i am trying to find a free synth app for my mac laptop

[AllaN01Bear]

all i get are the 30 best , the 100 best, the 10 best. i jsut want a synth that is good and is compatable for my mac. any advice appreciated with thanks .

[kimbutgar]

1. Garage band?

[LuvLoogie]

2. Apple gatekeeps it's OS pretty tightly

There's an extra cost to developers getting the Apple seal of approval. From their motherboards, to processors, to kernel access, it's tight. Either adjust the boolean on your web search or shell out a few bucks.

[emulatorloo]

4. FWIW I have gotten some good deals on soft synths on App Store during sales.

There used to be a website that tracked app sales by category (including music apps) but I can’t seem to track it down tonight unfortunately.

[emulatorloo]

3. Garageband for sure. Here is a site that has cheap sales on soft synth.

https://audioplugin.deals/

Audio demos available

Here’s an excellent free DX7 style soft synth:

https://asb2m10.github.io/dexed/

[AllaN01Bear]

7. downloaded dexed

thanks . going to hook up my electric piano as input . a new toy to play with.

[LunaSea]

5. Tried these?

https://omegastudios.com/five-great-free-soft-synths-mac/

https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2020/03/17/free-modular-synthesizer-for-mac-windows/

https://vcvrack.com/

https://en.freedownloadmanager.org/Mac-OS/Rack-FREE.html

[AllaN01Bear]

6. bookmarked for later

[emulatorloo]

9. I love u-he synths. They are a lot of fun and sound so good.

[AllaN01Bear]

8. thanks to all who replied .