KVR Audio

mikedw · Post by **mikedw** » Sun Feb 26, 2012 3:05 pm

What soft synth do you prefer over the virus?

Doug1978 · Post by **Doug1978** » Sun Feb 26, 2012 3:11 pm

Most Virusy soft-synth for me (and probably plenty of other people) is Sylenth. I prefer buying this than a more expensive Virus synth.

But the software (commercial) synth which I prefer over a Virus or any other synth for that matter is Aalto - it's brilliant.

And the free synth that I prefer over buying a Virus is Antopya, which is great fun for dubby space-out sounds (although if someone crazily gave me a Virus synth it would be admittedly a bit better than Antopya).

EvilDragon · Post by **EvilDragon** » Sun Feb 26, 2012 3:11 pm

Pretty much any.

Zebra 2, Largo, OP-X Pro II, OLGA, PPG 3.V, VAZ Modular...

electro · Post by **electro** » Sun Feb 26, 2012 3:19 pm

Yeah, as long as you stay soft the virus will never be a concern

Restless · Post by **Restless** » Sun Feb 26, 2012 3:35 pm

I prefer the sound of Diva to my Virus TI. IN fact, I find it very hard to tolerate the virus after playing Diva.

I don't get this from any other soft synth that I own or have demoed.

Francisco Cepero · Post by **Francisco Cepero** » Sun Feb 26, 2012 6:43 pm

Any software synth, even a crummy one built with Synthedit or Synthmaker, over any overhyped, overpriced hardware unit.

I have a Roland PMA-5 and a keyboard I bought at Radio Shack for 2 Ben Franklins or so, and I really haven't missed them for years since I discovered VST instruments.

cryophonik · Post by **cryophonik** » Sun Feb 26, 2012 7:13 pm

Oh geez, is it time for the weekly "

I hate the Virus, software is better

" thread already? I could've sworn we still had a few more days.

tehlord · Post by **tehlord** » Sun Feb 26, 2012 7:16 pm

cryophonik wrote:Oh geez, is it time for the weekly " I hate the Virus, software is better " thread already? I could've sworn we still had a few more days.

I plantz teh seedz and watches them growz

sabiwa · Post by **sabiwa** » Sun Feb 26, 2012 7:23 pm

What the hell is virus? Ages ago there was similiar name Access synth I used to play with my Steinberg Neon (which by the way owned the poor bastard)

Fred_Abstract · Post by **Fred_Abstract** » Sun Feb 26, 2012 8:10 pm

the good thing about the virus is that it save you cpu cycle.
if you want to get the same sound as the virus or even better with softsynth you need processing to get the sound more organic and meaty and it can take lot of cpu.

at sounding like a virus the virus is the best option but you can get as good sound with any decent softsynth from zebra to sylenth and a fast cpu to use quality processing and fx

Richard_Synapse · Post by **Richard_Synapse** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 11:14 am

With DAW freeze getting more popular (I'm working on an efficient algorithm for Orion too), I think the overall plugin CPU usage is less of an issue. Basically you click a button and the CPU drops to 0

Multi-threaded plugins are likely going to get more popular and will further lower the computational demand as well.

Richard

nix808 · Post by **nix808** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 11:39 am

That'd be very nice Rich,
generally I end up having to render stuff out.
(My home-brew VSTi & fx are costly)
That would do a great deal for utility.
No-one else will ever sound exactly like a Virus though,
as Dune has it's own sound too.
I gotta just make some music and get Dune,
instead of tinkering with plugs maybe.
Maybe I do both

edit- Virus never really blew my socks off, I like it, but like I say, I've been trying to develop my own instead of pushing the capabilities mine have. I say try it. It could well be software. If it was- it would still be a killer synth

Teksonik · Post by **Teksonik** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 11:49 am

cryophonik wrote:Oh geez, is it time for the weekly " I hate the Virus, software is better " thread already? I could've sworn we still had a few more days.

It's better than the "Nothing sounds like a Virus" threads that seriously make me want to go on a killing spree.....

But the Virus is a softsynth so.............

liquid wind · Post by **liquid wind** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 12:21 pm

Teksonik wrote:It's better than the "Nothing sounds like a Virus" threads that seriously make me want to go on a killing spree.....

This, it'd be better if there just weren't so many conversations that revolve around every other synth trying to live up to the Virus. Nothing is very good if you expect it to be something it's not, if you like Virus then...get a Virus. You're selling other synths short and probably missing out if you have that preconceived paragon of what they all should sound like though

nix808 · Post by **nix808** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 12:23 pm

Wouldn't the Virus style controller go down a treat though?
Instead of any knob, u have the synth laid out already?

grr, come on which die-hard Virusist is gonna step in?
I've been trying to keep up the end--but

virus is a cool synth, but there r a few good ones

hehe,
prolly u could give me any dulcet synth and I would make it sound 4-bit

At one point I approached Access to see if I could sample their wavetables-It's a no