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Ark Synth

A wavetable instrument with the depth of a modular and the speed of a preset browser.

Included in ARKITEKT membership ($97/mo, opens soon) · free during the public beta.

Ark Synth interface

A simplified web version of Ark Synth’s SIMPLE face, running in your browser. Sound only plays after you press Play.

What it does
  • Three wavetable oscillators with 9 warp modes and up to 16-voice unison each, plus sub and noise
  • CHARACTER crossfader: OLD SKOOL analog-modelled drift and warmth to NEW SKOOL pristine digital
  • Dual filters in serial or parallel — including ladder, comb and formant types
  • 4 envelopes, 4 LFOs with drawable shapes, an MSEG, 8 macros and a 32-slot matrix with drag-to-modulate rings
  • 8-slot FX rack, 32 voices of polyphony
  • 613 factory presets, tagged by genre and role across eight dance genres — plus the Character series
Specs
Oscillators
3 wavetable + sub + noise
Character
Old skool ↔ new skool
Polyphony
32 voices
Modulation
4 ENV · 4 LFO · MSEG · 8 macros · 32-slot matrix
Parameters
330
Formats
VST3 · Standalone
Test rig
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Factory content

Ark Synth Factory Library — 613 genre-tagged presets

Included in the membership — the pack is in your Preset Vault, ready to download.

Open the vault
Every page

Take the full tour.

Ark Synth EXPERT oscillator page with the OLD SKOOL / NEW SKOOL Character crossfader
First five minutes
  1. Create a MIDI track and load Ark Synth from the ARKITEKT vendor folder.
  2. Browse the Ark Synth Factory Library (613 genre-tagged presets) to hear what it can do.
  3. Explore: three wavetable oscillators with 9 warp modes and up to 16-voice unison each, plus sub and noise.
  4. Then: cHARACTER crossfader: OLD SKOOL analog-modelled drift and warmth to NEW SKOOL pristine digital.
  5. Save your own version as a preset so it is one click away next session.