Palora is Segment CPH's virtual-analog synth with twin morphing oscillators, a per-voice attack engine, a two-mode ladder filter, and open JSON presets you can write with any AI assistant.
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Palora vs Vital
Specs, price and the Dubspot Score, side by side — with our verdict on which synth to buy.
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Vital is a spectral warping wavetable synthesizer by Matt Tytel for Windows, macOS, and Linux.
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Specs compared
| Signal | Palora | Vital |
|---|---|---|
| Price | €47.40 intro, then €79 | $25 |
| Dubspot Score | — | 9.0 |
| Formats | VST3, AU, Standalone | VST, VST3, AU (Audio Units), LV2, Standalone |
| Type | Virtual-analog (subtractive) synthesizer | — |
| Oscillators | Two morphing oscillators (saw, triangle, sine, pulse) plus sub | — |
| Attack engine | Per-voice click generator (noise, FM, sub) and transient shaper | — |
| Filter | Ladder filter, Analog and Modern modes, Bass Comp | — |
| Modulation | 3 LFOs, 1 envelope, 3 macros, per-note randomness, 24 by 11 matrix | LFOs, envelopes and randomized sources with stereo modulation, remappable curves, audio-rate modulation, and keytracked LFOs |
| Effects | Drive, Chorus, Delay, Reverb, EQ | — |
| Formats | VST3, AU, standalone (macOS); VST3, standalone (Windows) | — |
| Synthesis type | — | Spectral warping wavetable synthesis |
| Operating systems | — | Windows 10+, macOS 10.15+ (Intel or Apple Silicon), Ubuntu Linux 18.04+; 64-bit only, OpenGL 3+ |
| Wavetable tools | — | Pitch-splice and vocode wavetable converters, plus text-to-wavetable generation |
| Tuning and MPE | — | Microtonal support (.tun, .scl, .kbd files) and full MPE support |
| Included content | — | Basic: 75 presets / 25 wavetables; Plus: 250 / 70; Pro: 400+ / 150 |
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