Recommend me a new synth plugin, please!

[yessongs]

free list CM indicates magware in computer music magazine or BE = beat magazine
LEAD Synths: * = also good at pads
Minimogue lexus
Prodigious*
Antitranspirant by tube ohm also fluid, purepone and alpha ray
ODsay in elektrostudio also or2v
Monofury
UHE Zebralette *,zebra CM *, Tyrell N6*, Pogolski*, triple cheese.
xils lab polykbII CM
XILS lab XILS 3 BE
Synthmaster CM/ BE
Scanned Synth CM
Alchemy CM
ilosynth

Primarily pads:
Rhino CM
Dune CM/ BE
Plex
Synth 1
String Theory
Sonata
Oatmeal
Voyager
Mausynth
Augur
P8
Crystal
Sonigen Modular
Curve2 CM

try the demo of memory moon and messiah they play well enough as is but do pay for them if you think them useful. The demo interruption is minimal.

Ethnic:
Syntar
Kong Audio Gusheng and others
DSK various offerings

ATMOS:
UFO
Krakli - various especially cygnus
Psychic modulation various
Chimera
Pitch Black
HG Fortune various offerings
Aalto BE /CM


Work stations and free offerings by commercial samplers:
Proteus VX,
Sample Tank free,
Native Instruments Kontakt and Reaktor player,
AAS Swatches

Organ: Organized Trio also Mr Ray is a decent rhodes
Church organ 2

Guitar:
Plucked synth CM
Dulcet
Spicy Guitar

COMMERCIAL: **= I own
Z3ta +2 **
Rapture **
Dimension Pro**
Synthmaster**

Wish list in order
GForce Minimonsta
Korg Legacy
Native Instruments Komplete
OPX player
VB3 awesome organ vsti
East West complete composers collection
MOTU Mach V
Omnisphere
Arturia V collection
DCAM
Alchemy
Rayblaster
DIVA
Zebra
Largo
AAS ultra analog
Steinberg Halion etc...
Xils Lab poly KB
Sylenth 1
Symphobia
Albion
8dio

[tibah]

Nice wish list. Most of it doesn't fit the CPU friendly term the OP is looking for though.

[Agathodaimon]

check out Nord Rack 2 and Minimoog V Arturia.

Low on CPU, great sounds. should be pretty cheap.

[ferez21]

"Primarily pads - DUNE BE" - couldnt disagree more, for me DUNE is EVERYTHING and it features at least 5 instances in every project of mine. I use it for leads, keys, plucks and pads.

[el-bo (formerly ebow)]

COMMERCIAL: **= I own
Z3ta +2 **
Rapture **
Dimension Pro**
Synthmaster**

Wish list in order
GForce Minimonsta
Korg Legacy
Native Instruments Komplete
OPX player
VB3 awesome organ vsti
East West complete composers collection
MOTU Mach V
Omnisphere
Arturia V collection
DCAM
Alchemy
Rayblaster
DIVA
Zebra
Largo
AAS ultra analog
Steinberg Halion etc...
Xils Lab poly KB
Sylenth 1
Symphobia
Albion
8dio

hopefully you come to your senses before wasting all that money on stuff that will give you overlap upon overlap after overlap

[Aubrey Lamont]

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hopefully you come to your senses before wasting all that money on stuff that will give you overlap upon overlap after overlap

I was thinking the same thing. Yessongs, you should be able to create any sound with the addition of just a couple of those--Diva and Alchemy for instance.

What was the point of posting that entire wish list anyway? Only Korg and Zebra (and maybe a few others) would be useful suggestions to OP.

Not trying to give you a hard time. I'm just a little confused.

[ponce]

trippy sounds, great pads, atmospheric stuff

Umbra from H.G Fortune
http://www.hgf-synthesizer.de/se/Umbra/Umbra.html
I never succeeded in taming it but it has a sound of its own.

[chk071]

"Primarily pads - DUNE BE" - couldnt disagree more, for me DUNE is EVERYTHING and it features at least 5 instances in every project of mine. I use it for leads, keys, plucks and pads.

Yep, one of the few which sounds good for everything.

[JPQ]

I think original post dont say which genre which says something i think. and to me Sylenth 1 what i tested demo is very different form all others synths what i tested,and/or own. and also there VST for Windows what is wanted ? or what kind plugin format.

[faun2500]

What I'm looking for:

#1. CPU-friendly

This is most important. My current CPU is an AMD Athlon 64 x2 @2.6Ghz, I believe. A synth plugin that's light on the CPU is a must for me.

#2. Sound quality

I assume most synth plugins sound good, but I'd really love to use one that sounds GREAT.

#3. Different than Sylenth1

By "different" I mean I want a synth that can make sounds that Sylenth can't. I don't need 2 synths that specialize in the same sounds, right? I'd really love something that can make trippy sounds, great pads, atmospheric stuff, etc..


Thanks in advance!

Camel Audio Alchemy would be my choice to complement sylenth.

[faun2500]

"Primarily pads - DUNE BE" - couldnt disagree more, for me DUNE is EVERYTHING and it features at least 5 instances in every project of mine. I use it for leads, keys, plucks and pads.

Yep, one of the few which sounds good for everything.

This is interesting. I have tried dune at least twice and thought it sounded fizzy and light. Great if your after that sound.

[chk071]

This is interesting. I have tried dune at least twice and thought it sounded fizzy and light.

It is only a guess, but did you try to put a constant value to the oscillators phase? It can sound pretty weedy with free running oscillators, as every synth of course, but the Dune oscillators are set to free running by default. Tbh it took me a while to figure that out... Nevermind if you know all this of course, just guessing, because you can make this thing sound pretty fat.

[kvruzer666]

I'm still not done checking all these out.

I'm sure I'll find something I like thanks to all you guys.

[Nielzie]

If I where you, I'd get Cakewalk Rapture to complement Sylenth. It's only $20 at the moment, very low cpu consumption and can sound very different from Sylenth

http://www.cakewalk.com/products/rapture/default.aspx

http://www.store.cakewalk.com/b2cus/Pro ... RP1.00-20E

[faun2500]

This is interesting. I have tried dune at least twice and thought it sounded fizzy and light.

It is only a guess, but did you try to put a constant value to the oscillators phase? It can sound pretty weedy with free running oscillators, as every synth of course, but the Dune oscillators are set to free running by default. Tbh it took me a while to figure that out... Nevermind if you know all this of course, just guessing, because you can make this thing sound pretty fat.

No I was just listening to the presets. It was the supersaw type sounds I was listening for but I personally found them very bright and brittle and didn't like the sound of the filter. A lot of people seem to like dune though.