Sprite Spores is a free multi-chip synthesizer combining AY/YM, SID and Yamaha FM engines with a drawable wavetable, chord system and video-memory effects.
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Phantomexposure Sprite Spores 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 | Phantomexposure Sprite Spores | Vital |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free / pay what you want | $25 |
| Dubspot Score | — | 9.0 |
| Formats | VST3 | VST, VST3, AU (Audio Units), LV2, Standalone |
| Type | Multi-chip synthesizer | — |
| Engines | AY-3-8910/YM2149, MOS 6581/8580 SID, YM2612 (OPN2), YM2151 (OPM), Ghost ASIC | — |
| Layering | Blend all engines into one patch | — |
| Wavetable | Drawable, with bit depth, folding and warping | — |
| Sequencing | 3 independent polymetric lanes | — |
| Extras | Chord system, Sprout randomizer, register-tear video-memory effects | — |
| Interface | Resizable, with reactive CRT displays and a live register-bus monitor | — |
| Formats | 64-bit Windows VST3; signed universal macOS VST3; MIDI-controlled | — |
| Price | Free / pay what you want | — |
| 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 |
| Modulation | — | LFOs, envelopes and randomized sources with stereo modulation, remappable curves, audio-rate modulation, and keytracked LFOs |
| 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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