Best 'bang-for-the-buck' VST synths up to $100

[fmr]

No love left for Rhino?

+1

[Kalamata Kid]

Some over $100 VST synths will be under $100
on Black Friday or Cyber Monday.

[fwsuperhero]

I ve been very surprised by Air Hybrid 3 ive bought for 35$ week ago. One of the best digital workhorse synth ive used

[jbw]

Synplant

[EnGee]

I thought only the official prices (not discounted or 2nd hand) are counted!

If not, then you can have all the synths listed except very few (like omnisphere)!!

[JonSolo]

The AAS Session bundle is a great starter and cheap, but Ultra Analog VA-2 is really great with a tiny footprint.

Along with the others named...

[Examigan]

Helix

I don't think he is updating this anymore, but it is a cool synth.
It would be great if he re-worked the GUI as the text is small on higher res monitors.
http://www.audjoo.com/h/Helix.htm

[Examigan]

Not sure if anyone mentioned MUX?
http://www.mutools.com/mux-product.html

Also, there's Aspect
http://www.loomer.co.uk/aspect.htm

[Jbravo]

Another vote for Arcsyn - great layout for quick and easy programming - very clear detailed sound imho (though I prefer to dirty things up a little )

[pdxindy]

Hi, Antic!
Repro sounds great but is mono only atm, and it is more on "vintage" side.
No experience with the Waves synths [...] but they seem to be not very popular.

Repro-1 users will get a free upgrade to Repro-5, hopefully by the end of this year.

RePro-5 is now in (internal) beta testing... so it is pretty sure gonna be this year when it is officially out.

So for $99 you get 2 synths... both world class sound quality.

[antic604]

RePro-5 is now in (internal) beta testing... so it is pretty sure gonna be this year when it is officially out. So for $99 you get 2 synths... both world class sound quality.

Form what I read the only difference is number of voices, right? That's hardly "two" synths

[antic604]

Not sure if anyone mentioned MUX?
http://www.mutools.com/mux-product.html

Good call! That BTW reminded me of Usine Hollyhock3 which for $99 non-pro license gives a fully featured DAW with deep modular environment to create synths & effects:

http://www.sensomusic.org/index.html

[krabbencutter]

RePro-5 is now in (internal) beta testing... so it is pretty sure gonna be this year when it is officially out. So for $99 you get 2 synths... both world class sound quality.

Form what I read the only difference is number of voices, right? That's hardly "two" synths

Even though it's based on the RePro1 engine, they did a lot more than just slap 8 voices on it:
https://youtu.be/50QNZziKsYk
That makes it at least 1,5 Synths

[antic604]

Even though it's based on the RePro1 engine, they did a lot more than just slap 8 voices on it:
https://youtu.be/50QNZziKsYk
That makes it at least 1,5 Synths

Thanks, wasn't aware of that

[pdxindy]

RePro-5 is now in (internal) beta testing... so it is pretty sure gonna be this year when it is officially out. So for $99 you get 2 synths... both world class sound quality.

Form what I read the only difference is number of voices, right? That's hardly "two" synths

The originals synths that these are emulations of are 2 different synths... similar in basic architecture, but with some different sonic character. That makes them 2 different synths.

As for feature differences, RePro-5 has a noise modulator and a S&H option. It does not have the JAWS FX from RePro-1. It does have a per voice distortion module plus another FX module called Velvet which is some presets based on Satin. RePro-1 has the sequencer. There are a few other small feature differences.