Old soft synths - nostalgia thread
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 35434 posts since 11 Apr, 2010 from Germany
Well... we have one for DAW's, so I thought it would be time to make one for instruments as well.
Look at this beauty:
With liquid analog filters™.
Was actually the first payware synth I bought, I think. I think I paid 29.99 € at Thomann (although I think it was some other store... can't remember now) back then. I also got 2 licenses with my Novation gear, and one from a MusicTech DVD, so I have 4 licenses of it in total.
Nice synth, I still use it. Lots of (Novation) character. I thought about getting some cheap Novation synth a couple of times (Xiosynth, X-Station or K-Station), but always ended up with the decision that they're too pricey for what you get, and that I already have that sound with V-Station when I need it.
I also used to own a boxed version of Terratec Komplexer (don't think there even was a digital version), but, I sold that one here in the forum. Also a very nice synth. I'm sure I'd still use it now, if it was 64-bit, and if the copy protection wouldn't be such a PITA (I never got it to run under Win 7, Win 8 or Win 10 64-bit, because it required to cheat the installer into thinking you use a 32-bit Windows XP with a registry key change, IIRC... which made my antivirus stop working). Shame, because, it had that "vintage" Waldorf synth I also hear on the older Waldorf hardware synths. There's a lot of that which you can mimic with Largo though.
Look at this beauty:
With liquid analog filters™.
Was actually the first payware synth I bought, I think. I think I paid 29.99 € at Thomann (although I think it was some other store... can't remember now) back then. I also got 2 licenses with my Novation gear, and one from a MusicTech DVD, so I have 4 licenses of it in total.
Nice synth, I still use it. Lots of (Novation) character. I thought about getting some cheap Novation synth a couple of times (Xiosynth, X-Station or K-Station), but always ended up with the decision that they're too pricey for what you get, and that I already have that sound with V-Station when I need it.
I also used to own a boxed version of Terratec Komplexer (don't think there even was a digital version), but, I sold that one here in the forum. Also a very nice synth. I'm sure I'd still use it now, if it was 64-bit, and if the copy protection wouldn't be such a PITA (I never got it to run under Win 7, Win 8 or Win 10 64-bit, because it required to cheat the installer into thinking you use a 32-bit Windows XP with a registry key change, IIRC... which made my antivirus stop working). Shame, because, it had that "vintage" Waldorf synth I also hear on the older Waldorf hardware synths. There's a lot of that which you can mimic with Largo though.
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Danilo Villanova Danilo Villanova https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=418331
- KVRian
- 988 posts since 30 Apr, 2018
Thanks for reminding me I had this! I’ll test drive tonight, after I smoke a fat one.
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 35434 posts since 11 Apr, 2010 from Germany
I played with it just yesterday. Seriously, it still has something, even in 2021. Some nice bang in the filters, which makes for some nice percussive sounds. Oscillators are a bit thin when you compare them with nowadays' synths, but, most importantly, it has character.
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- KVRian
- 624 posts since 12 Sep, 2007
I still use this a good bit.
Dirk
Dirk
- KVRAF
- 5140 posts since 22 Jul, 2006 from Tasmania, Australia
This one is a rocker==>
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- KVRAF
- 10250 posts since 7 Sep, 2006 from Roseville, CA
I think I have a few licenses for V-Station around, and the original CD and case as well. Unfortunately, I moved to Mac/Big Sur and it's not compatible....yet
Really miss this one....
Really miss this one....
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- addled muppet weed
- 105849 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
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- Banned
- 4558 posts since 21 Mar, 2020
I learned about vsts because I started buying CM whenever it came out. I liked the specials that had disks with hundreds of plugins on them. I became a big fan of Krakli overnight because of them.
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- addled muppet weed
- 105849 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
same!!Erisian wrote: ↑Fri Mar 05, 2021 8:54 pmI learned about vsts because I started buying CM whenever it came out. I liked the specials that had disks with hundreds of plugins on them. I became a big fan of Krakli overnight because of them.
bought issue 3 because my missus had just brought a computer home from work, to do proper work apparently...
was getting a train, saw cm issue 3, thought id see what computer music was all about!
think it was that, that had the orion demo, and i was pretty much hooked!
and yup, ian (krakli) is a long time fave here too
- KVRAF
- 7561 posts since 18 Apr, 2004
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- Banned
- 4558 posts since 21 Mar, 2020
- KVRAF
- 7561 posts since 18 Apr, 2004
iirc there was a pretty neat white/red skin.
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