| Author | Topic: $200 (or so) VSTi budget- what would you get? |
| lwg | Posted: 1st August 2002 16:38 |
Already have:
* Fruityloops * Wasp * SimSynth Live * Scorpion * Junglist * Plucked String Generator * TauPro Considering: * Sonic Synth * Sampletank L * Virsyn Tera * Absynth * Dynamo * VSampler + ? or maybe * sitting on my cash and waiting for Kontakt or getting brave and diving into Reaktor I do industrial-ish rock and use Sonar (with DirectiXer as needed) or Fruity Loops. What do you folks think? | |
| pornstar | Posted: 1st August 2002 16:41 |
Reaktor 3 ![]() | |
| afx23 | Posted: 1st August 2002 16:43 |
YES REAKTOR!
or if you cant stretch your money , ABSYNTH | |
| Moritz Morpheus MkIII | Posted: 1st August 2002 16:46 |
nah, guys....he should take Reaktor!! ![]() | |
| afx23 | Posted: 1st August 2002 16:55 |
make that 3 Reaktor 3's | |
| Zsklar | Posted: 1st August 2002 16:55 |
Nope.... SONIC SYNTH!
TRUST ME!!! | |
| Markleford | Posted: 1st August 2002 16:55 |
quote:All of the Ohm Force plugs! http://www.ohmforce.com A steal at $9.95 each. Guess I should clarify: these aren't actually instruments, but I believe that shaping the sounds you already have will breathe new life into them... - m [ 01 August 2002, 19:57: Message edited by: Markleford ] | |
| SigurRos | Posted: 1st August 2002 16:56 |
Sonic Synth | |
| afx23 | Posted: 1st August 2002 16:56 |
quote:on your first post ?? forget it! | |
| lavoll | Posted: 1st August 2002 16:59 |
get crystal and donate the money to the guy who makes it ![]() | |
| afx23 | Posted: 1st August 2002 17:01 |
quote:that s so noble i feel ashamed for suggesting commercial software :[ | |
| lavoll | Posted: 1st August 2002 17:08 |
heh, well he didnt have crystal on his already have list Cronox is also a cool synth. and cheap. | |
| shortyedwards | Posted: 1st August 2002 17:21 |
I could easily recommend Pentagon 1 and/or Delta III.
Doug | |
| Ian B | Posted: 1st August 2002 17:27 |
Another vote for Sonic Synth here. It's practically the only vsti I use now. I reckon there's a lot of vsti's gathering "virtual dust" on my HD wondering just what they've done to upset me. ![]() | |
| afx23 | Posted: 1st August 2002 17:33 |
quote:isn t sonic synth just sampletank with pruttier sounds? | |
| Nuisances Sonores | Posted: 1st August 2002 17:40 |
Industrial ??? you called ????
Reaktor 3.0x = 500 $ ; 600 $ for autumn 3.3 upgrade Kontakt = 400 $ Absynth = 300 $ Not really 200 $ !!! Excluding price, for *fast* access to huge nasty sonic possibilities : Kontakt, Absynth, Reaktor ; they are all really unique though ... and it's a tight tie and it's just me ... ![]() | |
| Ian B | Posted: 1st August 2002 18:00 |
quote:Hi afx23, You could look at it that way I suppose
I've got both (SS +ST L) They're different enough to make it worthwhile getting the pair of them, especially if you are like me, clueless about doing your own sound's ![]() | |
| Sascha Franck | Posted: 1st August 2002 18:02 |
Pentagon 1!
Not only that you'll be getting a kickass sounding synth for way under 200 (it's $99), but it also serves as a vocoder (in voice modulating mode) which will offer a WHOLE lot of options, regardless of the style you're doing. Just check out the demo! www.rgcaudio.com Edit: And I need to add, if you want to spend the other half as well, get pHATmatik Pro! Will give all your loops a whole new meaning! Again, check the demo: www.bitshiftaudio.com Cheers, Sascha [ 01 August 2002, 21:05: Message edited by: Sascha Franck ] | |
| afx23 | Posted: 1st August 2002 18:03 |
My point is that it s not really a synth , but a fancy rompler, nothing wrong with that but i thought i d point it out so there s no confusion!
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| iDavid | Posted: 1st August 2002 18:46 |
Depends on what you are looking for....
My favorite is Sonic and ST-L. Wide range of sounds that one can get to quickly.... ![]() | |
| lwg | Posted: 1st August 2002 18:52 |
quote:Now I know who to talk to.
quote:$429 at audiomidi, but yes, that's a pretty major stretch. quote:Nah. $339. Again, still a stretch for me; I agree with you there. quote:Nah. $249. Like the sounds, not thrilled with the interface. quote: | |
| Deuce | Posted: 1st August 2002 18:57 |
I had the same dilemna a while back....if you haven't got it the Sonic Reality Summer special bundle (SS, OS and free eROM) is a steal!!
Thats what I got and I was very pleased. ![]() | |
| nirsul | Posted: 1st August 2002 19:10 |
get SonicSynth !!! | |
| Sleek Month | Posted: 1st August 2002 19:18 |
Hm.
Industrial, eh? I would get: Pentagon 1 RM3 (For drums...you can get some wicked f' ed up drums going on...) Bs-1 (Soundfont player for "normal" instruments) Then I'd take the rest and buy tequila and Taco Bell. -Sleek P.S. For hard edged sounds, including the best vocal distortions (My submission from last month has it, and it's still up...), Quadrafuzz indespensible! | |
| pornstar | Posted: 1st August 2002 19:25 |
I forgot Reaktor 3 is kindof expensive, but not $500. I got it at Guitar Center for $325 out the door. Also, check on ebay, I've gotten great prices on still shrinkwrapped software there (as well as all my hardware). Try this...save another 100 and get Pentagon 1, Sonic Synth, Triangle 2 (free) and Crystal (free) and maybe JunoX2 if you have something left over, or send the extra to the Crystal guy like the previous post said. It's an amazing plugin. ![]() | |
| Nuisances Sonores | Posted: 1st August 2002 19:36 |
You've got some alluring prices !!!
Kontakt : cats samples in, "job" done, tigers out ... Absynth : can easily ruin your social life ... Reaktor : it's not a handy gold mine, but it's a true gold mine, exploited yes, but ...
Very, very hard to choose ... uhh ... take one at a time ???? ![]() | |
| audiobanjo | Posted: 1st August 2002 19:52 |
quote:Orion Platinum! Then you can use FL as a VSTi. | |
| Tokartta | Posted: 1st August 2002 21:08 |
Go out and rummage for $49 and get Sonic Synth.
I want sonic synth so *so* much, but im only *thinks* $249 (or its british equivalent) short
Judging by the SS STFree sounds, and some demo mp3s ive heard, it sounds very, very, very good and as you can see, others seem to be impressed as well. Now, I wonder if i have $249 buried in the sofa... | |
| SonicVI | Posted: 1st August 2002 21:23 |
Sonic Synth
M-Tron B4 Mercury 1 My four main VSTi's along with EXS24, all cost no more than $200 most places. If I only had $200 I'd get Sonic Synth, as great as some of the synth VSTs are that's all they can do is synth sounds. Sonic Synth does a bit of everything and most of it very well, and it's expandable. Of course, if all you need are synths and drums then get Pentagon and whatever drum synth. Daniel | |
| Funkybot | Posted: 1st August 2002 21:37 |
For the music you're doing I'd say Pentagon, and M-Tron for some extra flavor, if you have some cash left over a sampler wouldn't be a bad choice either. I'm a huge Sonic Synth fan, but a) it would pretty much cost all the cash that you have to spend, and I'm not sure how badly you need real instrument sounds, but I'd definately put that on the "wish list" if I were you. | |
| toomany22000 | Posted: 1st August 2002 22:08 |
all I will say is the Bundle from Linplug!!
www.linplug.com what more could you need.. RMIII, ElementP, Cronx, Delta III and now I think you also get the Alpha Synth. Complete suite for mutating sounds, and great support. Make sure you also check the Manytone studio kit for RMIII also | |
| wongpongding | Posted: 1st August 2002 22:42 |
Get delta 3 and phatmatik pro and spend the rest on booze. | |
| wongpongding | Posted: 1st August 2002 22:45 |
Whoops, just remembered, it was 200 dollars. So no booze for you. The two I mentioned above are simply the best quality and most useful plug-ins I have come across. Both of them come to 200 dollar ($99 each). | |
| BONES | Posted: 1st August 2002 22:46 |
quote:Not to start any sort of flame war or anything but I think you should really give the demo of ORION Platinum a go when it becomes available. For $199 you will get UltranWMS, a sort of WaveStation kinda synth with 4 Oscillators, WaspXT [a very different beast from the original] and a CD crammed with presets, samples and soundfonts. You'll also have a great Sampler with a built-in GrooveSlicer and all the other standard goodies. The only downside is using it with Sonar but you can always render out every track separately. Everything else you have will work inside ORION. | |
| crimsonwarlock | Posted: 2nd August 2002 05:43 |
Strange nobody mentioned FM7. Has it all: metal sounding stuff, analogue leads and pads, soundscapes and effects, PPG-like sounds, the works. And one of the best interfaces currently available on a VSTi.
Oh, and it will load DX7 patches directly, of wich there are about a few thousand floating around the web for free. It will be a great complement to what you already have. | |
| emerald tablet | Posted: 2nd August 2002 05:57 |
a whole lot of shareware and 200$ to drink till you drop ![]() | |
| lwg | Posted: 2nd August 2002 10:52 |
quote:Pentagon 1 was a consideration, same as Delta III was. Both great synths. I missed out on Cakewalk's promotion- they had P1 discounted to $80US. I do love Phatmatik, but it's going to sit low on my list until Art releases the DXi. You listening, Art? ![]() | |
| lwg | Posted: 2nd August 2002 11:04 |
quote:I keep hearing that...
quote:I already have the DR-008. Is there anything I'm missing? quote:What do you folks thing of VSampler for that? quote:Mmmm... Taco Bell... quote:How does it compare to Predatohm? | |
| lwg | Posted: 2nd August 2002 11:08 |
quote:S'okay- I don't drink.
Delta III's one hell of a synth- I finally made some more time to play with the demo last night. | |
| lwg | Posted: 2nd August 2002 11:13 |
quote:I don't take offense (or offence- you're on the other side of the pond ) to that. I actually took some time to play with the Orion Pro demo last week just to see what had changed since the original release. It's an impressive package as well, and the lockstep timing with Fruity VSTi is nice.
I'm more interested in instruments than I am sequencers at the moment, though- ideally, I'd like to invest in one or two instruments that I can learn in depth and from which I can squeeze a lot of value. That's why Tera and some of the other modular synths interest me. | |
| Scott @ AAS | Posted: 2nd August 2002 15:11 |
Now just a second here.. what the heck is this, I take a vacation from KVR for 2 weeks and you guys have completely forgotten about us !? sheesh....
Lounge Lizard fits you're price, and Tassman is pretty close... Come on, 'I'll make ya an offah ya can't refyoose'... ![]() | |
| Deuce | Posted: 2nd August 2002 15:18 |
quote:Are you hinting at a special KVR price on Lounge Lizard?? Come on then...how much for the Lizard for us KVR members? ![]() | |
| Deuce | Posted: 2nd August 2002 15:19 |
You could base a promotion on whether we have been registered before the date of this post to prevent people registering for the promo!!
Go on...I'm sure it'll sell like hot cakes ![]() | |
| lwg | Posted: 2nd August 2002 15:21 |
quote:Go for it! I'd definitely consider Tassman... | |
| facingdoubt | Posted: 2nd August 2002 15:40 |
I'd get sonic synth, drumkit from hell, and/or the pentagon 1 or 2... | |
| cmidkiff | Posted: 2nd August 2002 16:05 |
Sonic Synth | |
| lwg | Posted: 5th August 2002 12:49 |
quote:Well... At $59 and $79 each, they're still a great value. quote:I agree with you there. So, we have a partial winner! I already owned Ohmboyz, and I picked up Predatohm over the weekend as one of my purchases. I'm finding it useful for all sorts of things, more than just distortion. | |
| lwg | Posted: 5th August 2002 12:59 |
quote:And you're the other partial winner!
The jury's still out on Delta III- great synth, no doubt, but I have to make sure a.) I can grok it and b.) DXi version is pending. (I'm a Sonar user.) That said, I did purchase P Pro. At $80 (Computer Music issue 49 special) it was way too good of a deal to pass up. It'll do enough mangling to keep me happy for a while. So total investment now is $140. I still have room in my budget for a sample or loop CD, or a bunch of stuff from Wizoo or Primesounds. | |
| audiojunkie | Posted: 5th August 2002 13:16 |
quote:Don't forget the freebies on Computer Music's issue #50!!! $15 US is a no brainer!!!
--Sean | |
| Caleb | Posted: 5th August 2002 13:23 |
quote:I think Phatmatik Pro was a pretty good choice actually. If I were going to give a brief rundown of what I'd choose for industrial (given that I don't actually compose industrial of course )
Phatmatik Pro Crystal (nice freebie that would be good for industrial me thinks) Triangle II (free) or Tau Pro You've got some great synths that could probably easily handle industrial (ie Junglist and Wasp). And you have DR-008 so there's no need to get another drum sampler. Actually, Bones might have a point there about Orion Platinum. I know it's a host not a synth, but with Fruity being a VSTi they can work together and I imagine that Ultran would be a magnificent industrial texture maker. Although I'm guessing here a bit. I'm sure Reaktor, Absynth and FM7 would all be fantastic additions as well, although a bit more on the pricey side. Synths like Delta III and Pentagon I are great but they don't scream industrial at me at the top of their collective lungs. I'm sure they could handle the genre without too much trouble though and they are very versatile. Oh yes, get a decent sampler. ![]() | |
| smart | Posted: 5th August 2002 13:28 |
buy SimSynth Live! For Fruityloops($34) before you do anything else.
have you seen the new interface? then worry about what your going to buy next. | |
| lwg | Posted: 5th August 2002 14:03 |
quote:I already own it. Waiting patiently for 3.56... ![]() | |
| lwg | Posted: 5th August 2002 14:11 |
quote:I have everything there but Crystal, which I need to try out when I have some more time. quote:Agreed. To be honest, I didn't realize how cool the Junglist was until I started using Fruity's randomizer to set the settings. There's a lot more under the hood than immediately meets the eye. quote:I'm not violently opposed to the idea. You get some nice softsynths and a context shift in sequencing enviroments. Variety's almost never a bad thing.
quote:Is it just me, or does the FM7 sound a lot more "analog" than it should for an emualtion of a digital synth? quote:I really dig Delta III's mutlitimbrality. I need to see it natively as a DXi before I'll take the plunge. (There's something really nice about loading as few instances of a softsynth as you can...) quote:Aye. It'll have to be something on the order of Kontakt to really wow me though. 'Til then, I can rewire in the NN-19 from Reason when I need sampled instrument sounds. | |
| stogie21 | Posted: 5th August 2002 14:29 |
the presets on the junglist suck, but once you start fooling around with it, it is brutal. The best filters i've heard(you can make some wicked sweeps)
the randomize feature does rock ![]() | |
| Mr. Tunes | Posted: 5th August 2002 19:00 |
Sonic Synth ---> Ohmforce plugins like Hematohm for industrial sound
Sonic is good because you get a lot of different types of sounds to play with... Tried that Refx Slayer demo - some pretty heavy guitar sounds in that. Last I checked Lounge Lizard won't do anything close to industrial If you buy something like Kontakt don't forget that you might want some Industrial Akai sound collections to go with it which will put you up way over $200 | |
| lwg | Posted: 5th August 2002 19:12 |
quote:The downside to Sonic Synth (after careful and extensive consideration) is that no matter what comes with it, it's still a sample player, not a sampler. quote:No offense to Michael, it's okay, but... If I want guitars on my stuff, I'm better off playing my own. For a keyboard player, Slayer's probably great. quote:LOL! Not from an electric piano. That said, I'd love to have Tassman on my machine for the right price. AAS is competing with Virsyn for my attention there. quote:Most likely, I'll record a bunch and mangle some of the stuff I already have. Kontakt is still a way off for me though- I'm starting to get excited about having a modular synth in my collection. | |
| BONES | Posted: 5th August 2002 21:34 |
quote:Another great ORION Platinum feature is the VST Genetics which allows you to take your two favourite patches and randomly combine parameters to give you dozens of variations in a few minutes. It's way better than pure randomising. | |
| progfusion74 | Posted: 5th August 2002 21:42 |
quote:True, but it isn't even trying to be one. I have a sampler, and I never use it. One day I might, but not right now. If you are not a mangler, I don't think anything beats it. I made more music in the week after I got it that I had in the 4 months before (with a sampler). It depends on your style. I am glad its not a sampler. There are enough parameters to tweak in there for me. | |
| Mr. Tunes | Posted: 5th August 2002 21:58 |
i think the only reason people like me recommend sonic synth in this thread is because it's that vsti that you would pick if you were on a desert island and had only one choice. Not many other vstis if any can make complete tracks right out of the box - it's meant to act like a keyboard workstation.
But one vsti won't cut it, of course you need a collection of them to suit your needs... I don't know Industrial too well, but from what I do know you should get your ass into a loud factory and start sampling all the crazy booms and clanks from the metal and stuff... you will want a mangling synth/sampler for that | |
| stogie21 | Posted: 5th August 2002 22:55 |
quote:you can do that in fruity. its like hyberize or something??? its "h" something... | |
| Infectious | Posted: 6th August 2002 07:38 |
I am late and the thread is likekly to die soon but still... there is not a single reference to Waldorf Attack.
You can do a lot with that one: from dirty beats to sick FX. And its mutlitimbral. Just my 0.2 cents! Cheers! | |
| lwg | Posted: 6th August 2002 10:46 |
quote:Although I already have the DR-008, I understand Attack is supposed to be an entirely different animal. I'll have to check it out. THE solution? Probably not But, it may be something worth investigating as one of many. | |
| digitalstruggle | Posted: 6th August 2002 21:12 |
DAMN RIGHT!!!
It's not just a drum synth either ... you can get some other incredible sounds out of it. Also, it should be pointed out that Attack is the only VSTi that is so BADASS ... that they decided to make a hardware version. quote: |



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