Developer Majetone is offering Pantomime 4, a virtual synthesizer with plenty of character, free for a limited time during the holidays.
To download this, head to the Pantomime 4 product page, scroll down, and enter your email address. Once you sign up for the Majetone mailing list, a 100% discount code is automatically applied at checkout, letting you download the full instrument at no cost.
The screenshot below shows the shopping cart with the price reduced to zero (subscribe first, then enter the same email address at checkout).
Pantomime 4 isn’t a cut-down freebie; it’s a fully featured synth built around Majetone’s love of characterful, physical-sounding sources. So, not another clone among hundreds of bread-and-butter virtual analogs.
In terms of synth engine specifics, it’s a dual-oscillator synth with an additional sub oscillator, but instead of relying purely on clean digital waveforms, everything has been re-amped and recorded through real spaces.
Each source was recorded using close, overhead, and room microphones, all captured in real studios, including Otterhead Studios, Hoxa, and Fortress of Solitude. You can blend those mic positions directly in the interface, adding anything from tight, dry tones to huge, atmospheric textures.
The idea here was to achieve something that the developer describes as “physicality of sound.” And it makes sense when you think about it. Instead of basic oscillators, you are using the synthesis engine to shape the sounds that were captured using microphones in a real, physical space.
The synth includes 12 sound sources, ranging from classic waveforms (sine, saw, square, triangle) to more unusual and characterful instruments like Jazzman, Freedbacker, tape-based sine waves, and experimental sources inspired by degraded tape loops.
Because even the basic waveforms were re-amped, they have a noticeably organic, slightly gritty edge compared to standard virtual oscillators.
There are over 100 factory presets covering classic and weird keyboards, lo-fi textures, pads, movement-based sounds, and unique tape-affected tones. I really like how playable many of the presets feel straight out of the box; they’re made to be expressive without additional tweaking.
That said, there’s plenty of depth for manual tweaking and knob tinkering if you want to dive in.
On the processing side, Pantomime 4 includes distortion, an analog-modeled delay, and 10 custom convolution reverbs, alongside envelopes, LFOs, a discrete arpeggiator, velocity shaping, EQ, waveform mixing, and global modulation options.
The interface is quite packed but also logical, and I haven’t found it too overwhelming. It does require some time to fully figure out, though, and the provided user manual definitely helps.
Pantomime 4 runs on macOS and Windows and is available in VST3, AU, and AAX formats (AAX is currently macOS-only). It requires macOS 10.15+ or Windows 11+ and needs around 1 GB of disk space.
UPDATE: The offer has expired – the instrument is no longer available for free.
Download: Pantomime 4 (no longer available for free)
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