RAPID vs Synth1
RAPID
parawave-audio.comSynth1
daichilab.sakura.ne.jpSide by side
| Figure | RAPID | Synth1 |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Software Synthesizers | 8.0 (#12) | 7.3 (#23) |
| Commercial use | The FAQ says RAPID may be used in commercial music productions without limitations or royalties. | The maker says Synth1 may be used in commercial music without contacting the maker. |
| Support | The maker accepts support enquiries about accounts, orders, products, bugs, and feature suggestions through its contact page. | The maker asks users to report bugs by email and says it will respond as much as possible. |
| Synthesis | It provides eight synthesis layers with morphable wavetables, multisamples, and granular synthesis. | It has two oscillators and a sub-oscillator, with FM, ring modulation, sync, and a modulation envelope. |
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In their own words
Synth1
Synth1 is a free software synthesizer plugin for computer music production on Windows and macOS. Its sound engine has two oscillators plus a sub-oscillator, with FM, ring modulation, sync, and a modulation envelope. Sound-shaping options include four filter types, distortion, two LFOs, an arpeggiator, tempo-synchronized delay, and stereo chorus/flanger. The maker lists 32-note polyphony and 128 presets. Synth1 works with DAWs that support VSTi on Windows or AU on Mac; GarageBand and REAPER are named as Mac examples. The Windows VSTi release is 32/64-bit for Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, and 10, and requires an x86/x64 CPU that supports SSE2. The Mac AU version is 64-bit for macOS 10.8 and later; Intel Macs were tested, while M1 support is unconfirmed. Mac users must download factory presets separately. The maker permits commercial music use without contacting them. The English manual is marked incomplete, and Synth1 is not multitimbral.