Ocean Swift Synthesis offers all of its virtual instruments for FREE download.
When we say all of its products, we are talking about a wide range, not just one or two. The OSS range includes a superb selection of synths, multi-effects plugins, filters, wavetable packs, and more.
See also: Free Synthesizer VST PluginsOcean Swift plugins are available in 32/64-bit VST formats for Windows, with some offering standalone use, too. All Kontakt instruments require Kontakt 6 or above unless otherwise stated.
Before getting into the plugins, I’d like to say thank you very much, and best wishes to the Ocean Swift team. It appears they are moving on to other projects, and what a way to go out!
Rather than mention every product, I’ll focus on one; Polyphenom 2, and encourage you to check out the lot.
Polyphenom 2 is a hybrid of additive and subtractive with some FM synthesis elements. The GUI has 2 pages, each with 8 sine oscillators, and it looks like a mixer. Each of the channels/oscillators is identical, and by default, they are set up as a harmonic series (1-16).
Using the faders, you can bring in precise amounts of each harmonic, which is a really nice way to do it. One of the cool things about this feature is that you don’t have to stick with the basic harmonic series. You can enter different values for any channel and create some weird and wonderful combinations.
Every channel has pan and modulation depth controls with 4 available modulators (2 pages of 2). The available modulators are analog-style LFO’s with sine, saw, triangle, and square waveshapes. Given that there are 16 harmonic channels, and you can set/modulate the level of each with such precision, the scope for sound design is very wide.
Much of the GUI works with pages, and if you look to the bottom left, you’ll find an FM circuit and OSC/ENV/LFO pitch modulation circuits on page 2. Next to those pages is a multi-effects section including reverb, chorus, delay, and more. Beyond that, you have the filter, filter LFO, and a pair of ADSR envelopes, amp, and filter.
While barely scratching the surface, it’s fair to say Polyphenom 2 is an ambitious synth and a credit to the developers. It could be a powerhouse for sound design, especially creating dissonance and tension.
Go check out the entire range, and once again, thank you, Ocean Swift Synthesis.
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34 Comments
Tomislav Zlatic
onA big THANK YOU to BPB readers Christian, Igor, Numanoid, ambedo, and ex-brahma for the info about this freebie offer!
ambedo
onHahah time for their website to get the ole BPB hug today. Lets see if it can hold up :P
MRG
onThe sweet sweet Hug of Death. o_O;
Igor
onFor a while I was trying to make a setup for “Oxygene live in MY living room” and I was missing a decent additive synth for RMI Harmonic Synthesizer parts, and now I have 3 of them 😊
yzcoruhT
onThanks for this info. Will try them tomorrow. Regards…
Tomislav Zlatic
onOh, a live Oxygene setup, sounds cool! Here’s a great plugin for string machine sounds: https://bedroomproducersblog.com/2014/03/06/full-bucket-music-nabla/
Igor
onIt is hard to reproduce Eminent 310u sound, especially in Oxygene pt.1 where it makes up to 70% of the whole composition. Luckily, I found samples of the original Eminent 310u. But Full Bucket’s FB-3200 is a part of the setup, since its hardware counterpart can be seen in the video 😉
Igor
onOh, I forgot, and Bucket Pops. Just click two buttons and you get original Oxygene rhythms 😊
Tomislav Zlatic
onOh yes, Bucket Pops is fantastic. Using it a lot for early analog drums. Great plugin!
MRG
onIf you are not allergic to SynthEdit Win32-only oldies, check out Wokwave’s Estrima and Cromina. Both real decent string machines. AlgoMusic’s StringSynth in the same vein. Old plugins of old machines, heh. Now that’s vintage!
Igor
onThanks, great sound. Unfortunately, I am switching to 64 bit VSTs.
MRG
onI know, I know, we all try to… but the addiction is there. Must… resist…
jasonix
onThese are gonna be fun! Thanks as always to all at BPB, you are loved
Tomislav Zlatic
onHey, you’re welcome, and thanks for reading BPB!
SATYABRATA
onI have subscribed to their newsletter n i got the email today about heavy discount on their product but when i click on it it says page not found, what happend to them can anyone say
SATYABRATA
onsorry it was exactly one year ago, but seems like co-incidence
Tomislav Zlatic
onIt’s possible that the email was automated, so it was sent out regardless of the recent changes in pricing.
HPN
onWhy only Windows… :(
Tomislav Zlatic
onI’m guessing the instruments were developed using FlowStone, which is Windows-only (but I could be wrong).
Wing Yee
onNot only their Synth plugins are free, there’s one sample pack no one mentioned that’s also free.
oceanswift.net/porn-percs/
Tomislav Zlatic
onHaha, I can see why no one linked to those, but nice find! :)
Febbs!
onWild how they just gave these all away
Tomislav Zlatic
onYeah, it’s crazy when this happens. Similar to how Vemberaudio.se offered their plugins for free back in the day (Shortcircuit and Surge).
Crylo the Raccoon
onYeah – and they ended up open sourcing them and now Surge is my favorite VST. The sounds in it don’t sound like any other VST.
I emailed Ocean Swift about open sourcing all their software to the GPT v3 license – they haven’t replied, but I hope they’ll consider it considering how interesting and awesome their products are!
Crylo the Raccoon
on(GNU v3*)
Vassilis
onHi!
The products are free to download,but inside the DAW serial number is required.
Any thoughts?
HITESH
onit is given on the website product page.
Vassilis
onThank you!
I can’t find anything for Aiolian Dream Box.I suppose it is not free.
HITESH
ondownload aeolian meditation and dlc of dream box. inside the zip you will find meditation as well as dream box. the Serial is same for both meditation and dreambox
Vassilis
onOk
Thanks!
Numanoid
onA big thanks to Ocean Swift for setting the stuff free. I wish more devs would do like Ocean Swift, and set their VST free, when their are abandoned at not updated anymore. Even if you have bought a synth in the past, that it is being set free means that a lot more people will be using it, and that the chance for new sound sets and other freebies related to the synth like new skins will appear from the community.
I also noted that Ocean Swift have done a Kontakt Player library in the past. That is not available to download now, which makes sense as Native Instruments will charge royalties for every copy.
Tomislav Zlatic
onI agree 100%, big ups for this freebie re-release!
Numanoid
onOh, it is a re-release.
I guess as it is a computer music giveaway, I should have expected that ;-) They seldom come up with exclusive giveaways these days, and more than often repack their old sample packs as new giveaways, like was the case in last issue CM294.
Numanoid
onI am annoyed at the new sample packs Computer Music include, as the multisamples don’t contain multisamples patches in for example SFZ that are readily useable in any of the free SFZ players that are about.
Everybody is talking about making music quicker and how to do that, but Computer Music expect me to spend time mapping their multisamples?
I wish they would learn a lesson from Beat Zampler how to deliver useable sample packs.