Kovári had a vision: What if you could combine the power of FM with the intuitive flexibility of a modern synthesizer?
In 2018, Image Line released with a major facelift—cleaner fonts, scalable vectorial UI. Sytrus got a modern makeover but kept its soul. Part 5: Legacy & Today (2021–Present) As of 2025, Sytrus is over 20 years old (if counting Kovári’s original). It comes bundled with all FL Studio Producer Edition and above (and costs $149 as a standalone VST). It has never received a “Sytrus 2”—Image Line instead focused on Harmor (additive/resynthesis) and Sawer (analog modeling). But Sytrus remains installed on millions of computers. fl studio sytrus
In , Image Line licensed Sytrus from Kovári, polished the GUI (adding the iconic orange-and-black theme), optimized it for FL Studio’s internal architecture, and released Sytrus as a native FL Studio plugin . It was also sold separately as a VST for other DAWs, but its heart belonged to FL. Kovári had a vision: What if you could
Beginners looked at the matrix and saw a spreadsheet from hell. The manual was 100+ pages of dense math. Most producers opened Sytrus, clicked a preset, and never touched the knobs. Memes were born: “Sytrus is the synth you open when you want to feel stupid.” Part 5: Legacy & Today (2021–Present) As of
They lacked a “flagship” synth—something that could compete with Native Instruments’ FM7 or Absynth.
Sound designers wept with joy. The harmonic editor let you draw the volume of each partial (harmonic) over time—like drawing an envelope for every single frequency. You could make realistic plucked strings, evolving pads, screaming dubstep basses, or alien laser effects. It was a modular monster in a single window.
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