Soule DSP Resonarium is a new free open-source physical-modeling/waveguide Synthesizer plugin for macOS, Linux, and Windows.
I’m telling many of the readers of this site nothing new when I say that I love physical modeling synthesis. It’s the natural, organic sound that continually inspires me. Also, the fact that you can create sounds with this synthesis that you can never achieve with classic analog-style synthesis.
This evening, I saw the news that made me happy and curious. Soule DSP Resonarium is a new physical modeling synth project that emerged over the past week. It’s free and open-source.
Soule DSP Resonarium
Resonator is a new expressive physical modeling Synthesizer plugin for macOS, Linux, and Windows.
According to Soule DSP, Resonarium works best in combination with MPE-compatible controllers such as the Ableton Push 3, Expressive E Osmose, or Roli Seaboard. The synth is currently still in full development, but you can already compile an early version yourself.
At its core, Resonarium employs physical modeling synthesis, comprising four waveguide blocks, each featuring eight waveguide generators and various adjustable parameters. You can adjust the gain, pitch, keytrack, decay, and manipulate the loop and post-filter. Indeed, they go pretty deep.
As is usual in physical modeling synthesis, exciters are required to create the sounds. There are four distinct options, each with various adjustable parameters, including a filter, an adjustable envelope, an impulse exciter, a noise exciter, a sequence exciter, and a sampler, all of which offer drag-and-drop support.
Then, you have a powerful modulation section packed with tons of modulators to experiment with. It hosts four ADSR envelopes, four multi-segment envelopes (MSEG), four stereo LFOs, and four random generators. A modulation matrix manages all these and includes more modulators, including MPE sources, eight additional macros, and MIDI CC.
Furthermore, Soule DSP added a multi-effects section to Resonarium, featuring a straightforward multimode filter, chorus, phaser, distortion, amp, and delay.
The primary focus at present is stability and performance, says the developer. Use at your own risk, as you may encounter bugs or crashes.
First Impression
Resonarium sounds like an exciting open-source Synthesizer project. The plugin shows that it’s still in alpha and under development. But it’s fun to experiment with. The release makes me especially happy, as I love physical modeling synthesis. Before testing, add a limiter in your session to prevent super loud noise.
The Soule DSP Resonarium is now available for free download. You can find pre-compiled versions in the release tab of GitHub. According to the developers, it works well in Ableton and Bitwig. There are reported issues with Logic Pro and FL Studio.
More information here: Soule DSP
software should be free.
Why?
Sound great. Too bad that as a musician and not programmer, I have no clue how to install this thing. F…g Github, so musician friendly.
you can download the VST3/AU files in the release tab. No need for programming
Get thee to https://github.com/gabrielsoule/resonarium/releases
Thank you all, really appreciate it.