One-Synth-Challenge 18 - SoHa Sonata!

179 posts · by **hivefleetmegalon**; Tue Jul 13, 2010 9:40 am

I'll throw in two more (I believe they're polyphonic): ProtoPSG and Photon? Both have that "quirk" factor I'm looking for, and seem stable enough on my ancient system... choosing a synth is a lot harder than I thought it'd be.

492 posts · by **Nahkranoth**; Tue Jul 13, 2010 11:27 am

ProtoPSG is a chiptune synth. We've already had one

Photon seems ok.
Here's a pair of screenshots to confuse things a bit :oops:

Pink VSTi. I'm in love with it:

And this:

And another one:

3245 posts · by **tattiemannie**; Tue Jul 13, 2010 12:32 pm

Hold steady and dig in Hivefleetmegalon .. this is your choice ... dont be hurried, and dont get too distracted .... remember, it's not about what folks like .. it just has to be usable by as many of us as possible. If your fave happens to be a monosynth, then like it or not, we'll all just have to cope and get on with it

Anyway ... hi from Shepperton folks, looks like my connection is working, and I'll get that voting thread up tomorrow.

865 posts · by **olikana**; Tue Jul 13, 2010 1:37 pm

good free synths which still havent made it into an official OSC:
elek7roV2(not even elek7ro1 technically )
sq8l
xhip
magical8bit
asynth
karmafxmodular

337 posts · by **objectman**; Tue Jul 13, 2010 9:19 pm

Go with your heart Hivefleetmegalon. ... You're our only hope. :hihi:

179 posts · by **hivefleetmegalon**; Tue Jul 13, 2010 11:30 pm

thanks for the reminder olikana-- I'd kind of forgotten SQ8L (must remember to punish self). I was searching the KVR database, tried out a few synths. I was going to choose Majken's Chimera, but the zip file seems corrupt (although I was downloading the old single core version-- I've noticed he has a new multi-core version, but that wouldn't do me any good). So as much as I like the synth, I'm not gonna say "that's it!" and then no one can extract the .dll--
so I'm going to take a stand for SQ8L. Very fat n' warm, polyphonic, and a ton of useful sounds. OSC19, SQ8L. Now I can stop fretting and clogging this thread with my indecision.

3934 posts · by **V'ger**; Wed Jul 14, 2010 12:04 am

SQ8L... great news. :clap:

Terrific sounding synth, another top 5 freeware imo.

492 posts · by **Nahkranoth**; Wed Jul 14, 2010 12:12 am

Great choice, hivefleetmegalon! If even this synth won't inspire me then I should quit forever

407 posts · by **Steplton**; Wed Jul 14, 2010 12:33 am

olikana wrote:good free synths which still havent made it into an officaial OSC:
elektroV2(not even elektro1 technically)
sq8l
xhip
magical8bit
asynth
karmafxmodular

+1 for xhip

V'ger wrote:SQ8L... great news.

Bad news for me.

Good sound, but martian interface

3934 posts · by **V'ger**; Wed Jul 14, 2010 1:20 am

Yes shame about the GUI, but still possible to edit. Just look at the presets.

407 posts · by **Steplton**; Wed Jul 14, 2010 1:36 am

V'ger wrote:Yes shame about the GUI, but still possible to edit. Just look at the presets.

Presets are good. But I do not like to use presets. I prefer to create my own sounds.

337 posts · by **objectman**; Wed Jul 14, 2010 1:40 am

Steplton wrote:Presets are good. But I do not like to use presets. I prefer to create my own sounds.

... if only I had THAT much confidence!

Right. Gauntlet down buddy! I'm going to manufacture some of my sounds this time round!! You're ON!!

...

ahem.

...

*blink, blink* ... To make your own sounds, you have to twiddle the virtual knobs, right? In different directions!?

3934 posts · by **V'ger**; Wed Jul 14, 2010 1:54 am

I meant look at the presets for what can be done tweaking.

3245 posts · by **tattiemannie**; Wed Jul 14, 2010 2:35 am

I seem to remember sq8l was ruled out of a previous comp .... cant remember why ...

407 posts · by **Steplton**; Wed Jul 14, 2010 2:55 am

tattiemannie wrote:I seem to remember sq8l was ruled out of a previous comp .... cant remember why ...

to hivefleetmegalon:
xhip!!!!!! XHIP !!!!!!!!!!! :hyper: