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When I ask you to name ONE Vst synth, with a fresh digital sound and a unique approach e.g. workflow, gui, features which one would you pick?
Background: I own a couple of synth with a more or less normal approaches.
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IL Harmor

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Harmor by IL
Additive, but with VA like features and a whole bunch of other stuff.


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I just bought Steinbergs Retrologue... unlikely you will find a better vsynth for $49.00 IMHO.

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He wants a fresh digital sound, Retrologue doesn't exactly come to mind.

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Reaktor/Razor.

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Camel Audio's Alchemy - great, great, great! :tu:

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One of the Tone2 synths maybe?

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Autobot wrote:When I ask you to name ONE Vst synth, with a fresh digital sound and a unique approach e.g. workflow, gui, features which one would you pick?
I have to rave about Bazille. Synthetic techniques from digital ancestors (e.g. CZ-, DX-series) are featured (more or less, the oscillators), but embedded in a structure and interface like analog modular systems. This general combination is not often seen, and I'm not sure anything does it with the same conceptual purity and quality of DSP.

It's also very sensible. Cabling can be profuse but never quite profligate. Digitally flavored modules are seamless with the analog-oriented. There's a sequencer and lots of other variety in the modules outside of the core osc/filt/env stuff.

It's sort of obviously capable of digital FM, PD, analog subtractive, and some software-domain styles of synthesis but it's a joy to have it all going on at once, often in unexpected but intuitive ways.

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Alchemy comes immediately to mind. Additive, granular, and spectral all in one synth - it's a digital wet dream.
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u-he Bazille
Oscillators 4 digital oscillators with simultaneous FM, PD (phase distortion) and FR (fractal resonance)
Filters 4 multimode analogue type filters, 2 of which have 6 parallel outputs

It's high on CPU but you can set it to run each voice on it's own CPU core so no core will be overused.

It's virtual modular so like the real thing you decide how the modules are wired up, adding an extra layer of sound design . I wouldn't say it's a synth to cover everything but its sound makes it a great synth to sit with other synths. The patch cords and layout make it great fun. It's still in public beta so it's selling at intro price.

It's still in beta so no presets yet Demo here http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=31
User presets here http://www.u-he.com/PatchLib/bazille.html

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+1 on Bazille...

A fresh unique synth... quite different features, quite different gui... fantastic sound quality... exceptional filters

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Spectral by LinPlug is definitely fresh and digital.

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Autobot wrote:When I ask you to name ONE Vst synth, with a fresh digital sound and a unique approach e.g. workflow, gui, features which one would you pick?
Background: I own a couple of synth with a more or less normal approaches.
What 'features' would you consider as 'unique' ?

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Sampleconstruct wrote:Spectral by LinPlug is definitely fresh and digital.

Yeah I think this fits the bill perfectly.
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