Synth1 Presets

My first complete preset library for Ichiro Toda’s legendary Nord Lead2 emulation Synth1 from Daichi Labs, which was actually my first synth, believe it or not.

My favorites are:

12: Swimming
20: The Tube
25: Aboriginal Ghost
33: Swamp Thing
36: Attack Bell
38: Trigonos
55: Mystique
58: Green Goblin
60: Andean Fable
61: Bowed Vibraphone
67: M7 Stab
71: Water Chimes
72: Crystal Ball
81: Shimmering Bells
82: Top Gun Bell
94: Squaw Lead
98: Horror Bass
99: Sync Bass
102: DX7 Rhodes
107: Haunted Circuitry
115: Hot Plastic
123: 80’s Arp
124: Squarpeggio
128: Gated Pulse Arp

To install the sound bank, copy the downloaded ZIP archive into the “zipbank” folder inside the Synth1 installation folder. There’s no need to extract the files. The presets will appear under External sound banks in the patch browser.

Please note that Synth1 is very old, hasn't been updated for a good long while, and can be very unstable on some systems. I haven't been able to keep it from crashing on my M1 Mac, which is a shame because I love Synth1 with the white hot passion of a thousand suns.