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Robmobius · Post by **Robmobius** » Sun Aug 14, 2016 12:08 am

Icarus for me.

electro · Post by **electro** » Sun Aug 14, 2016 1:36 am

Examigan wrote:For me, it's a tie

Synclavier V and Icarus

I found the concept of Rayblaster quite amazing and all this Icarus talk has got me looking into it. The speech synthesis thing looks pretty powerful.

pdxindy · Post by **pdxindy** » Sun Aug 14, 2016 3:15 am

electro wrote:
Examigan wrote:For me, it's a tie

Synclavier V and Icarus
I found the concept of Rayblaster quite amazing and all this Icarus talk has got me looking into it. The speech synthesis thing looks pretty powerful.

I liked Rayblaster, but also found it a bit limiting in timbral flexibility in a practical usability sense. Icarus has the same sonic character I liked from Rayblaster, but I find it easier and more intuitively flexible. Icarus is more open ended.

stimresp · Post by **stimresp** » Tue Aug 16, 2016 6:09 pm

Arcsyn!

It may not have the power of the big boys, but that's to it's advantage. Easy to manage and yet capable of some truly unique sounds.

inkwarp · Post by **inkwarp** » Tue Aug 16, 2016 7:55 pm

+1 for arcsyn... amazing quality and light on cpu...

foosnark · Post by **foosnark** » Tue Aug 16, 2016 7:58 pm

I'll agree with ArcSyn, at this point in the year. Anything that outdoes it in the next 4 months will have to be pretty hot stuff.

NI Form maybe? Plogue ChipSynth? A surprise? Time will tell

Synthetic Wav · Post by **Synthetic Wav** » Sat Aug 20, 2016 3:52 pm

nothing beat reaktor and mpowersynth for me yet but i didn t try many of the newer stuff need to demo softube modular and arcsynth , icarus i don't like just the interface is a turn off and the sound when pushed more in extreme theory was a bit weak to me, kinda like a older plugin but maybe it was a specific case, i didn t give the synth a proper try cause of the interface

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Sat Aug 20, 2016 3:54 pm

Reaktor 6 probably

Klinke1 · Post by **Klinke1** » Sun Aug 21, 2016 3:39 am

Synthetic Wav wrote: Icarus i don't like just the interface is a turn off [...]

My guts: The guy who made all, should have stick to making the sound alright and get someone else for the GUI.
It is just too much work to get all right + an established company should invest in that..imho.
Coffee alone does not bring you further at one point.

Reaktor 6 seems best so far this year. Predator 2 will win...

Cinebient · Post by **Cinebient** » Sun Aug 21, 2016 9:49 am

MMhhhhh....the more i play with the Moog Model 15 app the more i like it...even when i doesn´t at the beginning (like Icarus) and hate patching virtual cables.
But even when it´s an emulation of an old synth it feels more straight forward than many desktop plug-ins and other apps.
The sharp GUI, the options to modulate and play expressive, audio bridge options, midi bridge, including 14 bit everywhere, MPE midi support, audio rate modulation everywhere, sound quality and raw power.....etc.
I wish it was a plug-in

If Moog will release their other synths as well as app in the future with extended features and midi options as well....the future looks bright.
I mean for 30 bucks it´s maybe the most synth bang for buck (beside freeware of course).
It has a certain character but it just blows me away on a freaking smartphone

risome · Post by **risome** » Sun Aug 21, 2016 10:53 am

Serum sound quality /features par excellence and i don't even do wub..
I own the NED plugin and yep its great 2.Most of all didn't have to sell a kidney to get it like you would have had to for the hardware

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Sun Aug 21, 2016 11:11 am

... perhaps VPS Avenger.

sugo · Post by **sugo** » Sun Aug 21, 2016 11:41 am

+1 Arcsyn
together with:
Phonec

EnGee · Post by **EnGee** » Thu Sep 01, 2016 7:08 am

OneOfManyPauls wrote:
EnGee wrote:I find it really a great synth. I love its sound and design. It's still growing in me the more I use it
fair enough

Well, although I like a lot Element 2, but I have checked and it is released in the late 2015. Anyway, comparing it with another synths, now I believe it is Reaktor 6

I didn't give it much attention, but the blocks really pushed it ahead. It also did that with a better performance than Reaktor 5! That is impressive

Another candidate might be Predator 2 (if it is what I think, that is, Predator Plus). So, now they are between those two. Let's see what Predator 2 will bring

Oh, and Icarus should be there as well (although I still prefer Serum), but Tone2 did a great sounding synth with incredible low cpu usage

So, my list would be:
1. Reaktor 6
2. Predator 2
3. Icarus

electro · Post by **electro** » Thu Sep 01, 2016 1:53 pm

EnGee wrote:
OneOfManyPauls wrote:
EnGee wrote:I find it really a great synth. I love its sound and design. It's still growing in me the more I use it
fair enough
Well, although I like a lot Element 2, but I have checked and it is released in the late 2015. Anyway, comparing it with another synths, now I believe it is Reaktor 6

I didn't give it much attention, but the blocks really pushed it ahead. It also did that with a better performance than Reaktor 5! That is impressive

Another candidate might be Predator 2 (if it is what I think, that is, Predator Plus). So, now they are between those two. Let's see what Predator 2 will bring

Oh, and Icarus should be there as well (although I still prefer Serum), but Tone2 did a great sounding synth with incredible low cpu usage

So, my list would be:
1. Reaktor 6
2. Predator 2
3. Icarus

All 3 of those over Synclavier V? Reaktor 6 is 2015 anyway so it doesn't qualify. You can't have Predator 2 listed for Synth of the year since it doesn't exist yet

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