KVR Audio

Fergo · Post by **Fergo** » Fri Feb 12, 2010 2:35 am

Hello guys!

For quite some time now, I've been trying to find a VSTi that has more "common" and "musical" sounds, like the ones that comes with keyboards like KORG Oasys and stuff. I saw a lot of people recommending Absynth, so I tested it. Despite having a huge built in preset list, I found that most of the sounds are simply "unmusical", just there to demonstrate all that the Synth can do. I'm not a synth programmer, so the available presets are important to me. I see videos of Jordan Rudess, for example, playing his KORG Oasys or his Kurzweils and it got so great sounds in the default bank. They are just there. Big and beautiful synths, bass, strings and choirs (that layered together is just simply amazing). Does anyone knows of a VSTi like that? It doesn't need to be a clone of a real keyboard. Like I said, I'm not a synth programmer and I'm not interest in "crazy sounds".

Hope I managed to express me right.

Thanks in advance,
Fergo

Rattleshock · Post by **Rattleshock** » Fri Feb 12, 2010 2:58 am

Omnisphere is great. Sampletank and Sonic Synth are little older but still have good bread and butter sounds plus a very easy to use interface. Omnisphere is more of a programmers synth, but the presets are stunning. JM2C

BASSDRIVE · Post by **BASSDRIVE** » Fri Feb 12, 2010 2:59 am

In no particular order, look at Hypersonic, Sampletank, Kontakt, Wusikstation, Omnisphere, Nexus, Purity, Titan,....

I say pretty much anything that's based more on multi-Sampled libraries or workstation style of plugin.

Check out soundfonts as well.

Venomeza · Post by **Venomeza** » Fri Feb 12, 2010 3:03 am

Get NI Massive or AAS Ultra Analog along with some of Lotuzia's soundbanks, he's the indisputable king of "KEY" tagged presets IMHO.

BASSDRIVE · Post by **BASSDRIVE** » Fri Feb 12, 2010 3:15 am

Synth plugin wise, I find that Surge, Sytrus, Twin2,... have a very nicely categorized way of displaying their factory presets. Their very usable as well.

Fergo · Post by **Fergo** » Fri Feb 12, 2010 3:18 am

Wow! Thanks a lot for the fast answers and for the suggestions! I'll check them out. I've looked at Omnisphere and it seems really awesome, but 40+GB is jaw dropping and out of my budget. I'll test others soon (is any of them in the 5GB or less world?).

Sorry for my english.

Regards,
Fergo

Rattleshock · Post by **Rattleshock** » Fri Feb 12, 2010 3:21 am

+1 Hypersonic... and under 5 GB...

dougsyo · Post by **dougsyo** » Fri Feb 12, 2010 3:24 am

Wusikstation group buy right now, add the group buy price on Prizm, ia a lot of bang for buck. It can add up to a lot of GB of content at a reasonable price.

Sampletank+Sonik Synth is another choice, but unless you can get that on sale, it'll add up quick.

I'm not that impressed with Purity, but some people like it.

Doug

zerocrossing · Post by **zerocrossing** » Fri Feb 12, 2010 4:26 am

A good "bread and butter" VSTi is Cakewalk's Dimension Pro. Very nice selection of everything from synths to basic orchestral instruments.

pheeleep · Post by **pheeleep** » Fri Feb 12, 2010 4:28 am

Wusikstation group buy! Get PRIZM too if you can afford the extra $50. Well worth it. So many sounds for so little money.

GreyLion · Post by **GreyLion** » Fri Feb 12, 2010 5:56 am

DiscoDSP's Discovery doesn't get enough love here, IMHO.

Sounds great, has a LOT of presets, many of them the classic keyboard types that you mentioned, even more so when you hunt down and import all the free Nord Lead presets out on the net.

Can usually be had for 30% off of list price if you keep an eye on the Marketplace here.

djanthonyw · Post by **djanthonyw** » Fri Feb 12, 2010 6:00 am

Hypersonic would be great but it's discontinued so my recommendation is the Korg M1.

Sans Nom · Post by **Sans Nom** » Fri Feb 12, 2010 9:53 am

You could also check the Analog experience serie from Arturia. Tons of presets easily tweakable to adjust them to your needs. There is a demo.

http://www.arturia.com/evolution/en/home

and here for the demo http://www.arturia.com/evolution/en/pro ... intro.html

Fergo · Post by **Fergo** » Fri Feb 12, 2010 3:36 pm

Hello!

Today I tested Sonik Synth and Hypersonic 2. Hypersonic is simply amazing. Small in size and great patches. I'll check the other tomorrow.

Thanks again!

Fergo

Lotuzia · Post by **Lotuzia** » Fri Feb 12, 2010 3:48 pm

Venomeza wrote:Get NI Massive or AAS Ultra Analog along with some of Lotuzia's soundbanks, he's the indisputable king of "KEY" tagged presets IMHO.

To Venomeza :

.........

To OP :

As nobody mentioned it you could try also Camel Audio Alchemy, wich comes with a lot of standard presets.

(And maybe even more with our Magic Wand expansion soundset ....

again ....)

Also for the Analog side of instruments, Korg Legacy Cell Analog edition is great for Classic analog presets. It will compliment in a very happy way Ultra Analog or any other VA little monster

LtZ

Keyboards VSTi's?