What synth do you actually USE the most in your own music????
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- KVRist
- 435 posts since 26 Nov, 2007
I can't put down HY-POLY, it's amazingly fun and I love the way most effect params are modulation destinations. I really like incorporating effects into sound design and nothing else that I know of does it like that. Well, except Bitwig, but the stock subtractive synth is kind of too limited and I don't always feel like busting out the grid. In Bitwig I most often use phase-4. But honestly, I've uninstalled most of my VSTi after spending like 10 hours with HY-POLY. The mod osc was just updated today using both waveshapes for FM which I'm loving. I don't actually use wavetables as much right now, I've been going back to subtractive sounds lately. I've also been making samples with PADsynth and throwing those into a sampler, that's pretty fun. Oh other than HY-POLY, I've been loading up PRISM sometimes, but it's kind of hard for me to use right now I need to spend more time with it and get a feel for all the params that are interdependent. It took me like two days to do a flute sound that I thought sounded good. You can get in the ball park really quick, but the tweaking can be endless.
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- KVRist
- 435 posts since 26 Nov, 2007
Wow I see what the hype is about with ANA2, it looks pretty badass, it's hard not to make an impulse buy with that and seems like it would go alongside HY-POLY pretty well for when I need those kind of sounds. Kind of makes me want to sell my blofeld.
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- KVRer
- 11 posts since 23 May, 2020
Serum and Analog Lab for me
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- KVRer
- 5 posts since 16 Feb, 2019
Obsession has come to stay. Finds some work in every track. Other than that Psychic Modulation's Phonec has been the only other software synth that's in nearly every track. I've grown curious of The Legend and my old Arturia Mini V is shivering in the corner of the VST folder.
- KVRist
- 395 posts since 6 May, 2020
It depends on genre/project. But when I do something ambient or "orchestral", I tend to go for Spitfire Audio LABS. Just something about the simplistic design and pleasant (IMO) sound.
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- KVRist
- 196 posts since 12 Feb, 2015
Ana is amazing I could use just that and be content forever. Now, with dune 3 I get instant gratification when I go throught the patches. I'llalways find something. Only thing I hate is a the preset management. I have a lot of expansions and going through the clicking of menus to change expansions is annoying. Ana is more better in that regard. Pigments is awesome too but the GUI is overwhelming and too much clicking and clacking and I probably should watch some tutorials. I don't think I've ever read a manual on a synth I just click and clack on knobies and dodads until I say okay that knob is a betterizer lmaoBONES wrote: ↑Sat Jul 11, 2020 1:39 amAny/all of them. I'm a Synapse beta tester so I get that stuff for free. I doubt I'd be willing to pay money for DUNE.I bought ANA a few weeks ago and I can't get past the first preset - I've used it in about 6 songs already, after turning the effects down to acceptable levels, of course. We're working on an album of covers and I want to see if I can use that same patch on every song, just for shits and giggles.Ana is always the second one I load them pigments. I need to start diva more. I need to start using alot if my synths.
- KVRAF
- 2542 posts since 20 Apr, 2005
?? You're kidding right. For the cost of all those you could easily get NI komplete and five of those vsts you'd easily have enough for a Moog 37 and pretty much another mono...BONES wrote: ↑Mon Jul 06, 2020 2:07 amExcept 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.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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WatchTheGuitar WatchTheGuitar https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=440193
- KVRAF
- 12937 posts since 30 Apr, 2019
Kind of wierd to see that many soft synths and no u-he plugins. Repro and Diva are probably the last ones I'd sell if I had to.
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- KVRAF
- 7795 posts since 28 Apr, 2013
I still open Zebra HZ first. And about half the time, it's the one in the final. (I also still use Alchemy 1 about the same as well.)WatchTheGuitar wrote: ↑Sun Jul 12, 2020 9:50 pm Kind of wierd to see that many soft synths and no u-he plugins. Repro and Diva are probably the last ones I'd sell if I had to.
Thing about Arturia for me is that when I try to use it specifically for synths, it doesn't work out for me. But when I use it for organs (including layering with the synths) it often finds its place.
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- KVRAF
- 12937 posts since 30 Apr, 2019
I missed your mention of u-he in the 'collections' at the start of your list. D'oh!BBFG# wrote: ↑Sun Jul 12, 2020 10:05 pmI still open Zebra HZ first. And about half the time, it's the one in the final. (I also still use Alchemy 1 about the same as well.)WatchTheGuitar wrote: ↑Sun Jul 12, 2020 9:50 pm Kind of wierd to see that many soft synths and no u-he plugins. Repro and Diva are probably the last ones I'd sell if I had to.
Thing about Arturia for me is that when I try to use it specifically for synths, it doesn't work out for me. But when I use it for organs (including layering with the synths) it often finds its place.
- GRRRRRRR!
- 15955 posts since 14 Jun, 2001 from Somewhere else, on principle
Really? The GUi and workflow is the best thing about Pigments IMO. It's really well laid out and really well thought-out. I find it a joy to work with.
Never buy anything from Elektron. I took a week off work so I could study the manual on my Analog Keys and even then I only managed to get the basics down. I often go through the manual when I buy a new synth, as long as it's not too massive. Sometimes I find nifty features I doubt I'd just stumble upon by accident.I don't think I've ever read a manual on a synth I just click and clack on knobies and dodads until I say okay that knob is a betterizer lmao
Can't do much with two hardware monosynths. I was at least trying to find some hardware that would give you the same capability. Maybe Analog Four is a better fit but for the price of a Subsequent 37 you can have that plus a Model: Samples or Model: Cycles and an Analog Four will shit all over a Subsequent 37 (I have an Analog Keys and my band mate has a Subsequent 37). Expensive synths make the point a little better but I was trying to be reasonable because you don't have to spend Moog money to get amazing hardware.
Mine would be Thorn (definitely) and maybe ArcSyn or Pigments. Pigments covers a lot of ground and maybe ArcSyn is a little too much like Thorn. It would be a tough call, thank Dog we'll never have to make it.WatchTheGuitar wrote: ↑Sun Jul 12, 2020 9:50 pmKind of wierd to see that many soft synths and no u-he plugins. Repro and Diva are probably the last ones I'd sell if I had to.
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- KVRAF
- 12937 posts since 30 Apr, 2019
This is the downside of buying too many damned plugins. I picked up Thorn as part of one of PA's big giveaway sales and paid about $15 for it. Spent about half an hour playing with presets and then it was on to the next thing. I really try not to have this mindset, but I swear if I'd forked out as much for it as I had for something by u-he or Xils I'd have shown it a lot more love.
Same with Lion, $25 or so and I've barely used it.
Right, that's on my list for this coming week - make a track with Thorn and maybe Lion.
- GRRRRRRR!
- 15955 posts since 14 Jun, 2001 from Somewhere else, on principle
The funny thing for me is that I don't really use Thorn all that much, for similar reasons - I am always buying new synths and trying them out - but I know that Thorn is still there, waiting patiently for me to realise that the latest and greatest can't touch it and that, in time, I'll be back to it.
I tell you what, though, I was playing with ANA 2 over the weekend and I got some absolutely huge basslines out of it and I can't wait to try a few of them out in songs. The thing with ANA 2 is that I bought it when I heard it was on sale, while I was at work, and literally forgot that I had for about a month, until I got a marketing email from Sonic Academy. At first I couldn't think how they got my email address but when I followed the link I remembered that I'd bought ANA. That's how bad my buying splurges get.
I tell you what, though, I was playing with ANA 2 over the weekend and I got some absolutely huge basslines out of it and I can't wait to try a few of them out in songs. The thing with ANA 2 is that I bought it when I heard it was on sale, while I was at work, and literally forgot that I had for about a month, until I got a marketing email from Sonic Academy. At first I couldn't think how they got my email address but when I followed the link I remembered that I'd bought ANA. That's how bad my buying splurges get.
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- KVRist
- 162 posts since 1 Jul, 2020
They all sound very good these days. I wasnt trying to offend or put down any users of those synths.Spring Goose wrote: ↑Tue Jul 07, 2020 10:16 amI 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.
But yeah i guess it is similar to that dj mindset of finding more obscure tracks.
If within a genre you find most colleagues using the same tools or techniques, its nice not to follow the heard
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- KVRAF
- 12937 posts since 30 Apr, 2019
Finally got around to starting a track using Thorn and wow it's lovely for pads, the MSEG sweeping filter reminds me of Hive and Zebra, but seems to give better results off the bat. Tinkering has begun...BONES wrote: ↑Mon Jul 13, 2020 1:45 am The funny thing for me is that I don't really use Thorn all that much, for similar reasons - I am always buying new synths and trying them out - but I know that Thorn is still there, waiting patiently for me to realise that the latest and greatest can't touch it and that, in time, I'll be back to it.
https://soundcloud.com/user-470387013/thorn-mix-1-wip
...by which I mean generic dance service has resumed. I need to add several layers of otherness to it.
I have twice gone on Plugin Boutique, browsed the deals page and tried to buy the same sample pack I already bought from them. Twice!
I'm just thankful that if you've bought something from them and are logged in it warns you that you've already bought it from them and asks you "are you sure?"
I blame the people who gave the sample pack such a forgettable name.