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Spencer Maddox · Post by **Spencer Maddox** » Wed Apr 03, 2019 2:29 pm

NeoKortex88 wrote: Wed Apr 03, 2019 2:17 pm

omg... shit i might have to get me Diva&Repo to be complete...

Would highly recommend honestly...They are both Incredible.
Bought them this year on the NI Deal and instantly fell in love.

Sinisterbr · Post by **Sinisterbr** » Wed Apr 03, 2019 2:34 pm

I don't think TAL-Mod shouldn't be considered here. Severely under-the-radar-yet-amazing-sounding synth.

NeoKortex88 · Post by **NeoKortex88** » Wed Apr 03, 2019 2:34 pm

Spencer Maddox wrote: Wed Apr 03, 2019 2:29 pm
NeoKortex88 wrote: Wed Apr 03, 2019 2:17 pm

omg... shit i might have to get me Diva&Repo to be complete...
Would highly recommend honestly...They are both Incredible.
Bought them this year on the NI Deal and instantly fell in love.

i missed the deal

Spencer Maddox · Post by **Spencer Maddox** » Wed Apr 03, 2019 2:40 pm

NeoKortex88 wrote: Wed Apr 03, 2019 2:34 pm
Spencer Maddox wrote: Wed Apr 03, 2019 2:29 pm
NeoKortex88 wrote: Wed Apr 03, 2019 2:17 pm

omg... shit i might have to get me Diva&Repo to be complete...
Would highly recommend honestly...They are both Incredible.
Bought them this year on the NI Deal and instantly fell in love.
i missed the deal

It happens man.
They aren't crazy expensive thankfully...

If you get any one first, In my opinion get Diva as (to me) its more purely flexable with the 5 different OSC Modes and amazing Filters. But as you could tell by the sound Demo Repro (And R5) is simply amazing and genuine sounding as well...

Also if you want something free that is similar try U-he's Tyrell because that also sounds Incredible and it's for the low low price of 0$

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Synthman2000 · Post by **Synthman2000** » Wed Apr 03, 2019 2:49 pm

Purely sound quality based in no particular specific order, I go with..

1) Serum
2) Sylenth1
3) Rapid

4 - 10 is any synth, based on being slightly less good sounding than those 3 IMO.

NeoKortex88 · Post by **NeoKortex88** » Wed Apr 03, 2019 2:53 pm

Spencer Maddox wrote: Wed Apr 03, 2019 2:40 pm
NeoKortex88 wrote: Wed Apr 03, 2019 2:34 pm
Spencer Maddox wrote: Wed Apr 03, 2019 2:29 pm
NeoKortex88 wrote: Wed Apr 03, 2019 2:17 pm

omg... shit i might have to get me Diva&Repo to be complete...
Would highly recommend honestly...They are both Incredible.
Bought them this year on the NI Deal and instantly fell in love.
i missed the deal
It happens man.
They aren't crazy expensive thankfully...

If you get any one first, In my opinion get Diva as (to me) its more purely flexable with the 5 different OSC Modes and amazing Filters. But as you could tell by the sound Demo Repro (And R5) is simply amazing and genuine sounding as well...

Also if you want something free that is similar try U-he's Tyrell because that also sounds Incredible and it's for the low low price of 0$ .

I got ZebraHz already so i might geht repro first? Actually i have enough synths by far but the sound........

Pictus · Post by **Pictus** » Wed Apr 03, 2019 7:14 pm

DuX wrote: Wed Apr 03, 2019 11:36 am Great that you mentioned ArcSyn, pictus. That's one of the greatly underrated synths, IMHO Great programmability, great sound, a bit underwhelming factory presets. My guess is that's why it isn't more popular.

I agree 100%, ArcSyn is a gem.

glokraw · Post by **glokraw** » Wed Apr 03, 2019 9:37 pm

NeoKortex88 wrote: Wed Apr 03, 2019 1:28 am
glokraw wrote: Tue Apr 02, 2019 8:15 pm I don't see much point in leaving the sound designers
out of the equasion, until synths are sold without presets.
And more instruments being able to import wav files
further biases opinions.

To answer the question almost directly,
I suggest that having Howard Scarr spend a month or four
creating new Zebra 3 sounds, will be a tough act to follow

(I might add that my favorite 10 instrument presets are still
from instruments in the 32 bit dynasty
Cheers
Honestly I know HS and HZ are big names and all but it was hard for me to find one preset I personally like. I wasn’t really impressed (However they seem to be very resource efficient). Zebra 3 might be a different story .
Opening up Dune 3 I was instantly creaming myself in joy. Well good that we have diversity I guess.

From a commercial synth, I might like 5 or 10 presets out of 100,
and use a few of those. Howards sounds are in many U-he plugins
offering a huge number to choose from. The film score sounds
are a subset of his collection, made to fit a narrow genre,
even down to specific scenes.
If you missed something there, ACE, Hive, Bazille,
and Repro 1-5 have a much wider appeal. I don't own Diva,
but trust the consensus opinions, and my positive demo experiences.

You're right about Dune, and I'd love it if Zebra 3
arrives April 1st, 2020

Cheers

Music Bird · Post by **Music Bird** » Wed Apr 03, 2019 10:19 pm

Synth1
Dexed
PG8X
SQ8L
M1 Legacy Collection
All of Full Bucket’s software
GTG synths
Samsara Cycle Audio synths
DSK synths
Elektrostudio & EFM synths. EFM has a great Prophet-600 emulation.
Prophanity
MinimogueVA and Arppe2600VA
Firebird
Kairatune
Abakos
Sonatina Orchestra
VSCO2 ROMpler

BONES · Post by **BONES** » Thu Apr 04, 2019 2:39 am

voidhead23 wrote: Wed Apr 03, 2019 1:29 amTRK-01 Play's bass module, however, while sounding a little dull in the mids, is absolutely the hardest hitting bass synth i've ever used. You can cave your skull in listening to the low end on that thing.

Yep, I think TRK-01 is hugely under-rated around here. It's just about my favourite synth, especially the cut-down Play version we got for free. And the notch filter means you van fit it into any mix.

Most people will agree that Thorn, RePro and Aalto sound absolutely amazing, but i have a really hard time fitting them into my music.

Here we are on opposite sides. Our new album was about 75% done when I got Thorn, yet I managed to find a place for it in about half the songs. It was closer to 90% done when I got the RePros, yet they also feature on a couple of songs each. They are all amazing synths and work beautifully in our mixes.

Spencer Maddox wrote: Wed Apr 03, 2019 2:40 pmIf you get any one first, In my opinion get Diva as (to me) its more purely flexable with the 5 different OSC Modes and amazing Filters.

My advice would be the opposite here, too. Whilst it is impossible to ignore the sheer quality of Diva, I found it far too tame for the kind of music we do, which points to a lack of flexibility. Yes, it has a lot of different options but they are all variations on a theme. DUNE and Hive both offer far far broader sonic palette and the RePros feel more versatile to me, too.

Also if you want something free that is similar try U-he's Tyrell because that also sounds Incredible and it's for the low low price of 0$ .

Yes, that's a synth I had badly underestimated, based on the uninspiring presets it ships with. But once I started to make my own sounds from scratch, or by tweaking a preset, I started to appreciate how good it is.

generaldiomedes · Post by **generaldiomedes** » Sat Apr 06, 2019 1:45 am

voidhead23 wrote: Wed Apr 03, 2019 1:29 am TRK-01 Play's bass module, however, while sounding a little dull in the mids, is absolutely the hardest hitting bass synth i've ever used. You can cave your skull in listening to the low end on that thing.

Track I made recently for a mix contest .. all acid-y bass is TRK-01, the rest is Spire. I was quite amazed at how good this thing sounded, and how many ways there are to tweak the sound embedded in that tiny interface.

https://soundcloud.com/user-947450193/c ... apop-remix

voidhead23 · Post by **voidhead23** » Sat Apr 06, 2019 3:08 am

i think i'm naturally gravitating towards using TRK-01 as my main synth, as most of what i use synths for is just a bass guitar. It's weird for me to have synths like Zebra, Massive, Serum, Hive and Thorn when i'm only using a fragment of their features. Even with TRK-01, i haven't fully explored each oscillator mode! i also appreciate that it seems like the synth was put together with the simplicity of a hardware piece in mind, but isn't another analog emulation. It's its own thing.

The bass during the heavy parts of this song are all TRK-01, it won over Hive when testing the part in the mix. During the quieter parts (verses, melodic bridge thing and break) are Serum but i think i was just being lazy. Probably could have gotten that sound from TRK-01 paired maybe with Operator.

https://soundcloud.com/izalith/jinjingj ... sets/demos

ALL the bass on this one is TRK-01. It beat out Thorn, Serum and Massive when i checked the part with those synths as well.

https://soundcloud.com/izalith/amyn-mui ... sets/demos

Admittedly, my sound design is painfully simple, but i feel like most of the more complex bass sound design is all done with fx processing anyway so a simple synth like TRK-01 could do that as well. Okay, enough fanboi crap from me. Back on topic.

sqigls · Post by **sqigls** » Sat Apr 06, 2019 3:24 am

voidhead23
that's some f**king cool music right there.
can i buy it in lossless anywhere? awesome stuff!

AAH, nevermind, found your bandcamp

https://theonetrueizalith.bandcamp.com/

voidhead23 · Post by **voidhead23** » Sat Apr 06, 2019 3:57 am

sqigls wrote: Sat Apr 06, 2019 3:24 am voidhead23
that's some f**king cool music right there.
can i buy it in lossless anywhere? awesome stuff!

Thanks! The 'Shibboleth' EP on there (and possibly 'Nova') is the only one that sounds like the tracks i shared, i just started writing that way last year. i totally botched the mastering job on it in a rush, but, luckily, it's also free.

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