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parma · Post by **parma** » Fri May 17, 2024 2:48 am

I think most of the Cherry Audio synths are available as standalone. They have some free and cheap options.

parma · Post by **parma** » Fri May 17, 2024 2:49 am

https://cherryaudio.com/products/dco-106

Simple, cheap, "classic", standalone

parma · Post by **parma** » Fri May 17, 2024 2:57 am

https://cherryaudio.com/products/surrealistic-mg-1-plus

Free

pough · Post by **pough** » Fri May 17, 2024 3:01 am

Download OB-Xd and install just the VST2.4 and standalone.
https://www.discodsp.com/obxd/

ChanceB · Post by **ChanceB** » Fri May 17, 2024 3:45 am

ChanceB wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2024 9:58 pm Nakst Apricot or/and Extra Bold are both fairly standard/straightforward and run as standalone applications and you could add Fluctus and Regency As well to teach different forms of synthesis

I forgot there are no vst versions of these,might not be the best choice for a Windows and Ableton

swilow11 · Post by **swilow11** » Fri May 17, 2024 7:29 am

^Apricot was a great suggestion, I've installed that today

carrieres · Post by **carrieres** » Fri May 17, 2024 10:06 am

My experience as a teacher is nobody will play a standalone synth even a simple one like Juno106, people are shy, above all a 10 years old kid.
Ableton with some loops preloaded will be a nice start to discover music composition for newbie.
Ableton with Drift is enough to begin for musician who want to discover composition just let some card resuming Ableton documentation

Beginner/learner DAWless synth