What's your favorite software synth to program, and why?
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- KVRian
- 525 posts since 17 Sep, 2014 from LPGC
I guess the Korg Legacy Synths, especially since their hardware versions were such a PITA to program back in the day. Still can't believe I can easily save MonoPoly patches, lol.
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- KVRAF
- 8802 posts since 7 Oct, 2005
You made me bought Mono/Poly again now!atya wrote:I guess the Korg Legacy Synths, especially since their hardware versions were such a PITA to program back in the day. Still can't believe I can easily save MonoPoly patches, lol.
I was just checking because I really love the sound of it, but I sold all my Korg account and been missing especially Mono/Poly from their soft synths. Anyway, it is for half price now and absolutely a bargain
If they only update the GUI damn it!
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- KVRist
- 259 posts since 16 Jun, 2015
Harmor, surprisingly enough because of its ease of use. I actually find it frustrating to work in most other synths these days.
I studied the physics of sound in college, and what I've found is that that knowledge transfers directly to Harmor's paradigm in a way that no other synth really captures. So forget about the sound quality, power, etc -- that's all well and good. What I really like is how quickly I can work -- especially with the convenience features like the vibrato, tremolo, right-click controller modulation, etc.
That said it must be incredibly frustrating to use if stuff like "octave vs hertz" scaling sounds like gobbledy gook, and I can't blame anyone for being turned off by that.
I studied the physics of sound in college, and what I've found is that that knowledge transfers directly to Harmor's paradigm in a way that no other synth really captures. So forget about the sound quality, power, etc -- that's all well and good. What I really like is how quickly I can work -- especially with the convenience features like the vibrato, tremolo, right-click controller modulation, etc.
That said it must be incredibly frustrating to use if stuff like "octave vs hertz" scaling sounds like gobbledy gook, and I can't blame anyone for being turned off by that.
Makin' Music Great Again 
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- KVRAF
- 25053 posts since 20 Oct, 2007 from gonesville
I do my own sound design because I have a kind of vision and it makes my music my music in a way that relying on other people's design is not all that likely to.justin3am wrote:I like to create my own patches and I do make music.dellboy wrote: Now if you like making presets,in much the same way as a stamp collector likes collecting stamps,and have little,or no interest in actually making music,then,hey,have fun.
For me though,a sound is just for making a tune with,and strange as it seems,the Rolling stones have managed to do that with just a few guitars and a drum kit,without a single preset in sight, for nigh on 50 years.
So you've created a story which you think makes you seem superior to every person that programs synths?
AFAIC, The Rolling Stones aren't usually that good of a band, with the exception of a brief period in I think the early 90s with Darryl Jones on bass. And note that I've made music with one guitar in real time many times. And it wasn't necessarily a very good guitar. So you have a completely unnecessary dichotomy in support of a straw man which serves to support a shitty disposition to everyone that's more interested IN THE TOPIC than you. Great job.
