KVR Audio

Alex@ProgressAudio · Post by **Alex@ProgressAudio** » Sat May 05, 2012 5:28 pm

mudpeople wrote:Progress Audio Kinisis. Just messing around I loaded waveforms from a 303, a Prophet 5, a Korg Karma, and a Buchla system then did the whole vector-timetable treatment to it. Sounded GREAT...

Sounds like a great experiment! Do you have that saved as a preset? I'd be very interesting to get a copy of it to try it out

quayquay17 · Post by **quayquay17** » Fri May 11, 2012 2:34 am

WOWOWOW Big thanks to those that mentioned scanned synth pro.
The name didn't interest me at first, I simply assumed it was a draw your own wavetable synth. BOY WAS I WRONG

It's really amazing. Creates sounds that I've been searching a long time for. It makes some of the most interesting and complex basses and leads I've heard, and it's simple to use too (unlike FM/in depth additive).

It really is a refreshing break from typical VA's!

The best plugins I've found through my searches and through your suggestions:
schwa OLGA
De La Mancha Mod Almighty
Scanned synth Pro
Mono/Fury
SQ8L
DaHornet

still need to demo AAlto. (I LOVE that GUI)

taoyoyo · Post by **taoyoyo** » Fri May 11, 2012 3:51 am

quayquay17 wrote:WOWOWOW Big thanks to those that mentioned scanned synth pro.
The name didn't interest me at first, I simply assumed it was a draw your own wavetable synth. BOY WAS I WRONG

It's really amazing. Creates sounds that I've been searching a long time for. It makes some of the most interesting and complex basses and leads I've heard, and it's simple to use too (unlike FM/in depth additive).

It really is a refreshing break from typical VA's!
:

It's a good un isn't it?

And John, the developer, is working on SSP2, which could be even more interesting-er.

cron · Post by **cron** » Fri May 11, 2012 5:13 am

If you're willing to go offline, a whole world of free standalone strangeness awaits. Check out Hourglass, FScape, Mammut, Cecilia, and SPEAR for starters. Although they're all effects processors, they can generate some seriously odd tones from innocuous material for sampler work. SPEAR + sampler is one of the greatest combinations ever.

oskroskroskr · Post by **oskroskroskr** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 2:25 am

my vote is for heizenbox. one of the best FSU ever. does a few things that are completely unique. chews audio up and sneds it out mangled. unfortunately it seems to be no longer supported on the latest os etc, plus it's very hard to find.

Lotuzia · Post by **Lotuzia** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 10:33 am

Some Reaktor ensembles will certainly refresh your ears

Well a lot of synths can become quirky tbh. A very simple FM8 can really generate some weird things if you control a bit what you do.

thecontrolcentre · Post by **thecontrolcentre** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 10:55 am

Phosphor

ariston · Post by **ariston** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 11:04 am

Well, since this old thread got bumped, a new synth has entered the quirky fold... Phonec! I love this odd little synth to death. As the dev says: "Inspired by the mystique of video logo synth scores from worn out VHS tapes"...

http://www.psychicmodulation.com/phonec.html

quayquay17 · Post by **quayquay17** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 4:47 pm

ariston wrote:Well, since this old thread got bumped, a new synth has entered the quirky fold... Phonec! I love this odd little synth to death. As the dev says: "Inspired by the mystique of video logo synth scores from worn out VHS tapes"...

http://www.psychicmodulation.com/phonec.html

HOLY MOTHER
OK, I normally take a long time to buy something but I'm getting it now.

Also, to add to the list for those reading:
Rhythmic Robot has two wonderful instruments:
Tubes and Wires
This is a synth sampled from super old analogue signal generators, with some filters and saturation tossed in.
Loopscape
This is an instrument built from sampled loops of analogue waveforms played through old tube amp-ed reel to reels. Warbling and instantly classic sounding.

ariston · Post by **ariston** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 5:23 pm

quayquay17 wrote: Also, to add to the list for those reading:
Rhythmic Robot has two wonderful instruments:
Tubes and Wires
This is a synth sampled from super old analogue signal generators, with some filters and saturation tossed in.
Loopscape
This is an instrument built from sampled loops of analogue waveforms played through old tube amp-ed reel to reels. Warbling and instantly classic sounding.

These sound great! Oh, temptation....

Thanks for pointing them out.

quayquay17 · Post by **quayquay17** » Fri May 03, 2013 2:48 am

Have any others been brought to light since this thread was alive?

V0RT3X · Post by **V0RT3X** » Fri May 03, 2013 10:50 am

Bazille can get pretty quirky

soundonly · Post by **soundonly** » Fri May 03, 2013 11:22 am

VST's by knobster!

http://knobster.org/plugins/en/#.UYOc8qIhq7o

which include meow synth and mellofan among others...

The_Hidden_Goose · Post by **The_Hidden_Goose** » Fri May 03, 2013 11:56 am

Most of the Hollow Sun stuff is pretty quirky.

One's that jump to mind are: Optomotron, Altaerion, Cognosphere and especially TriOsc.

Sample/Kontakt based but quirky as hell. Cheap as chips but they pack some really interesting sound possibilities in there.

Nielzie · Post by **Nielzie** » Fri May 03, 2013 12:27 pm

DR1 Dr.Drone

http://www.drdrone.com/

Quirky vst's