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pdxindy wrote:
C-note wrote:
pdxindy wrote:
C-note wrote:Not all Sylenth sounds are trance.
Yeah, but most are...
A few Non Trance listings below:

Music Box - suitable for all Electronic genres like Chill Out, Electronica, Electro, Lounge, House, and Ambient while still being useful for all mainstream genres (Rock, Pop, SynthPop, Vintage, etc.) - http://www.lelotusbleu.fr/catalog/produ ... ucts_id=83

Electro House - http://www.cfa-sound.com/wp/sylenth1-el ... use-vol-1/
Un Tranced - http://www.xenossoundworks.com/Sylenth.html
Arksun - http://www.arksun-sound.com/products.html
Veangeance Sound - Four non trance soundsets - http://www.vengeance-sound.com/
Loopmasters - Four more Non Trance soundsets -
http://www.loopmasters.com/search?versi ... =&x=21&y=0

The 4 Vengence sets that you say are not trance are still trance-centric... same with some of the others... and for every set you listed there are 8 that are exactly trance.

Outside trance-ish stuff, Sylenth starts to not shine the same... I think Massive is distinctly better for dubstep for example. Sylenth is a bit weak in the bass end in comparison. Whether people want to admit it or not, you get something for the higher cpu use. Massive has a sharp crispness in the bass that Sylenth lacks especially with modulations like a wobble bass. Same in comparison to Diva. There are various areas where the low cpu use of Sylenth is easy to hear in the result.

Sylenth is good at what it does and has been a success and a valuable addition to the sonic arsenal, but it is fairly limited in its sweet spot and toolset and it does have a specialty.
Considering that I own both Massive and Diva - neither one matches Sylenth in any area you mention...I do not agree at all on the stereotypical knock on Sylenth's bass capability. In fact Krishnasynth (BSOD bass sounds) beats Diva and Massive in the bass area and Razor is wobble personified. Of course no objective measure is going to exist here so your opinion is as good as anyones. :D

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C-note wrote:
pdxindy wrote:
C-note wrote:
pdxindy wrote:
C-note wrote:Not all Sylenth sounds are trance.
Yeah, but most are...
A few Non Trance listings below:

Music Box - suitable for all Electronic genres like Chill Out, Electronica, Electro, Lounge, House, and Ambient while still being useful for all mainstream genres (Rock, Pop, SynthPop, Vintage, etc.) - http://www.lelotusbleu.fr/catalog/produ ... ucts_id=83

Electro House - http://www.cfa-sound.com/wp/sylenth1-el ... use-vol-1/
Un Tranced - http://www.xenossoundworks.com/Sylenth.html
Arksun - http://www.arksun-sound.com/products.html
Veangeance Sound - Four non trance soundsets - http://www.vengeance-sound.com/
Loopmasters - Four more Non Trance soundsets -
http://www.loopmasters.com/search?versi ... =&x=21&y=0

The 4 Vengence sets that you say are not trance are still trance-centric... same with some of the others... and for every set you listed there are 8 that are exactly trance.

Outside trance-ish stuff, Sylenth starts to not shine the same... I think Massive is distinctly better for dubstep for example. Sylenth is a bit weak in the bass end in comparison. Whether people want to admit it or not, you get something for the higher cpu use. Massive has a sharp crispness in the bass that Sylenth lacks especially with modulations like a wobble bass. Same in comparison to Diva. There are various areas where the low cpu use of Sylenth is easy to hear in the result.

Sylenth is good at what it does and has been a success and a valuable addition to the sonic arsenal, but it is fairly limited in its sweet spot and toolset and it does have a specialty.
Considering that I own both Massive and Diva - neither one matches Sylenth in any area you mention...I do not agree at all on the stereotypical knock on Sylenth's bass capability. In fact Krishnasynth (BSOD bass sounds) beats Diva and Massive in the bass area and Razor is wobble personified. Of course no objective measure is going to exist here so your opinion is as good as anyones. :D

There's a reason there is a stereotypical knock on Sylenth bass :hihi:

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C-note wrote: Considering that I own both Massive and Diva - neither one matches Sylenth in any area you mention...I do not agree at all on the stereotypical knock on Sylenth's bass capability. In fact Krishnasynth (BSOD bass sounds) beats Diva and Massive in the bass area and Razor is wobble personified. Of course no objective measure is going to exist here so your opinion is as good as anyones. :D
It's all just preferences when it comes to sound, and a million other things in life. We like what we like, and describe why we do.
It would be a pointless pursuit if it were not for the reason that...what else are we to talk about on a plugins forum.

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mcnoone wrote:
C-note wrote: Considering that I own both Massive and Diva - neither one matches Sylenth in any area you mention...I do not agree at all on the stereotypical knock on Sylenth's bass capability. In fact Krishnasynth (BSOD bass sounds) beats Diva and Massive in the bass area and Razor is wobble personified. Of course no objective measure is going to exist here so your opinion is as good as anyones. :D
It's all just preferences when it comes to sound, and a million other things in life. We like what we like, and describe why we do.
It would be a pointless pursuit if it were not for the reason that...what else are we to talk about on a plugins forum.

It is all just preferences as far as what one likes. Yet there are also measurable characteristics such as amount of aliasing that are objective. Recent high cpu synths have characteristics that low cpu synths like Sylenth do not. Whether a person values those characteristics is personal preference, but the characteristics are tangible and real.

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