Plenty of options there - Analog Four (if you can find one), Ultranova, Uno, Skulpt and Craft Synth 2.0 all come to mind.
What are we still lusting for?
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- 15844 posts since 14 Jun, 2001 from Somewhere else, on principle
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- 4534 posts since 17 Jun, 2013 from very close to Paris, France
Such plugin exists. It is named... MUX Modular.DuX wrote: ↑Mon Dec 02, 2019 4:40 pm I'm lusting for a software sampler like ShortCircuit 1 [32bit only] that is simple to use, has many different filters and effects, and is multitimbral with separate outputs. Honestly, I'd just settle for 64bit ShortCircuit 1, but I'd use something similar. TAL-Sampler is very close to what I have in mind, but it's not multitimbral. I hate constantly having to open/close different instances. It ruins the creative process for me. It is so much easier and faster to just press 1,2,3... in the GUI that is opened the whole time.
Watch these videos.
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- 4534 posts since 17 Jun, 2013 from very close to Paris, France
Did you ever consider these two following MIDI composition tools ?mxbf wrote: ↑Mon Dec 02, 2019 6:12 pm maybe a much better piano roll / composition program with the proper features that would make it easy to sequence MIDI fluidly and with many different methods - that would probably be my #1 desired software. i don't like the piano roll and midi editing really in anything from Reaper, Sibelius, Logic, or Ableton. each one has its own strengths and weaknesses but none of them really do what I want them to all the time. I feel like in theory there could be a much better MIDI editing software that is able to be fun and enjoyable to work with, rather than annoying and fiddly. that makes it joyful to sit and edit midi passages rather than kind of strenuous and laborious to get good sounding midi.
Huge, extremely powerful and with many different methods and many different idea tools:
RapidComposer
Here is a series of 16 tutorials (more are to come)
Simple, straight forwarding, but with a great versatility:
Sundog Studio
Here is a series of videos from the developer
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- 3828 posts since 15 Mar, 2002 from Underworld
Good point, but I'm all for character, wihout aliasing. All soft synths should have an oversampling button somewhere, like Voxengo plugins.
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- 3828 posts since 15 Mar, 2002 from Underworld
BlackWinny wrote: ↑Mon Dec 02, 2019 11:15 pmSuch plugin exists. It is named... MUX Modular.DuX wrote: ↑Mon Dec 02, 2019 4:40 pm I'm lusting for a software sampler like ShortCircuit 1 [32bit only] that is simple to use, has many different filters and effects, and is multitimbral with separate outputs. Honestly, I'd just settle for 64bit ShortCircuit 1, but I'd use something similar. TAL-Sampler is very close to what I have in mind, but it's not multitimbral. I hate constantly having to open/close different instances. It ruins the creative process for me. It is so much easier and faster to just press 1,2,3... in the GUI that is opened the whole time.
Watch these videos.
Thanks! I'll check it out.
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- KVRist
- 360 posts since 26 Oct, 2018
This hardware is similar to euro rack. Endless money pit. Each piece does one or two things and nothing else, so need to add another to the group to make the rack better. Before you know it, youre poor, have no time for friends, and are tangled up in a mess.
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- 15844 posts since 14 Jun, 2001 from Somewhere else, on principle
Me, three (Urs was "too"). I look back 10 years, when I used to make skins for Orion, build plugins in SynthEdit and still work on music and I honestly can't see where I got all the time from. These days I am lucky if I can find an hour a day to even think about music, much less make some. It's torture!
30 seconds of that guy's voice was enough for me, thanks.BlackWinny wrote: ↑Mon Dec 02, 2019 11:26 pmHuge, extremely powerful and with many different methods and many different idea tools:
RapidComposer
Interesting but a bit convoluted for anyone who knows what they're doing.Simple, straight forwarding, but with a great versatility:
Sundog Studio
Honestly, I don't see the point in complaining about piano rolls. How much of your time do you spend in them? I reckon for me it would be around 2%.
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- 7624 posts since 13 Nov, 2015 from Norway
lol
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4yLPF5sM0AHalonmusic wrote: ↑Tue Dec 03, 2019 7:12 amlol
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- 5664 posts since 7 Feb, 2013
That my "super synth" would have a lot of wavetable and some FM capabilities tooShiek927 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 02, 2019 9:22 pmThat actually sounds like Diva! or I guess a take on Diva that focuses on virtual analog synths as opposed to classic analog! maybe something for u-he Diva 2 haha.I'm not lusing for any existing plugins, my dream softsynth would be something combining the best sounding parts and the most interesting fetaures of Virus TI, Massive X, Rapid, Repro and Diva but since I own all the above nothing stops me from combining them myself
But yeah! all these developers keep making these wavetable synths and branding them about how super-clean they are and it's like..that's not what gets me going haha. I want character, I want richness and depth. I want to play sounds that instantly tickles my ears and conjures up nostalgia. Hope there's a interest at some point in revisiting this 90s/2000's era because, with the modern tech we have at our finger tips today like zero-delay feedback filters, I dare say they would sound better than they did before.
I feel like Arturia would be my developer of choice to bring back a synth like this because, like with their DX7 plugin, they don't mind taking liberties if it means a better user experience. The UI on that one is one of my faves and I love how they didn't just stick to the hardware, but made something that was actually much better.
So yeah! the AN1X, Waldorf Q, Novation Supernova, Clavia Nord Lead..that era which is commonly associated with Trance music (at least, classic trance) is something I'd love to see much more appreciation for!
Wavetable synths may sounds super-clean but they don't have to. Depends on the wavetables themselves, the interpolation and playback algorithms, all the stauration and coloration which may be in any place in the signal path. Wavetable oscillators are a big part of Virus TI appeal and they sound anything but super-clean.
Buyt yes, that classic late 90/00's sound is what I still love very much and it indeed seems somewhat untapped market. Adam Szabos' Viper and JP6k, Sunrizer, Diva's JP oscillator, that's it? Discovery, but it is often said that it doesn't really sound similar to Nordlead. Waldoft and PPG softsynths, but I don't know how much similarities to MicroQ they have, if any.
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- 7624 posts since 13 Nov, 2015 from Norway
what movie is that?perfumer wrote: ↑Tue Dec 03, 2019 7:47 amhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4yLPF5sM0AHalonmusic wrote: ↑Tue Dec 03, 2019 7:12 amlol
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1424381/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0Halonmusic wrote: ↑Tue Dec 03, 2019 7:53 amwhat movie is that?perfumer wrote: ↑Tue Dec 03, 2019 7:47 amhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4yLPF5sM0AHalonmusic wrote: ↑Tue Dec 03, 2019 7:12 amlol
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- KVRian
- 821 posts since 14 May, 2014
Well, I've briefly owned a Nord Lead and a Micro Q and can safely say that nothing is currently out there that comes close to what these two have. Discovery Pro sounds pretty poor all things considered and definitely far off. The freeware Synth1 honestly and hilariously sounds closer, but still doesn't have the same richness and depth. To be honest, the only synths that qualitatively come to mind would be u-he Diva and Repro. Of course, neither one model it's character -- the Nord character is extremely bright. Plucks are very forward and even deep basslines come through very articulate. It's definitely got a very "cut through the mix" character and nothing springs to mind with the same vibe.recursive one wrote: ↑Tue Dec 03, 2019 7:51 amThat my "super synth" would have a lot of wavetable and some FM capabilities tooShiek927 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 02, 2019 9:22 pmThat actually sounds like Diva! or I guess a take on Diva that focuses on virtual analog synths as opposed to classic analog! maybe something for u-he Diva 2 haha.I'm not lusing for any existing plugins, my dream softsynth would be something combining the best sounding parts and the most interesting fetaures of Virus TI, Massive X, Rapid, Repro and Diva but since I own all the above nothing stops me from combining them myself
But yeah! all these developers keep making these wavetable synths and branding them about how super-clean they are and it's like..that's not what gets me going haha. I want character, I want richness and depth. I want to play sounds that instantly tickles my ears and conjures up nostalgia. Hope there's a interest at some point in revisiting this 90s/2000's era because, with the modern tech we have at our finger tips today like zero-delay feedback filters, I dare say they would sound better than they did before.
I feel like Arturia would be my developer of choice to bring back a synth like this because, like with their DX7 plugin, they don't mind taking liberties if it means a better user experience. The UI on that one is one of my faves and I love how they didn't just stick to the hardware, but made something that was actually much better.
So yeah! the AN1X, Waldorf Q, Novation Supernova, Clavia Nord Lead..that era which is commonly associated with Trance music (at least, classic trance) is something I'd love to see much more appreciation for!
Wavetable synths may sounds super-clean but they don't have to. Depends on the wavetables themselves, the interpolation and playback algorithms, all the stauration and coloration which may be in any place in the signal path. Wavetable oscillators are a big part of Virus TI appeal and they sound anything but super-clean.
Buyt yes, that classic late 90/00's sound is what I still love very much and it indeed seems somewhat untapped market. Adam Szabos' Viper and JP6k, Sunrizer, Diva's JP oscillator, that's it? Discovery, but it is often said that it doesn't really sound similar to Nordlead. Waldoft and PPG softsynths, but I don't know how much similarities to MicroQ they have, if any.
The MicroQ sounds AWESOME when you have it right in front of you. Holy cow, no Youtube or Soundcloud demo does justice when you have play the onboard demos directly into your headphones. That beings said, yet again there is nothing that matches it. Largo and the current obvious offerings don't sound like it (likely because they weren't trying too). The only one that comes even remotely close would be the ancient Terratec Komplexer which is supposedly modeled after it and can read MicroQ files. There's a little something there, but it's so dated and unsupported that I can't really recommend it.
So yeah. It's definitely an untapped era to say the least, which is surprising considering a whole generation grew up with 1st gen VA's and the classic trance era. A Nord Lead VST doesn't even have to necessarily 1:1 one specific model. The company has such a rich history, they could easily pull off their unique plugin that takes different bits from different synths, such as pulling the various waveforms from the A1 or taking a more modular approach. Thankfully, at least the JP8000 has some love with Diva's digital osc and the inevitable JP8000 Roland Cloud plugin.
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