MPE Synths and Sounds

Pitch innovation’s Fluid series of products require your Synths/samplers to support MPE( MIDI Polyphonic Expression), This allows us to deliver some key features like chord bending.

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Surge: Surge XT

Surge XT is a virtual synthesizer originally released as “Surge” into open source by creator Claes Johanson in September 2018. Since then, it is maintained by a group of volunteers.

Vital Audio: Vital

Vital is a visual synthesizer. See what’s happening behind the scenes with animated controls, filter responses, waveforms, smooth LFOs, oscilloscopes, spectrograms and more.

Other MPE synths available in market

Equator is ROLI's revolutionary MPE synthesizer. Create and sculpt any sound imaginable using a vast collection of contemporary synthesis techniques, effects and modulators. Explore an extensive, diverse library of presets, as well as carefully recorded multisamples.

ROLI: Equator 2

Equator2 is ROLI's revolutionary MPE synthesizer, taken to the next level. Create and sculpt any sound imaginable using a vast collection of contemporary synthesis techniques, effects and modulators. Explore an extensive, diverse library of presets, as well as carefully recorded multisamples.

Xfer Records: Serum

Serum is a wavetable synthesizer plugin created by Xfer Records that has completely taken over the music production world as the most used synth plugin. It features a visual and creative workflow-oriented interface that makes creating and altering sounds fun instead of tedious.

Spectrasonics: Omnisphere

Omnisphere is the flagship synthesizer of Spectrasonics - an instrument of extraordinary power and versatility.

Arturia: V Collection 9

A premium suite of professional software instruments ranging from modern hybrid synth engines to emulations of the most evocative instruments ever made, enhanced for today’s production workflow. (Augmented Strings, Augmented Voices, Prophet-5 V, CZ V, Prophet-VS V, OP-Xa V, Jup-8 V4, Jun-6 , CS-80 V4)

Arturia: Pigments 2 and above

An immensely powerful synth 20 years in the making, combining wavetable, virtual analog, granular and sampling in one inspiring instrument. This is Pigments, and it’s going to change the way you make music forever.

Arturia: SQ 80 V

SQ80 V is Ensoniq’s classic ‘80s wavetable synth reborn, weaving hybrid lo-fi character, complex industrial textures, and thousands of unique waveform combinations into a quick-fire softsynth enhanced for modern production. Digital synthesis unraveled.

UVI: Falcon

Falcon is an advanced and truly unlimited hybrid instrument, bringing together an extensive collection of cutting-edge oscillators, effects, modulators and event processors and delivering them in a workflow-adaptive and highly-scriptable environment. Falcon allows you to create and manipulate sound with unparalleled precision and finesse, from basic sample slicing and synth design to extravagantly modulated multitimbral hybrids.

UVI: Drone

Designed for composers, sound designers, and musicians, Drone is a creative instrument that delivers constantly evolving textures and atmospheres, from deep and powerful low-end ambiences to rich and shimmering environments.

UVI: Workstation

A completely free multitimbral instrument that provides integrated effects and arpeggiator, unlimited parts, live performance features, and a smooth real-time workflow, UVI Workstation is our powerful sample player and more. With over 15 years of development under the hood, UVI Workstation is a tested, proven and trusted industry staple. We continue this journey with Version 3, focused on creating an even more optimized workflow by bringing in a new UI design, Favorites tagging, and UI scaling to adapt to all user screens.

Kilohearts: Phase Plant

Phase Plant is a multi-award-winning, semi-modular softsynth developed for music producers and sound designers. With a unique combination of top-quality processing, creative freedom, and an intuitive workflow you will be creating amazing patches in no time. Explore limitless combinations of generators, modulators, and effects to discover and refine your own original sound.

Cherry Audio: Dreamsynth

Cherry Audio's Dreamsynth is a tribute to the celebrated hybrid analog/digital synthesizers of the mid-to-late 1980s. The innovative design blends flexible dual-wave morphing oscillators, stereo filters, fully polyphonic analog strings, extensive and easy-to-use modulation, studio-quality effects, and polyphonic aftertouch and MPE support, all in an elegant vintage-style synth interface.

Cherry Audio: DCO-106

Recreating the sound of a classic synthesizer is no easy task. DCO-106 lovingly recreates the unique sonic footprint of one of the most iconic 80’s polysynths in exhaustive detail, while adding modern features for massively expanded creativity. The DCO-106 is both easy to understand and powerful to explore, creating a massive array of sonic landscapes, cutting lead sounds, warm and hazy pads, punchy synthetic electro drums, and far more.

Cherry Audio: Mercury-4

Mercury-4 is a detailed emulation of one of the best-sounding and quirkiest polyphonic synthesizers of the late 1970's, the Roland Jupiter-4. It’s the rarest and most sonically unique of the fabled Jupiter series, and has gone to great lengths to recreate the subtle (and not-so-subtle) nuances and character of this beloved classic.

Cherry Audio: PS-20

PS-20 is an ultra-realistic, polyphonic, hot-rodded tribute to Korg's renowned MS-20. First and foremost, PS-20's dual highpass/lowpass filters super accurately recreate the MS-20's famous raunchy sound in all of its squelchy, screaming glory. In addition to its unique filters, the MS-20’s other signature feature is its modular-style patch panel. The PS-20 truly is one of the most quirky and unique instruments released by Cherry Audio.

Cherry Audio: Memorymode

Memorymode is based upon one of the very best-sounding polyphonic programmable analog synthesizers of the 80s - the legendary Memorymoog synthesizer. Released in 1982, the Memorymoog raised the sonic bar with its lush, powerful analog sound. Memorymode was expertly modeled upon a vintage Memorymoog originally owned by jazz legend Chick Corea. It expands upon the original without compromising any of the sound or functionality that made it great, and does away with the reliability, maintenance, and tuning issues of the original. The user interface has been streamlined and simplified, updating the original instrument’s numeric-keypad-and-command-numbers with fast, simple-to-use pop-up menus and an improved value display window.

Fxpansion: Strobe 2

Strobe2 is a software polysynth which puts diverse new sounds effortlessly within your reach. It builds on the original's realistic analogue modelling and deep but intuitive synthesis with a slew of enhancements and requested features. Highlights include a stunning effects section, revamped arpeggiator, deeper modulation processing, preset-morphing, randomizing and a scalable vector interface for retina and 4K displays, and now full MIDI Polyphonic Expression (MPE) compatibility, allowing natural and tactile 5D modulation.

Fxpansion: Cypher 2

Cypher2 is designed for deep sonic exploration and expressive performances. It features a vast range of sound design tools and over 1300 sounds, including 500 MPE-optimised presets.

U-he: Hive2

Hive's clear layout and easy workflow let you create stunning patches in next to no time at all. Although surprisingly CPU-friendly, Hive doesn't sacrifice flexibility or audio quality. Now packed with more controls than ever, version 2 opens up new dimensions of expression.

TAL: TAL U-NO LX

TAL-U-NO-LX is a complete rewritten emulation of the popular Juno 60 with a new engine and GUI. Up to date zero feedback delay filters and carefully calibrated controls make this synth a good replacement for the analog device with all the advantages software plugins have. As an addition, the TAL-U-NO-LX also supports portamento and different filter LFO waveforms and some more useful features. An arpeggiator with different sync modes and hold function is also included. A very fast envelope with a smooth roll-off, emulated inaccuracy and a very smooth filter sound gives this synth the typical sound. The synth was calibrated after a hardware device that's property of TAL.

TAL: TAL J-8

The TAL-J-8 is a very accurate emulation of the popular 80’s hardware synthesiser and calibrated after our own Jupiter 8 device. All sounds are generated in realtime without the use of any samples with the same endless modulation possibilities like the hardware and useful additional features like the calibration section that can make the filter scream.

Audio Damage: Quanta

Following a recent stylistic refresh, which discontinued some rather dated skeuomorphic designs in favour of new clean, geometric interfaces, Audio Damage have now delivered Quanta, their take on granular synthesis. FLFOs, FEGs and the various other modulators are brought to bear on the synth architecture via a matrix modulation scheme, which supports MIDI Polyphonic Expression (MPE) sources.

Audio Damage: Continua

Continua, a virtual analogue synth instrument that may look predictable but boasts a bewitching quirk beneath its surface: continuously morphable oscillators and filters. This isn’t an entirely new concept but, when combined with some extensive modulation options, allows for the creation of truly complex and evolving sounds.

Audio Damage: Phosphor 3

Phosphor is a unique instrument plugin modeled on the alphaSyntauri, a vintage digital additive synth from the early 80s.

Madrona Labs: Aalto

Aalto is a semi-modular software synthesizer with an innovative, patchable UI, distinctive sounds, and a charming personality. Kaivo is a semi-modular software synthesizer that combines two powerful ways of making sound: granular synthesis and physical modeling.

Newfangled Audio: Generate

Generate is based on a set of chaotic generators. What looks like randomness contains underlying patterns, interconnectedness, constant feedback loops, repetition, self-similarity, fractals, and self-organization. Every parameter in Generate’s voice can be modulated by a combination of two Looping Envelope Generators, two LFOs, a Sample and Hold/Random generator, an 8 Step Sequencer, and MIDI and MPE sources.

Spitfire Audio: BT Phobos

Phobos is a must-have synthesiser for composers writing epic, cinematic electronic and hybrid compositions. Conceived by renowned composer and electronic music pioneer BT, Spitfire audio have together developed a powerful new device to add a unique timbral expansion to your compositions by unlocking the liquid, morphing and transforming capabilities of convolution.

Stagecraft Software: Addiction Synth

Addiction synth is a professional, versatile, subtractive synthesizer. It can be easily made to sound like anything from a sweet, light organ, to a sharp, funky clav. There are multiple voices, velocity sensitivity, mono/polyphonic switching, versatile LFOs and filter, and effects. In short, everything you would expect with any of the most professional synths

Stagecraft Software: Infinity Synth

Expand your soundscape to infinity. A sample-based synth designed for maximum expressiveness, Infinity Synth ships with a bank of high-quality sounds out of the box. Additional samples and patches can be auditioned and purchased directly from the synth, allowing you to create your own custom, infinitely large sample bank. Multidimensional Polyphonic Expression (MPE) support further increases the expressiveness of your controller and unlocks the full potential of next generation Midi Controllers.

Rob Papen: Blade 2

BLADE synthesizer has a unique concept in controlling the waveform harmonics by using an XY pad. On top of that, the XY pad movement could also be recorded, edited, and played back tempo-based. This concept of BLADE means that you can generate some very different sounds, compared to regular subtractive and even additive synthesizers.

Rob Papen: Vecto

Vecto is a four-oscillator vector synthesizer that allows users to draw in vector paths to shape the sound in many different ways. Included are a large range of oscillator waves, plus sampled waveforms and lots of different modulation options and preset vector paths to help create the unique Vecto sound!

Bleass: Alpha

BLEASS Alpha Synthesizer is a virtual analog polyphonic stereo synthesizer inspired by classic analog synths and enhanced by the BLEASS’ very own musical and technical approach.

accSone: crusher-x

Steer the live grains with your fingertip? Let a drone take off by moving your fingers to the top of the keyboard? Let the grain drone drift left or right by sliding your fingers? This is what you can do with MPE (MIDI Polyphonic Expression) and the MPE feature set of crusher-X!

Physical Audio: PA3 Derailer

Derailer is a physical modelling system built from 3 basic elements. Strings which can be plucked or bowed, metal bars which can be pitched or act as resonators, and nonlinear springs which can be used to connect resonators together to form a network. Derailer uses finite-difference time-domain numerical modelling of these elements, as detailed in this technical paper.

Digital Suburban: Dexed

Dexed is a FM synth closely modeled on the Yamaha DX7. The goal of this project is to be a tool/companion for the original DX7.

Imaginando: FRMS

FRMS is a versatile granular synthesizer that combines granular synthesis with FM synthesis using a flexible layering system.

Sonic Lab: Fundamental

Fundamental is a sound synthesis tool combining different roots of electronic music history. Fundamental wave engine is a faithful recreation of a vintange Rohde&Schwartz vacuum tube oscillator.

Auddict: Hexeract

Hexeract is available as a VST/AU/AAX plug-in and is also a standalone application for Windows or Mac. It has full support for MIDI Polyphonic Expression (MPE) with full modulation capabilities and triggers. The synth itself is fully equipped and, although it doesn’t offer the mind-blowing number of controls and options Alchemy has, the sounds you can create with it are at least as rich, fat, aggressive or delicate.

Unfiltered Audio: Lion

LION is an extraordinarily deep synth that features an easy-to-use interface with everything you need for quick patching, endless experimentation, and intuitive sound design. With full MPE support, you can use controllers like Fluid Pitch, Fluid Chords, ROLI Seaboard Sensel or Morph for incredible per-voice articulation.

Melda Production: MSound Factory

MSoundFactory may well be the most powerful instrument out there. It's modular, so you can have any number of oscillators, filters, samplers etc. you want. It features per-voice and global modulation, full MPE support, the best sounding oscillators on the market, a fully modular effects engine.

G-Force Software: OB-E

OB-E is the first virtual instrument with complete per-voice control. This unique Octaphonic architecture offers fresh and exciting creative possibilities to music producers, composers and sound designers for the first time in the digital realm.

Synapse Audio: Obsession

Psychic Modulation: Phonec 2.4

Phonec is a unique and powerful synthesizer, capable of producing a wide range of sounds such as vintage analogue tones, lo-fi synthscapes, ethereal ambiance, minimal techno sequences, retro leads and hard hitting synth basses. Phonec's intuitive GUI attempts to strike a balance between form and function. This makes it a very practical tool that can be a real inspiration to work with.

Rhizomatic: Plasmonic

Plasmonic attempts to approach the depth and detail of an acoustic instrument, while making it easy to shape the sound into anything you want. Its deep modulation capability and MPE support make it a very playable and expressive instrument.

East West Sounds: "Play 5" Sample Engine

The PLAY system is an advanced sample pack engine and an associated collection of virtual instruments. As mentioned on their site, It also supports MPE.

Initial Audio: Sektor

Sektor is a polyphonic wavetable synth plugin with a highly intuitive user interface and a lot of customization features. Sektor was built to use a low amount of system resources while having a massive high quality sound. Supports the new MPE Midi Standard

Channel Robot: Shapiro 2

Shapiro 2 is a VST synth from Channel Robot which features 8 oscillators and aims to provide a totally new way to manipulate sound, helping you to stand out from the crowd! There are a variety of presets to choose from, including pads, keys, leads, effects, arps, basses, and more, but the real fun here comes from the automation and morphing options, allowing you to create insane sounds and experimental synths in record time.

Delta-V Audio: Spacecraft

Abyss is a visual synthesiser with character and a bit of fairy dust. It brings to you dark, vibrating drones, vivid cinematic pads and rich evolving textures. With Abyss you find instant inspiration for your music and sound design projects.

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ROLI Studio Player

ROLI Studio Player includes smart composition features and a curated collection of MPE and standard sounds to inspire your musical creation.

FORS: Chiral

Chiral is an MPE-enabled Max for Live device inspired by the culture and methodology pioneered by early electronic performance instruments.

Bleass Omega

BLEASS Alpha Synthesizer is a virtual analog polyphonic stereo synthesizer inspired by classic analog synths and enhanced by the BLEASS’ very own musical and technical approach.

JB Audio: MPEfy

Pick one of your favourite soft synths and make full use of MPE.

Cherry Audio Voltage Modular

Voltage Modular is a modular synth that obliterates all patching limitations, and introduces groundbreaking new ways to build complex patches with fewer cables. Unlimited cables per jack allows for endless modulation possibilities.

IMOXPLUS: Respiro

Respiro is a new generation software synthesizer inspired by Artist Pedro Eustache. It uses physical modelling combined with wavetable injection and is designed for wind & breath controllers. It offers sonic capabilities similar to woodwinds & flutes and 'never heard before' sounds. It turns your breath and tonguing into a unique experience allowing you to deeply engage with this digital instrument as like you would do with a real-world wind-instrument.

Cherry Audio Memorymode

KV331 Audio: Synthmaster

SynthMaster is an 'all-around' semi-modular software synthesizer and effect plug-in that features many different synthesis methods including VA, Additive, Wavetable, Wavescanning, Phase Modulation, Frequency Modulation, Pulse Width Modulation, Ring Modulation, Amplitude Modulation, Physical Modeling and SFZ Sample Playback synthesis. With its multi-synthesis oscillators, analog modelled/digital filters, flexible effects routing with 11 types of high quality effects and a massive modulation architecture with 95 separate modulation sources and 650+ modulation targets.

Memorymoon ME80

The ME80 is mostly about aftertouch expression. (and breath-control CC2 is routed to aftertouch). It is a synth for persons that like to play for hours.

Native Instruments: Kontakt, Reaktor

REAKTOR is the beating heart that gives life to synths like Native’s RAZOR and MONARK, as well as third-party releases from Twisted Tools, Tim Exile, Blinksonic and many more. It’s a sandbox for sound creation. REAKTOR lets you build instruments to replicate the sounds in your head – in a way that existing instruments can’t.

Orange Tree Samples

Orange Tree Samples produces innovative sample libraries that enable musicians to achieve incredible realism with ease.

Poly-Ana from Admiral Quality

Poly-Ana is yet another attempt to model that most popular of subjects, the vintage analogue synthesizer.

PPG: WaveMapper 2, WaveGenerator, Phonem, Infinite Pro

PPG WaveMapper 2 has three oscillators have independent control of the sound resources and access of the material. Each oscillator has its own WaveMap with up to 16 zones, filled with any combination of the resources.

SoftTube: Modular

Modular is a modular synthesizer plug-in that comes with component-modeled versions of seven analog hardware modules. More than 400 quality presets are included covering a huge range of styles and sounds

Symbolic Sound: Kyma 7

Kyma 7 provides sound design inspiration when you need it; live performance environments that are rock-solid-stable yet provide an inspiring degree of choice, control and responsiveness; plus context-sensitive help and information displays to minimize interruptions in the creative flow. All with the meticulous, uncompromising obsession with sound quality that’s become synonymous with Kyma.

Synapse Audio Software: Obsession, The Legend

Obsession brings the power of a great polyphonic vintage synthesizer to your fingertips. It combines the astute modeling of voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs), voltage-controlled filter (VCF) and voltage-controlled amplifier (VCA) with a comprehensive individual voice control that has never been done before in this detail.

TAL Software: TAL-U-No-LX, TAL-BassLine-101 , TAL-Sampler, TAL-MOD, J-8

VAST Dynamics: Vaporizer 2

Vaporizer 2 is a hybrid wavetable additive / subtractive VST / AU / AAX synthesizer / sampler workstation. Support for MIDI Polyphonic Expression (MPE): receive MPE MIDI dimensions (X/Y/Z) pitchbend, aftertouch (freely assignable), release velocity / lift (controlled via MSEG) and brightness / timbre (freely assignable) form supported controllers for highly expressive control options

Woodman's Immaculate Maple Syrup Studio: Woodsynth

U-He: Bazille, Ace, Diva, Hive & Repro-5 (5 instruments, downloadable sound files)

Bazille is a large polyphonic modular system with digital (PD, FM based) oscillators, multimode filters and plenty of modulation options.

Madrona Labs: Aalto & Kaivo (2 instruments, downloadable sound file)