Synplant
Synplant is a VST and AU synthesizer plugin from Soniccharge, used within digital audio workstations (DAWs) like Ableton Live, Logic Pro, Cubase, and others. It is a virtual analog synthesizer known for its unique genetic sound design approach, where parameters are visualized as branches that evolve and grow on screen. Synplant 2, the current version, introduced an AI-powered Genopatch engine that generates new synth patches from audio samples, along with a DNA editor for fine-tuning sounds, MPE support, and JavaScript extensibility. The plugin is popular with electronic music producers and sound designers who want a distinctive, parameter-light synth with exploratory sound creation capabilities.
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1 suggestionSynplant 2 ships as a native Apple Silicon VST3 and AU plugin and has done so since its release in late 2023. If you are still running the original Synplant (version 1) as an Intel-only plugin under Rosetta, upgrading to Synplant 2 will give you native performance and better battery life on M-series Macs. Synplant 2 is a paid upgrade (50€ from version 1, or 149€ new). Download the latest Synplant 2 installer from soniccharge.com, run it to replace the old VST/AU plugin in your system plugin folders, and restart your DAW. Your existing Synplant patches are fully compatible with version 2, so migration is straightforward. If you prefer to remain on Synplant 1, contact Soniccharge to ask whether a native Apple Silicon build is planned, since the Intel-only version will stop working entirely when Apple removes Rosetta 2 in macOS 28 (September 2028).
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