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ferez21 · Post by **ferez21** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 9:52 am

^^ ANA definitely sounds great, but it consumes way more cpu than i expected.

Phil Sonic Academy · Post by **Phil Sonic Academy** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 10:05 am

Urs wrote:
Phil Sonic Academy wrote:P.S. sorry for hijacking the thread i just have a lot of love for ANA
I guess you're slightly biased

Just a Bit!

It consumes my every thought if im honest... well at least until our next plugin.

Phil Sonic Academy · Post by **Phil Sonic Academy** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 10:09 am

ferez21 wrote:^^ ANA definitely sounds great, but it consumes way more cpu than i expected.

It certainly can consume a lot of CPU... my point was that if you do a like for like with sylenth there isnt a massive difference. ANA has lots of extra options/features that can send CPU way up but there is always a price for awesomeness.

ferez21 · Post by **ferez21** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 10:12 am

Youre generally right, but take a look at Harmor with its never ending options set....also never crosses the 8% cpu usage at my machine.....it's not trivial, but it exists

Phil Sonic Academy · Post by **Phil Sonic Academy** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 10:23 am

ferez21 wrote:Youre generally right, but take a look at Harmor with its never ending options set....also never crosses the 8% cpu usage at my machine.....it's not trivial, but it exists

Harmor is a difficult one, as its additive synthesis which i have no baseline to compare it with. Ive also never tried it as its PC only. I will give it blast next time i fire up bootcamp... looks like a really cool synth.

MadAnthony81 · Post by **MadAnthony81** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 11:36 am

I dont know if it is for MAC but Rapture is awesome. Right now for some reason im getting errors and I use Jbridge. Im currently investigating.

ferez21 · Post by **ferez21** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 11:39 am

MadAnthony81 wrote:I dont know if it is for MAC but Rapture is awesome. Right now for some reason im getting errors and I use Jbridge. Im currently investigating.

Rapture can do some amazing stuff, but its workflow is frustrating to me.....setting up an essential thing like a filter takes too many clicks TBH.

4damind · Post by **4damind** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 12:08 pm

I don't see Harmor in this department. This synth sounds too different and the workflow is not near as easy compared to Sylenth, Ana, Spire, Dune,... Give Harmor a guy and say he should do simple stuff like to set a filter envelope, amp envelope for oscillator 1 or change the waveform to saw... the design is in my opinion over-complicated for simple stuff, other stuff is so easy so you can ask yourself: does it really need a "pluck" knob for creation of pluck sounds?
Some good ideas, flexible because of the state-file idea, good sound, good Unison implementation... but you have sometimes the feeling you must have a degree in computer science to use simple stuff like a envelope

ferez21 · Post by **ferez21** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 12:16 pm

4damind wrote:I don't see Harmor in this department. This synth sounds too different and the workflow is not near as easy compared to Sylenth, Ana, Spire, Dune,... Give Harmor a guy and say he should do simple stuff like to set a filter envelope, amp envelope for oscillator 1 or change the waveform to saw... the design is in my opinion over-complicated for simple stuff, other stuff is so easy so you can ask yourself: does it really need a "pluck" knob for creation of pluck sounds?
Some good ideas, flexible because of the state-file idea, good sound, good Unison implementation... but you have sometimes the feeling you must have a degree in computer science to use simple stuff like a envelope

I agree, that's why i wasn't actually suggesting it as an alternative to Sylenth, it was just my example for a "very-complex-yet-low-on-cpu" kind of synth

rob_lee · Post by **rob_lee** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 2:38 pm

Alternatives to Sylenth?

1. Zebra2
2. Synthmaster

other one i must check out is Ana cause your going on about it, will check next week. Can it load samples?

Rob

Phil Sonic Academy · Post by **Phil Sonic Academy** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 2:44 pm

No cant load samples. but it can create almost any sound imaginable!

(except pianos n tubas)

rob_lee · Post by **rob_lee** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 2:44 pm

There's no demo for Ana as far as i can see (i may be wrong) and it says i have to subscribe to get it cheaper?? Subscribe to what please?

Cheers

Rob

Phil Sonic Academy · Post by **Phil Sonic Academy** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 2:47 pm

Yeah there is a demo... you just have to register with our site.

http://www.sonicacademy.com/SonicXtra/ANA+Synth/

demo is on the right halfway down

Subscribers to our tutorial service get discounts on all our products (as well as hundreds of hours of videos, samples & project files etc.)

rob_lee · Post by **rob_lee** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 3:05 pm

Phil Sonic Academy wrote:Yeah there is a demo... you just have to register with our site.

http://www.sonicacademy.com/SonicXtra/ANA+Synth/

demo is on the right halfway down

Subscribers to our tutorial service get discounts on all our products (as well as hundreds of hours of videos, samples & project files etc.)

Ok will download later and try it out on the mac.

Thanks

Rob

Aubrey Lamont · Post by **Aubrey Lamont** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 4:05 pm

Phil Sonic Academy wrote: P.S. sorry for hijacking the thread i just have a lot of love for ANA

I wouldn't consider it hijacking. This thread is about Sylenth alternatives, and ANA probably comes the closest.

I demoed both Sylenth and ANA extensively earlier this year. Would have bought ANA had I not fallen in love w/ Diva.

Alternative to Sylenth1