KVR Audio

zerocrossing · Post by **zerocrossing** » Thu Sep 24, 2015 7:28 pm

Apostate wrote: Serum for me was mostly the effect and filter modulation parameters...but I just don't like the actual sound of the filters much (it's just too flat-sounding to me). I just don't get that presence that Zebra and Nave give me...not to mention Z3ta.

That's what I thought when I first demoed it. I found Codex's filter to be a lot more to my liking, but I found that if you use the "French" and "German" filters, I can get them to sound really good. I they're in an odd place under "misc." I like them far better than Serum's other LP filters.

Synthetic Wav · Post by **Synthetic Wav** » Thu Sep 24, 2015 7:33 pm

Mpowersynth
Reaktor 6
Serum
Aalto
kaivo
Bazille
Zebra
Massive
Largo
Tal 101
Cypher
i might get dune 2 at some point i think it's the only sound i m missing itb

the ones i use the most lately R6 Mpowersynth and Serum (these are the ones i got recently/this year and i m really excited by fresh sounds to program on these ), i think with dune 2 i could have these 4 and be totally happy. but all the others one are keeper i m just to used to their sound, i like some change..

Apostate · Post by **Apostate** » Thu Sep 24, 2015 8:55 pm

zerocrossing wrote:
Apostate wrote: Serum for me was mostly the effect and filter modulation parameters...but I just don't like the actual sound of the filters much (it's just too flat-sounding to me). I just don't get that presence that Zebra and Nave give me...not to mention Z3ta.
That's what I thought when I first demoed it. I found Codex's filter to be a lot more to my liking, but I found that if you use the "French" and "German" filters, I can get them to sound really good. I they're in an odd place under "misc." I like them far better than Serum's other LP filters.

Those are the only filters I mess with when I'm working with Serum. They're good...there are just some I like a lot better.

Luftrum · Post by **Luftrum** » Thu Sep 24, 2015 9:12 pm

Here's my own personal synth favorite of 2015: http://www.luftrum.com/luftrum-modular/

justin3am · Post by **justin3am** » Thu Sep 24, 2015 9:50 pm

Luftrum wrote:Here's my own personal synth favorite of 2015: http://www.luftrum.com/luftrum-modular/

Hey, that's not a synth, it's a spaceship!

Your case is gorgeous!

Yeah, my modular is definitely my favorite instrument. It's so much more than a "synth"...

EnGee · Post by **EnGee** » Thu Sep 24, 2015 9:53 pm

My favourite synths in 2015 are:

Blofeld (doing a personal bank)

Loom
Codex
Ultra Analog v2
ARP 2600 v2
SEM V
Retrologue
MS-20 (KLC)
Poly-Six (KLC)

(not owned yet, but soon I hope!)
Pulse 2

4damind · Post by **4damind** » Thu Sep 24, 2015 10:47 pm

There are not so many synth released in 2015, IMO 2014 was a more interesting year.

Anyway, with older synth included and in this order:

Nord Lead 2x (yes, hardware but it's still my number 1)
Dune 2
Absynth 5
Diva
FXpansion Strobe
Rob Papen Predator
Spire
Access Virus XL (oops, I forget my Virus.. but it's not so often used and very often replaced by Spire)
Imageline Harmor
Arturia SEM
Sylenth1
Synthmaster (new in my list since it's now more stable and don't crashes my DAW).
Serum

V0RT3X · Post by **V0RT3X** » Thu Sep 24, 2015 10:54 pm

I just have to add that I bought Diva and Serum.

Serum is incredibly powerful and I am absolutely loving all the things you can do with it so far.

Nokenoku · Post by **Nokenoku** » Thu Sep 24, 2015 11:24 pm

I'd say, my synthesizer 2015 is Dexed.

It just feels right. Its sound immediatly stimulates emotions.
Haven't had the time to learn to program that thing though ... but since there are so many DX7 patches, there's no need for me to do this atm.

jancivil · Post by **jancivil** » Thu Sep 24, 2015 11:26 pm

Skanner, Kontour, Massive, Monark.

V0RT3X · Post by **V0RT3X** » Thu Sep 24, 2015 11:44 pm

jancivil wrote:Skanner, Kontour, Massive, Monark.

Kontour is incredible, so is Skanner.

Actually most of the NI Reaktor ensembles are pretty awesome.

cryophonik · Post by **cryophonik** » Thu Sep 24, 2015 11:51 pm

I'm pretty much 50/50 with hardware and software in my songs, and my current list of most-used synths is:

Access Virus TI2
Nord Lead 4R
Kurzweil PC3X
Blue 2
Alchemy
Omnisphere 2
U-he Hive
AAS Lounge Lizard (synth?)

We have a 12-song album coming out in a little over a week and these synths were used for 90%+ of the sounds.

layzer · Post by **layzer** » Fri Sep 25, 2015 12:00 am

anything that doesnt kill my cpu when i press a note

Mister Natural · Post by **Mister Natural** » Fri Sep 25, 2015 3:46 am

the only new vst I bought this year is Hybrid3 that came bundled with TriggerFinger Pro & I kinda dig it. Seems it can get very FAT
Other than learning that one, my most frequently used instruments are :
Alchemy
Z3ta2
UltraAnalog2
Operator
uTonic
Geist
DrumRack
and DimensionPro when I want strings, horns or a juicy Rhodes

looking at my VST folder, I haven't touched my Rapture in quite a while . . .

. . . excuse me while I go fire that one up

sfd · Post by **sfd** » Fri Sep 25, 2015 4:33 am

Why this absence of freeware synthts?

Your top 2015 synthesizer list?