diva do it.
Some more here :
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/printview.php?t=366398&start=0
And they are all very good synths ;)
Start with this freeware, as it can load SF2 with countless possibilities.And you will be hooked by the microtonal world.
So much more possibilities and moods.
Search “SCALA microtonal” too ;)
And for more experienced ppl, try physical modeling microtonal synths : a step further.
And you need to search for them :D