Similar alternatives to Hybrid 3 for digital sounds
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 1346 posts since 26 Sep, 2002 from Montreal, CANADA
Hello! Leaving all the vintage analog emus behind, I am looking for an alternative to H3.
I am looking for modern, cutting edge sounds but in a simple package like H3.
3 VA ocs with included fx etc would be nice. Not so much into wavetables but I guess its everywhere now.
H3 is pretty good as such but the GUI enveloppes are a bit tricky etc. and am sure I could find a superior alternative (more modern).
I did have quite a lot of mileage out of V-Station but it also had major shortcomings with filter enveloppes and a few glitches here and there.
There seems to be a good offering on the hardware side (NL, Virus, System 8, Radias etc) although 2 oscs for most part but I can't find something as high quality in software with 3 oscs.
I know about Rapid, Spire etc but it's seems very much wavetable and/or sample based. Something a little more straightforward would be nice
I am looking for modern, cutting edge sounds but in a simple package like H3.
3 VA ocs with included fx etc would be nice. Not so much into wavetables but I guess its everywhere now.
H3 is pretty good as such but the GUI enveloppes are a bit tricky etc. and am sure I could find a superior alternative (more modern).
I did have quite a lot of mileage out of V-Station but it also had major shortcomings with filter enveloppes and a few glitches here and there.
There seems to be a good offering on the hardware side (NL, Virus, System 8, Radias etc) although 2 oscs for most part but I can't find something as high quality in software with 3 oscs.
I know about Rapid, Spire etc but it's seems very much wavetable and/or sample based. Something a little more straightforward would be nice
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- KVRian
- 886 posts since 11 May, 2004 from cologne,germany
Hive or Sytem 8 by Roland? I think the latter could fit quite nicely: modern, no wavetables, straightforward....129 dollar lifetime license...
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- KVRAF
- 35434 posts since 11 Apr, 2010 from Germany
Hybrid has quite a special sound. Just wished that they'd release a Hybrid 4 which fixes some of the shortcomings (bad wavetably sound quality, unison leads to monophony, bit fiddly envelopes you say...).
For modern cutting edge sounds, I'd recommend Massive X, if your computer can handle it (it can be quite a hog).
For modern cutting edge sounds, I'd recommend Massive X, if your computer can handle it (it can be quite a hog).
- KVRist
- 399 posts since 26 Aug, 2011 from somewhere under the rainbow
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 1346 posts since 26 Sep, 2002 from Montreal, CANADA
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How about Viper, the "kind-of-software-Virus"?
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Hey thanks I find this one a bit suspicious just the way it got built up over time I wonder how good it is compared to actual "commercial" synths. I will check it out!
How about Viper, the "kind-of-software-Virus"?
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=470486
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Hey thanks I find this one a bit suspicious just the way it got built up over time I wonder how good it is compared to actual "commercial" synths. I will check it out!
- KVRist
- 399 posts since 26 Aug, 2011 from somewhere under the rainbow
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- KVRAF
- 35434 posts since 11 Apr, 2010 from Germany
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- KVRAF
- 2897 posts since 3 Mar, 2006
Bazille's oscs technically aren't VA but they can do similar things through phase distortion.
- KVRAF
- 18561 posts since 16 Sep, 2001 from Las Vegas,USA
DS Thorn ?
https://www.plugin-alliance.com/en/prod ... thorn.html
( Even though it's a great synth don't pay the full asking price, they'll have a sale at some point)
https://www.plugin-alliance.com/en/prod ... thorn.html
( Even though it's a great synth don't pay the full asking price, they'll have a sale at some point)
None are so hopelessly enslaved as those who falsely believe they are free. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- KVRAF
- 18561 posts since 16 Sep, 2001 from Las Vegas,USA
For $5 you can't put up with the Hybrid GUI ? It's a great synth with a very unashamed digital sound. I've probably done a couple of hundred patches since I've owned it so it's not impossible to work with just not very comfortable.
None are so hopelessly enslaved as those who falsely believe they are free. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 1346 posts since 26 Sep, 2002 from Montreal, CANADA
True it's actually very pleasing to the eye. It's really not that bad except that I am using a 3rd party mouse app for the fine tuning otherwise I have to use the keyboard ctrl key.. really no big deal.
I am just wondering ir there would be anything "better" it doesn't seem all that simple. Only contender is Virsyn Tera 3 which I own but don't use (abandonware, some minor bugs)
Cheers
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- KVRAF
- 2989 posts since 5 Nov, 2014
Viper