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ssl4000 · Post by **ssl4000** » Thu Feb 06, 2014 7:33 pm

Is it only me or these synths are so close sound-wise? I really want to buy only one and so far MonoPoly is just as fat and "snappy" as Sylenth1 ! It is not as gritty and raw sounding as S1 or Zebra with two saw oscs with 4 voices each (it's close but not quite) but it's so damn good for those plucky aggressive uplifting trance midbasses I want, holy moly. And it's only 49$...
Please post your opinions about these two.

Touch The Universe · Post by **Touch The Universe** » Thu Feb 06, 2014 7:43 pm

Got a sound showing the midbass sounds in mono/poly?

ssl4000 · Post by **ssl4000** » Thu Feb 06, 2014 8:02 pm

Yeah of course, I did a comparison, it's pretty close 1:1 to Sylenth1 ! Unfortunately I didn't save Sylenth1 version so here is only monopoly, but as I said, in these type of sounds they are so damn close! MP is way closer to Sylenth1 than Zebra.
This midbass consists of 4 layers.

http://www12.zippyshare.com/v/9937318/file.html

click HD, completely different sound

Oh forgot to mention that there is also one polysix layer but its quite quiet and doesn't change much

mcnoone · Post by **mcnoone** » Thu Feb 06, 2014 10:44 pm

Here's some sounds I did with Monopoly, which will be released sometime soon.
There's also the MS20-Polysix, and LegacyCell patches for the set as well.
The LegacyCell sounds are turning out better than the Monopoly ones imo.
I'll post some of the LC sounds soon to compare.

https://soundcloud.com/monomo/sets/korg ... released-1

ssl4000 · Post by **ssl4000** » Thu Feb 06, 2014 11:04 pm

Don't like it, sorry, maybe I'm too young, for me it sounds like random sounds from 80s sci-fi movies... Quite boring. I don't think any contemporary genre can utilize those patches.
Second demo is more interesting though.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Thu Feb 06, 2014 11:11 pm

Well, maybe it sounds close to Sylenth, but the features are not nearly the same. Unison, 2nd filter, 4 envelopes, mod matrix, effects, arp, all not present in the MonoPoly.

Sparky77 · Post by **Sparky77** » Fri Feb 07, 2014 2:09 am

I personally like MonoPoly but thats my taste.
That whole Legacy collection is great.

EnGee · Post by **EnGee** » Fri Feb 07, 2014 2:12 am

chk071 wrote:Well, maybe it sounds close to Sylenth, but the features are not nearly the same. Unison, 2nd filter, 4 envelopes, mod matrix, effects, arp, all not present in the MonoPoly.

Are you sure?
There are Unison (up to 16), mod matrix, effects and Arp in Mono/poly! Or do you mean something else?
I think it has just one filter but there are two slots for effects (they are about 10 or more including 4 band EQ). The Arp is limited though to only 4 modes.

IMO they have different character, but it would be very interesting to hear the Mono/Poly in modern genres

it is a very capable synth and I love the sound of it (but I love all the legacy synths sounds).

bailees7irish · Post by **bailees7irish** » Fri Feb 07, 2014 2:33 am

ssl4000 wrote:I don't think any contemporary genre can utilize those patches.

C-note · Post by **C-note** » Fri Feb 07, 2014 4:35 am

No - there can be only one - Sylenth is #1 in sound

dune_rave · Post by **dune_rave** » Fri Feb 07, 2014 4:42 am

I think MonoPoly has few presets, while Sylenth has lots of.

mcnoone · Post by **mcnoone** » Fri Feb 07, 2014 4:58 am

ssl4000 wrote:Don't like it, sorry, maybe I'm too young, for me it sounds like random sounds from 80s sci-fi movies... Quite boring. I don't think any contemporary genre can utilize those patches.
Second demo is more interesting though.

Well this set has plenty of modern type trance plucks, leads and good edm basses, but I have to use my sequencer to come up with those kinds of demo tracks, and I'm rather lazy when it comes to that.
I'll post a bunch tomorrow though.

Lotuzia · Post by **Lotuzia** » Fri Feb 07, 2014 10:21 am

ssl4000 wrote:Don't like it, sorry, maybe I'm too young, for me it sounds like random sounds from 80s sci-fi movies... Quite boring. I don't think any contemporary genre can utilize those patches.
Second demo is more interesting though.

fwiw here's what we did for the Korg Monopoly. 400 new presets, also available by thematic banks ( Pads, Keys, Leads etc ) instead of the whole bundle

Monopoly Leads

Monopoly Bass & Percs

Monopoly Keys

Monopoly Pads

Monopoly Fx-Arps-Sequences

More info : Monopoly Grand Bundle Page

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Fri Feb 07, 2014 10:26 am

EnGee wrote:
chk071 wrote:Well, maybe it sounds close to Sylenth, but the features are not nearly the same. Unison, 2nd filter, 4 envelopes, mod matrix, effects, arp, all not present in the MonoPoly.
Are you sure?
There are Unison (up to 16), mod matrix, effects and Arp in Mono/poly! Or do you mean something else?
I think it has just one filter but there are two slots for effects (they are about 10 or more including 4 band EQ). The Arp is limited though to only 4 modes.

Oops, i guess i had Mono/Fury in mind, sorry for that... You're right of course.

Andywanders · Post by **Andywanders** » Fri Feb 07, 2014 11:36 am

Sparky77 wrote:I personally like MonoPoly but thats my taste.
That whole Legacy collection is great.

+1

The GUIs are a bit small for my old eyes, but other than that they are indeed great.

Mono/Poly vs Sylenth1?