These VST plugins are not really “close emulation” but all these VST synths are inspired by the Roland JP-8000 and try to emulate the famous “supersaw” sound.
Let’s go trance :
1. Superwave P8 VSTi
Superwave P8 : jp-8000 emulation for free
Freeware download : http://www.superwavesynths.co.uk/product_p8.htm
The best free VST synth for supersaw like sounds, the good old Superwave P8.
Don’t forget to check out the presets : Yazoo Synth, Jean Michel Jarre creamy pads, Van Halen Jump sound, Europe Final Countdown Lead, Chariot Of Fire Synth , they’re all here!
Trance demo:
2. GFP Beta VST by Naska
GFP Beta VST : supersaw for all
http://sound.jp/naska/software.html
Free VST from Japan, with five oscillators and detune for all !
Supersaw guarantee, ideal for heavy leads.
Trance demo:
3. TranceDrive by Maik Menz
TranceDrive VST
download for Windows : http://www.yedey.com/2010/02/official-release-of-trancedrive/
This VSTi was created with Synthmaker, it features a saw7 waveform : the supersaw with 7 detunable sub oscillators.
phat trance!
4. Lallapalloza Lite VST by Buzzroom
Lallapallooza ! VST
The osc1 has a “supersaw” type. The synth also include an arpeggiator.
Trance demo :
5. Pterosaur VST by Contralogic
Pterosaurus VSTex
http://www.contralogic.com/vst-plugins/pterosaur/
This one is inspired by the JP-8000 supersaw. It has 16 oscillator you can detune and pan.
The possibility to set 4 differents notes for each group of 4 oscillators make it a nice “chord stab” VST synth !
trance demo :
Great collection with a professional demonstration! This makes me download all of these synths… The Trancedrive and Superwave are outstanding, but Pterosaur is wonderful as well. I knew Superwave P8 since before, but not the others. Thank you so much for this very skillful demonstration, I couldn’t do this by my own. Many, many thanks!
Yours sincerely,
Luciano Drossi
When I listen to the demonstration of TranceDrive on Youtube, they demonstrate the same preset used here, called LD Overtone. All you people listen to that demonstration on Youtube really hear that Wavosaur here manage to express LD Overtone more than 100 times better than that on Youtube. I say it again, that this arpeggiator manage to express TranceDrive brilliantly, with good tweaking.
Hi, maybe a bear has stepped on my ear, but I can’t understand this sequence of notes that plays in the demo.
Interesting comparison, but I don’t think any of these can touch the JP-8000. Not that a skilled sound designer/producer can’t push them to their limit, but they just don’t have the same sweet spot, and might not sound as good. GFP Beta is probably the best out of them.
Also, JP-8000 style sounds can often be easily done on a lot of VSTs. Surge XT for example is free, and can easily do those kinds of sounds. Same with Vital. Obviously a mathematically accurate emulation of the JP-8000 is ideal, but no one’s don that. There is a free accurate emulation of the Virus B though, which is nice and close enough.
Non-free plugins can get you pretty far too, like Spire, Sunrizer, Serum and Silk (heh, all start with S). There’s also JP6K, Europa, Diva, and Hive 2. So yeah unfortunately you still need to buy the real hardware to get the authentic experience, but plenty of options exist that can get close enough to that general vibe.
Superwave and the Beta (blue gui) sound the most like “that” sound. The beta one is also the most virus-y (in the sense of the commercial “that” sound).