Sylenth1 vs Synthmaster One

[SoundPorn]

I will say a great way to generate publicity with Naam here is probably have a poll for name change lol.

[martinjuenke]

I think "SynthMasterSpeed' would be cool to emphasis it being the version that's aimed towards quicker results.

SynthMasterCrack would be obviously a no-go
Back to topic: SMone is my favorite in the class of rather streamlined and focused synths

[BONES]

Synthmaster One is a far more versatile synth with an excellent reputation and you can get it for half the price of Sylenth 1, making it a total no contest.

[Calandria]

Synthmaster One is a far more versatile synth with an excellent reputation and you can get it for half the price of Sylenth 1, making it a total no contest.

I doubt anyone will disagree with that Bones.
But Sylenth is still legendary in its own right.
Stuck on a desert Island ..Synthmaster One all the way.

[fluffy_little_something]

Synthmaster One is a far more versatile synth with an excellent reputation and you can get it for half the price of Sylenth 1, making it a total no contest.

Those two synths sound different from each other. Some prefer the sound of S1, while they don't need versatility such as wavetables.
Now that Hive has wavetables as well, it might make more sense to compare SM1 to Hive as they are much more similar.

[pdxindy]

Synthmaster One is a far more versatile synth with an excellent reputation and you can get it for half the price of Sylenth 1, making it a total no contest.

Indeed, half the price, far far more versatile sonic landscape and better sound quality. All Sylenth has is a reputation from ancient history...

[chk071]

Indeed, half the price, far far more versatile sonic landscape and better sound quality.

*cough cough*

Arguable.

[Calandria]

Indeed, half the price, far far more versatile sonic landscape and better sound quality.

*cough cough*

Arguable.

Sound Quality is purely subjective based on one's own Qualia.
So I am in agreement with you chk071.

[pdxindy]

Indeed, half the price, far far more versatile sonic landscape and better sound quality.

*cough cough*

Arguable.

Sound Quality is purely subjective based on one's own Qualia.
So I am in agreement with you chk071.

It is subjective... yet there are also some commonly agreed perceptions. For example, if someone released a new synth and the Osc's aliased a lot it would generally be considered poor sound quality.

In the case of Sylenth, I have always found the low end to be on the weak side. Basically, any of the newer synths these days have a more solid low end. They generally use more CPU to get there too.

[chk071]

I agree that Sylenth1's bottom end is a bit weak compared to some more current synths. I'd also agree that Synthmaster (One's) filters are more advanced in regards of analog modelled behavior. The thing is, the sheer perception of sound/tone is rather subjective. I'm more into Sylenth1's sound than into SM's. On top of that, i'd rate Spire's sound higher than Sylenth1's. Again, just my opinion, and no measure of the objective sound quality in any case.

[Hanz Meyzer]

I also like Synthmaster One's output. It sounds to me like a digital hardware. Aliasing or not, I like it very much. That said Synthmaster products lately often seem to have kind of memory leaks or way too high memory usage, at least on my Mac. The cpu usage seems to be low though.

[kv331]

I also like Synthmaster One's output. It sounds to me like a digital hardware. Aliasing or not, I like it very much. That said Synthmaster products lately often seem to have kind of memory leaks or way too high memory usage, at least on my Mac. The cpu usage seems to be low though.

We fixed the memory allocation/leak issue for SynthMaster One. The next update v1.2 includes that fix.

Our oscillators are "bandlimited" but if you use FM/PM/AM they'd alias. To prevent aliasing, you can turn on oversampling (engine quality) under Settings.

[fluffy_little_something]

I don't get that whole lack of bottom discussion. S1's volume seems evenly spread across all octaves, i. e. flat. If a synth has more bottom, it will show on analyzers. Then obviously there is some sort of internal equalization going on.
But if you wish to stress the bass, why not use the EQ? I hooked up my sound card's output to my Roland bass combo some time ago, my S1 basses sounded pretty powerful to me

[Hanz Meyzer]

We fixed the memory allocation/leak issue for SynthMaster One. The next update v1.2 includes that fix.

Our oscillators are "bandlimited" but if you use FM/PM/AM they'd alias. To prevent aliasing, you can turn on oversampling (engine quality) under Settings.

Thanks for the info. I did not want to imply that SMOne does produce aliasing. For me, I like the sound as it is, no matter if there was aliasing or not.

[Calandria]

Indeed, half the price, far far more versatile sonic landscape and better sound quality.

*cough cough*

Arguable.

Sound Quality is purely subjective based on one's own Qualia.
So I am in agreement with you chk071.

It is subjective... yet there are also some commonly agreed perceptions. For example, if someone released a new synth and the Osc's aliased a lot it would generally be considered poor sound quality.

In the case of Sylenth, I have always found the low end to be on the weak side. Basically, any of the newer synths these days have a more solid low end. They generally use more CPU to get there too.

Those commonly agreed perceptions are assumptions and you know it
Quality, is an inner private experience.