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Schmidi · Post by **Schmidi** » Mon Oct 09, 2017 2:48 am

If you can snag the Air Music Tech complete collection, I personally think it's amazing value... But only if you're running 1080p or LOWER resolution.

masterhiggins · Post by **masterhiggins** » Mon Oct 09, 2017 3:16 am

Probably for the price/sound quality/flexibility/stability/customer service...u-he ACE.

Schmidi · Post by **Schmidi** » Wed Oct 11, 2017 1:16 am

Synthmaster is great for the money as well.

ATS · Post by **ATS** » Wed Oct 11, 2017 1:48 am

I got the most value for my money from Omnipshere and Nexus

e@rs · Post by **e@rs** » Thu Oct 12, 2017 4:43 pm

I paid $10 + $26 for SM 2 + SM One crossgrade. Nothing beats that.

Also paid 44 EUR for ACE. Fantastic value too.

sjm · Post by **sjm** » Thu Oct 12, 2017 5:15 pm

Most of my pay synths are either best bought in bundles or are now discontinued. If I had to choose just one synth to take on a desert island, it would be Harmor. It's definitely not cheap, although IL do sales every now and then.

It does allow you to go incredibly deep into programming if you want to, but is also completely usable as a quick fire subtractive synth. It's also extremely versatile, so you can pull off most types of sounds. Steep learning curve though.

If you're looking for cheap and cheerful, just keep an eye out for deals that might be coming up with Black Friday. You might find the odd synth gets heavily discounted, and if you're not looking for anything specific, probably a good time to buy.

Aloysius · Post by **Aloysius** » Thu Oct 12, 2017 5:44 pm

One Ping Only

Jbravo · Post by **Jbravo** » Thu Oct 12, 2017 6:20 pm

I have Reaktor but I really don't recommend it unless you need lots of avant-garde dissonant electronic sounds. I've spent many hours playing with it and the bundled synths but never really found anything very useful. I'd much rather spend that money on something like HIVE which has conventional music sounds (though that's not cheap either) - Synthmaster on the other hand is worth every penny, also synthmaster one

Bodhisan · Post by **Bodhisan** » Fri Oct 13, 2017 12:47 am

Schmidi wrote:Synthmaster is great for the money as well.

I don’t think anything comes close for the price - which eventually is always on sale. What a great synth.

machinesworking · Post by **machinesworking** » Fri Oct 13, 2017 1:39 am

ATN69 wrote:For me Zebra is the most bang for the buck. I know there is a learning curve for Zebra but once you learn how to tweak it the sky is the limit. I am right now working on a progressive trance track where I almost only use Zebra. I can get sweet sounding 80s EP sounds and organs as well. Can't wait for Zebra 3. I'm sure it will be even more interesting.

Total agreement. Once you start getting used to the workflow and layout there's nothing else that gets used as much for me. I like other synths for sure, but nothing pure synth wise is as versatile.

Sg1122 · Post by **Sg1122** » Sun Oct 22, 2017 6:54 am

air music technology instrument expansion 3 technically more than one synth but i got it for $75 from plugin botique and have no complaints

JerGoertz · Post by **JerGoertz** » Sun Oct 22, 2017 7:01 am

Arcsyn is on sale for $44.50 at ADSR. Pretty inexpensive and sounds good. Also, Xhun Audio's Little One has a strong analog sound and is very reasonably priced.

borealfarmer · Post by **borealfarmer** » Sat Nov 04, 2017 7:50 pm

arcsyn, synthmaster

dandezebra · Post by **dandezebra** » Mon Nov 13, 2017 2:28 pm

Komplete and UVI Falcon (on sale)!

excessional · Post by **excessional** » Tue Nov 21, 2017 10:44 pm

Another vote for Synthmaster.
Although Z3ta+2 and Air Music's Hybrid 3 are also in the sub $50 bracket often and have their uses (I like Z3ta+2 for grungy/dirty basses and Hybrid has a very light clean sound ...)

If you want a cheap drum vst the best value purchase for me ever was probably $25 for BFD Eco...

Best priced vst synth you own?