KVR Audio

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Wed Feb 22, 2017 7:47 pm

Helix is good, but, frankly, IMO, there are better sounding synths out there now, and the GUI is quite tedious. The envelopes also don't make working with it too easy.

Nielzie · Post by **Nielzie** » Wed Feb 22, 2017 8:07 pm

inkwarp wrote:in last few days, Surge. and sawer

Surge indeed. Vember Audio Surge!!

http://vemberaudio.se/surge.php

I kind of forgot about it for a few years. Then got back to it and now it is still my go-to for a lot of stuff. Sounds just great. Very strong oscillators section (wavetable and FM modulation goodness included), great modulation system, super low cpu usage.

Shamelessly overlooked, just like Helix, as BT mentioned earlier.

brok landers · Post by **brok landers** » Wed Feb 22, 2017 8:27 pm

Yorrrrrr wrote:
brok landers wrote:i wonder why noone mentioned AUDJOO HELIX. to me it is one of the best synths out there. the osc section is second to none. while i understand that you have to grasp the synth and give it some time to learn, this synth is beyond recognition when it comes to what you can achieve with its oscs - and it must be the most cpu friendly synth there is, when taking its features into account. i was able to tweak pads out of it with just one osc, no fx and no filters and they sound so wide and lush - i really struggle to do so in _that_ quality in other synths.
when it comes to the most underrated synth - helix must be _it_. and i'm not easily impressed with synths, given the fact that my job is since 1998, to prefessionally screw around on those...
Tried it, but somehow the sound and the interface don't let me enjoy it (certainly not in the way I enjoy a synth you co-developed, The Legend, though, I know they're completely, absolutely different).

>snip<

well, yes, you will have to invest a bit of time to get used to it, as i said. but it will pay off. see, helix is a very feature packed synth with a tremendeous amount of possibilities, hence the interface has to be learned/understood. it is certainly not as intuitive as the legend, but you cannot compare these anyway.

EnGee · Post by **EnGee** » Thu Feb 23, 2017 5:59 am

I'm missing Strobe 1 (both sound and GUI). It's time I think to chase old licenses and buy it again!

andymcbain · Post by **andymcbain** » Thu Feb 23, 2017 2:30 pm

My Virus C... enormous, rich sound... should never have left it gathering dust.

layzer · Post by **layzer** » Thu Feb 23, 2017 10:07 pm

Nielzie wrote:
inkwarp wrote:in last few days, Surge. and sawer
Surge indeed. Vember Audio Surge!! http://vemberaudio.se/surge.php

I kind of forgot about it for a few years. Then got back to it and now it is still my go-to for a lot of stuff. Sounds just great. Very strong oscillators section (wavetable and FM modulation goodness included), great modulation system, super low cpu usage.

Shamelessly overlooked, just like Helix, as BT mentioned earlier.

wow, i totally missed this GEM.... its like the daddy of serum, but uses
1000 times less CPU! having fun with it and AudioTerm converting waldorf
wavetables for it. thanks for mentioning it, inkwarp!

woggle · Post by **woggle** » Fri Feb 24, 2017 12:49 am

Kaivo and FM8

I was thinking of getting Chromaphone 2 from AAS, I loved playing around with the demo. But then I remembered Kaivo which I never really got into and revisited it. Love it, so will not be getting the chromaphone2 (which I still think is a great synth)

And on the same day I was updating some NI stuff and noticed I did not have FM8 installed - another synth I never got in to. So I played around with it as well and I think it goes on the list of great synths for me

yellowmix · Post by **yellowmix** » Fri Feb 24, 2017 4:34 am

Cypher, my first softsynth (along with the rest of Synth Squad). Hard sync is still top-notch and the filter is fat. As old as it is, the GUI scales to fit larger monitors, albeit pixel scaling.

nicksohn · Post by **nicksohn** » Fri Feb 24, 2017 5:09 am

impOSCar, Oddity by Gforce.
I mean, really.

Aleatoriac · Post by **Aleatoriac** » Fri Feb 24, 2017 10:24 pm

DIVA
But this happens every time I use it.
It is GOD. All other synths fail in comparison.

layzer · Post by **layzer** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 5:10 am

Prosounds PS-1

i thought this was a great rompler with 4 user loadable wav oscillators

too bad it only handles mono wavs and you can not PAN their output,,,,
how could the devs leave those things out?

urlwolf · Post by **urlwolf** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 9:04 am

Diversion. With updates it could go toe to toe with the best still.

KBSoundSmith · Post by **KBSoundSmith** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 3:00 pm

Recently, Spectral has been getting a lot of love. Not that it ever really fell out of favor...

But the further you dive into Spectral, the more it rewards you. It's sonic capabilities really are incredible -- if you take time designing oscillators and filter curves, there isn't much you can't achieve with it. The modulation options are excellent, too. Spectral doesn't do noisy, grungy sounds well, given its additive nature -- but everything else it can handle.

When I think of Spectral, the word that comes to mind is "elegant."

MikeCallon · Post by **MikeCallon** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 3:39 pm

Massive

This had been abandoned for a while now ... until the recent Leap Into The Void group-buy that is. The sounds that Mikael created for Massive totally inspired me to to put effort into 're-learning' Massive and I'm loving it !

Waza · Post by **Waza** » Sat Mar 04, 2017 10:22 am

Funny as when I was transferring from Mac to windows and installed all my old stuff. I'm now enjoying V-Station again, so simple but still has a nice sound to it.

Love regained (synths you're having a renaissance with)