{"id":90527,"date":"2022-02-10T11:04:45","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T11:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=90527"},"modified":"2022-02-10T11:04:54","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T11:04:54","slug":"surge-xt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/surge-xt\/","title":{"rendered":"Surge XT is a free, open-source hybrid synthesizer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Image Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/surge-synthesizer.github.io\/\">Surge XT<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 style=\"user-select: auto;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff; user-select: auto;\">Surge XT features many synthesis techniques, including a selection of filters, a flexible modulation engine, effects and more.<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Originally launched in 2018 as Surge by Claes Johanson, the free synthesizer just got updated from version 1.9 to XT. The interface can be overwhelming, but is comprised of four section: <em style=\"user-select: auto;\">Patch\/Global<\/em>, <em style=\"user-select: auto;\">Scene control<\/em>, <em style=\"user-select: auto;\">Modulation\/Routing<\/em> and <em style=\"user-select: auto;\">FX<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/surge-synthesizer.github.io\/manual-xt\/\">Find the full user manual here.<\/a> Surge XT is loaded with powerful modern features like MPE and microtuning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Features:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Oscillators: 3 oscillators per scene, with 12 versatile oscillator algorithms<\/li><li>Filter Block: Two filter units in 8 different configurations. Feedback loop available in 7 of those configurations.<\/li><li>Modulation: 12 LFO units available, 6 are per voice and 6 are global for the whole scene. DAHDSR envelope generators on every LFO.<\/li><li>Effects: 16 effect units arranged as 4 inserts per scene, 4 sends and 4 master effects. 27 effect algorithms.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1957\" height=\"1172\" src=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Hero.png\" alt=\"The interface of plugin Surge XT\" class=\"wp-image-90529 lazyload\"\/><figcaption><em>Image Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/surge-synthesizer.github.io\/\">Surge XT<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Surge XT is available in 64-bit VST3 and AU formats, compatible with Windows 7 or newer, macOS 10.11 or newer and Linux, with at least 4GB of RAM. <a style=\"user-select: auto;\" href=\"https:\/\/surge-synthesizer.github.io\/downloads\"><strong style=\"user-select: auto;\">Head here to download.<\/strong><\/a> No signup required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"btn-wrapper\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/surge-synthesizer.github.io\/downloads\" class=\"btn-image\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n    .btn-wrapper {\n        display: block;\n        width: 100%;\n        text-align: center;\n        margin-bottom: 2rem;\n    }\n    .btn-image {\n        width: 222px;\n        height: 39px;\n        display: inline-block;\n        text-decoration: none;\n        background-size: cover;\n        background-position: 0 0;\n        background-repeat: no-repeat;\n        background-image: url('http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Download-Button-sprite.png');\n    }\n    .btn-image:hover {\n        background-position: 0 -39px;\n    }\n<\/style>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Surge XT features many synthesis techniques, including a selection of filters, a flexible modulation engine, effects and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":90528,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6374],"tags":[887],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - 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