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Teksonik · Post by **Teksonik** » Sun Feb 25, 2018 2:10 pm

How about Rob Papen's Predator 2 ? Tons of fun to program. Not saturated with commercial banks.

https://www.robpapen.com/Predator2.html

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Sun Feb 25, 2018 2:11 pm

Given the recommendations, your experience with sythesizers, and the targetted market, maybe getting into Reaktor really would be the logical choice.

wagtunes · Post by **wagtunes** » Sun Feb 25, 2018 2:13 pm

Examigan wrote:You said no Sylenth1 suggestions, but I don't get why you say there's no money it in that one.

Because the market is saturated with sound libraries and the kind of patches I make will not appeal to the people who use Sylenth1. Forget that the synth itself is vastly overpriced and overrated given its age and how so many synths that have come out since blow it away as far as sound quality.

I can honestly say that Sylenth1 is probably one synth that I will never buy.

wagtunes · Post by **wagtunes** » Sun Feb 25, 2018 2:14 pm

chk071 wrote:Given the recommendations, your experience with sythesizers, and the targetted market, maybe getting into Reaktor really would be the logical choice.

I don't like creating libraries for Reaktor synths (as great as they are) because of that horrendous patch management system. That thing absolutely needs to go.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Sun Feb 25, 2018 2:15 pm

wagtunes wrote: I can honestly say that Sylenth1 is probably one synth that I will never buy.

TBH, if i didn't already own it, i'd also recommend something else. It's not really a "must have" these days. It mainly lives from its name nowadays IMO.

wagtunes · Post by **wagtunes** » Sun Feb 25, 2018 2:18 pm

Teksonik wrote:How about Rob Papen's Predator 2 ? Tons of fun to program. Not saturated with commercial banks.

https://www.robpapen.com/Predator2.html

I downloaded and tried out the demo but the GUI just didn't click with me. Nothing to do with the size. It's plenty big. But way too much wasted space at the bottom. Areas too cramped. Really could have been designed better.

Having said that, it's not a total deal breaker and if I had to turn to it, I probably could. It's just not my first choice.

Right now, with the Biotek improvements, that's looking like the front runner. When I get back this afternoon (going out in a few) I'll compile the list of possible synths (right now it's about 5 or 6) and make my decision from them.

But at least I'm seeing some daylight. I will get something that was mentioned here today so this wasn't all for nothing. Right now, Biotek is in the lead.

Examigan · Post by **Examigan** » Sun Feb 25, 2018 2:28 pm

wagtunes wrote:
Examigan wrote:You said no Sylenth1 suggestions, but I don't get why you say there's no money it in that one.
Forget that the synth itself is vastly overpriced..

OK, but you can get it for a month or two with their payment plan (about $12 a month), make a bank with it, and then stop paying for it when you'd like.

wagtunes · Post by **wagtunes** » Sun Feb 25, 2018 2:36 pm

Here are the 3 synths so far that I'm considering

Biotek
SubBoomBass
Element 2

Biotek is way in the lead on this one.

On March 1, I'll lock up this thread and notify the winner via PM.

Nocturnal909 · Post by **Nocturnal909** » Sun Feb 25, 2018 2:40 pm

So did you try http://www.kvraudio.com/news/monoplugs- ... v1-1-40420

(wasn't sure if you missed this early post)

wagtunes · Post by **wagtunes** » Sun Feb 25, 2018 2:45 pm

Nocturnal909 wrote:So did you try http://www.kvraudio.com/news/monoplugs- ... v1-1-40420

(wasn't sure if you missed this early post)

I've already demo'd it. GUI is a train wreck.

VariKusBrainZ · Post by **VariKusBrainZ** » Sun Feb 25, 2018 2:49 pm

How can you exhaust a list of 100 synths, you've only been at it a couple of years

martinjuenke · Post by **martinjuenke** » Sun Feb 25, 2018 2:50 pm

112dB Cascade
RetroSynth
Alchemy

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Sun Feb 25, 2018 2:51 pm

Take this as an opportunity to focus in more depth on what you already have, learn what you like best more comprehensively, and thus produce better quality and less superficially programmed sounds. It's a message that your current approach is really unsustainable, so you may get a few suggestions to take you into say July or August but the same problem will keep coming up.

martinjuenke · Post by **martinjuenke** » Sun Feb 25, 2018 2:53 pm

aMUSEd wrote:Take this as an opportunity to focus in more depth on what you already have, learn what you like best more comprehensively, and thus produce better quality and less superficially programmed sounds. It's a message that your current approach is really unsustainable, so you may get a few suggestions to take you into say July or August but the same problem will keep coming up.

That sounds fairly reasonable!

el-bo (formerly ebow) · Sun Feb 25, 2018 2:54 pm

aMUSEd wrote:Take this as an opportunity to focus in more depth on what you already have, learn what you like best more comprehensively, and thus produce better quality and less superficially programmed sounds. It's a message that your current approach is really unsustainable, so you may get a few suggestions to take you into say July or August but the same problem will keep coming up.

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