Does anyone NOT like soft synths?
- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 9096 posts since 5 Feb, 2004
I love them, they are great boon to me, i couldn't afford much hardware but can build out a full studio in soft synths. Many of the classics I adored as a teen are available in emulations of varying quality but they are all interesting, and there are many cool free plugins around as well. But does anyone NOT like them and only use hardware? I guess this is a stupid place to ask this but well, I'm just posting this for the sake of posting something! Anyhow, state your case but be nice!
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- KVRAF
- 2193 posts since 25 Dec, 2005
for me soft synth's are to soft.
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- KVRAF
- 16977 posts since 23 Jun, 2010 from north of London ON
As hardware is to hard.t3toooo wrote:for me soft synth's are to soft.
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 9096 posts since 5 Feb, 2004
Don't you mean 'toooo'?t3toooo wrote:for me soft synth's are to soft.
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- Banned
- 6129 posts since 9 Oct, 2007 from an inharmonious society
Your two picky.braj wrote:Don't you mean 'toooo'?t3toooo wrote:for me soft synth's are to soft.
- KVRAF
- 6325 posts since 18 Jul, 2008 from New York
I hate 'em. I blew all my cash on soft synths, fast women, and slow horses.
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- KVRist
- 178 posts since 16 Dec, 2006
I too love soft'ies, but need to get away from the computer for at least a few hours a day.
I work as a programmer, my hobby is programming (& music), I'm an internet addict... (Almost) Everything I do is in front of the computer. I just bought an Electribe EMX to get away from the computer and to introduce myself to another workflow. So far I'm loving it and I may very well get more hardware. And since the Electribe doesn't support plugins I ain't looking for any either.. what a relief.. although I reckon I need a new soundcard for mixdown, and definitely a mixer if I get more hardware.. like an ESX and a Minitaur. A second hand Virus is pretty cheap these days too. Oh crap
I work as a programmer, my hobby is programming (& music), I'm an internet addict... (Almost) Everything I do is in front of the computer. I just bought an Electribe EMX to get away from the computer and to introduce myself to another workflow. So far I'm loving it and I may very well get more hardware. And since the Electribe doesn't support plugins I ain't looking for any either.. what a relief.. although I reckon I need a new soundcard for mixdown, and definitely a mixer if I get more hardware.. like an ESX and a Minitaur. A second hand Virus is pretty cheap these days too. Oh crap
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- KVRian
- 985 posts since 23 Oct, 2009 from Italy
The only softsynth I like
12 years old PC running :Reaper;Reason;Dune;Zampler;Kontakr;Reaktor;and many others countless vst
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- KVRian
- 660 posts since 12 Sep, 2007 from Sweden
I work 8 hours a day in front of a computer, and spend most of my free time in front of one.
However, while I do have some hardware, I mostly use soft synths for the sheer convenience and superior workflow.
However, while I do have some hardware, I mostly use soft synths for the sheer convenience and superior workflow.
Hardware: Akai MPK61, MFB-Synth II, Roland JX-8P, Virus TI Snow, KORG MS2000R, Roland SH-01
Favorite software: Sylenth1, Synth1, Messiah, ME80, OPX-Pro II, Zebra 2, Diva, Reason, Studio One V2 Pro
Favorite software: Sylenth1, Synth1, Messiah, ME80, OPX-Pro II, Zebra 2, Diva, Reason, Studio One V2 Pro
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- Banned
- 1374 posts since 5 May, 2007 from Finland
Every synth IS a soft synth. It doesn't matter if you use 80bit(x86), 16bit(Korg Radias) or continuous(analog synths) math to do it. It's all the same.
- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 9096 posts since 5 Feb, 2004
Good pointmkdr wrote:Every synth IS a soft synth. It doesn't matter if you use 80bit(x86), 16bit(Korg Radias) or continuous(analog synths) math to do it. It's all the same.
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- KVRAF
- 1618 posts since 10 Jan, 2005 from UK
I use soft synths (for convenience) and hardware, but when I fire up my Mopho and SY85, I think ahh... I must get more hardware
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- KVRian
- 514 posts since 11 Jun, 2005 from Western Third of the shire of the Horse Bay
I'll never afford (or have room for) a B3 and a Tron, so from that point of view, yeah, VSTi's are great.
However, for actual synths I haven't touched a softsynth since I got my Axxe and Mopho keyboard. Then I just had to buy a Little Phatty and a Dark Energy. Then I ended up buying a Logan and a Solina and Doepfer modules (and the DE) to process them (so bye-bye to the VSM )
I've done way more on synths since getting hardware than I ever did with software, programming was just too much of a hassle. I had to have three presets on my controller keyboard to have enough knobs and sliders mapped and I could never remember what was where. Then the controller started playing up.
Whilst waiting for my Odyssey to arrive (it came this morning - can't wait to get home tonight!), I fired up the Oddity to deal with the cravings Fantastic synth, but what a pain softsynths are to programme with the mouse, I don't miss that at all. And whilst the Oddity sounds good, it sounded a bit lacklustre in comparison to my hardware synths.
So, I'm all about the hardware - if I won the lottery I'd buy a Hammond and a Mellotron like a shot (plus a bigger house ).
However, for actual synths I haven't touched a softsynth since I got my Axxe and Mopho keyboard. Then I just had to buy a Little Phatty and a Dark Energy. Then I ended up buying a Logan and a Solina and Doepfer modules (and the DE) to process them (so bye-bye to the VSM )
I've done way more on synths since getting hardware than I ever did with software, programming was just too much of a hassle. I had to have three presets on my controller keyboard to have enough knobs and sliders mapped and I could never remember what was where. Then the controller started playing up.
Whilst waiting for my Odyssey to arrive (it came this morning - can't wait to get home tonight!), I fired up the Oddity to deal with the cravings Fantastic synth, but what a pain softsynths are to programme with the mouse, I don't miss that at all. And whilst the Oddity sounds good, it sounded a bit lacklustre in comparison to my hardware synths.
So, I'm all about the hardware - if I won the lottery I'd buy a Hammond and a Mellotron like a shot (plus a bigger house ).
And it is as it is and we take as we find / Always next season's buds on the bough / But I'll never find a better time / Hard though it is to allow / I'll never find a better time / To be alive than now
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- KVRian
- 874 posts since 4 Dec, 2004 from Alabama
mkdr wrote:Every synth IS a soft synth. It doesn't matter if you use 80bit(x86), 16bit(Korg Radias) or continuous(analog synths) math to do it. It's all the same.
I would think it is established on this board that many hardware synthesizers run software, and that a softsynth is a digital synth that runs on a general purpose computer, like your home PC...it's the most common definition I've seen. Having some things established make comments easier to write.
- KVRian
- 926 posts since 29 May, 2002 from UK