KV331 Audio’s new SynthMaster 3 Player is made for tweaking presets over designing sounds from scratch

KV331 Audio has launched a stripped-down version of its flagship modular software synth, SynthMaster 3.

This simplified rendition, SynthMaster 3 Player, is tailored towards users who prefer tweaking existing presets over designing sounds from scratch. It comes with all the factory presets of SynthMaster One, SynthMaster 2, and SynthMaster 3, and there’s a free version of the new Player available too.

SynthMaster 3 Player lets users edit layer voice, zone, fx, arpeggiator and sequencer parameters, and load presets into new layers to create multi-layer patches or drum kits. It comes with 4,450 factory presets created by a team of sound designers including Arksun, Aiyn Zahev, Bluffmunkey, Brian Transeau, BigTone, Cipryan Bot, Davide Puxeddu, Demis Hellen, Electronisounds, and many more.

The Player also provides two different types of views to edit layer parameters: Track View, which is used for editing keyboard zones, velocity zones, voicing, unison, arpeggiator and sequencer parameters of multiple layers, and Mix View, used for editing insert FX and FX send parameters of multiple layers.

Each layer in SynthMaster 3 Player has a separate arpeggiator and sequencer, as well as its own MIDI output channel so that users can route the MIDI generated by the Arpeggiator / Sequencer to different tracks in their DAW. An intuitive preset browser also offers advanced search features, so you can filter presets by Product, Author, Bank, Instrument Type, Attributes, Styles, Preset name, Release Date or your favourites.

The free version of SynthMaster 3 Player comes with 500 presets curated from SynthMaster One, SynthMaster 2, and SynthMaster 3 factory libraries. The standard version is available now for an introductory price of $29 until 31 October (rising to $49), but if you already own a licence for SynthMaster One, 2, or SynthMaster Player, you can get it for a reduced fee.

To find out more or purchase a licence now, head over to the KV331 Audio website.

Rachel is a DIY musician who began learning guitar and keyboard from her bedroom at 14. She has written news and features for MusicTech since 2022, and also has bylines across Kerrang!, Guitar.com, and The Forty-Five. Though a lover of heavy music, her guilty pleasure is 2000s pop.