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docbot · Post by **docbot** » Wed Jul 15, 2020 5:47 pm

There are a lot of great new plugins, but my old laptop just can't keep up

What's you're favorite cpu light synths?

Skandiluz · Post by **Skandiluz** » Wed Jul 15, 2020 6:04 pm

Off the top of my head:

- Parawave Rapid (I stand corrected. I had this running on gpu which is something not everyone will be able to do. When using CPU, it's not quite as lightweight as I originally thought)
- Sonic Academy Ana 2
- Synapse Audio Dune 3 (this is probably lighter than sylenth1)
- Melda MSoundFactory

That's the few I can attest that I can run multiple instances with no issues. I'm sure there's others

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Wed Jul 15, 2020 6:11 pm

Sylenth1. Don't look further. Anything else takes more CPU these days.

bharris22 · Post by **bharris22** » Wed Jul 15, 2020 6:14 pm

+1 for Sylenth. I have this running on a 5 year old Windows tablet with 1 GB RAM, with hardly a blip in CPU.

excuse me please · Post by **excuse me please** » Wed Jul 15, 2020 6:16 pm

Synthedit stuff, lately I have great fun with his one:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VI0SsP55gCA

BBFG# · Post by **BBFG#** » Wed Jul 15, 2020 6:18 pm

What works without overload on my older tablet has been:
Pianoteq
Harmor
AAS VS3/Strum 2
Korg Legacy Collection

I'm sure others I own may have been optimized since the last time I installed and removed them from that tablet. But what I listed has proven to be good enough to travel with.

boriskarloff · Post by **boriskarloff** » Wed Jul 15, 2020 6:19 pm

Valhalla VintageVerb. It uses 0.3 CPU (in Reaper) on my 10 years old i7.

pdxindy · Post by **pdxindy** » Wed Jul 15, 2020 6:49 pm

Sylenth
FM8
Icarus
Zebra

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Wed Jul 15, 2020 8:10 pm

Beepstreet Sunrizer is incredibly cpu efficient and sounds great

a9k1tp · Post by **a9k1tp** » Wed Jul 15, 2020 9:53 pm

Skandiluz wrote: ↑Wed Jul 15, 2020 6:04 pm - Synapse Audio Dune 3 (this is probably lighter than sylenth1)

Dune 3 is lighter than sylenth1. Use same number of unison voices and compare. You all will be surprised.

docbot · Post by **docbot** » Wed Jul 15, 2020 10:04 pm

Skandiluz wrote: ↑Wed Jul 15, 2020 6:04 pm Off the top of my head:

- Parawave Rapid
- Sonic Academy Ana 2
- Synapse Audio Dune 3 (this is probably lighter than sylenth1)
- Melda MSoundFactory

That's the few I can attest that I can run multiple instances with no issues. I'm sure there's others

Parawave Rapid is most certainly not cpu friendly, but sounds great

ralfrobert · Post by **ralfrobert** » Wed Jul 15, 2020 10:08 pm

I had a good experience with HY-Poly which is brand new and worth a try sound-wise.

Skandiluz · Post by **Skandiluz** » Wed Jul 15, 2020 10:58 pm

a9k1tp wrote: ↑Wed Jul 15, 2020 9:53 pm
Skandiluz wrote: ↑Wed Jul 15, 2020 6:04 pm - Synapse Audio Dune 3 (this is probably lighter than sylenth1)
Dune 3 is lighter than sylenth1. Use same number of unison voices and compare. You all will be surprised.

I'm sure it is. I haven't done a side by side of dune and sylenth but I know dune was crazy low on cpu.

docbot wrote: ↑Wed Jul 15, 2020 10:04 pm
Skandiluz wrote: ↑Wed Jul 15, 2020 6:04 pm Off the top of my head:

- Parawave Rapid
- Sonic Academy Ana 2
- Synapse Audio Dune 3 (this is probably lighter than sylenth1)
- Melda MSoundFactory

That's the few I can attest that I can run multiple instances with no issues. I'm sure there's others
Parawave Rapid is most certainly not cpu friendly, but sounds great

It's just a matter of my opinion based on my system. I didn't do any thorough testing but I was able to run just as many instances of rapid as I was dune without any hiccups. I'll probably try it on my older desktop as that one has a much older cpu.

Rapid does sound fantastic though and I can't wait to purchase it

Yorrrrrr · Post by **Yorrrrrr** » Wed Jul 15, 2020 11:00 pm

a9k1tp wrote: ↑Wed Jul 15, 2020 9:53 pm
Skandiluz wrote: ↑Wed Jul 15, 2020 6:04 pm - Synapse Audio Dune 3 (this is probably lighter than sylenth1)
Dune 3 is lighter than sylenth1. Use same number of unison voices and compare. You all will be surprised.

Indeed. And incredibly superior in terms of features while doing that.

Teksonik · Post by **Teksonik** » Wed Jul 15, 2020 11:09 pm

docbot wrote: ↑Wed Jul 15, 2020 5:47 pm but my old laptop just can't keep up

Maybe you should give the specs on your old laptop. It's possible the suggestions given here might still be too much for a considerably older CPU.

But for lightweight even on a 15 year old system Synth 1 can't be beat (not to be confused with Sylenth 1).

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