Surge XT: free synth plugin by Surge Synth Team
Open-source hybrid synth with hundreds of presets and a huge sound range.
Opens Surge Synth Team's own site.
Put SCRAMBLE. on your synths and melodies
One button rolls a new FX chain: glitch, stutter, tape stop, chops, reverb, delay and vocal tune. There are 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 possible chains, the same count as the positions of a 3x3 cube. Save 10,000 presets a day and 1% of them would take 118 billion years, over 8x the age of the universe.
Not just loops: drum buses, 808s and bass, hats, vocals and the master bus. 3,000+ downloads so far.
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Surge XT FAQ
Is Surge XT free?
Yes. Surge XT is a free synth plugin from Surge Synth Team. The button on this page goes straight to the maker's own download page.
What is Surge XT good for?
Open-source hybrid synth with hundreds of presets and a huge sound range.
What are the best alternatives to Surge XT?
Other free synth plugins worth trying are Vital, TAL-NoiseMaker and Synth1. See the full ranked list of free synth plugins.