Repro vs SynthMaster One

Repro is a synthesizer plug-in containing Repro-1 and Repro-5 in one product and installer. Repro-1 models a monophonic analogue keyboard and can step-record two patterns of up to 32 notes each. Its five rearrangeable effects include a wavefolder, delay, EQ/resonator, reverb and sonic conditioner. Repro-5 supports up to eight-voice polyphony or unison, with optional glide, and includes more than 950 factory presets and a polyphonic distortion unit with four modes, including a bit crusher. The product runs on Linux, macOS and Windows, but is not standalone and requires host software; it supports nearly all DAWs. The listed plug-in formats include CLAP, AUv2, VST3 and AAX on macOS, and VST3, CLAP and AAX on Windows. Repro is NKS-ready and compatible with Maschine and Komplete Kontrol hardware. The listed Repro plan costs €149 as a one-time purchase, and a free trial is available; its demo emits a crackling sound. Linux builds are beta and receive less support than macOS and Windows versions.

SynthMaster One is a wavetable software synthesizer for shaping and sequencing sounds. Its desktop version includes 1,250 factory presets, two oscillators, two sub oscillators, two filters, four ADSR envelopes, two LFOs, a 16-step arpeggiator/sequencer and 11 effect types per instance. Users can import wavetable files and extend the library by placing files in the SynthMaster One Waveforms folder. It supports Scala tuning files and drag-and-drop import of MIDI patterns into the arpeggiator. The maker says presets, waveforms, samples, favourites and MIDI programs can sync across machines and platforms. Desktop runs as a VST instrument on Windows and Mac, and as an Audio Unit instrument on Mac; Windows also has a standalone application. On iOS, AudioUnits V3 supports multiple instances in compatible DAWs, and the Files app can import and export presets, waveforms and scales on iOS 11 or later. The iOS version has 16-voice polyphony and 650 presets, compared with 32 voices and 1,250 presets on desktop. The iPhone-only app is free; the universal iOS app costs $9.99, paid once, and the desktop version costs $49, paid once.