Also! BPB! Kilohearts has released 2 new snapins! a classic Waveshaper and a very interesting and creative Wavetable Waveshaper! Along with new visual updates for the Ecosystem! (mostly on the Node based modulators)

Charlatan used to be one of the few simple enough but capable synths I promoted as a beginner’s synth to a couple people. Charlatan 3 is far from it, not that’s it’s hard to use, but the learning curve is steeper. That said, wow.

So remember kids, always use your Charlatan 2 first before you go on and try using Charlatan 3! ;-)

Thanks! Here it is on BPB: https://bedroomproducersblog.com/2024/03/20/integraudio-blowdio/

I was about to start my comment the same way. Charlatan 3 is a really nice free synth, but it should’ve gotten an another name. It’s so different from 2 that it’s not really a replacement. Charlatan 2 has still remained my goto synth when I just need some synthy sound very quick. Charlatan 3 has reached a level of complexity where I’d probably just load Vital, or Synthmaster instead and be able to create something just as fast, with barely any limitations.

It turned from a versatile little pocketknife into a small toolbox. Too much hassle for the quick jobs, too small for the tough jobs. It has some powerful abilities and the demo presets are also really good, yet every time I start it up I end up switching to something else.

On the (big) plus side, the super low CPU usage is incredible. I think it might just be the most CPU friendly free synth. Maybe even the most CPU friendly synth, period.

Thankfully, the legacy version is still up and it still stands on its own, and the new version is also worth checking for its much welcome additional capabilities. I might just use both.