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W23 · Post by **W23** » Thu Mar 09, 2017 10:16 pm

I have to admit Lush is a pretty solid synth. Very reasonable CPU (if you keep the layers and polyphony down). For the 50 dollar price it's worth it. I've seen it go on sale 4 times since last summer, so don't sweat missing the sale deadline. I'll tell you what is (in my opinion) a better synth in the same vein is Strobe 2. It doesn't use layers, and it definitely costs more (doesn't go on sale much either) but, I have the same "damn that sounds good" reaction that I get from say...Diva, or the PolyKBIII. But really, the Lush is a good synth.

recursive one · Post by **recursive one** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 9:43 am

How long the discount may last?

ramseysounds · Post by **ramseysounds** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 1:06 pm

Jumped on this at the $49 sale price. Downloaded and authorized in minutes. Instant gratification. CPU hungry though...

W23 · Post by **W23** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 3:41 pm

ramseysounds wrote:Jumped on this at the $49 sale price. Downloaded and authorized in minutes. Instant gratification. CPU hungry though...

You need to go into the settings and select the Multicore CPU support option. It'll work MUCH better

pottering · Post by **pottering** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 9:42 pm

W23 wrote:I have to admit Lush is a pretty solid synth. Very reasonable CPU (if you keep the layers and polyphony down). For the 50 dollar price it's worth it. I've seen it go on 4 times since last summer, so don't sweat missing the deadline. I'll tell you what is (in my opinion) a better synth in the same vein is Strobe 2. It doesn't use layers, and it definitely costs more (doesn't go on much either) but, I have the same "damn that sounds good" reaction that I get from say...Diva, or the PolyKBIII. But really, the Lush is a good synth.

C'mon, Strobe 2 costs $179, more than TRIPLE the current $49 for Lush.

You could have bought FAW Circle2 for $20 plus D16 Lush-101 $49 and have ONE HUNDRED AND TEN dollars left this month for other stuff (like Xpand+AIR upgrade, or 2 Vahalla reverbs, or ALL Klanghelm plugins, or...).

Aleatoriac · Post by **Aleatoriac** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 10:08 pm

Sounds like awesome.
If I didn't already have everything it does covered, I'd be all over it. Especially at that price. That's a damn good price for that much sonic power.

recursive one · Post by **recursive one** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 10:35 pm

recursive one wrote:How long the discount may last?

Well, glad that I didn't miss it

thecontrolcentre · Post by **thecontrolcentre** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 10:52 pm

W23 wrote:
ramseysounds wrote:Jumped on this at the $49 sale price. Downloaded and authorized in minutes. Instant gratification. CPU hungry though...
You need to go into the settings and select the Multicore CPU support option. It'll work MUCH better

Good to know. I wasn't aware of the multicore thing. Cheers.

W23 · Post by **W23** » Sat Mar 11, 2017 1:13 am

pottering wrote:
W23 wrote:I have to admit Lush is a pretty solid synth. Very reasonable CPU (if you keep the layers and polyphony down). For the 50 dollar price it's worth it. I've seen it go on 4 times since last summer, so don't sweat missing the deadline. I'll tell you what is (in my opinion) a better synth in the same vein is Strobe 2. It doesn't use layers, and it definitely costs more (doesn't go on much either) but, I have the same "damn that sounds good" reaction that I get from say...Diva, or the PolyKBIII. But really, the Lush is a good synth.
C'mon, Strobe 2 costs $179, more than TRIPLE the current $49 for Lush.

You could have bought FAW Circle2 for $20 plus D16 Lush-101 $49 and have ONE HUNDRED AND TEN dollars left this month for other stuff (like Xpand+AIR upgrade, or 2 Vahalla reverbs, or ALL Klanghelm plugins, or...).

I actually got Strobe 2 discounted from Fxpansion, having owned Geist 2 and Tremor. It was 125 bucks that way. And yes, even $125 IS expensive. You have to check out the demo and decide for yourself if it's worth it. You can wind up getting a few bucks knocked off going thru somewhere like plugin boutique and cashing in reward bucks too, if you don't own any Fxpansion. I already have Lush (50 bucks last summer). I also have Circle (20 bucks last week). I still think Strobe 2 sounds better....like A LOT better. Lol! I should've noted I got a discount. Again, it's just my personal opinion. I fooled around with the Strobe demo for a good long while side by side with Lush on another track, and yes...there really is a difference. The sound, the interface, the modulations, the effects...all better. Totally subjective, of course. I too was real skeptical, until I heard someone else rave about it, and checked out the demo for myself.

Vortifex · Post by **Vortifex** » Fri Mar 24, 2017 11:48 am

Mushy Mushy · Post by **Mushy Mushy** » Sat Sep 22, 2018 2:46 pm

This thing has immediately gone straight to the very top of my most frustrating purchases ever.

It sounds superb but the modulation limitations are ridiculous. Can I not assign the vowel position to an LFO or an envelope? I can't even assign it to velocity!

Surely a synth with "virtually limitless sound design possibilities" cannot be this limited. If it was hardware I would have thrown the f**cking thing out the window by now.

1 insert effect. 1. One. Uno. Ein!

"The only synthesizer you need"

GTFO!

*ok, rant over. Please tell me I'm wrong.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Sat Sep 22, 2018 3:02 pm

Dunno. All i can say is that LuSH-101 never blew me out of the water either (especially takes way too much CPU for what it offers, in terms of sound quality). Ended up selling it (got it for free, so, non-issue). The vowel filter is absolutely great though, and the best thing i ever heard in that regard. So, might even be an idea to just keep it for that.

DJ Warmonger · Post by **DJ Warmonger** » Sat Sep 22, 2018 3:58 pm

Well, LuSH-101 was supposed to be an emulation of SH-101, which is very simple hardware monosynth. It's not sound designer's dream for sure

I wanted it to create oldschool analog sounds and it makes them. Can't complain.

Also received LuSH-101 for free, though

Mushy Mushy · Post by **Mushy Mushy** » Sat Sep 22, 2018 4:01 pm

DJ Warmonger wrote:Well, LuSH-101 was supposed to be an emulation of SH-101, which is very simple hardware monosynth. It's not sound designer's dream for sure

I wanted it to create oldschool analog sounds and it makes them. Can't complain.

Also received LuSH-101 for free, though

I know what the 101 is, I have two of them.

The D16 website bills this as the only synth you'll ever need, not a basic mono synth. TAL101 is the same but I'm not complaining about that because they haven't made absurd claims.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Sat Sep 22, 2018 4:37 pm

LuSH-101 has a lot more features than TAL-101 though. The TAL one is rather a strict emulation, while LuSH-101 offers many things which go beyond that.