The Ultimate Trance VSTI Synth
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- KVRAF
- 4048 posts since 18 Sep, 2004 from Places far less tedious than this blue trainwreck...
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- KVRAF
- 2032 posts since 15 Mar, 2002 from Seattle, WA - USA
I think one of the reasons why these kinds of threads are all over the map is that there are many sub-styles of Trance. What do you think "Trance" is? Ferry Corsten? Oliver Lieb? Simon Posford (aka Hallucinogen)? Infected Mushroom? BT? Are we talking Psy/Goa? Tribal? Acid? Ibiza? Hands-in-the-air Epic/Anthem shite? Those travesty simplifications of great classical works using 1200 supersaws detuned across 6 octaves slammed against a hard limiter until it becomes a 9 minute square wave consuming the entire frequency spectrum?
Not too long ago, a lot of Trance artists got by with an Access Virus, Novation Supernova, TR808/909, maybe a 303 and some kind of bread'n'butter ROMpler like Roland JV/XV series or Korg Triton. Then, of course, the various classic analogs like MS20/50, Juno 106, Arp 2600 etc... The vast array of VST instruments and effects these days is almost overwhelming. Of the instruments on your list, they can all be used for Trance. Most artists don't just use one synth anyways, so the whole idea of this thread is kind of meaningless. They mix and match a variety of sounds to get the results they're looking to achieve. Not to mention that in the hands of different people, the results will be widely varied.
Moral of the story: There is no red button!
Not too long ago, a lot of Trance artists got by with an Access Virus, Novation Supernova, TR808/909, maybe a 303 and some kind of bread'n'butter ROMpler like Roland JV/XV series or Korg Triton. Then, of course, the various classic analogs like MS20/50, Juno 106, Arp 2600 etc... The vast array of VST instruments and effects these days is almost overwhelming. Of the instruments on your list, they can all be used for Trance. Most artists don't just use one synth anyways, so the whole idea of this thread is kind of meaningless. They mix and match a variety of sounds to get the results they're looking to achieve. Not to mention that in the hands of different people, the results will be widely varied.
Moral of the story: There is no red button!
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- KVRAF
- 10588 posts since 13 Jun, 2004 from Alberto Balsam
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- KVRAF
- 2686 posts since 5 Feb, 2004 from Nevada City, California
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- KVRAF
- 14658 posts since 19 Oct, 2003 from Berlin, Germany
*sorry, couldn't resist... heh*
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- KVRAF
- 4683 posts since 16 Mar, 2004 from Columbia, MD
Or a very, VERY bad porno movie taking place in a studio.
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- KVRAF
- 4669 posts since 26 Sep, 2005 from U.A.E
i thought it was quite good, esp when...zircon wrote:Or a very, VERY bad porno movie taking place in a studio.
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- KVRian
- 553 posts since 24 Feb, 2005 from Prana
The best one is the one you don't have yet or, even better, can't afford.
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- KVRAF
- 2327 posts since 13 Apr, 2004 from Vancouver, Canada
Tronam wrote:Those travesty simplifications of great classical works using 1200 supersaws detuned across 6 octaves slammed against a hard limiter until it becomes a 9 minute square wave consuming the entire frequency spectrum?
That made me laugh! 
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- KVRAF
- 2032 posts since 15 Mar, 2002 from Seattle, WA - USA
It's kind of funny how highly rated z3ta+ is on the list as a "Trance" VSTi to those of us that remember when it was originally released. The irony is that Trance was not the focus of the instrument when René designed it. The "good for Trance" reputation didn't come until a while later when he released an update that replaced several of the original factory banks with a mountain of new patches more geared for that style. What's even more funny is how quickly people's opinions changed about it. Tons of folks thought that René had overhauled the filters, oscillators and effects since everything sounded so much phatter, warmer, thicker, luscious, blah blah... 
It was a textbook example of how much of an impact the presets can have on people's impression of an instrument and how different it can sound in the hands of a skilled sound designer. He hadn't changed the sound engine at all.
It was a textbook example of how much of an impact the presets can have on people's impression of an instrument and how different it can sound in the hands of a skilled sound designer. He hadn't changed the sound engine at all. 
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- KVRAF
- 3928 posts since 23 Oct, 2005 from vassalboro, maine
