The VST instruments (synthesizers) in this list had to meet 3 criteria
- Compatible with both Mac and Windows
- Available in 64 bit, so they can run on Ableton Live 10, 10.1 onwards
- Free!
How to install VST into Ableton Live 10 on Mac
How to install VST into Ableton Live 10 on Windows
Tunefish
Some hard metal/percussive sounds and harsh aggressive tones among the fat analog ones
Helm
Polyphonic synth with sequencer/arpeggiator
u-He Podolski
The 64 bit version is at https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=459890
Virtual analog synth with arpeggiator/sequencer plus chorus and delay.
u-He Zebralette
A single Zebra2 oscillator with a 16-slot waveset; oscillator waveform editing with geomorph, spectromorph, geoblend and spectroblend modes.
PG-8X
Virtual analog synthesizer based on the Roland JX-8P synth
Dexed
This is much much more than a DX-7 (though it does emulate that FM synth very well), it has a wealth of sounds.
TAL-software
Half a dozen synths and effects in one place https://tal-software.com/products
Noisemaker
TAL-U-No-LX
(very synthwave, based on the Roland Juno 60)
TAL-Filter-2
This can be used as a Trance Gate or Stutter effect or simulate LFO or Sidechain Compression
Synth 1 (Windows only)
Sorry - this had a Mac version, but that has been pulled for some reason. Hopefully the developer releases it again. In the meantime here is the Windows version (warning: site is in Japanese, if you use Chrome, let it translate for you)
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