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Newsynth1

A Synth1-inspired virtual analog instrument.

@maru shared this instrument so you can play it in your DAW, remix it or put it on your site.

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What it does

A two-oscillator virtual analog synth in the spirit of Synth1. Newsynth1 is a Maru port of OpenSynth1, an open-source tribute synthesizer inspired by Synth1 and the Nord Lead 2, and it keeps that instrument's familiar layout and its full set of numbered controls.

What it is

A classic subtractive synth: two oscillators with a sub-oscillator, a filter, amplifier envelope, two LFOs, an arpeggiator and a chain of effects (a selectable effect stage, chorus and delay, plus EQ and pan). It plays up to 32 voices, 16 by default, in Poly, Mono or Legato mode, with portamento for glides.

This is an early release. It is playable and has the complete control set and factory bank, but its sound is not yet a match for OpenSynth1 control for control. OpenSynth1 itself is a tribute rather than a clone, and its own envelopes and voice shaping intentionally differ from the original Synth1.

Credits

OpenSynth1, Copyright (c) 2026 letsdig / OpenSynth1 Contributors, MIT License. Newsynth1 preserves substantial parameter and bank-format behaviour from it; see the upstream repository for the complete notice. Synth1 and the Nord Lead 2 are named only as the instruments OpenSynth1 draws on.

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How it works.

MIDI note events enter the module's zero-input, stereo-output Processor. Voice allocation, oscillator generation, envelopes, filtering, modulation and the effect stages run inside the compiled module program.

The module owns its canonical preset values and translates the upstream .sy1 bank into that contract. The ignored OpenSynth1 checkout is retained only as local reference material and is not part of the published package.

What would you make with Newsynth1?

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Prototype

A synth controlled through a visual tuning display.

Prototype

A compact subtractive synth for learning the signal path.

Prototype

Two oscillator banks with continuous frame morphing.