Big commersial songs/producers using factory presets?

[sleepcircle]

i think some famous rihanna song was based on a preset from garageband, so yeah, they do

[Ploki]

i think some famous rihanna song was based on a preset from garageband, so yeah, they do

umbrella, and it was a loop from garage band

[ramseysounds]

So what if you use a preset? Im not a sound designer and have no inclination to be. Load a preset, make some music, tweak the preset; it’s not a preset anymore

Why do people insist on arguing semantics rather than make music with the 100’s of vsts they own but don’t know how to use

[zzz00m]

Why not. The general public would never know.

[DJErmac]

Why not. The general public would never know.

Very true.
And what if they’re told ?
"Hey, this song is using the preset My@ssrules from Nexus!!!
- WTF is Nexus ?
- It’s a synth!! He’s used a preset!!
- What’s a preset?”

[zzz00m]

Same could be said for acoustic instruments. Such as if someone used an actual Yamaha C7 piano on a track...

Somebody might say, "He used a Yamaha C7 for that part. How unoriginal".

[dumbledog]

Seriously. Us synth snobs here at KVR isn't exactly the target audience.

[vurt]

op is asking if you know of any?
not making a judgement on the use.

[Pelicanomicon]

Native Instruments FM8, "The Land of Plenty"


"Twister," The World Ends With You (videogames/tv show) theme song


so serene, always loved that patch

[Ploki]

So what if you use a preset? Im not a sound designer and have no inclination to be. Load a preset, make some music, tweak the preset; it’s not a preset anymore

Why do people insist on arguing semantics rather than make music with the 100’s of vsts they own but don’t know how to use

Maybe if they knew how to use them they wouldn’t be arguing semantics

[ramseysounds]

So what if you use a preset? Im not a sound designer and have no inclination to be. Load a preset, make some music, tweak the preset; it’s not a preset anymore

Why do people insist on arguing semantics rather than make music with the 100’s of vsts they own but don’t know how to use

Maybe if they knew how to use them they wouldn’t be arguing semantics

People just seem to spend all their life on here arguing pointlessly rather than being creative with vst's they supposedly own. Doesn't make sense to me

[e-crooner]

Even if you create an awesome new sound and use it on a successful track, people are going to copy it. Then it's going to become a preset. There are million of examples : "popular sounds for Sylenth, for Spire, for whocareswhatthissynthiscalledlike...". So your non-preset will become a preset.
You made it first ? Great ! You are a sound maker. People will remember you for sure.

That is very different in my view because of the inverted order of things.


Be that as it may, I think there might also be a difference between factory presets and third-party sound banks. I don't think I would ever use a factory preset. Even if I liked one a lot, I would still modify it so as to make it mine.

[melomood]

i think some famous rihanna song was based on a preset from garageband, so yeah, they do

I thought there was an Usher track with some garageband content. That dancy 'yea...yea..' track that was a big hit.

[melomood]

op is asking if you know of any?
not making a judgement on the use.

At the end of the day,only Judy can judge

[ghettosynth]

Sure. One I can name is Avicii : he always claimed he used presets to save time. And what about all the late 90’s hits that all used the same Roland JD800/XP80 pizzicato patch ?
A lot of people easily recognize factory presets from Nexus for example.
And for some sounds you can’t chose anything else. You can’t make your own piano from scratch, you HAVE to use a preset.
They’re everywhere.

I make ALL my pianos and harps from scratch one key and one string at a time.

I bet that you don't chop down the trees for the wood, with saws that you make from steel that you smelt from the iron ore that you mined yourself though. I mean, there's room for some more originality there.