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JoeCat · Post by **JoeCat** » Fri Jan 24, 2020 5:14 am

zerocrossing wrote: Fri Jan 24, 2020 5:09 am I always thought that Oxium would be a bigger deal than it ended up being. Maybe if they had added a wavetable oscillator people would have gone bananas for it, as is the fashion.

Maybe. Also, if it were prettier.

folderol · Post by **folderol** » Fri Jan 24, 2020 8:09 am

zerocrossing wrote: Fri Jan 24, 2020 5:12 am
0degree wrote: Thu Jan 23, 2020 9:56 pm
Eirikur wrote: Thu Jan 23, 2020 9:36 pm Arcsyn is my go-to synth. It just sounds good to me. I seriously start out with some quirky inspiring instrument and then decide that I want the sound quality I'd get with Arcsyn.
ArcSyn indeed sounds amazing but the provided skins are IMO horrible
It’s not going to win any beauty contests, but it’s clear and well laid out.

No interest in pretty graphics. If a synth sounds good and is user friendly that's all that matters to me.

JerGoertz · Post by **JerGoertz** » Fri Jan 24, 2020 8:16 am

JoeCat wrote: Fri Jan 24, 2020 5:14 am
zerocrossing wrote: Fri Jan 24, 2020 5:09 am I always thought that Oxium would be a bigger deal than it ended up being. Maybe if they had added a wavetable oscillator people would have gone bananas for it, as is the fashion.
Maybe. Also, if it were prettier.

It's almost like Xils made it deliberately ugly so people would be steered to their other synths.

layzer · Post by **layzer** » Fri Jan 24, 2020 10:48 am

folderol wrote: Fri Jan 24, 2020 8:09 am
No interest in pretty graphics. If a synth sounds good and is user friendly that's all that matters to me.

indeed, but i have to disagree that the guis are horrible. the silver/blue one is far from it. sheeesh.

Examigan · Post by **Examigan** » Fri Jan 24, 2020 10:56 am

I thought Helix would have been more popular. I don't think it's being developed anymore but is still for sale.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Fri Jan 24, 2020 11:01 am

Examigan wrote: Fri Jan 24, 2020 10:56 am I thought Helix would have been more popular. I don't think it's being developed anymore but is still for sale.

TBH, I could never get into the GUI. Plus it sounds good, but, I have at least 5 or 6 synths which sound better to me, so.

Actually the oscillators sound great. It's rather the envelopes and the filters which I didn't find THAT good. Nice synth, but, nothing I ever booted up instead of my other synths. It catches dust now, because I can't sell it, but, that's alright.

oonabe · Post by **oonabe** » Fri Jan 24, 2020 11:22 am

lastmessiah wrote: Thu Jan 23, 2020 2:41 pm Cypher 2 and Strobe 2 - more advanced and powerful than most of the VSTs that people rave about.

Totally agree... I'll add ANA2 and Aparillo to this list

Ploki · Post by **Ploki** » Fri Jan 24, 2020 11:32 am

lastmessiah wrote: Thu Jan 23, 2020 2:41 pm
Cypher 2 and Strobe 2 - more advanced and powerful than most of the VSTs that people rave about.

UX is such a drag tho. I sold cypher2, kept Strobe.

ccDuckett · Post by **ccDuckett** » Fri Jan 24, 2020 11:37 am

Local Man wrote: Fri Jan 24, 2020 2:47 am
It's kind of like the opposite phenomenon of something going viral.
Let's call it 'going bacterial.'

I like "going fungal" myself. Wait... no, no, no, I didn't mean that kind of fungus..

e-crooner · Post by **e-crooner** » Fri Jan 24, 2020 5:29 pm

Local Man wrote: Fri Jan 24, 2020 2:47 am
e-crooner wrote: Thu Jan 23, 2020 6:04 pm I don't believe in conspiracies, so when most people don't like a synth, there are probably good reasons for that.
There doesn't have to be a conspiracy for something that is good to go unnoticed for whatever reason.

It's kind of like the opposite phenomenon of something going viral.
Let's call it 'going bacterial.'

'Going viral' is odd, the negative meaning of virus has been removed, which, by the way, is exactly the same as if we said going bacterial.

Anyway, I don't think that logic applies here. It's not that people don't know plugins that are not very popular. They are always introduced here on KVR for instance. Many people will try the demos, but for some reasons most just won't buy them.

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Fri Jan 24, 2020 5:35 pm

or many will buy them all!!!!

pikachu i choose you!

Mr Arkadin · Post by **Mr Arkadin** » Fri Jan 24, 2020 5:39 pm

Looked at ArcSyn after this thread and it's on my list. I love these kind of synths.

CrystalWizard · Post by **CrystalWizard** » Fri Jan 24, 2020 6:59 pm

Kaivo
Harmor
Both amazing IMO.

Lotuzia · Post by **Lotuzia** » Sat Jan 25, 2020 10:54 am

JerGoertz wrote: Fri Jan 24, 2020 8:16 am
JoeCat wrote: Fri Jan 24, 2020 5:14 am
zerocrossing wrote: Fri Jan 24, 2020 5:09 am I always thought that Oxium would be a bigger deal than it ended up being. Maybe if they had added a wavetable oscillator people would have gone bananas for it, as is the fashion.
Maybe. Also, if it were prettier.
It's almost like Xils made it deliberately ugly so people would be steered to their other synths.

Even the 'classic' Ice White' skin ?

tony10000 · Post by **tony10000** » Sat Jan 25, 2020 10:59 am

folderol wrote: Fri Jan 24, 2020 8:09 am
zerocrossing wrote: Fri Jan 24, 2020 5:12 am
0degree wrote: Thu Jan 23, 2020 9:56 pm
Eirikur wrote: Thu Jan 23, 2020 9:36 pm Arcsyn is my go-to synth. It just sounds good to me. I seriously start out with some quirky inspiring instrument and then decide that I want the sound quality I'd get with Arcsyn.
ArcSyn indeed sounds amazing but the provided skins are IMO horrible
It’s not going to win any beauty contests, but it’s clear and well laid out.
No interest in pretty graphics. If a synth sounds good and is user friendly that's all that matters to me.

ArcSyn's dark skin is fine...

Unloved synths