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Instruments at a glance

Synths, organs, pianos and string machines. Every sound is synthesised - nothing to load. Click a plug-in for its panel; each one has its manual PDF and a download.

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Plug-inIn the spirit ofMain featuresBest for
G Lab80G Lab80PanelLate-80s digital workstation
  • 43 sounds: FM pianos, clav, organs, strings, brass, pads
  • Macro controls per sound
  • Built-in reverb and chorus
Quick, characterful keys and pads
G Lead 8G Lead 8Panel80s analogue polysynth
  • 2 oscillators per voice, 24 dB ladder filter
  • Filter and amp envelopes, LFO
  • Built-in arpeggiator
Leads, chords and arpeggios
G Bass 1XG Bass 1XPanelClassic monosynth basses
  • Saw / pulse with PWM, sub oscillator, unison
  • Ladder, acid and 12 dB filters
  • Accent and glide
Bass lines from warm to acid
G CosmosG CosmosPanel80s eight-voice polys
  • DCO with a detuned shimmer layer
  • 24 dB filter with its own envelope
  • Bucket-brigade chorus, ambient delay
Lush pads and strings
G GlowG GlowPanelEarly-80s micro-computer additive synths
  • Draw 16 / 32 / 64 harmonic partials per path
  • Two paths, clean or vintage 8-bit
  • Cross-modulation, LFOs, dual delay
Glassy digital tones and bells
G Chip 48G Chip 48Panel8-bit home computer and console sound chips
  • Five chips: beeper, AY, PSG, FM, console pulse / triangle
  • 41 patches
  • Tracker-style arps
Chiptune and retro game sounds
G Voce 90G Voce 90Panel90s half-rack electric piano modules
  • Tine, reed and sticky-reed pianos, clav, buzzy keyboard
  • Drive, tremolo, chorus
  • Auto-wah
Electric pianos with movement
G EnsembleG EnsemblePanel70s divide-down string machines
  • Fully polyphonic
  • Four registers
  • Three-phase ensemble
Classic string-machine beds
G TonewheelG TonewheelPanelTonewheel drawbar organs
  • 91 tonewheels, nine drawbars
  • Percussion, key click
  • Scanner vibrato / chorus
Organ parts (pair with Rotary)
G ArpG ArpPanelHardware arpeggiators and step sequencers
  • Step row with accents and ties
  • Tempo-locked or free-running
  • FEEL for human variation
Driving any synth with arpeggios
G Harbour KeysG Harbour KeysPanelEarly-90s ROM pianos
  • Physical-model piano core
  • FM bell layer
  • ROM grit, tape, mod rack, space
House and 90s pop pianos
G M1KG M1KPanelLate-80s matrix-modulation rack synths
  • Six voices, two DCOs, 24 dB filter
  • Patch browser and full editor
  • Mod Rack in every patch
Analogue pads, basses and brass
G Pocket 70G Pocket 70PanelLate-90s sound modules
  • 90 patches in ten groups
  • Mod Rack and reverb per patch
  • Filter and amp ADSR edit
Quick sounds while writing
G RainbowG RainbowPanel60s modified-organ and tape-loop drones
  • Two ranks at modal intervals
  • Ladder filter
  • Time-lag tape-loop delay
Drones and minimalist loops