KVR Audio

Crizzle · Post by **Crizzle** » Thu May 23, 2019 6:59 pm

my computer could be a lot better and prefer my synths to not be cpu monsters. I have zebra2 and it is amazing in this regard. What are some other amazing synths that wont kill your cpu?

Synthman2000 · Post by **Synthman2000** » Thu May 23, 2019 7:01 pm

Sylenth1 and NI Massive.

Yorrrrrr · Post by **Yorrrrrr** » Thu May 23, 2019 7:05 pm

Hive 2.

Echoes in the Attic · Post by **Echoes in the Attic** » Thu May 23, 2019 7:15 pm

Tone2 synths are impressively low cpu for the capabilities. For a nice vintage analog emulation, OPX-Pro II is very light on cpu. Phonec also. Some of the old NI synths like FM8 use almost nothing, same for Absynth for the most part (some of the functions introduced in later versions can use a bit of cpu).

Aloysius · Post by **Aloysius** » Thu May 23, 2019 7:18 pm

AnX · Post by **AnX** » Thu May 23, 2019 7:23 pm

most stuff that is "powerful" will eat your cpu if you start to actually use it's power

there are also pretty simple synths that will eat your cpu from the off

Jbravo · Post by **Jbravo** » Thu May 23, 2019 7:37 pm

Surge

Jbravo · Post by **Jbravo** » Thu May 23, 2019 7:40 pm

Arcsyn

dune_rave · Post by **dune_rave** » Thu May 23, 2019 8:11 pm

IMPOSCAR, BLUEII, PREDATOR2, ARTURIA STUFF, SYLENTH1, FM8, DEXED

Crizzle · Post by **Crizzle** » Thu May 23, 2019 9:11 pm

dune_rave wrote: ↑Thu May 23, 2019 8:11 pm IMPOSCAR, BLUEII, PREDATOR2, ARTURIA STUFF, SYLENTH1, FM8, DEXED

how are rob papens synths?

exmatproton · Post by **exmatproton** » Thu May 23, 2019 10:25 pm

Crizzle wrote: ↑Thu May 23, 2019 9:11 pm
dune_rave wrote: ↑Thu May 23, 2019 8:11 pm IMPOSCAR, BLUEII, PREDATOR2, ARTURIA STUFF, SYLENTH1, FM8, DEXED
how are rob papens synths?

They are "ok". What i don't like about those, is that they run @ ~20 fps.....quite annoying. Especially coming from something like Rapid, which is running at a steady 60 fps (and quite light on the cpu, until you really stretch it's legs)

digitalboytn · Post by **digitalboytn** » Thu May 23, 2019 10:55 pm

DUNE....1,2 or 3....

High quality sound with very low CPU hit

Zebra 2 is another winner....

TheSynthScientist · Post by **TheSynthScientist** » Fri May 24, 2019 4:59 am

digitalboytn wrote: ↑Thu May 23, 2019 10:55 pm

Zebra 2 is another winner....

Surprised it wasn't mentioned sooner.
Very CPU friendly for what it does.

BONES · Post by **BONES** » Fri May 24, 2019 5:16 am

It actually was mentioned by the OP in the first post. Hard to mention anything earlier than that.

exmatproton wrote: ↑Thu May 23, 2019 10:25 pmThey are "ok". What i don't like about those, is that they run @ ~20 fps.....quite annoying. Especially coming from something like Rapid, which is running at a steady 60 fps (and quite light on the cpu, until you really stretch it's legs)

Promise me this is a joke, please. 60fps is nearly three times the frame rate of cinema and a complete and utter waste of CPU cycles. 12fps should be more than adequate for something as totally unimportant as a soft synth interface. After all, any animation you get is purely decorative and serves no useful purpose.

Basically, anything more than 10 years old should be very light on a modern CPU, as they were made for far less powerful machines.

MuzikFreq · Post by **MuzikFreq** » Fri May 24, 2019 5:21 am

Synthman2000 wrote: ↑Thu May 23, 2019 7:01 pm Sylenth1 and NI Massive.

You also forgot Synth1
but just those 3 really.

Powerful synths that are CPU friendly?