U-He has released Zebralette 3, a free software synthesizer for Linux, Mac & Windows.

Zebralette 3 is based on a single oscillator from Zebra 3 (which is now available as a beta release).

Here’s what they have to say about it:

“Zebralette 3 is a single oscillator plucked from the mothership and embedded within a minimal synth environment: ADSR envelope, MSEG, two LFOs, mod matrix, delay and reverb effects. Like its predecessor, Zebralette 3 is freeware.

The oscillator is in a league of its own: Spline-based editing, a dynamic toolbox borrowed from vector graphic apps, various morphing options between up to 16 ‘curves’, a pair of waveform mangling algorithms, an audio engine switchable between traditional waves and additive synthesis. Although it isn’t a wavetable synth, the curve sets can be exported as wavetables in .WAV format for use elsewhere.”

Availability:

Zebralette 3.0 can be downloaded now at the u-he site.