your "super-synth" ?
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- KVRian
- 678 posts since 7 Aug, 2018
For Trance and Edm
1) Nexus 2
2) Avenger
3) Spire
4) Hive
I had Sylenth 1, an excellent Vst.
Massive even if not yet, but, considering the 50% I will buy it. A sacred monster.
Regarding Massive, who knows, maybe very soon a new version, it would be great news, even if still very relevant, it dates a little
1) Nexus 2
2) Avenger
3) Spire
4) Hive
I had Sylenth 1, an excellent Vst.
Massive even if not yet, but, considering the 50% I will buy it. A sacred monster.
Regarding Massive, who knows, maybe very soon a new version, it would be great news, even if still very relevant, it dates a little
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- KVRAF
- 11054 posts since 12 May, 2008
IDM is the dumbest label ever applied to any genre of music. Imagine calling a type of music “intelligent”. What arrogant ass decided their taste in music was intelligent. And yeah, not even mostly dance music.
I think of EDM as a sub genre of the broader electronica. Simply because it is dance oriented, as the name suggests.
I think of EDM as a sub genre of the broader electronica. Simply because it is dance oriented, as the name suggests.
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- KVRist
- 82 posts since 26 May, 2013
Totally agree. Just like "intelligent dum 'n bass"... Always found it arrogant. But it doesn't help to avoid genres because of a silly name if looking for good new music.Echoes in the Attic wrote:IDM is the dumbest label ever applied to any genre of music. Imagine calling a type of music “intelligent”. What arrogant ass decided their taste in music was intelligent. And yeah, not even mostly dance music.
I think of EDM as a sub genre of the broader electronica. Simply because it is dance oriented, as the name suggests.
And also - most EDM music is dumb. Simple 3-note melodies with a fat sound for the masses.
So, despite sounding arrogant, I think it's rather meant as an opposite of mindless party music.
- KVRian
- 570 posts since 21 Feb, 2015
Well, I think even in those days folks were running those synths thru effects. But back then the choice for varied synths was more limited than nowadays. Musicians were quite likely excited with what they had, it was all so new!chk071 wrote:So, in your opinion, people used to choose a Minimoog, because it has quite a potential to change its sound, plus it could get further modified with fx?Grizzellda wrote:Well, now you are getting esoteric, dude. Because modern synths are so highly programmable and configurable...chk071 wrote:And, the new generation of soft synths or hardware VA also all come with a clean, tame, and boring sound i don't like it.
Also, the sound output of those synths can be so much further modified by FX.
What do you like...might be the question?
Don't take it personal, that's a general attitude i just don't get, on this or other forums. I choose synths for their sound. Not their potential to get mangle with effects.
Just mixing in a raw type of synth, (like a moog), amidst a guitar rock song was something super new & cool. There is a documentary online about EMS...and the guy from Hawkwind is talking about how awesome it was to have a synth along with the regular rock band stuff. At the time it was prolly mindblowing! And they were prolly on drugs! But still...
So alright, maybe back then folks listened more closely to the pure sound of a synth. The oscillators, filters & envelopes. Is this what you mean?
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- KVRist
- 80 posts since 8 Mar, 2018
Seems everyone here is just posting their favorites. That's fine, but a "super-synth" is one that can do everything. And the only real answers to that are either Avenger, Omnisphere, or Falcon. None of which I own, by the way, as I see them as almost cheap since they are too powerful, but I have to admit that these synths are far more powerful than any other and would be defined as super synths.
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- KVRian
- 872 posts since 28 Nov, 2016
no synth can do everything.
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- KVRAF
- 10260 posts since 19 Feb, 2004 from Paris
Sounds like : A violin sounds boring VS a String Section, and a Soprano Sax VS a Brass Section ...Cinebient wrote:.......
But the only really super synth is if i combine them all in my DAW with my favorite FX and midi FX on top.
Against some nice layered sounds all single synths are boring.
Whatever layered or single : People behind the synths make them sing. Or less.
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- Banned
- 6129 posts since 9 Oct, 2007 from an inharmonious society
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I'd suggest trying out U-he Hive, and Repro1&5
Those are my favorites atm, and have been for some time now.
I'd suggest trying out U-he Hive, and Repro1&5
Those are my favorites atm, and have been for some time now.
- KVRer
- 18 posts since 4 Aug, 2018 from Chicago
Outside of the analog realm:
- Tone 2 Gladiator for HipHop/ Trap
- UHE Diva for Bass Sounds (in the mix sounds way better than most synths)
- NI Massive for electronic/ wonky/ la beat scene type sounds
- Sylenth for modern electronic/ radio sounding stuff
- Tone 2 Gladiator for HipHop/ Trap
- UHE Diva for Bass Sounds (in the mix sounds way better than most synths)
- NI Massive for electronic/ wonky/ la beat scene type sounds
- Sylenth for modern electronic/ radio sounding stuff
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- KVRer
- 18 posts since 4 Aug, 2018 from Chicago
Outside the analog realm:
- Tone2 Gladiator for HipHop/ Trap
- UHE Diva for Bass (sounds way better than most synths in the mix for this)
- NI Massive for electronic/ wonky/ la beat scene sounds
- Sylenth for modern electronic
That being said getting just one or two decent softsynths and really learning them is much better than having 4 or 5 or 10 different plugins.
- Tone2 Gladiator for HipHop/ Trap
- UHE Diva for Bass (sounds way better than most synths in the mix for this)
- NI Massive for electronic/ wonky/ la beat scene sounds
- Sylenth for modern electronic
That being said getting just one or two decent softsynths and really learning them is much better than having 4 or 5 or 10 different plugins.
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- KVRAF
- 21196 posts since 8 Oct, 2014
Electronica works for me. Point is, that's essentially what the OSC is made of. One guy does some old school jazz and pop but for the most part, the OSC is consistent across the board with very few exceptions.confusedmuse wrote:I'm pretty sure he confused it with IDM.wagtunes wrote:Well that depends upon how broad or narrow your definition of EDM is. Sure, there are numerous sub genres. Just go to Wikipedia. My definition is broad. Yours may be narrow. I go by mine and what I think of when I think of EDM.fanodu1 wrote:I don't know about your definition of EDM but most music people post in the OSC challenges don't sound very "EDM" at all, in fact a lot of it is rather experimental music and ambient stuff. I've heard dnb songs, the odd hip hop beat, jazz, psytrance and even progressive rock and music I can't even assign a genre to. There is quite a variety of music the people make here which is why I think calling this a mainly EDM community seems unreasonable.wagtunes wrote:Go to the One Synth Challenge threads over the past few years and go listen to all the entries. The majority are EDM. That's how people get the impression that most people here do EDM. Doesn't necessarily mean it's true, but it's easy to understand why people feel that way.fanodu1 wrote:What makes you think most people here make EDM? After spending some time here I don't have that impression at all.dellboy wrote:KVR, being KVR, probably means EDM
EDM= Electronic Dance Music. David Guetta like stuff. Party music for the masses.
IDM= Intelligent Dance Music, but while meanwhile most in the scene rather refer to it as "Electronica", since it's not generally dance oriented.
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- KVRist
- 39 posts since 13 Jan, 2013
I love falcon and use it for most things, it feels like a modular minus the hassle. I don't think it has usability issues, though sometimes it feels like overkill when I just want a simple buzzy sound.
When falcon doesn't do what I'm wanting, I typically go for dx7 v or zynaddsubfx. I like FM and falcon's fm is just okay. Zyn's oscilator customization is like nothing else I've ever seen, like sytrus but crazier.
When falcon doesn't do what I'm wanting, I typically go for dx7 v or zynaddsubfx. I like FM and falcon's fm is just okay. Zyn's oscilator customization is like nothing else I've ever seen, like sytrus but crazier.
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- KVRAF
- 5179 posts since 16 Nov, 2014
Sure and 1 + 1 = 3Lotuzia wrote:Sounds like : A violin sounds boring VS a String Section, and a Soprano Sax VS a Brass Section ...Cinebient wrote:.......
But the only really super synth is if i combine them all in my DAW with my favorite FX and midi FX on top.
Against some nice layered sounds all single synths are boring.
Whatever layered or single : People behind the synths make them sing. Or less.