KVR Audio

the-machine · Post by **the-machine** » Thu Apr 16, 2020 5:55 am

Dune 3

AnX · Post by **AnX** » Thu Apr 16, 2020 5:57 am

Dune 3 and its own FX

DJ Warmonger · Post by **DJ Warmonger** » Thu Apr 16, 2020 6:05 am

Dune 2/3 has an awesome preset I use pretty much every time

Serum has an entire "Blade" preset, which does the awesome. I've also had success with Massive X and it's phase-mod acid.

Any resonant sound can be turned into hard acid with Devastor 2 FX.

christian f. · Post by **christian f.** » Thu Apr 16, 2020 6:41 am

Dagger !

Stirner · Post by **Stirner** » Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:51 am

Creak and Asimov filters in Massive X can sound acid-like. Resonance must be high of course, but there is also the feedback knob that changes the sound significantly.

carrieres · Post by **carrieres** » Thu Apr 16, 2020 9:39 am

another vote for Dune3 using the internal step sequencer for slide and accent !

gentleclockdivider · Post by **gentleclockdivider** » Thu Apr 16, 2020 9:46 am

Yep dagger is an absolute marvel , a pitty the developer is now only doing ios stuff

dark water · Post by **dark water** » Thu Apr 16, 2020 10:00 am

(Edit: just seen the OP's sentence about not wanting direct softwarw emulations - such as my original suggestion ABL3, which is of course an extremely solid effort for acid sounds).

But if I didn't have ABL3 (or indeed a hardware Abstrakt Instruments Avalon) then I would use Sylenth.

I quite fancy my chances on Synthmaster for acid as well, mind you.

the-machine · Post by **the-machine** » Thu Apr 16, 2020 10:06 am

[quote="dark water" post_id=7728402 time=1587031248 user_id=380426]
Very surprised that ABL3 hasn't been mentioned yet.[/quote]

Because its a hardware based emulation is the reason why it isnt mentioned

read again what topic creator have requested (also the topic name already suggest that );)

dark water · Post by **dark water** » Thu Apr 16, 2020 10:11 am

^^ yeah, I was just amending / editing my post when you replied

Sylenth for me.
Failing that, Synthmaster.

claudedefaren · Post by **claudedefaren** » Thu Apr 16, 2020 5:59 pm

george · Post by **george** » Thu Apr 16, 2020 6:10 pm

Try using Corona with LP303 filter

Demo below (skip to 00:17).

dark water · Post by **dark water** » Thu Apr 16, 2020 7:05 pm

claudedefaren wrote: Thu Apr 16, 2020 5:59 pm Ooh, thanks for the Synthmaster recommendations! Just played with it, it has beaten Hive for me. Sh01 Sawtooth + Ladder Filter is absolutely perfect.

Cool

I really should take Synthmaster for a new spin anyway: it's always sounded lovely for my favourite ambient style of sounds, but I forget how versatile and capable it is. Great synth

Cinebient · Post by **Cinebient** » Fri Apr 17, 2020 12:41 pm

P900 first...
....then Sunrizer, Dagger and Drambo (yes, all from the great Beepstreet, i love his synths).
But still the tiny iOS app Pure Acid is the best for me when it comes to "classic" acid 303. But then i mostly prefer more raw and aggressive kind of acid sounds a 303 can´t do. Because of that i choose P900 which is not as great for these smooth slopes but it just screams so nice when you crank the SVF nearly to 100% resonance and still not loose much of the low end.

Favorite synth for acid sounds that is NOT a hardware emulation commonly associated with acid sounds?