Best EMS VCS3 / Synthi plugin
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- KVRAF
- 26927 posts since 3 Feb, 2005 from in the wilds
That sums it up...
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- KVRian
- 1352 posts since 26 Sep, 2002 from Montreal, CANADA
How would you know? Give the K77free a go just in case. Cheers
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- addled muppet weed
- 111238 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
that's why the plugins are nothing like the real thing.fmr wrote: Tue Jun 08, 2021 8:14 pmWHICH real thing? This thing is (was?) so temperamental that YOUR real thing would not bring you anywhere near MY real thing.
too predictable
it's why i love the real ones, that untamedness. it's so alive!!
and yes, i have quite a few 10s of hours experience with 3 different real ones. sadly not mine. id love one though if i was rich. if i outlive my uncle, ill get one with my inheritance
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- KVRian
- 778 posts since 18 Nov, 2010
ha! Of all the pages had had to pick from hahahahahthecontrolcentre wrote: Tue Jun 08, 2021 8:20 pmD/L link is deadwwjd wrote: Tue Jun 08, 2021 3:13 pm probably doesn't compare, but free to try
https://myvst.com/vst-instruments/arpeg ... -freeware/
https://plugins4free.com/plugin/789/
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- KVRist
- 259 posts since 30 Aug, 2011 from Melbourne, Australia
Same boat here!.. But we have MESS here in Melbourne and I've been lucky enough to get some time on several VCS3's amongst other rare and legendary instruments..vurt wrote: Tue Jun 08, 2021 10:09 pm that's why the plugins are nothing like the real thing.
too predictable
it's why i love the real ones, that untamedness. it's so alive!!
and yes, i have quite a few 10s of hours experience with 3 different real ones. sadly not mine. id love one though if i was rich. if i outlive my uncle, ill get one with my inheritance
A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians. - FZ
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- KVRAF
- 2427 posts since 11 Jan, 2009 from Portland, OR, USA
Do either of you own a Synthi? Have either of you ever been in the same room as a Synthi? What is this conclusion based on, if not actual experience with the original (let alone comparing the original to all the mentioned plugins) ?
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- KVRAF
- 9542 posts since 6 Jan, 2017 from Outer Space
Mine was sitting in an attic for years unused and crackled like hell, none of the emus can sound that unusably shitty… I should have given it to Mr. Rehberg instead of selling it though…fmr wrote: Tue Jun 08, 2021 8:14 pmWHICH real thing? This thing is (was?) so temperamental that YOUR real thing would not bring you anywhere near MY real thing.
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- KVRist
- 259 posts since 30 Aug, 2011 from Melbourne, Australia
Having trouble with your comprehension?mholloway wrote: Wed Jun 09, 2021 3:52 am Do either of you own a Synthi? Have either of you ever been in the same room as a Synthi? What is this conclusion based on, if not actual experience with the original (let alone comparing the original to all the mentioned plugins) ?
A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians. - FZ
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- KVRer
- Topic Starter
- 5 posts since 8 Jun, 2021
I have to thank you for this recommendation, I had no idea it existed and just spent the last 2 hours with it. Wow!vurt wrote: Tue Jun 08, 2021 11:38 am i use the one in reaktor, beats the crap outta xils and arturia.
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- addled muppet weed
- 111238 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
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- KVRian
- 653 posts since 13 May, 2017 from Virginia
Another vote for http://kx77free.free.fr/English-page-vst.html Polymod Kx. Extremely expressive instrument, really gives you more options for sound design in a synthi format than many others. Lot's of good tracks came out of that OSC
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- KVRer
- Topic Starter
- 5 posts since 8 Jun, 2021
Just in case I do get curious later on, care to clarify why I shouldn't spend the money on the other 2 you mentioned? What are they lacking in comparison?
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- addled muppet weed
- 111238 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
tbh, they're all lacking the "life" of a real one, but all will give you a good enough for the mix, version of what most people would want from a synthesiser, the sounds you've heard on records.
ive only demoed the others, a while ago now (nearer release) so i wouldn't really have details, i"personally" felt, they didn't offer me anything closer to the original, so didn't feel worth dropping money on them.
id demo all of them, you might feel the more up to date programming is a better sound for you.
or the extra features might make it more suitable.
just for me, already having reaktor, i didn't feel the difference was worth it.
plenty of people like both of them, so only opinions
including me 
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- KVRAF
- 1966 posts since 22 Mar, 2002 from Timisoara, Romania