KVR Audio

quayquay17 · Post by **quayquay17** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 12:08 am

Hey all, i'm poking around the net for "quirky" VSTi's

"what the heck does he mean? " You're probably asking yourself.

I'm talking about synths that don't behave perfectly like your typical VA.
My favorite "quirky" vst i've used thus far has been the Mono/fury from fullbucket audio.

It doesn't behave like every other VA. The "poly" mode steals notes here and there, the cross mod is cryptic yet glorious.

Also, because of its quirks, it lends a certain sound to the end result. Even if you perfectly patch in a pluck how you would in any other synth, it's a little weird, a little off. I LOVE IT.

I've tried korg's MS-20 as well. While there's nothing particularly rogue about it, the limitations, and modulation routes do lend a weirdness to your results.

Of course there's that freebie "therapy" but i'm looking for something that is still controllable, and tonal.

I'm sick of VA. Sick of FM. Sick of wavetable.

I'm sick of my synths behaving predictably.

Do you guys have any suggestions?

KBSoundSmith · Post by **KBSoundSmith** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 12:32 am

sample?

Maybe try something like alchemy, using the granular mode or something.

You can always take some sounds and just edit them by hand as well. Maybe do that AND feed into alchemy's granular mode?

RunBeerRun · Post by **RunBeerRun** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 12:34 am

Dmu Arcade, it takes a sample folder and whacks it around to make an instrument. It was recently reposted here, should be in the last couple of recent pages.

Resonator63 · Post by **Resonator63** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 12:36 am

These all offer something different
Glass Viper
http://www.kvraudio.com/product/2950

Scanned Synth Pro
http://www.kvraudio.com/product/2230

Mr. Alias Pro
http://www.kvraudio.com/product/4054

KBSoundSmith · Post by **KBSoundSmith** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 12:38 am

Actually, if you have zebra, the comb filter is pretty wild; maybe that might be interesting to you?

There's synplant which doesn't function like other vsts, although I personally don't use it and can't really say anything about it.

Resonator63 · Post by **Resonator63** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 12:41 am

KBSoundSmith wrote:Actually, if you have zebra, the comb filter is pretty wild; maybe that might be interesting to you?

There's synplant which doesn't function like other vsts, although I personally don't use it and can't really say anything about it.

Nearly forgot Synplant,that's another good one

Xichael · Post by **Xichael** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 12:42 am

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nix808 · Post by **nix808** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 12:43 am

http://www.krakli.co.uk/cygnus.htm
Maybe this one w/- Space skin?
Kinda quirky just to press stuff,
not knowing what it does.
But +1 here for Synplant

synthgeek · Post by **synthgeek** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 12:46 am

Resonator63 wrote:Scanned Synth Pro
http://www.kvraudio.com/product/2230

Mr. Alias Pro
http://www.kvraudio.com/product/4054

Yep yep. Both quite different from each other, but equally awesome & "quirky".

I would also recommend SQ8L - the features are mostly VA-like, but the (E)SQ flavor is a little different.

justin3am · Post by **justin3am** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 12:50 am

synthgeek wrote:
Resonator63 wrote:Scanned Synth Pro
http://www.kvraudio.com/product/2230

Mr. Alias Pro
http://www.kvraudio.com/product/4054
Yep yep. Both quite different from each other, but equally awesome & "quirky".

I would also recommend SQ8L - the features are mostly VA-like, but the (E)SQ flavor is a little different.

SG didn't you put out some odd little noise makers?

Any synth with modular/semi-modular routing capabilities can do some weird stuff, especially when you start playing with feedback. I'd also recommend synths by xoxos.

jdnz · Post by **jdnz** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 12:56 am

quayquay17 wrote:
My favorite "quirky" vst i've used thus far has been the Mono/fury from fullbucket audio.

It doesn't behave like every other VA. The "poly" mode steals notes here and there, the cross mod is cryptic yet glorious.

err ... that's not quirky, it's just a correct emulation of how a real mono/poly behaves

(seriously, having owned one 'quirky' is probably the nicest way to describe the x-mod modes - how about 'unstable and impossible to reproduce reliably')

synthgeek · Post by **synthgeek** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 1:05 am

justin3am wrote:SG didn't you put out some odd little noise makers?

Yeah, thanks for the mention.

However, the OP specified "tonal", which isn't really where most of my stuff shines. Link is in my sig though (first one), if anyone wants to check 'em out.

Which also reminds me, because I posted a bank for Meridian a little while ago too: Tiny God has a couple of pretty quirky synths available too (and fx for that matter).

EvilDragon · Post by **EvilDragon** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 1:09 am

Definitely OLGA.

Rathead · Post by **Rathead** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 1:12 am

You want quirky?

http://www.xoxos.net/

Knock yourself out!

Also +1 for Scanned Synth - excellent product

Morgaxx · Post by **Morgaxx** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 1:17 am

Would Chimera by Majken qualify?

"Chimera is a noise driven synth focusing on pads and haunting leads. Three noisegenerators are connected through pitchcontrolled resonant bandpass filters."

Quirky vst's