I am thinking of buying the product along with a few expansions etc. I have searched quite a few forums to read reviews on nexus, where some say its legendary VST and others say its over-used sounds that aren't worth listening to. What should I do?

Hi,

I love it with the expanders i have.

I've just made this track with it : http://soundcloud.com/viktorvos/sometimes

I use it a lot in my productions on www.soundcloud.com/viktorvos

Dance or downtempo it's usable for both (for me).

Regards,
Viktor Vos
www.section9records.nl

People have a really hard time selling it on the marketplace.

Lot of people on KVR like having a lot of control, and a rompler simply doesn't do that.

That's all I'll say.

Love nexus here! BTW... What expansions do you have?

A: in essence yes

house vol 1 , dance vol 1 & 3 , trance elements, pop, classic trance, hollywood , omicron 2 & 3, fm, bigtone signature 2 & 3 , future arps 2 , dance drums

and yes that was quiet some $

no.

they don't come up on the Market that often, and I think it sells better than most.

At least that is my observation.

dw

Yes, its amazing if you can afford it... but I cannot afford it.

The price is definitely high being around £250 just for the starter package plus the £50 expansions (with VAT). I think I will end up getting it, has anyone used EastWest Symphonic Strings compared to Nexus Hollywood?

If it were me, I would go with Alchemy instead of Nexus 2. It has the sample capabilities, but it can also do granular, additive and spectral synthesis. It is also cheaper. It has plenty of expansion pack available both from Camel Audio and third parties. Check it out before you purchase Nexus 2.

You really can't compare those expansions. nexus expansions are made of production ready sounds, they give you everything out of the box, instant gratification...

I think Nexus is the only good rompler in the market along with Korg M1. It has lots of good and usable sounds and I guess is worth the money since there really aren't options.

I wouldn't compare it to Alchemy or Omnisphere or complex synthesizers.
Nexus is about good out-of-the-box sounds and straight forward bread and butter use like M1. Nothing else.

I love Nexus, but I think it depends on what you already have. For an extra $100.00 you can get Komplete 8, which is just about everything (Instruments and effects)you need to make music.
Your money your decision.

If i would pay as much money for a single VST synth i would add another 100 Euros (which is like 2 Nexus expansions) and get Omnisphere instead (which i still don't have currently).

For the price of Nexus with all expansions which is currently 2169 Euros (!!) you could get a decent hardware synth like e.g. a Virus TI2 keyboard or a workstation (e.g. Motif XF, Korg M3 XP or even a Kronos for a little additional money).

That "production ready sounds" hype for the Nexus expansions is just a marketing phrase IMO. This sounds like the soundsets/expansions for other synths are just "crappy" in comparison.

One important reason that i did not get either Omnisphere and Nexus until today is that there are no product demos for both so far. Just doing MP3 demos is not enough for me, especially for such expensive synths.


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