surge VS DISTRHO-Ports

Good stuff!

I started getting in to this at the start of the year. Already had an old, dusty MicroKORG and MIDI interface to use it as a controller, but recently splashed out on a bigger controller as the Korg's tiny keys were hurting me - plus, I wanted something bigger to get better at piano!

A couple of free soft synths I'd recommend are Surge XT, and Vital.

https://surge-synthesizer.github.io/

https://vital.audio/

https://surge-synthesizer.github.io/ and https://asb2m10.github.io/dexed/ should work like a charm.

To get the equivalent of a symphonic orchestra in your computer, the solution is basically money; you buy the instruments you need. In the case of synthesizers, things are much cheaper - if you put in the effort yourself. https://surge-synthesizer.github.io/ is excellent and could even be used if you wanted to make a more retro-style soundtrack.

Instead of Synth1, try https://surge-synthesizer.github.io/ . It's pretty much better in every aspect except for the UI which is going to look a lot more daunting to you ;)

In general, this should only happen when a Program Change message is sent.

Its open source and DHSTRO ports has made an lv2 version available on their github

Luckily, since most of Vital is open source, there is a nearly identical clone of it called Vitalium. It is contained in the distrho-ports plugin bundle here, which I highly recommend installing. Here it can be compiled locally, and thus correctly.

Vitalium is the fork that removes the store etc.

https://github.com/DISTRHO/DISTRHO-Ports/tree/master/ports/v...

It is part of the distrho-ports in the AUR. If do not using arch you can complie them by your self.. https://github.com/DISTRHO/DISTRHO-Ports