KVR Audio

JiggSaw · Post by **JiggSaw** » Tue Jul 28, 2020 9:54 pm

For example... Diva sounds amazing but factory presets are kind of blah and not really inspiring imo. I've purchased some 3rd party presets for it that had a lot more life compared to the sounds it comes with. I'm curious if the community feels this way about other synths.

EvilDragon · Post by **EvilDragon** » Tue Jul 28, 2020 10:02 pm

Purely subjective topic. I love an awful lot of Diva's factory presets, say.

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Tue Jul 28, 2020 10:03 pm

one ping only.

JiggSaw · Post by **JiggSaw** » Tue Jul 28, 2020 10:06 pm

EvilDragon wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 10:02 pm Purely subjective topic. I love an awful lot of Diva's factory presets, say.

Yeah.. very true and depends a lot on the style of music as well. Just wanted to hear some opinions. No right or wrong answers.

BBFG# · Post by **BBFG#** » Tue Jul 28, 2020 11:06 pm

JiggSaw wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 10:06 pm
EvilDragon wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 10:02 pm Purely subjective topic. I love an awful lot of Diva's factory presets, say.
Yeah.. very true and depends a lot on the style of music as well. Just wanted to hear some opinions. No right or wrong answers.

The majority of DIVA presets are great, and the free ones you get from the community are mostly good as well!

To answer your original question.
IMO, "Tone 2" et al. Great synths and sound, but I get the feeling one needs to be really high on Molly to enjoy the majority of their presets.

audiot · Post by **audiot** » Tue Jul 28, 2020 11:08 pm

I know some synths were it's precisely the opposite. Some shiny factory presets that makes the trance and mainfloor guys jizz in their pants, but when you start tweaking these synths you'll appreciate your u-he's twice as much

I dont want to name examples ... because ... kvr, you know

pdxindy · Post by **pdxindy** » Tue Jul 28, 2020 11:20 pm

Tone 2

Not that their preset are necessarily bad, just their sounds and aesthetic are generally far from mine.

Dirtgrain · Post by **Dirtgrain** » Tue Jul 28, 2020 11:53 pm

EvilDragon wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 10:02 pm I love an awful lot of Diva's factory presets, say.

I liked TUC's presets so much that I tried to find music he made.

husker37 · Post by **husker37** » Wed Jul 29, 2020 12:02 am

DSI Prophet 12

nachenko · Post by **nachenko** » Wed Jul 29, 2020 12:38 am

Pigments. Many “meh” presets in it, but the synth itself is beyond amazing.

Chrisk-K · Post by **Chrisk-K** » Wed Jul 29, 2020 12:54 am

Pigments 2 - a lot of similar meh sounding presets

Dune 3 - a lot of nonsense arpeggiated presets drenched in delay.

Both have superb synth engines, though.

EnGee · Post by **EnGee** » Wed Jul 29, 2020 2:22 am

There are many, but from those that I have:
Harmor
Matrix-12 V
Buchla Easel V
Synthi V
Nemesis
RayBlaster

I don't know, but I like a lot the presets in u-he and SA synths. Sure not all! But I can find always what I need or want with minimum editing

KBSoundSmith · Post by **KBSoundSmith** » Wed Jul 29, 2020 2:42 am

Largo. Very nice synth, really like it. But the factory presets are...

zvenx · Post by **zvenx** » Wed Jul 29, 2020 2:56 am

Interestingly it was the third party banks that drew me into Zebra. Took awhile for me to grow to like the Factory Bank (and they are tons of HS banks that I love otherwise).
For me Legend and OBsession, not that they they are many good patches in the factory set, but I don't think they do the synths heritage justice.

I also suspect that it might be awhile for me to grow into Rapid's factory bank, not that they are bad, just for me they are very Bright and EDM oriented for the most part.

Ooh Definitely the original factory bank for the Synth Squad from fxpansion. I didn't like them at all. Took Electric Himalaya's Third party bank and of course Cypher2/Strobe2 factory presets for me to really like those synths.

Whilst indeed they are many factory patches in a few Tone2 synths that aren't my cup of tea, too many of them have patches by BigTone and Himalaya et al that make up for that for me.
rsp

BBFG# · Post by **BBFG#** » Wed Jul 29, 2020 3:05 am

Omnisphere.

What are some synths that sound amazing but the factory presets could be better?