Best new vst you have tried?
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- KVRist
- 335 posts since 9 Aug, 2004
I could be off the mark here but recently been attacking Synth Squad and the new Strobe 2 is excellent!
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- KVRAF
- 3477 posts since 27 Dec, 2002 from North East England
Another incredible machine. FXpansion's modulation system is really something else. It was already ridiculously powerful in Synth Squad, and the version 2 of Strobe and Cypher take things to another level. One of my favourite patches I've ever made was in Strobe 1, using unison voice number as a modulator to give each voice in a huge unison stack its own independent oscillator sync value. It was the fattest sound I've ever heard.Samplecraze wrote:I could be off the mark here but recently been attacking Synth Squad and the new Strobe 2 is excellent!
- KVRAF
- 5958 posts since 16 Aug, 2017 from UK
New to me, at least.
Different, I don't know about the best.
Acustica's Navy demo. 1073/81
Cutting the mud with subtractive cuts opens things up and appears to make things sound louder, in some cases. Especially on my poor mixes.
Open and 3D with modest CPU demands.
Different, I don't know about the best.
Acustica's Navy demo. 1073/81
Cutting the mud with subtractive cuts opens things up and appears to make things sound louder, in some cases. Especially on my poor mixes.
Open and 3D with modest CPU demands.
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Is materialism devouring your musical output?
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- KVRian
- 1256 posts since 15 Mar, 2007 from Yorkshire, England
Strob2 + ROLI seabord = heaven!
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- KVRist
- 335 posts since 9 Aug, 2004
Been eyeing the ROLI like a porn queen but, like the porn queen, I need the money.
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- KVRist
- 36 posts since 11 Dec, 2016
If you like Serum but the fact it consumes a lot of CPU scares you, use Synthmaster One, it's like sylenth1 with wavetables, very easy to use... Not like Synthmaster 2.9 which I don't understand at all it can be the best synth ever because it has everything to be the most complete synthesizer but the GUI is so confusing at least for me...
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- KVRAF
- 11182 posts since 2 Dec, 2004 from North Wales
+1
There have been lots of great sysnths over the last few years buts its all evolution not revolution...nothing has realy blown my socks of other than hardware aside from Strob2 + ROLI and thats half in the hardware! Othr than that the most fun and invention I have seen with VST's are the Phase 4 and the new sampler used with bitwigs unified modulation system and MPE- heaven!
X32 Desk, i9 PC, S49MK2, Studio One, BWS, Live 12. PUSH 3 SA, Osmose, Summit, Pro 3, Prophet8, Syntakt, Digitone, Drumlogue, OP1-F, Eurorack, TD27 Drums, Nord Drum3P, Guitars, Basses, Amps and of course lots of pedals!
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- KVRian
- 513 posts since 26 Nov, 2009
Underrated synths for weird sounds:Sugar bytes factory, Arcsyn.
- KVRAF
- 9577 posts since 16 Dec, 2002
- KVRist
- 429 posts since 4 Jun, 2018 from The UK
I've been looking at Europa and demoing Rapid, and thinking of getting Spectral for a while. However the synth I've recently fallen for while demoing, is Icarus. Can't believe I've been overlooking it until now! I'm trying to wait till black Friday but not sure I can manage, it's already in the basket
Got to the point where I have to stop demoing, because I'm disappointed when the demo expired notice comes up and I can't save the wavetables and patches.
Icarus has such powerful resynthesis and wavetable editor. The ability to apply the Morph to the wavetable and add a new one keep applying them has endless possibilities, and the FM, AM and Waveshape between oscillators. The self oscillating dual filters and distortion with really nice visual display. The vocoder is a really fun feature, I've found myself playing with the default preset "welcome to Tone 2 Icarus" for the whole duration of the demo session.
Also, this thread reminded me of Harmor, which I already have in FL. When I first tried it I found the UI quite intimidating and unintuitive, but now I've learned more about sound design I should go back and spend some proper time with it. Hopefully it'll distract me from getting Icarus before Black Friday.
Got to the point where I have to stop demoing, because I'm disappointed when the demo expired notice comes up and I can't save the wavetables and patches.
Icarus has such powerful resynthesis and wavetable editor. The ability to apply the Morph to the wavetable and add a new one keep applying them has endless possibilities, and the FM, AM and Waveshape between oscillators. The self oscillating dual filters and distortion with really nice visual display. The vocoder is a really fun feature, I've found myself playing with the default preset "welcome to Tone 2 Icarus" for the whole duration of the demo session.
Also, this thread reminded me of Harmor, which I already have in FL. When I first tried it I found the UI quite intimidating and unintuitive, but now I've learned more about sound design I should go back and spend some proper time with it. Hopefully it'll distract me from getting Icarus before Black Friday.
- KVRist
- 242 posts since 1 Jun, 2011
A bit off-axis: Pianoteq 6 is a KILLER.
I never had this much fun experimenting with different pianos; amazing and character-full free stuff included; very, very tweakable to your needs. Usually you're expecting this from electronic stuff and not from "realistic" instrument, but this one utilizies the fact it's a synth just amazingly. Also, the interface is just brilliant. One of the best I've ever seen.
I never had this much fun experimenting with different pianos; amazing and character-full free stuff included; very, very tweakable to your needs. Usually you're expecting this from electronic stuff and not from "realistic" instrument, but this one utilizies the fact it's a synth just amazingly. Also, the interface is just brilliant. One of the best I've ever seen.
https://soundcloud.com/vospi
I love music, worked with a number of music/rhythm/dance games like Pump It Up, In The Groove, Cytus and Deemo, and teach music production.
I love music, worked with a number of music/rhythm/dance games like Pump It Up, In The Groove, Cytus and Deemo, and teach music production.
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- KVRist
- 80 posts since 21 Dec, 2016 from United States
Old, but new-
The update for Omnisphere 2.5 makes an already incredible product, more powerful. What I really like about it is all the new hardware synth soundsets and the multitouch support. Omnisphere is really blurring the lines between hardware and software.
The update for Omnisphere 2.5 makes an already incredible product, more powerful. What I really like about it is all the new hardware synth soundsets and the multitouch support. Omnisphere is really blurring the lines between hardware and software.
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- KVRAF
- 5810 posts since 27 Jul, 2001 from Tarpon Springs, Florida, USA
Which version of Pianoteq 6 do you have?Vospi wrote: ↑Tue Oct 02, 2018 8:34 pm A bit off-axis: Pianoteq 6 is a KILLER.
I never had this much fun experimenting with different pianos; amazing and character-full free stuff included; very, very tweakable to your needs. Usually you're expecting this from electronic stuff and not from "realistic" instrument, but this one utilizies the fact it's a synth just amazingly. Also, the interface is just brilliant. One of the best I've ever seen.
Do you have any of it recorded?
BTW heard a few of your pieces.
Really like "lost and Found"
My Studio: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=7760&p=7777146#p7777146
- Beware the Quoth
- 33175 posts since 4 Sep, 2001 from R'lyeh Oceanic Amusement Park and Funfair
well, Ive just spent 5 minutes with BYOME, so....
my other modular synth is a bugbrand
- KVRAF
- 4851 posts since 5 May, 2005 from Stockholm, Sweden
Sure does, I wish the GUI wasn't so sluggish though. Can take 3 seconds for stuff to change after I click on it, never had these problems with V1. Maybe it's my fault by being poor and not having a better computerizer.