KVR Audio

recursive one · Post by **recursive one** » Fri Jul 22, 2016 12:28 pm

chk071 wrote: None of my synth was bought because the GUI looks so good.

I'm afraid, you are in minority here

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Fri Jul 22, 2016 12:35 pm

Though i must admit that if the GUI looks like butt, it makes me think twice about buying or using the synth too... not sure if that's rather an asthetical thing though, or pragmatism, because ugly GUI = untidy = bad to use.

Nocturnal909 · Post by **Nocturnal909** » Fri Jul 22, 2016 1:12 pm

chk071 wrote:

Though i must admit that if the GUI looks like butt, it makes me think twice about buying or using the synth too... not sure if that's rather an asthetical thing though, or pragmatism, because ugly GUI = untidy = bad to use.

Sylenth 1 comes with 6 skins and some or all can be resized to 200% This GUI I do like better than stock.

izonin · Post by **izonin** » Fri Jul 22, 2016 1:17 pm

Sylenth is an OK synth, butt the GUI...

Nocturnal909 · Post by **Nocturnal909** » Fri Jul 22, 2016 1:23 pm

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Fri Jul 22, 2016 1:25 pm

Nocturnal909 wrote:
chk071 wrote:

Though i must admit that if the GUI looks like butt, it makes me think twice about buying or using the synth too... not sure if that's rather an asthetical thing though, or pragmatism, because ugly GUI = untidy = bad to use.

Sylenth 1 comes with 6 skins and some or all can be resized to 200% This GUI I do like better than stock.

Indeed, Sylenth1's GUI and skins are nice. I was just generally speaking, not about Sylenth1 especially.

wagtunes · Post by **wagtunes** » Fri Jul 22, 2016 2:50 pm

I was going to make this ridiculously hard but decided to make it stupidly simple instead.

24 tracks

1 Drum
23 Bass

Each bass plays for 7 seconds.

Name each synth.

I'll be stunned if anybody gets half of these.

No hints.

Extra brownie points if you guess what made the drums.

https://soundcloud.com/steven-wagenheim ... -challenge

Cinebient · Post by **Cinebient** » Fri Jul 22, 2016 3:08 pm

To answer the topic....no!
Not for me but for others yes!
But as always this thread is going into another direction.
What about: "Is a meaning of another person really so relevant for my music production?"
"Should i eat pizza or a steak today?"

pdxindy · Post by **pdxindy** » Fri Jul 22, 2016 3:14 pm

EnGee wrote:
do_androids_dream wrote:
keel wrote:There is that same sound signature in all uhe synths
I agree with this - there is something common to the sound of all the u-he synths. It's just as much a taste thing as well - not necessarily about 'thin' or lack of being 'fat'.
I disagree completely!

ACE, Bazille and Diva have nothing in common. I wished that ACE sounds similar to Diva! I could saved some money I've also compared ACE with Bazille, they are with completely different characters.

Agreed... Bazille and Diva are so different... Completely different features and very different sonic character. Very little overlap.

pdxindy · Post by **pdxindy** » Fri Jul 22, 2016 3:24 pm

Judging by recent comparison polls, Sylenth is still relevant, but no longer a must have. 6-8 years ago Sylenth was the clear winner in polls. Now at best it is even. Hive vs Sylenth poll was split 50/50. Dune vs Sylenth heavily favored Dune. Spire vs Sylenth favored Spire.

recursive one · Post by **recursive one** » Fri Jul 22, 2016 3:31 pm

Polls at KVR are far less relevant than Sylenth

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Fri Jul 22, 2016 3:33 pm

BTW, I am just reading issue 160 of MusicTech and this is their 12 best synths as of now

Sylenth 1
Synthmaster
u-he Diva
Rob Papen Blue II
Omnisphere 2
NI FM8
Linplug Spectral
iZotope Iris
Fabfilter Twin 2
GForce Oddity 2
Melda MPower Synth
Zero-G Epica

DJ Warmonger · Post by **DJ Warmonger** » Fri Jul 22, 2016 3:36 pm

Time passes, trends change and better synths emerge, but as you see people are still using Sylenth1 and will be using it for a while.

fluffy_little_something · Fri Jul 22, 2016 3:42 pm

wagtunes wrote:I was going to make this ridiculously hard but decided to make it stupidly simple instead.

24 tracks

1 Drum
23 Bass

Each bass plays for 7 seconds.

Name each synth.

I'll be stunned if anybody gets half of these.

No hints.

Extra brownie points if you guess what made the drums.

https://soundcloud.com/steven-wagenheim ... -challenge

I don't see the point of that challenge. You have not even tried to make all those 24 synths make the same sound. One might as well play the lottery.
I don't have a clue which synths you used, but I surely prefer some of those bass sounds to the others.

Either way, I think your approach is the wrong way round. Listeners might not be able to tell which synth was used in the mix, but when I make the music, I make my own patches that I like. So to me it is important that an isolated instance of my synth sounds the way I want it to. Your approach basically means that it doesn't matter which synth one uses. But it does matter, at least to me as the one who makes my music. I can't use Hive or some other synth whose sound I don't like just because I know that the listener won't know what I used, anyway.

dune_rave · Post by **dune_rave** » Fri Jul 22, 2016 3:44 pm

Similar question:
Is Windows still relevant in 2016?

Is Sylenth still relevant in 2016?