GForce has updated their site, branding, and pricing (now with both lifetime licenses and subscription options). And there are two freebies, time-limited through the end of November: a Mellotron M400 instrument, and the one I suspect most readers will be into, GForce’s take on the 1975 ARP Axxe synthesizer.

Axxesss — quite attractive, too, the UI. This is fun to play even if it’s paid; free is a no-brainer.

What you need to grab the freebie. Sign up for an account, use a combined installer for GForce.

Does it Linux? Not natively; researching WINE.

You’d be forgiven for mistaking the Axxe for an Odyssey. Indeed, this 1975 monosynth essentially is a stripped-down Odyssey — but with one oscillator and one filter. In GForce’s case, that makes the Axxess the simpler sibling of their full-on Oddity3.

The original Axxe, though, was an important instrument, precisely because of its simplicity (and, naturally, lower cost).…