What synth do you actually USE the most in your own music????
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- KVRAF
- 5891 posts since 12 Jan, 2018
- GRRRRRRR!
- 15961 posts since 14 Jun, 2001 from Somewhere else, on principle
Except it's not even close. If you add up the full price of all those instruments, it might just be enough to buy a second-hand hardware workstation synth like a Triton, Fantom or Motif with a few bells and whistles. Music production used to be a money pit, now anyone can afford to get as deep into it as they want to.Plugs4Life wrote: ↑Tue Jun 30, 2020 10:48 pmI feel like one doesn't realize what a money pit music production is until they're this deep in software synths.teilo wrote: ↑Fri Jan 03, 2020 4:29 am Lately, mostly Rapid.
I have WAY too many synths. As an exercise, I'd like to do my own OSC, and do a track using only one synth (except for drums) with each of the major synths I own. If nothing else, it might precipitate a big sell-off (who am I kidding).
Here's my current list, not counting free synths. Almost everything was purchased on sale, over many years, but still...
Collections:
Arturia V 7
NI Komplete 12 Ultimate — Collector's Edition
Steinberg Absolute V3 (Halion, Padshop 2, etc.)
All TAL synths
All U-He synths
Melda MCompleteBundle (MSoundFactory and MPowerSynth)
Reason 11 Studio Edition
Individuals:
Aparillo
BioTek 2
Diversion
DS Thorn
Dune 3
Fabfilter One
Fabfilter Twin 2
Fathom
Kilohearts One
The Legend
ME80 v2
Xils miniSyn-X
OP-X Pro II
Phase Plant
Pigments
Poly-Ana
Rapid
Serum
Spire
Synthmaster 1
Synthmaster 2
Xils Sin-X 2
Xils PolyKB III
Ultra Analog VA-3
VacuumPro
Voltage Modular
VPS Avenger
Xils 3.2
Xils 4
Plus a couple of rack extensions for Reason:
Korg Mono/Poly
Blackpole Station
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- KVRist
- 395 posts since 6 May, 2020
I think both sides are completely valid. It doesn't have to be a money pit, but it definitely can be one. Even simple differences like the country of residence can have a big role in how much you might spend on equipment. When it comes to plugins though, that's a different topic, we live in an age where you can save thousands of dollars on software, which is amazing. But it still can be an expensive hobby to some.
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- KVRist
- 395 posts since 6 May, 2020
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- KVRist
- 162 posts since 1 Jul, 2020
Adam Szabo Viper is probably my most used go to for anything synth. Love the sound and the layout just works for me. I did used to own a virus c so it makes sense.
Also i notice many others tend to stick with sylenth, serum or spire. I like to be different.
I picked up tone2 saurus 2 recently and think this will be one i use all the time.
I guess 3rd would be uhe repro 1 and 5
Also i notice many others tend to stick with sylenth, serum or spire. I like to be different.
I picked up tone2 saurus 2 recently and think this will be one i use all the time.
I guess 3rd would be uhe repro 1 and 5
- KVRAF
- 2956 posts since 31 Jan, 2020
I already replied earlier.
Lately Ana 2 and Lion.
Lately Ana 2 and Lion.
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- KVRAF
- 35439 posts since 11 Apr, 2010 from Germany
For me, it's not about being different or similar, it's about sound.discogsaddict wrote: ↑Mon Jul 06, 2020 8:43 am Adam Szabo Viper is probably my most used go to for anything synth. Love the sound and the layout just works for me. I did used to own a virus c so it makes sense.
Also i notice many others tend to stick with sylenth, serum or spire. I like to be different.
- KVRAF
- 2956 posts since 31 Jan, 2020
I agree with you, but i understand discogsaddict's perspective.chk071 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 07, 2020 10:04 amFor me, it's not about being different or similar, it's about sound.discogsaddict wrote: ↑Mon Jul 06, 2020 8:43 am Adam Szabo Viper is probably my most used go to for anything synth. Love the sound and the layout just works for me. I did used to own a virus c so it makes sense.
Also i notice many others tend to stick with sylenth, serum or spire. I like to be different.
I'm a bit like that with tracks when i was a DJ, but i'm not like that with my synth choices.
- KVRAF
- 2956 posts since 31 Jan, 2020
On my wishlist! Probably my next synth.
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- KVRist
- 116 posts since 18 Feb, 2012 from United States
Dune 3 and Spire for sure. But the one that gets the most out of all my synths is Sylenth. Its because it has such low CPU (although I think Dune's is even lower) and I've used it for so long I know how to dial up a sound fast. If Spire was lower on CPU I'd probably use that a lot more.
Too bad about no Mac version of Viper, really want to try it out. I loved JP6K when I was on windows. Then again I just got a Darkstar TI2 so I'm not complaining.
Too bad about no Mac version of Viper, really want to try it out. I loved JP6K when I was on windows. Then again I just got a Darkstar TI2 so I'm not complaining.
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- GRRRRRRR!
- 15961 posts since 14 Jun, 2001 from Somewhere else, on principle
But I bet you're not.discogsaddict wrote: ↑Mon Jul 06, 2020 8:43 am Adam Szabo Viper is probably my most used go to for anything synth. Love the sound and the layout just works for me. I did used to own a virus c so it makes sense.
Also i notice many others tend to stick with sylenth, serum or spire. I like to be different.
NOVAkILL : Asus RoG Flow Z13, Core i9, 16GB RAM, Win11 | EVO 16 | Studio One | bx_oberhausen, GR-8, JP6K, Union, Hexeract, Olga, TRK-01, SEM, BA-1, Thorn, Prestige, Spire, Legend-HZ, ANA-2, VG Iron 2 | Uno Pro, Rocket.
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- KVRist
- 315 posts since 4 May, 2019
By the numbers over all the years it would be the Carbon (v1) Reaktor ensemble. I used that extensively on a couple dozen ep and lp releases... it had a crazy aliased and harsh sound and terrible filters. Hard to believe it now, but that was the first software synthesizer that really worked for me... I think it came out in 2001 or 2002.
After that would be Surge, also back in the day when it was commercial. That was a great synth and it still is, actually... I remember my laptop only being able to handle four notes at a time. I think I could probably do 100x that many today. I used that as my only softsynth for 5-6 years, too.
Now it is pretty much all Kontakt (I use several Spitfire libraries), Bitwig Grid (where I run my custom mpe-oriented sampler patches) and Diva. The Bitwig built in synths are really great, too -- not to be overlooked, esp with the modulation system.
After that would be Surge, also back in the day when it was commercial. That was a great synth and it still is, actually... I remember my laptop only being able to handle four notes at a time. I think I could probably do 100x that many today. I used that as my only softsynth for 5-6 years, too.
Now it is pretty much all Kontakt (I use several Spitfire libraries), Bitwig Grid (where I run my custom mpe-oriented sampler patches) and Diva. The Bitwig built in synths are really great, too -- not to be overlooked, esp with the modulation system.
- Banned
- 2288 posts since 24 Mar, 2015 from Toronto, Canada
i use a lot of CS-80 and Jup 8. I am an 80s Vangelis dweeb. But now I started using Serum a lot.
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Gear & Setup: Windows 10, Dual Xeon, 32GB RAM, Cubase 10.5/9.5, NI Komplete Audio 6, NI Maschine, NI Jam, NI Kontakt
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- KVRist
- 89 posts since 10 Sep, 2019
ANA2 is imo the best value per price synth I came across. It's 1/3 of the price of serum, but not too far away quality wise.LoveEnigma18 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 02, 2020 3:44 pm
I am demoing ANA 2. Sounds beautiful and indeed has a certain character to it. But GUI and layout is not looking very convenient to me, at least right now. It's on sale for 44 GBP with code, which is a great price. But I am trying to justify it against my most used synths like Massive, Massive X, and relatively new Pigments 2.
EDIT: Got ANA 2. Sounds incredible and it's a real fun to learn synth programming. It is a lot diverse than it might seem to be. The arp and cmd features are amazing. Thanks to nachenko for his advice to go for it and his free ANA 2 presets.
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- KVRAF
- 35439 posts since 11 Apr, 2010 from Germany