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DreamStation DXi2

Synth (Analogue / Subtractive) by Audio Simulation
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DreamStation DXi2 has an average user rating of 4.11 from 9 reviews

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DreamStation DXi2

Reviewed By dburgan [all]
February 7th, 2004
Version reviewed: DXI2 on Windows

I've heard a lot of people complain about DreamStation, about this or that, but honestly I don't know why. Nearly every time I need a solid, bread-and-butter VA sound out of a soft synth, I end up using DreamStation. Lots of other VA soft synths have more features and are better at certain things, but none are as flexible and usable as DreamStation.

In particular, I've heard people complain the sound is thin or uninspiring. Frankly, I have no idea what they're talking about. I've gotten tremendous basses and nice pads out of DreamStation. And the brass! Wow, you can get a lovely Vangelis CS80-style brass out of this thing, complete with delayed vibrato.

DreamStation lacks only two things really. First is a mod matrix. DreamStation is a very simple VA model, with hardwired modulation, which limits the diversity of sounds it can make. Again, it makes bread-and-butter stuff wonderfully, but if you need a 'different' sound, you'll have to look elsewhere.

Finally, the UI on it is just too small! The knobs are so tiny that sometimes I have to squint to see them clearly. Not that it isn't a nice UI - it is, and very well designed. If it was about 50% bigger, it would be perfect.
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NWSM
NWSM
16 December 2011 at 7:27am

Not working in Windows 7 SP 1 on MacBookPro under Bootcamp, can´t find the "CWDXPX1.DLL" in FL Studio 10.0.2

bachmaninoff
bachmaninoff
24 January 2016 at 7:18pm

Works for me on Windows 10 x64 using Synapse Audio Orion 8.6 (32-bit).

The_Wookiee
The_Wookiee
2 November 2020 at 10:06am

Looks like this has gone west download links to some unrelated website.

FredZeppelin
FredZeppelin
20 August 2022 at 4:27am

I'm remastering some old Fruity Loops projects & a few of them included the Dreamsynth DXI2 which I received with a boxed edition of Cakewalk Pro Audio. It worked just fine in FL3 back in the day but now I can't get any sound from it. Mind you, I'm now using the latest downloadable version & not the original from the cakewalk disc. The disc is now lost. The plugin installs okay & it's receiving input, at least according to the FL3 dashboard, but there's no audio. I heard that it does not work on a 64-bit platform so I tried it on Windows 7 32-bit. Still no audio. So I'm wondering... (A) If it doesn't like Windows 7 & needs an XP operating system? (B) If the later downloadable versions aren't FL3 compatible? Whether it needs registering? Or (D) If anyone knows how to get a hold of the original bundled Cakewalk release? Any advice or suggestions would be appreciated. Especially if anyone can confirm that it works in either FL3 or on windows 7.

bachmaninoff
bachmaninoff
20 August 2022 at 5:07am

I've moved onto a new computer since last posting, and this got my curiosity. I reinstalled DS2 (W10 64-bit), and it still works for me (Orion 32-bit). You need a host that still supports 32-bit DXi instruments, which is close to nothing at this point. So at least its not the operating system preventing it from running (yet)...

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