KX-SYNTH-X16 VST

First released in 2008 the KX-SYNTH-X16 is a virtual analog synthesizer plug-in for Windows (VSTi 2.3) based on the VCS 3 originally created by Peter Zinovieff with his company EMS in 1969. With its innovative matrix concept, its joystick and its possibility to do feedback patches, the original EMS synthesizer was very forward thinking at the time.

With a polyphony of up to 6 voices this free VST plug-in also includes a CV and gate sequencer to create real vintage sequences. Its Midi learn fuction allows for control of its parameters over Midi. Though based on the EMS this VST plugin surely is not a copy. According to the developer of this plug-in (Xavier Kalensky) it is not interesting to make a simple imitation of a vintage sythesizer. "It is better to build synthetizers which were impossible to realize at the vintage time (too high cost), staying in the same spirit, by improving each group of parameters to realize instruments as musical as possible."

Recently updated to version 3.10, new and improved functions include the possibility to use negative values with the mini knobs of the matrix (control inputs) and hard synchronisation from VCO2 to VCO1. Two new filters were added and you can now use the Ring Modulator without its limiter and an EQ has been added on its output. The sequencer has been rewritten to avoid possible crash with Asio4all or similar Asio drivers (samplerate update) and the matrix crash test works again (all matrix pins on).

This free plug-in as well as several others are available for download from the developer's website at the link below.

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