KVR Audio

ralfrobert · Post by **ralfrobert** » Wed Jul 15, 2020 11:14 pm

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

+1

Sounds good, tons of presets, uncomplicated. But there are some problems running it on modern OSs.

Teksonik · Post by **Teksonik** » Wed Jul 15, 2020 11:43 pm

Such as ?

ralfrobert · Post by **ralfrobert** » Wed Jul 15, 2020 11:52 pm

Teksonik wrote: ↑Wed Jul 15, 2020 11:43 pmSuch as ?

See here, MacOS thing I assume.

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=543101

The question is how future proof it is when used in projects you want to access 5 years later.

Teksonik · Post by **Teksonik** » Thu Jul 16, 2020 12:24 am

Oh Mac....I thought you said Modern OS....

All kidding aside Synth 1 has been working here since 2002 (I think that is when it was first released) in everything from WinXP to Win 10.

Now granted I don't use it in projects these days but once in awhile I'll still call it up and have a play. Still works perfectly for that.

But either way it doesn't get much more lightweight than Synth 1. I think I first ran it on a Duron 850.

ralfrobert · Post by **ralfrobert** » Thu Jul 16, 2020 1:13 am

Perhaps one could try some older gems. HG Fortune stuff? This just came to mind ... very inspiring.

layzer · Post by **layzer** » Thu Jul 16, 2020 4:39 am

synrh1
charlatan
elektro
oxe
M1, WS
Ravity(s)
sq8l
vanguard
plasicz
surge
zampler//rx
shortcircuit
energy pro

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Thu Jul 16, 2020 8:04 am

revvy · Post by **revvy** » Thu Jul 16, 2020 8:07 am

Sylenth1, not to be confused with anything else.

polac · Post by **polac** » Thu Jul 16, 2020 9:13 am

aMUSEd wrote: ↑Thu Jul 16, 2020 8:04 amHive

Yeah, uhe synths are always lightweight.

polac · Post by **polac** » Thu Jul 16, 2020 9:37 am

polac wrote: ↑Thu Jul 16, 2020 9:13 am
aMUSEd wrote: ↑Thu Jul 16, 2020 8:04 amHive
Yeah, uhe synths are always lightweight.

Ok compared to other uhe synths it is.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Thu Jul 16, 2020 9:39 am

True.

middle_color · Post by **middle_color** » Thu Jul 16, 2020 10:59 am

docbot wrote: ↑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?

From what i own,
for poly, unison - Zebra2, Dune 3
for mono sequences/arps with no unison, no notes overlapping really any synth will be lightweight on CPU: Diva, Serum, Massive X, Repro 1 etc etc etc

Dencheg · Post by **Dencheg** » Thu Jul 16, 2020 1:00 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

While having ANA 2 as my favorite synth, I don't think it qualifies as lightweight. I think modern wavetable synth are mostly medium-weight (by design).
Also a lot of stuff is happening on the Rapid UI, it can't be lightweight.

Lightweight are (for instance)
TAL synths
Sylenth1

bharris22 · Post by **bharris22** » Thu Jul 16, 2020 1:32 pm

I forgot that I have also had good luck, CPU-wise, with Rob Papen Go2.

poopinpants · Post by **poopinpants** » Thu Jul 16, 2020 2:15 pm

Dune 3 uses less CPU than the sylenth

Best lightweight plugins?