Do you know some excellent lesser known paid soft synths?

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Ingonator wrote:
ferez21 wrote:
Tricky-Loops wrote:MUX is a modular synth & effect suite & sampler, and is quite under-rated, too... I've never seen any advertisement for it...
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Mux is a beast, i remember a blind test of it vs Sylenth1, it was really hard to point out which example was played by which synth.
I used it for example to stack 4 instaces of TAL U-NO-LX with additional macro controls (detune layers, filter settings of all at once) and some FXs. It's cool that MUX could use VSTs as modules.
I have also created a kind of Formant synth by using a bank of bandpass filters (each with a certain Cutoff frequency).


Ingo
Ingonator... can you elaborate more on Mux? That sounds like what I've been looking for for ages.

Can it play chords from stacked instruments, and assign them intelligently across notes you press - for a massive super stacked sound?
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Underrated, from very small company? Quiver!
http://straightarrow.dk/quiver/

The presets are nothing to write home about, and it has an unfinished feel... but that "Paderizer" PADsynth oscillator is truly awesome!

Here are a few patch experiments (I haven't had any time for Quiver since then, unfortunately): https://www.box.com/s/1ystyk520yf5uvh2fov2

The Paderizer osc is great for bells and rich strings (try "Far Strings").
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bjporter wrote:
Ingonator wrote:
ferez21 wrote:
Tricky-Loops wrote:MUX is a modular synth & effect suite & sampler, and is quite under-rated, too... I've never seen any advertisement for it...
+3
Mux is a beast, i remember a blind test of it vs Sylenth1, it was really hard to point out which example was played by which synth.
I used it for example to stack 4 instaces of TAL U-NO-LX with additional macro controls (detune layers, filter settings of all at once) and some FXs. It's cool that MUX could use VSTs as modules.
I have also created a kind of Formant synth by using a bank of bandpass filters (each with a certain Cutoff frequency).


Ingo
Ingonator... can you elaborate more on Mux? That sounds like what I've been looking for for ages.

Can it play chords from stacked instruments, and assign them intelligently across notes you press - for a massive super stacked sound?
You can do just about anything with mux :) Download the midiplugins from insertpizhere and you are set! There's one of them called midiChords where you can trigger chords from one note. Mux can do more than what's possible to fill in a post.. :D
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gwill wrote:Audjoo Helix
that. i can't emphazise enougg, how underrated this synth still is...
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brok landers
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gear is as good as the innovation behind it-the man
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MUX/Mulab sounds very pleasant on its own as well, i.e. without using third-party VSTi's. The only drawback is that it may not be as appealing as confined conventional synths because of the user interface. There are so many options that you are often tempted to program a patch forever, adding, deleting, and changing modules and parameters in search of the perfect sound. With conventional synths you have a limited feature set and once you have tried everything, you know where your limits are.
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Tricky-Loops wrote:
bailees7irish wrote:
Andywanders wrote:Morphox anyone..?
MorphoX is killer, and for some reason its fanbase is very limited. :?
Maybe because of the price of $129? :?:
care to explain? you sure don't want to point out that it's too expensive, do you? cause it's rather the opposite...
regards,
brok landers
BIGTONEsounddesign
gear is as good as the innovation behind it-the man
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fluffy_little_something wrote:MUX/Mulab sounds very pleasant on its own as well, i.e. without using third-party VSTi's. The only drawback is that it may not be as appealing as confined conventional synths because of the user interface. There are so many options that you are often tempted to program a patch forever, adding, deleting, and changing modules and parameters in search of the perfect sound. With conventional synths you have a limited feature set and once you have tried everything, you know where your limits are.
It's absolutely overwhelming, that's why I still haven't tried to work with it (but I've bought it last year because I consider it one of the greatest modular synths). If they would write a book about MUX and how it can be used, even 500 pages wouldn't be enough... :wink:
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Howard wrote:Underrated, from very small company? Quiver!
http://straightarrow.dk/quiver/

The presets are nothing to write home about, and it has an unfinished feel... but that "Paderizer" PADsynth oscillator is truly awesome!

Here are a few patch experiments (I haven't had any time for Quiver since then, unfortunately): https://www.box.com/s/1ystyk520yf5uvh2fov2

The Paderizer osc is great for bells and rich strings (try "Far Strings").
ahh, i read about it, actually never got around trying it... will do, as soon as i find the time... if not, please remind me again, mate... ;-)
regards,
brok landers
BIGTONEsounddesign
gear is as good as the innovation behind it-the man
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Anyway, I am thinking of getting TubeOhm's paid version of their Anti-Transpirant. It is SE, but its sound quality is excellent as it uses 8x oversampling. And the sounds as such are also quite unusual (and even dangerous to your speakers :D ) because of its unconventional architecture. I will use it mainly for rich leads and bass sounds, as chords simply consume too much CPU (Diva level). It only has 6 voices, anyway.
The developer is really into his work, not a businessman trying to make profits.
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Ingonator wrote:
EnGee wrote:SynthMaster is a good choice also. It has a very good sound and many possibilities to program.
The price is low as well (especially after the discount).
I guess that Synthmaster is actually quite well known (at least here at KVR).
Same about OP-X Pro, ImpOSCar 2, the Korg plugins and Largo which were mentioned here too.

If any of the Korg plugins is underrated it should be the Wavestation (same is true about the hardware synth which is a reason why they are quite cheap)...


Ingo
I'm glad that it is a well known synth now ;-) It is from a small developer and deserves to be mentioned IMO.
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Howard wrote:Underrated, from very small company? Quiver!
http://straightarrow.dk/quiver/

The presets are nothing to write home about, and it has an unfinished feel... but that "Paderizer" PADsynth oscillator is truly awesome!

Here are a few patch experiments (I haven't had any time for Quiver since then, unfortunately): https://www.box.com/s/1ystyk520yf5uvh2fov2

The Paderizer osc is great for bells and rich strings (try "Far Strings").
Damn - I keep forgetting about this. Perfect for the minimal-ambient-glitchy-idm-ish crap I'm hoping to produce so I can go back in time and be famous in 2009. :hihi:

Seriously, this has always looked like fun, and for $45? Plus, it's got the zebra-esque modular routing interface.
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brok landers wrote:
Tricky-Loops wrote:
bailees7irish wrote:
Andywanders wrote:Morphox anyone..?
MorphoX is killer, and for some reason its fanbase is very limited. :?
Maybe because of the price of $129? :?:
care to explain? you sure don't want to point out that it's too expensive, do you? cause it's rather the opposite...
always the same topic. 'expensive' is not an objective term. for a hobbyist, who needs the earned money to feed a family in the first place and than maybe ... , it is expensive. even in Germoney live people with a low income. for a professional well known studio owner, who buys the plugs in the name of his or her company and who doesn't have to pay tax for it (minus 21%), it is different, of course.



:lol:
"It dreamed itself along"
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brok landers wrote:
Tricky-Loops wrote:
bailees7irish wrote:
Andywanders wrote:Morphox anyone..?
MorphoX is killer, and for some reason its fanbase is very limited. :?
Maybe because of the price of $129? :?:
care to explain? you sure don't want to point out that it's too expensive, do you? cause it's rather the opposite...
For this price I can get Massive on the Market Place or a new version of Synthmaster (which I own), so $129 for MorphoX is too much...
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mellotronaut wrote:
brok landers wrote:
Tricky-Loops wrote:
bailees7irish wrote:
Andywanders wrote:Morphox anyone..?
MorphoX is killer, and for some reason its fanbase is very limited. :?
Maybe because of the price of $129? :?:
care to explain? you sure don't want to point out that it's too expensive, do you? cause it's rather the opposite...
always the same topic. 'expensive' is not an objective term. for a hobbyist, who needs the earned money to feed a family in the first place and than maybe ... , it is expensive. even in Germoney live people with a low income. for a professional well known studio owner, who buys the plugs in the name of his or her company and who doesn't have to pay tax for it (minus 21%), it is different, of course.:lol:
If I would have a big studio and loads of cash, I would buy KOMPLETE 9 Ultimate, and I would be provided with so many great instruments that I wouldn't need any more... :wink:
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Howard wrote:Underrated, from very small company? Quiver!
http://straightarrow.dk/quiver/

The presets are nothing to write home about, and it has an unfinished feel... but that "Paderizer" PADsynth oscillator is truly awesome!

Here are a few patch experiments (I haven't had any time for Quiver since then, unfortunately): https://www.box.com/s/1ystyk520yf5uvh2fov2

The Paderizer osc is great for bells and rich strings (try "Far Strings").
Just tried out Those patches. Far strings sounds fantastic. Many thanks.

Just wanted to echo your feelings on Quiver. It's a wonderfully organic sounding synth.
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