Full Bucket Music has announced the release of Kern, a free synthesizer instrument for Windows.

Kern is a VST™2.4 polyphonic software synthesizer plug-in for Microsoft Windows® (both 32 and 64 bit) designed to run with and to be fully controlled by modern MIDI keyboard controllers like the Novation® Impulse™.

It is written in native C++ code for high performance and extremely low CPU consumption.

Kern features

  • Streamlined to be used with MIDI keyboard controllers; all parameters can be controlled by MIDI CC.
  • MIDI Learn.
  • Two alternative user panels.
  • 32 voices polyphony including portamento.
  • Two band-limited oscillators including Hard Sync.
  • 4-pole zero-delay feedback lowpass filter (two types).
  • Two envelopes, one LFO.
  • Chorus effect.
  • Double precision audio processing.
  • Plug-in comes in 32 bit and 64 bit versions.
  • Fully compatible with SM Pro Audio’s V-Machine™.

The plug-in is available for download for Windows (VST).

More information: Full Bucket Music / Kern