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By carrieres
On 15th June 2005
Version: 2.3

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discoDSP Discovery

the preorder 2.4 offer makes me want to try this synth, i knew that this vst is a nord lead emulation, supporting the sysex import of patch from nord lead and a massive collection of 2500 preset.
i was not very impressed by a VA synth with only 2 osc but when i tried this synth i was very suprised by the quality of the sound very warm and deep, usefull for any bass sound.
the two facts that makes me bought the discovery is the layering feature, it is the possibility to layer 4 patch so it gives you a massive sound produced by 8 osc !!!
this is not a little synth as the two osc feature lets you believe !
the second very cool feature is the morph possibility, it allows you to morph between two layers, i think it's the only synth with this feature, very great to produced evolving sound.
the only drawback is the fact that it eats a lot of cpu but it should be considered normal when you use three or four layers.
furthemore this problem should be resolved with the release of 2.4
it's a synth which deserves to be known and i hope that this review will help.
 
    

By carrieres
On 9th December 2004
Version: 1.1

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AlgoMusic M42 Nebula

it is a long time that i want to write a review and i encouraged other customer to do one, but i didn't take the time.
and begins the polemic about SE synth and review.
i was agree with some critics but whatever you think, this synth need to be PLAYED on a keyboard and you will understand why there is such a big buzz or maybe you will not believe what you heard, how a small SE synth can be so good and so cheap ?
this synth prouve that with two litle synth, ( 1 DCO and a soundfont player), one chorus and a delay you can have a LOT of fun.
i have to correct something, when i said play on a keyboard, it does NOT mean that you need to be master with 7 years of practice, it's the contrary with one finger you are blown in the deep space of sound.
with the 1.1 version the interface has been shrinked to a very reasonnable size.
another great update is the selectable soundfont, you can load your own soundfont carefully crafted in your bigger and very expensive synth !!!
i just want to try this, it's look like a dream
i give a bad rating on stability issue just because SE synth and Orion are not very friendly.
One crash was when i was looking for the automation of the warp module and i swaped between automation type vst parameter and midi CC while running.
i want to add that i played this synth only with orion platinum 5.8 (the only hosts i use) and that M42 nebula is my first vsti purchase (i immediately fall in love)
i will repeat, just try it with your keyboard even your computer keyboard !!!
 
Last edited : 10th December 2004     
By carrieres
On 31st May 2004
Version: 5.5

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i will review the platinum version.
This virtual studio comes with :
ULTRAN - WAVE MORPHING SAMPLER : huge stereo pads and ambient textures (4 osc synth, 3 env and 2 lfo).
TOMCAT - DRUM SYNTHESIZER : percussive monophonic synthesizer for electronic drum sounds (3 osc, 3 env and 2 filters).
SAMPLER - support of AIF, AKP (akai S5000/S6000), KRZ (KurzweilK2000), RX2 (recycle), SF2 (soundfont) and WAV.
integrated Groove Slicer and Program Editor (with pitch detection) (3 env and 2 lfo) and up to 16 outputs.
WASP - VIRTUAL ANALOG SYNTH : FM and ring mod (3 osc, 3 env and 2 lfo), unisson mode, distortion and easy programming of note slides.
DRUMS GENERATOR : load wav and LM4 kit has a step sequencer and 4 outs
MONOBASS - VIRTUAL ANALOGUE : TB303 with accent and slide programming
XR-909 DRUM SYNTHESIZER : 8 vintage drum sounds, with a step-based loop programming and 10 outs (optional)
WAVEFUSION : WAVETABLE SYNTH (ala waldorf PPG) but with 3 osc, 3 lfo and 2 env.
SCREAMER - VIRTUAL ANALOG SYNTH : (ala MS20) 2 osc with attitude
PLUCKED STRING
and MIDI OUT
35 effects and a band fx to split the signal in 3 band and assign 6 effects to this 3 bands.
some effects support audio and midi side chain.
SEQUENCER : comes with Parameter automation, arpeggiators, Microtuning (support of Scala files), Groove Templates, Pluck Templates
MIXER : 4 bands EQ, 4 inserts, 4 sends, and a master mixer with 4 effect busses and 4 submix busses.
PLUGIN SUPPORT: VST and DX, The VST instrument support the genetic preset feature to create a new preset from 2 existing presets.
finaly, Orion Platinum supports :
Vsti and DXi synth
Vst and DX effect
Low-latency ASIO output
Audio Tracks
Multitrack audio recording
ReWire2 Master+Slave
it's possible to bundle all the samples used in a project to easily collaborate with others musicians
it's the most intuitive sequencer i have seen, it works like a real studio around the central mixer.
Sequencing in Orion is pattern-based, every instrument has 64 patterns and each pattern can have a different length.
One of the most important thing is the sound of the filters they just scream and make you dance around tweaking your cut-off and resonance knobs all the night (and you will not be the first).
 
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By carrieres
On 31st May 2004
Version: 1.21

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FXpansion DR-008

This modular vsti comes with 38 modules :
4 samplers, 26 synths and 8 performance modules (sequencer, flam, roll...)
i just want to "update" some olders reviews that i just read and are now wrong :
There is 328 kits for 2.87 Go, 6 do more than 30Mo, 12 more than 50 Mo and 6 more than 100 Mo.
So there is a lot of excellent kit, some multisampled.
some kits are provided by Gmedia, Wizoo, Redshift and Yellow.
There is 26 synths, some with ring modulation or FM
some modules are written by top developer : MDA and SmartElectronix
And finaly you can buy it for the price of a sample cd
The DR-008 is the central vsti of my virtual studio.
 
    
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