Sylenth1 vs Vital
Sylenth1
lennardigital.com
Vital
vital.audioSide by side
| Figure | Sylenth1 | Vital |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | €9.95/mo | $5/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 5 |
| Spec score · Software Synthesizers | 7.7 (#18) | 8.6 (#6) |
| Modulation | The product page lists two ADSR envelopes, two LFOs, two additional amplitude envelopes, and modulation sources including velocity, keyboard track, and modulation wheel. | Vital supports drag-and-drop modulation, audio-rate modulation, stereo-splittable LFOs, keytracked LFOs and custom envelope curves. |
| Oscillators | It has four unison oscillators, each capable of eight stereo voices, for up to 32 voices per note. | The oscillators are designed for low noise and near-alias-free output, and unison uses SSE optimizations for CPU efficiency. |
| Product | Sylenth1 is a virtual analog VSTi synthesizer designed for music production. | Vital is a spectral warping wavetable synthesizer. |
| Support | The support page directs users to the manual and provides a support request subject selector and a link to the LennarDigital forum. | Subscribers receive prioritized support through private Discord channels or the forum. |
Plans
Sylenth1
- Sylenth1 installment plan€9.95 a month
- Sylenth1 full version€139, paid once
Vital
- BasicFree
- Subscription$5 a month
- Subscription$5 a month
- Plus$25, paid once
- Pro$80, paid once
In their own words
Sylenth1
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Vital
Vital is a spectral warping wavetable synthesizer for Linux, macOS, and Windows. Its oscillators reshape wavetable harmonics through stretching, shifting, smearing, and skewing to create timbres. Users can make wavetables by converting samples with pitch-splice or vocode, editing tables, or generating them from text. Modulation includes drag-and-drop assignment, audio-rate modulation, stereo-splittable and keytracked LFOs, and custom envelope curves. Sound tools include two routable voice filters, eight routable effects, an oscilloscope, and a spectrum viewer. Vital supports MPE and microtonal tuning files, with VST, VST3, AU, and LV2 plugin formats listed. Requirements include 64-bit operation and OpenGL 3 or higher; the listed systems are Windows 10+, macOS 10.15+, and Ubuntu Linux 18.04+. The free Basic plan costs nothing and includes 75 presets, 25 wavetables, and full synth features. Plus costs $25, paid once and includes 250 presets and 70 wavetables. Text-to-wavetable requests are limited to five per day unless a plan unlocks unlimited requests.