KVR Audio

Caine123 · Post by **Caine123** » Wed Dec 10, 2014 8:38 pm

i just saw a promo about the Phon61 and it sounds not bad, a bit uncrispy though and muffled some sounds, so i wonder who has experiences with Synth Magic and their products? are their "based on" products really sounding authentic or better stay with DIVA etc.?

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Wed Dec 10, 2014 8:38 pm

On a scale from 1 to 10, I will award SynthMagic 11

bharris22 · Post by **bharris22** » Wed Dec 10, 2014 8:44 pm

SynthMagic stuff is uniformly excellent, IMHO, and easily worth the nominal amounts charged for each instrument.

Apples and oranges to compare it with Diva or other soft synths, however. SynthMagic's instruments are sampled from the original hardware and played in Kontakt (with beautiful UIs).

BlackWinny · Post by **BlackWinny** » Wed Dec 10, 2014 8:45 pm

It is freeware?

I can distribute it ?

Tricky-Loops · Post by **Tricky-Loops** » Wed Dec 10, 2014 8:50 pm

BlackWinny wrote:It is freeware?

I can distribute it ?

Nooooooooooooooooo, the owner could get a stroke because of it...

BlackWinny · Post by **BlackWinny** » Wed Dec 10, 2014 8:53 pm

Tricky-Loops wrote:
BlackWinny wrote:It is freeware?

I can distribute it ?

Nooooooooooooooooo, the owner could get a stroke because of it...

The owner or the Apostles of the Good Consciousness?

Mr Arkadin · Post by **Mr Arkadin** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 1:03 am

Synth Magic are great. Steve is very responsive: he even went back and added some new samples from the ARP Explorer after he'd already finished it just because I wanted the Philip Glass bass sounds.

If anyone thinks it would be fun to distribute freely I will happily slap them on Steve's behalf.

ftech · Post by **ftech** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 1:36 am

I feel lucky lucky to get such good Kontakt instruments for such a reasonable price.
Synthmagic rules

michael2 · Post by **michael2** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 5:53 am

the best. i would buy Kontakt just so i could use their stuff. it's that good.

beltrom · Post by **beltrom** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 7:13 am

No differing opinion here. Synth magic do really great stuff and Steve seems to be a nice guy and very supportive. Originally got my eye on synth magic because of the Quadra (being a fan of old Genesis stuff). But I got the whole (huge) bunch in the KVR charity auction. It's a lot of stuff and I haven't checked it all out yet, but not a single disappointment so far.

Doug1978 · Post by **Doug1978** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 8:39 am

BlackWinny wrote:
Tricky-Loops wrote:
BlackWinny wrote:It is freeware?

I can distribute it ?

[img]<span%20class="skimlinks-unlinked">http://jacques.prestreau.pagesperso-ora ... .gif</span>[/img]
Nooooooooooooooooo, the owner could get a stroke because of it...
The owner or the Apostles of the Good Consciousness?

Don't talk piracy around here, unless you want to get banned.

As for the OP's question, Steve has made some really great Kontakt libraries. Many of us like them and use them a lot. Whether you think they're good (or more aptly, suitable for your music) is up to you and Synth Magic's audio demo page.

don1thedon · Post by **don1thedon** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 9:41 am

Steve (Synthmagic) is a really good guy and his libraries are excellent.
It was probably meant as a joke but the comment about it being freeware is inapproriate.

penguinfromdeep · Post by **penguinfromdeep** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 9:46 am

They're very good, normally samples from analogue synths always sound a bit static somehow for me, just don't capture the machine very well but Synth Magic libraries are exception to me! Thoroughly recommended!

BlackWinny · Post by **BlackWinny** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 2:39 pm

Mr Arkadin wrote:Synth Magic are great. Steve is very responsive: he even went back and added some new samples from the ARP Explorer after he'd already finished it just because I wanted the Philip Glass bass sounds.

If anyone thinks it would be fun to distribute freely I will happily slap them on Steve's behalf.

Don't worry, it was a joke relative to another thread which had turned to a mess and that it's better to laugh.

blortblort · Post by **blortblort** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 5:17 pm

SynthMagic is on a very short list of instant purchases in my book.
as mentioned above, Steve is a great guy with awesome products. the only downside I can think of is that he puts out these awesome products at a rate high enough that I wish he would just do a subscription service

seriously- I would be in.

Synth Magic? Any good?