It's friday and I need something fun for the weekend. Any sugestions?

Give a try at "alien solo" :
http://www.cloneensemble.com/

It's 35$.
I haven't buy it yet, but it will to be my next purchase !
FUN is a good word to define this plugin !!

Anamark

1) Musiclab Slicy Drummer - slightly more than $50, and you'll want Fill-In drummer too, but hours and hours of fun
2) CronoX v2 - really nice new sounds
3) Dashsynthesis Combosister - under $50 and worth every penny for combo organ sounds

If you really want a cheap distraction try some game demos. I'm such a poor gamer it takes me hours just to make it through the demo!

At $59 - PlastiCZ

Tricky one...

Anamark, any of the Dash synths (you can get 3 for $70 and be ready for free v2.0 upgrades), ConcreteFX Industry, JunoX2/PlasticZ...

Any of those should provide you with a nice bit of fun

Massiva, for Energy Pro and Energy XT...

whyterabbyt wrote:

Massiva, for Energy Pro and Energy XT...

MASSIVA is my sequencer of choice, so I have that covered

PlastiCZ sounds nice. I believe I have downloaded a demo of that one once. Have to check it out!

BTW, the VSTi's I have are JXSynth, Fruity, SimSynth Live and Energy XT.
And of the free ones I use Synth1 which sounds expensive and commercial

I just remembered a couple I'd consider too... the MHC Fatsondo and Space Synth instruments... there's a lot to be had for your $50 there

You could look at VAZ plus then....?

A very overlooked synth at only $35.00 is rgc's Square I.Lots of character and great fun to program.

If you're not a drummer by trade, then Slicy Drummer is def worth a peek.

Big bang for your buck.

Although scopey recommends it, it's not necessary to have Fill-In Drummer to get a lot out of Slicy.

Gargoyle wrote:

Tricky one... Anamark, any of the Dash synths (you can get 3 for $70 and be ready for free v2.0 upgrades), ConcreteFX Industry, JunoX2/PlasticZ... Any of those should provide you with a nice bit of fun

I'll have to second Gargoyle on the Dash stuff.... the threepack is a good deal...DaAlfa2k alone is worth the price....

wait another week..
get yourself another $50 and go to the premier league.

DiscoDsp Discovery, Pentagon1. (or another $100) Zeta..

NEA wrote:

It's friday and I need something fun for the weekend. Any sugestions?

If I was you I'd get Vaz Plus2 VSTi

The Vaz engine is simply excellent, and with the release of Vaz Plus2 as a VSTi it just got very affordable. Before now you had to spend over $150 to get the Vaz engine in your VSTi host (Vaz 2010), now you can have it for $50.

Go get Vaz Plus2. It's up there with the big boys......you'll love it

Go to the rgc forum and look at the enhanced Zeta spec.

It's more than $50, but what the hell.

If you want a new uber-synth, then you want another uber-synth

I ordered studio pack for FL for 49$

I downloaded the demo of VAZ and it sounded really nice. That one and PlastiCZ will be ordered next week

I tried Zeta but I didn't like it that much. Discovery is cool but a CPU hog, and I don't like to bounce every other minute

Thanks for all your suggestions!

You'll enjoy PlastiCZ when you get it - it sounds different to what you already have.

Jeskola XS-1 soundfont player.

arrakeen wrote:

You'll enjoy PlastiCZ when you get it - it sounds different to what you already have.

Yes, PlastiCZ is cool....I couldn't do without that either

Yes PlastiCZ is a great synth.When you get it go here for a few more patches:
http://www.freewebs.com/teksonik/synthpatches.htm

NEA wrote:

I ordered studio pack for FL for 49$ I tried Zeta but I didn't like it that much

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topaz wrote:

NEA wrote: I ordered studio pack for FL for 49$ I tried Zeta but I didn't like it that much [/img]

Perhaps he's saying: "Why would you buy the studio edition of FruityLoops when Massiva is already your sequencer of choice?"

The majority of the things added in the Studio version of Fruity you already have as a Massiva customer.

Sorry - I'm just projecting my own logic onto Topaz there.

Get CronoX 2!!

more the fact of didnt like zeta.. kinda like saying.. "dont like sex"

Caleb wrote:

Perhaps he's saying: "Why would you buy the studio edition of FruityLoops when Massiva is already your sequencer of choice?" The majority of the things added in the Studio version of Fruity you already have as a Massiva customer. Sorry - I'm just projecting my own logic onto Topaz there.

I like sex. With women and not with VSTi's. Atleast until Steiny Heiny releases 'Horny Hilda'.

When I start a project I do it in FL. When I have the structure and the basics done, I fire up MASSIVA for the finishing touch.

Sometimes I just step edit all the way and then I use FL only.

I'd vote for the Dash stuff as well. DaAlfa2K is pretty solid for $30.

topaz wrote:

more the fact of didnt like zeta.. kinda like saying.. "dont like sex"

Man, just about everyone here has a z3ta jones, don't they? Of all the synths here, that seems to be the one that attracts the most rabid fans. I suppose I'd pay more attention to it if I knew I could afford it, but being more of a sample-and-soundfont guy, I tend to avoid synths that are that complicated.

Of course, I almost splurged on Albino anyway, but I talked myself out of it last week when I realized that FreeAlpha combined with the right FX gave me something closer to the sound I wanted. (In a couple of instances, anyway.) Now I'm looking at EnergyXT this week, and I actually have the cash to pay for that...

-David, musician on a budget.

Permanent4 wrote:

Man, just about everyone here has a z3ta jones, don't they? Of all the synths here, that seems to be the one that attracts the most rabid fans. I suppose I'd pay more attention to it if I knew I could afford it, but being more of a sample-and-soundfont guy, I tend to avoid synths that are that complicated.

Totally appreciate this. Not everyone likes the more complicated synths - although you are free just to use the presets other synth heads create.

There are many people who prefer the simpler synths. I like some complicated ones but after I failed to master Pentagon I, I ran a mile from Zeta as well. Have never even bothered downloading a demo.

I didn't really like FreeAlpha myself but I think you're on the right track. Check out the synths that you actually feel you would use. Not everyone is a synth head. At the same time, download something like Crystal - it's not a financial investment so you can have a play and then dump it without feeling like you've made a loss - just a thought.

IF you use Fruity the best thing to do is buy the Fruity Generators first because they integrate will with the sequencer - you also get VSTi versions too (like you did with SimSynth). I'd reccomend the WASP and maybe the DX-10.

It'll cost you $55 ($5 extra) but you'll get two good plugins that are not only just for Fruity, but VSTi and DXi as well

and yes all the other suggestions are good too!!!

Caleb wrote:

Permanent4 wrote: Man, just about everyone here has a z3ta jones, don't they? Totally appreciate this. Not everyone likes the more complicated synths - although you are free just to use the presets other synth heads create.

That's true, although the only ubersynth that lets you use presets without paying is Rhino, which is just out of my price range as it is. Not to mention it's bad karma to use a synth without supporting the developer in some way. (I bought a copy of daOrgan from Linplug after I used FreeAlpha in a couple of songs.)

For the most part, though, the 400MB+ worth of soundfonts on my hard drive takes care of most of my presets, and there are plenty of interesting free sounds to be had in that realm.

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There are many people who prefer the simpler synths.

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Check out the synths that you actually feel you would use. Not everyone is a synth head. At the same time, download something like Crystal - it's not a financial investment so you can have a play and then dump it without feeling like you've made a loss - just a thought.

I've played a bit with Crystal, actually. It's pretty cool, but polyphonic mode eats CPU like Pac-Man eats dots. I may use it eventually, but I'm more eager to play with some of my homebrew waveforms in daAlfa2K...

-David, who doesn't need all of my pads to evolve.

VAZ PLUS 2

VSTi, DXi, Stand Alone, Step sequencer, One of the best patch management systems, and to top it all off it sounds AWSOME. I recommend it.

The FatMachine/Trimettry bundle.FatMachine's a great synth with good mod routings and Trimettry's a fun delay.The price was $34 for both,but that promotion's over.The bundle'd definitely be under $50.
Listen to Scot Solida's"Attack of the Hydroskimmers"-that's ALL FatMachine.
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$69 puts it $19 above the limit in the thread, but has anybody tried Tsunami? The demo MP3 sounded pretty good...

....while Muon's wonderful TAU PRO is only 30 Dollars.
Wonder why it hasn'r been mentioned before?? Lovely Monosynth!

Reading this thread...there's really a lot you can do for 50 Dollars or less...
Marco

TAU PRO is only $30? I thought since it had the word "PRO" it would be over priced. Cool, I'm checking it out now.

Can't visualize myself ever paying for a mono-synth!

VAZ Plus 2!!! It's like SimSynth with far more flexible routing and velocity sensitivity. It doesn't look as cool... but hell, it sounds fantastic and can even do PPG style sounds!

Also, you already have an uber-synth in Fruity comboed with SimSynth...
One of my favorite techniques is to create a psuedo-LFO using Fruity automation on a formular controller knob in an empty pattern. This automation can be as complex as you want... Do Absynth envelopes stuff with it. Repeat this pattern for the whole duration of your track and link the formula controller to SimSynth's filter. Awesome... (Another tip, right-drag in the automation editer to draw staight lines)

Can't you still get SynC Modular for $50? That's a good deal, innit?