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Other sonic horizons. Rare timbres and colors inspired by instruments from around the world for melodies and textures.

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Windows x64 · VST3 · Standalone

• 21 rare and world-inspired instruments
• 4 instrument families
• Reference and Signature presets

Public documentation

Free Windows x64 rare/world instrument synthesizer from the UWdeVST collection.

uwdevstrare is a lightweight synthetic instrument focused on unusual acoustic colours, world-inspired timbres, drones and experimental textures. It is not a sampled ethnomusicology library or a replacement for specialist sample collections.

Features

• 21 rare/world instruments
• 4 instrument families
• Factory Reference and Signature presets
• Standalone application and VST3 plugin
• Windows x64
• JUCE 8.0.4 / CMake project

Download

Ready-to-use builds are distributed through the repository Releases page. Use the published installer/package for normal installation.

Build from source

Requirements: Windows x64, CMake 3.22+, Visual Studio 2022 with the C++ desktop workload, Git and PowerShell.

Or use an existing JUCE 8.0.4 checkout:

To build the Windows installer:

Repository layout

• synthe-instr/ — plugin and synthesis engine
• Shared/ — shared runtime code required by this repository
• assets versions png/ — UI assets required by the build
• new composants/ — shared UI components required by the build
• UWdeVSTRareInnoSetup.iss — Windows installer definition