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Aloysius · Post by **Aloysius** » Sat Dec 08, 2018 7:01 am

Yes, it's a fresh new question, I'd like to hear which synths you will find yourself reaching for in the next year.

...Bonus question: which synths will you stop using next year? Or even [GASP!] ... UNINSTALL?!? (The horrors!)

Edit: Closed

Michael L · Post by **Michael L** » Sat Dec 08, 2018 7:29 am

Alchemy 1
Tassman
Iris

I want to get the most out of them while I can...

Aloysius · Post by **Aloysius** » Sat Dec 08, 2018 7:32 am

I must see if my backup version of Alchemy will work. I bought tons of expansions for it back in the day.

SoundPorn · Post by **SoundPorn** » Sat Dec 08, 2018 7:35 am

Synthmaster.
Possibly Fathom.
And I'm really getting back into Vacuum Pro bcuz it sounds most like hardware to my ears and has character.

Also thinking about getting Sektor. Really like the sequencer on that.

Tj Shredder · Post by **Tj Shredder** » Sat Dec 08, 2018 7:40 am

Initial audio is still advertising Sektor as MPE compatible, but it is not at all fumctioning and they confirmed they do not want to fix it...
They only care about their techno crowd. Worst support experience I had ever! Be carful...

werp · Post by **werp** » Sat Dec 08, 2018 7:41 am

Will keep using Omnisphere 2 and possibly expand the number of hardware synths that are on the Omni hardware list...
will have my fingers crossed that the arturia matrixbrute is considered for membership of that list...

Iva · Post by **Iva** » Sat Dec 08, 2018 8:01 am

rapid, dune 3, spire, serum

izonin · Post by **izonin** » Sat Dec 08, 2018 8:07 am

Unless Access decide to release the Virus as a vsti, I'll keep using these two great alternatives - Viper and Spire. Viper can load the Virus waveforms, and Spire has the Infecto filter.

acYm · Post by **acYm** » Sat Dec 08, 2018 8:12 am

gonna be opening kore2 a lot

U-o · Post by **U-o** » Sat Dec 08, 2018 8:33 am

I will keep DUNE, Harmless, Zebralette and maybe I'll buy Go2 or GlassViper (if will be updated). But who knows... maybe I'll buy something else if there will be some good "no-brainer" deal, but I want to keep and use only 3-5 synths at the same time (not 20-30 like years before). And also want to finish an EP in 2019 (finally).

voidhead23 · Post by **voidhead23** » Sat Dec 08, 2018 8:57 am

i can see myself using Zebra until the end of time, and i'll probably be adding in Serum and Dagger here and there. i want to purposefully spend some time with Absynth. It was the first softie i ever bought and i didn't really get synthesis at the time, so i have a sort of negative association with it and want to see if i actually like it now that i can program stuff. If not, it goes next year. i really want to purge stuff and get down to 3-5 synths (heck, every DAW is full of usable synths), so i'll be putting Repro, Hive, Massive and Thorn through their paces to see if they stay. i'm a guitarist. i really shouldn't have this many synths. As i said in the other thread, i'll be selling CS-80v, Aalto and UNO LX this year.

recursive one · Post by **recursive one** » Sat Dec 08, 2018 9:18 am

izonin wrote: ↑Sat Dec 08, 2018 8:07 am Unless Access decide to release the Virus as a vsti, I'll keep using these two great alternatives - Viper and Spire. Viper can load the Virus waveforms, and Spire has the Infecto filter.

+ 1

I'd add Parawave Rapid to that list, it loads Virus TI Wavetables and has osc FX such as sync and formant shift which can make sounds very similar to those Virus does in Formant Complex mode. And it has that big, fat and polished sound very similar to Virus. Haven't yet tested the new update with osc cross-modulation but I hope it can make something similar to Virus Position Triangle FM (though Viper already nails it). Well, it became much harder now to find excuses for not making awesome tracks

Also probably Dune3. Suddenly I found myself enjoying v.2 very much. Had it for years but didn't use it much because I thought that the sound wasn't quite to my liking. The Dune3 frustration anticipation thread made me revisit it and yes, it can sound great unless I'm trying to copy typical Virus/Spire/Sylenth sounds. The FM and the Acid filter are top notch.

topaz · Post by **topaz** » Sat Dec 08, 2018 9:28 am

Omnisphere 2.5 what else does anyone need in a synth

layzer · Post by **layzer** » Sat Dec 08, 2018 9:37 am

same ones from 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015......1999

Aloysius · Post by **Aloysius** » Sat Dec 08, 2018 9:38 am

I had such trouble getting Trilian working on Windows 10 I'm not sure I'd take a chance on Omnisphere no matter how good it is. Def gonna play around with Go2 more though. It came out around a time when I was buying a lot of different things, so never really got a chance to fully appreciate it.

What will be your go-to synths for 2019?