KVR Audio

cron · Post by **cron** » Wed Nov 14, 2018 7:58 pm

Harmor, as it is every year. I'm consistently finding new things it can do. Been taking advantage of the easy copy/paste directly to/from image editor functionality a lot this year.

iNNeRNoiZe · Post by **iNNeRNoiZe** » Wed Nov 14, 2018 8:45 pm

VCV Rack

cfanyc · Post by **cfanyc** » Wed Nov 14, 2018 10:42 pm

The 3 ones that stood out for me last year are:

Repro for its excellent, rich, authentic analog sound. Eye opening
at where circuit modeling can achieve

TAL sampler for its incredible lo-fi sounds.

Granite for its incredible granular soundscapes.

jancivil · Post by **jancivil** » Wed Nov 14, 2018 10:56 pm

at first I didn't think there was anything new for me this year. But I realized I got much more familiar with Reaktor Kontour this summer.

It's a fantastic instrument, though great fun I don't know about. It's tetchy, by which I mean it's very sensitive to touch or automation changes.

Fotizimo · Post by **Fotizimo** » Fri Nov 16, 2018 2:20 pm

Aloysius wrote: ↑Tue Nov 13, 2018 4:51 pm I smashed a Yamaha SY85 to pieces. It was great fun.

Yeah, but what did it sound like? Please tell me you captured it's dying sounds.

Aloysius · Post by **Aloysius** » Fri Nov 16, 2018 5:49 pm

Too late now but excellent idea.

Yorrrrrr · Post by **Yorrrrrr** » Fri Nov 16, 2018 6:14 pm

DUNE 3.

SWallace · Post by **SWallace** » Fri Nov 16, 2018 6:34 pm

Grain in Reason. So much fun and so easy to create good unique sounds.

STi_NJ · Post by **STi_NJ** » Fri Nov 16, 2018 7:23 pm

Omnisphere 2. It's really all you need. At least for me.

Aloysius · Post by **Aloysius** » Fri Nov 16, 2018 7:27 pm

... until v3.

monkiusz · Post by **monkiusz** » Fri Nov 16, 2018 7:31 pm

U-he Repro

ilhouse · Post by **ilhouse** » Sat Nov 17, 2018 7:36 am

Zebra 2. Barely getting hang of interface but it's been a blast learning little by little how to use a synth. Demo'd a few and chose this one. Glad I did!

imrae · Post by **imrae** » Sat Nov 17, 2018 9:57 am

Software: Thorn. It just really nails that "throw a nice waveform into a good overdriven filter and then modulate some things" subtractive workflow. I really like the ability to add harmonics to basic waveforms with the scan knob. Ironically the feature I use the least is the spectral filter which is meant to be its USP: it steps too much under modulation and many of the settings kills the lower harmonics, which needs to be planned ahead and compensated by transposing.

Hardware: Plaits. I started some Eurorack this year and my current rack is basically Plaits + modulation. Especially enjoying the waveshaper and FM modes which have a lot of range under modulation while nearly always sounding good.

ecristian · Post by **ecristian** » Sat Nov 17, 2018 9:59 am

TAL noisemaker

Ingonator · Post by **Ingonator** » Sat Nov 17, 2018 11:17 am

Yorrrrrr wrote: ↑Fri Nov 16, 2018 6:14 pmDUNE 3.

+1

The Synth You Had The Most Fun With This Year