By AndreasE
On 22nd September 2004
Version: 1.0
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AlgoMusic M42 Nebula
If you like spacey/ambient/pad sounds, then M42 Nebula is the instrument to do this. You can produce a wide range of evolving and rhythmic sounds. The presets are showing this very good.
User Interface is nice but a little bit confusing, but the manual is describing all in a good manner.
Customer Support and Value For Money are outstanding and this synth never crashed on my machine.
I really have no serious complaints about this synth. |
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By AndreasE
On 28th November 2003
Version: 2.0
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reFX Slayer
Slayer 1 really impressed me very much when it came out. Now with v.2 Iīm a bit disappointed.
Sure, it has more effects and a bit better sound quality.
But the CPU load is far too high, mainly if no notes are played at all.
Some of the presets arenīt very convincing and there are too few of them.
Nevertheless, the small upgrade price has justified the upgrade for me. But Iīm not sure if I would have bought it for the normal price. |
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By AndreasE
On 18th August 2003
Version: 1.21
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XT Software energyXT
No review / rating yet - unbelievable.
One of the best things of EXT is if someone has a wish for an additional feature, it will be implemented sooner or later because Jorgen is one of most activ developers - his support is fabulous. For me the quintessence for that wonderful and extremely versatile plugin / standalone host is: Excellent value for money. I was rarely so impressed by a plugin / host.
Sorry for the short review, but Iīm no mega-poster. |
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By AndreasE
On 12th March 2003
Version: 1.11
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CutterMusic Revitar
In my opinion Revitar is the best acoustic guitar simulation VSTi (physical modelling).
Sound, Features, pdf Manual, Customer Support, Value For Money, Stability are very good, so I have no critics about that.
User Interface could be a bit more guitar like, the Presets could be some more (the existing are good). The CPU load is a bit high, but thatīs because of the really good modelled sound quality.
For that price you canīt do something wrong to buy it. |
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By AndreasE
On 26th February 2003
Version: 1.2
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Sonic Reality Sonik Synth
Nearly all is said before, but Iīm not as impressed by Sonic Synth as most other people because of the following reasons: The GUI is horrible and SS sometimes crashes the sequencer (I know, IK is not guilty for both because itīs the Sampletank engine).
But the worst for me is the VFM: Compared to the price of the Jeskola XS-1 SF2-Sampler (50 $) and the many many free soundfonts (and some of them are really excellent) the price for Sonic Synth is very high. |
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By AndreasE
On 13th January 2003
Version: 1.43
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Istvan Kaldor DirtBag
Only the second review for such a good FREE instrument?
This thing is really sounding like the 60īs organs (Keith Emmerson and the Nice, Gary Brooker and Procol Harum, Deep Purple, Doors, Steppenwolf, ...) - phantastic and the presets are nice.
Customer support is outstanding because within two days there were three new versions with fixed bugs and some new features.
Iīm very impressed of that instrument except for the somewhat high CPU consumption (but itīs a SE synth).
The absence of a documentation isnīt a problem, I think, because that organ isnīt really difficult to program. |
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By AndreasE
On 25th November 2002
Version: 1.0
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BatSounds MelloSound
I own all tape banks for the M-Tron, but Iīm surprised that the strings of MelloSound are sounding different than all the strings- and violin-sounds of the M-Tron. They are more soft and dreamy than the M-Tron sounds, what I personally like very much. Also the samples are looped very good, so there is no limitation to a 8 seconds sound.
Itīs a very nice instrument for free. |
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By AndreasE
On 6th November 2002
Version: 3.0
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GForce M-Tron
I own the M-Tron now for a year and also all banks, but havenīt made a review yet, thatīs nonexcusable.
I always loved the sounds (mainly the strings and violins) of that instrument since the late 60s, which was the first sampler ever built. And the M-Tron reproduces these sounds perfectly with a great veriety of sounds.
When I had questions, they quickly answered and helped me.
Compared to the prices of original Mellotrons, the VFM is very good. |
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By AndreasE
On 6th November 2002
Version: 1.04
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Ichiro Toda Synth1
This is one of the best synths (free or commercial).
The sounds are great and most presets are fine. It has a great flexibility to produce most different sounds. And the included arpeggiator is phantastic.
It has a nice and clear GUI, which makes it easy to work with in a very short time.
The docs are only in Japanese, so I cannot say if they are good or not. But do one need them for that easy to handle synth? And as I have no problems with that synth, I didnīt need support yet.
I had no stability problems at all.
As it is free, the VFM is the best possible. |
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By AndreasE
On 25th October 2002
Version: R3
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Jeskola XS-1
Edited for R3!
First of all I have to say that XS-1 seems to be the best of all SF2-players/samplers for the present, but...
It has problems to reproduce exactly the sound of many soundfonds, because it seems to be difficult to program the filter- and many other parameter-settings of the Zone-, Instrument- and Preset-layers of a SF2. So, you often hear differences in the sound between a soundfont-program loaded in XS-1 and the same one loaded in the SBLive or Audigy. Also some presets of some soundfonts arenīt even loaded in XS-1, so they cannot be played.
The GUI is good and clearly constructed.
There can be layered up to 16 different SF-programs simultaneously and there are many parameters to influence the sound and some internal effects.
There are no docs, although not all is easily to understand.
On some bug reports I got a fast answer, on some I didnīt got anyone.
There are no presets, but it isnīt an instrument itself, so how should it be.
The VFM would be good if it really would fully support all features of soundfonts, as stated on their website. |
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By AndreasE
On 10th October 2002
Version: 1.03
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Xlutop Chainer
I have to edit my old review now for version 1.03:
With Chainer you can play as many VST/VSTi as you want at the same time or independent from each other. Each VST-instrument is multitimbral with Chainer. You can create new presets for each instrument very easily and fast. The automation is very good and easy.
There are no presets, because it is no instrument itself, so I rated this high. The same for the sound quality.
The GUI is fine and easy to understand and context sensitive by right mouse click.
I had no stability problems.
Problems and bugs are supported very fast and very well. 4 bugs that I reported were eliminated within one week. |
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By AndreasE
On 9th September 2002
Version: 1.2c
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MHC Synthesizers and Effects Space Synthesizer / Effect
With this synth you can produce a nearly infinite number of evolving and static pads and "spacey" or ambient sounds, which mostly sound very interesting and good. You are helped by the included automated patch creator, which makes it very easy to create new sounds - a great idea, which works very fine. But also the included 64 presets are sounding very interesting.
I had a problem with Logic 4.8 and Mikael Hillborg gave me best support (and itīs fixed now).
The manual is very clear and understandable.
Some Problems?
Sometimes the sounds are not stable.
The GUI: It is a little bit difficult to read because of the somewhat low-contrast.
And a minor patch list problem.
But Iīm sure that Mikael will fix these things in the next versions.
The VFM is extremely good, not only as you get some extra effects and the patch creator in addition.
For me this is absolutely the best synth in this field. |
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By AndreasE
On 11th January 2002
Version: 1.1
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rgc:audio Pentagon I
I just downloaded and tested release 1.1.
René writes about this version:
We worked very hard to get this release out, in a big effort to make Pentagon I one of the most complete and powerful instruments in the market.
What an understatement! Pentagon I is definitely the most complete and powerful instrument in the market. Itīs unbelievable what a virtual synth is capable to do today for that low price. And this release with all these fantastic improvements is for free for registered users. Thank you for your excellent work René and rgc. Iīm very, very impressed.
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By AndreasE
On 27th November 2001
Version: 2.01
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Bojo Organ One
EDIT: v.2.01 is even better, so I updated my review/rating.
It is a very good sounding organ with many features. I like it very much and donīt have serious critics on it. And it costs far less than the NI B4 organ. For that price you canīt make a fault if you buy it. I donīt understand that it is not known and loved even more. |
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