What is the good "affordable" vst synth?

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Dasheesh wrote:If I don't own my instrument there is no reason for me to buy it.

This is the problem with software. If you want people to respect the instrument treat it like an instrument. All the freaking presets make it unnecessary to learn the instrument or to take ownership. There is no more sense of experimentation. There is no sense of ownership when all the ownership has been taken out of it. When kids have no reason to learn how to play an instrument they just let the sequencer play the music for them. When every ten year old with a laptop has the same sounds making the same music with their only musical knowledge being hiding in a dark corner warp markering samples. When everyone goes around calling themselves musicians and can't play an instrument. When every track is the same expected and formulaic content cluttering the air with same track over and over and over again. People tune the freak out. no one cares anymore. And you know why you like it that way? because you don't want to take the effort to learn, progress, respect, adapt. Because you refuse to grow up. Because you are will never be the superstar of your dreams...or maybe you are and realize its bullshit. Because you were more interested in the name and scene than the music. Because you just wanted to be part of the cool crowd so desperately you are willing to try to take every one else down to your false and fake level.
Stop it!

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I started another thread for discussing owning and licensing software: http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic ... 4&t=449026 It got a bit long-winded, must admit ...

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Lotuzia wrote:Xils LE V2.0. Modular analog at the price of a couple pizzas. Prsitine analog feel. :shrug:
Just bought it the other day. Very nice feel indeed. Great for sfx imho.

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I just saw there is a Synthmaster Player version, with the current coupon deal it is $18.85. I know the editing is pared down, but there are 1100 presets, seems like a good option for many.
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Korg MonoPoly
50usd
Good synth

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Another good one is Diversion (I forgot to mention it :) ) but just like with ACE, you need a decent CPU to make the most of it.

EDIT: I just checked and it isn't on sale any more, so it is back up to the original $169. Not as affordable as the ones in my list, but it's still a nice synth for sure.

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I just bought HIVE and I must say it impressed me. Easy to tweak and make new good sounds. This synth is good for anything from 80's music to modern EDM. I paid 149 USD and it was a reasonable price considering what I could do with it in just a few days. :tu:
Win 10 -64bit, CPU i7-7700K, 32Gb, Focusrite 2i2, FL-studio 20, Studio One 4, Reason 10

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ATN69 wrote:I just bought HIVE and I must say it impressed me. Easy to tweak and make new good sounds. This synth is good for anything from 80's music to modern EDM. I paid 149 USD and it was a reasonable price considering what I could do with it in just a few days. :tu:
I was trying to suggest synths under $100 (he asked about affordable synths) but I will eventually get Hive. It is a great synth for sure. Also would like to get this soundbank that this demo was made with https://soundcloud.com/dejavu-sound/u-h ... irst-world

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Examigan wrote:
ATN69 wrote:I just bought HIVE and I must say it impressed me. Easy to tweak and make new good sounds. This synth is good for anything from 80's music to modern EDM. I paid 149 USD and it was a reasonable price considering what I could do with it in just a few days. :tu:
I was trying to suggest synths under $100 (he asked about affordable synths) but I will eventually get Hive. It is a great synth for sure. Also would like to get this soundbank that this demo was made with https://soundcloud.com/dejavu-sound/u-h ... irst-world
Howard Scarr and Kevin Schroeder made the sound bank. Amazing cinematic sounds. As far as I can see it is not released yet. I know Hive is not "cheap" but it is not the most expensive out there and it is value for money. When I buy anything I always ask myself "what do I get for my money?" :wink:
Win 10 -64bit, CPU i7-7700K, 32Gb, Focusrite 2i2, FL-studio 20, Studio One 4, Reason 10

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One of the best values for money right now is Air Hybrid, it comes free with Trigger finger pro from M-Audio which can be picked up for £99 UK and even less in the US
Duh

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ATN69 wrote:
Howard Scarr and Kevin Schroeder made the sound bank. Amazing cinematic sounds. As far as I can see it is not released yet. I know Hive is not "cheap" but it is not the most expensive out there and it is value for money. When I buy anything I always ask myself "what do I get for my money?" :wink:
That is a good question.

U-he synths are generally not cheap with initial purchase. But you get exceptional value over time.

But even with the least costly - ACE for $85... Since initial purchase, there have been no additional paid upgrade costs. That is over 6 years! And during that time, there has been ongoing development. Multi-core support was added, significant improvements to the Mod-Mapper, a new GUI with crisp scaling from 70-200% in 10% increments, 64 bit, additional presets, new Preferences pane and capable midi learn functionality (so you have 7/14 bit, normal, fine, steps in integers, semitones, octaves), new midi sources, AAX support, MPE support (note per channel)... as well as bug fixes and OS updates.

So even though ACE came out 6 years ago, it is an up to date synth that is keeping up with changes in monitor size, new controllers, OS'es etc. Those aren't 'sexy' features but make a big workflow difference in real world use. You can count on that going forward.

You also get a generous licensing agreement with U-he synths... you can install on multiple machines as long as you are the one using them. Serial # only.

I've had Zebra 2 for close to 10 years. It has had the equivalent of 3-4 paid upgrades worth of features added but it has not cost me an additional cent. Other synths I have purchased during that time have come and gone. Never became 64 bit, or not updated for recent OS, or dev went bye-bye. Plenty of synths have not kept up with monitor size and now look so tiny on my screen that they are hard to read and use (absynth ahem).

Hive is new, so there is not an upgrade history to point to yet, but I would feel confident to buy it knowing it will continue to be developed, that future cost will be minimal to none for a good while going forward. So if you are into music for the longer term, a u-he synth purchased today will end up more affordable over time.

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Dasheesh wrote:
still an awesome track, lovely!

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Tal U-no LX
The Korg collection
Cant go wrong with these and very affordable.

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PatchAdamz wrote:Tal U-no LX
The Korg collection
Cant go wrong with these and very affordable.
Add Minisyn'x, PolyKB II Player and XILS 3 LE to that and I don't think you even need anything more :-)

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