Full Bucket Music has released The deputy Mark II, a free software synthesizer instrument for Windows.

The deputy Mark II is a VST™2.4 software instrument Microsoft Windows® in the tradition of classic string machines and early “polyphonic” synthesizers, written in native C++ code for high performance.

The deputy Mark II features

  • Polyphonic string/synthesizer (Poly) section and monophonic synthesizer (Mono) section.
  • Built-in Ensemble and Phaser effects.
  • Flexible keyboard assignment for Poly and Mono section.
  • Poly section:
    • Up to 61 voices polyphony.
    • Two band-limited frequency divider-driven oscillator banks.
    • Sawtooth and PWM waveforms.
    • 2-pole multi-mode filter and ADS envelope per voice.
    • Global ADSR envelope for paraphonic modulation.
    • Resonator bank.
  • Mono section:
    • Single VCO plus suboscillator and noise.
    • 4-pole lowpass filter.
    • ADSR envelope and LFO.
    • Output of Poly section can be send to filter input.
  • Fully compatible with SM Pro Audio’s V-Machine™.

The deputy Mark II is available to download as a freeware VST instrument plug-in for Windows PC.

More information: Full Bucket Music / The deputy Mark II