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cwig · Post by **cwig** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 7:41 pm

One (well, actually three) of my favorite soft synths ever.

Why isn't this synth package more talked about?

V0RT3X · Post by **V0RT3X** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 7:45 pm

It is still one of my favourite bundles. Cypher still surprises me with the sounds i can coax out of it!

I sure hope they make some updates, but I'm not sure how easy it will be without Andy Simper?

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 7:46 pm

-Rather high price
-Rather small GUI
-Rather CPU heavy

V0RT3X · Post by **V0RT3X** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 7:49 pm

Numanoid wrote:-Rather high price
-Rather small GUI
-Rather CPU heavy

I doubt that's the reason..

First off the price of $250 comes down significantly during sales and you can get it for $99.

The small GUI has been fixed now with the latest update which allows you resize the GUI to a much bigger size.

CPU usage is not bad unless you are using high internal oversampling per instance or you are using fusor.

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 7:51 pm

V0RT3X wrote:The small GUI has been fixed now with the latest update which allows you resize the GUI to a much bigger size.

Greeeeeat, I'll download the update tomorrow, I didn't know

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 7:52 pm

Maybe it's because it's 3 synths? I always found that approach a bit weird. What if i only like 1 of the 3?

Touch The Universe · Post by **Touch The Universe** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 8:00 pm

I personally find the gui has a bit of a learning curve. From what little I've heard about this synth, people were quite enthusiastic so I'm also interested in hearing more from the not so much hyped fanboys but from new users.

vespesian · Post by **vespesian** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 9:20 pm

1. The animator is quite amazing, esp. the advanced arp section.
2. There's nothing quite like Amber.
3. You can make crunchy funky thick sounds with DCam like nothing else.
4. It takes forever to learn - but you can get nice results immediately - or should I say, accidentally. It will make you think differently re: modulation. You really need to study the manual, probably more than any other plug-in I've ever used.

Love this synth.

padillac · Post by **padillac** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 9:55 pm

It's (relatively) old, and people like to talk about whatever's fresh.

Also, looks to me like it's talked about plenty

Robmobius · Post by **Robmobius** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 10:02 pm

It's good... Especially Strobe.

But it's getting on a bit now, and there are a lot of really good choices. Like Geist it need a bit of an update in my opinion.

But that's good news about the GUI.

Re. the price, as op said you can easily get it for $99.

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 10:05 pm

Numanoid wrote:
V0RT3X wrote:The small GUI has been fixed now with the latest update which allows you resize the GUI to a much bigger size.
Greeeeeat, I'll download the update tomorrow, I didn't know

Problem is, unlike in u-he plugins for example, the larger modes are not high res enough so tend to look blurry - not really usable for me.

layzer · Post by **layzer** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 10:36 pm

cwig wrote:One (well, actually three) of my favorite soft synths ever.

Why isn't this synth package more talked about?

honestly? its not as new as serum or codex

JonSolo · Post by **JonSolo** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 12:31 am

But they are classic to say the least. Rock solid sound, albeit minus the effects.

Synchanter · Post by **Synchanter** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 4:12 am

Going by the sound quality of Synth Squad, Cytomic The Glue and demo of Cytomic The Drop, anything by that Andy dude is gonna be first-rate awesome.

kuzami · Post by **kuzami** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 5:03 am

Strobe is maybe the best learners synth I have ever found, sound isn't bad either. Just so easy to do modulation!

DCAM: Synth Squad underrated?