GForce Software

Sounds really nice, but looks a bit shit. I dunno why GForce (that name makes me think of a video card - the 90s want their names back), make these delightful sounding synths and then dress them up in eye-wateringly bad GUIs. Then they make you wait 10 years for an update. Who designs your GUIs? The alien from ALF? Either the fonts are hard to read, or they're blurry or too big or too small. Goofy is the only way to describe them. ImpOscar 3 is another mess. I get that you're trying to clone 50 year old synths, but must you clone the badly used real estate too?

Hardware synths were big and bulky; designed around the electronics they housed. What electronics are inside a Minimonsta? We waited years for an update - and its still ugly. Oddity 3 has great pad sounds but makes me want to get an eye test. Did someone rub cooking grease on the fonts? Oddity 2 was a mess, but I could at least see what was on screen. Fix your GUIs, or have someone who knows what they're doing work on them. Or ask Softube to make 'em for you. Look at their Minimoog. Or even their SH101. Class. Frankly, I think this brand mostly coasted off the reviews in that silly Computer Music magazine (everything got 9s and 10s). Most of us serious folk have moved on. Who has time to stare at badly designed plugins just to get at some presets. PS, GForce, your original Minimonsta presets were designed around the Melohman concept, basically morphing presets. So why did you leave those presets in, but now there's only one variation? Some might think I am nitpicking, but as one of their earliest adopters, I think I've earned the right to kvetch a little. GUI design is now leaps and bounds ahead of what GForce is doing. Now that FM synth, that's more like it.

I have several GForce synth plugins, and they have excellent audio quality! The patch management system could be a bit better. I have some nice impOSCar synth on my latest song called "In The Right Direction", which is currently at the top of my music website, which can be found at this link if you want to hear it:

https://www.soundclick.com/aaronaardvark/?content=songs

A little old, a little new, a little modulation, that's how we do.

GFORCE Software has done some remarkable emulations of classic synthesizers in the past, but this time they have created a sonic time portal that overlays a modern twist on classic audio building blocks. The highly flexible yet familiar oscillator section feeds a solid stream of sound into the forge where the craftsperson will generate their masterpiece. The included presets do a good job of of offering a high-level view of what this synth is capable of doing, but one must travel beyond the realm of the presets to truly experience the sheer power of this instrument.

This synth is the shit. Really, really punchy & clear. The presets are excellent. The interface is large and clear. I can't believe I got this for free (from Computer Music Mag). Well recommended.

You will be hard pressed to find a synth that can go this deep with modulation. One can hold out a note or chord and get those unexpected events and new experiences usually only found in analog modular--serious DSP sorcery going on here...

What do I know about drum machines, is this even a drum machine? All I know is the sound gels with my bass playing sending me in a new direction. I'm super inspired by this new tool with the retro sound.

This synth is basically a preset player for the bigger synth Oberheim OB-E. You get the same presets and same sound with few tweaking options. If you are not into synth programming this is perfect for getting that thick and lush sound.

Here's my overview and demo: https://youtu.be/eZlU5B-lzGE.

Endorsed by Tom Oberheim himself, the synth sounds fantastic and is able to emulate all the well known classic OB-X patches along with with much more due to the extra modern features and 16 voices. The CC MIDI control interface is intuitive and very easy to map to a hardware keyboard or controller. Already my new favourite soft synth which is sitting beside some other excellent go to soft synths from Roland Cloud Ultimate, Korg Collection 4, Cherry Audio GX-80 and Dune 3.