I think we can all agree on that. Except this is KVR, so change my mind!
Why do I seem to like free synths better ?
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- KVRAF
- 2236 posts since 25 Sep, 2014 from Specific Northwest
"I like synths that sound good."
I think we can all agree on that. Except this is KVR, so change my mind!
I think we can all agree on that. Except this is KVR, so change my mind!
I started on Logic 5 with a PowerBook G4 550Mhz. I now have a MacBook Air M1 and it's ~165x faster! So, why is my music not proportionally better? 
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- KVRAF
- 2485 posts since 3 Dec, 2006
And I don't trust free drinks Niether.. they just don't have the punch, the fullness and warmth of paid ones... paid drinks also have a better aftersales service from the suppliers to!!
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- KVRAF
- 5818 posts since 9 Jul, 2002 from Helsinki
If I connect with a synth and it invites me to explore it, it doesn't really matter to me if it's free, paid, soft- or hardware. In some cases I first used a free version (Aalto Solo and Reaktor Player), and upgraded to the full versions when they became core instruments in my setup.
With Zebralatte/Zebra I much prefer the free, limited version- Zebralette is really deep and fascinating synth on it's own and I don't need the flexibility of full Zebra. In this case the paid option doesn't make the freebie obsolete.
What Surge does could probably be done by numerous other synths, but it has a really clever interface that I just find very enjoyable. Spending money and learning some similar, versatile synth wouldn't benefit me in any way.
I've always used freeware synths, and they are just as valuable to me as instruments as anything I own.
With Zebralatte/Zebra I much prefer the free, limited version- Zebralette is really deep and fascinating synth on it's own and I don't need the flexibility of full Zebra. In this case the paid option doesn't make the freebie obsolete.
What Surge does could probably be done by numerous other synths, but it has a really clever interface that I just find very enjoyable. Spending money and learning some similar, versatile synth wouldn't benefit me in any way.
I've always used freeware synths, and they are just as valuable to me as instruments as anything I own.
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- addled muppet weed
- 105767 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
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- KVRAF
- 2236 posts since 25 Sep, 2014 from Specific Northwest
And with free drinks come free roofies!
I started on Logic 5 with a PowerBook G4 550Mhz. I now have a MacBook Air M1 and it's ~165x faster! So, why is my music not proportionally better?
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- KVRAF
- 25052 posts since 20 Oct, 2007 from gonesville
I remember a thread in Everything Else, 'Tone is bullshit', or something, tone is overrated. I think it was 'guitar tone' which didn't mean the tone of the guitar, but the amp. idiots abound
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 2388 posts since 28 Mar, 2007
Thanks for reminding us about "Surge" and "Zebralette". Both good synths and installed now..jon wrote: ↑Tue Jun 15, 2021 6:51 pm If I connect with a synth and it invites me to explore it, it doesn't really matter to me if it's free, paid, soft- or hardware. In some cases I first used a free version (Aalto Solo and Reaktor Player), and upgraded to the full versions when they became core instruments in my setup.
With Zebralatte/Zebra I much prefer the free, limited version- Zebralette is really deep and fascinating synth on it's own and I don't need the flexibility of full Zebra. In this case the paid option doesn't make the freebie obsolete.
What Surge does could probably be done by numerous other synths, but it has a really clever interface that I just find very enjoyable. Spending money and learning some similar, versatile synth wouldn't benefit me in any way.
I've always used freeware synths, and they are just as valuable to me as instruments as anything I own.
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- addled muppet weed
- 105767 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
"wood" is overrated!
my plastic dan electro sounds bloody great, through fuzz n stuff
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- Banned
- 995 posts since 4 Feb, 2021
Why does everyone but me have so stable preferences? Sometimes less is more to me, sometimes it deffo isn’t. Sometimes hardware dominate productions, sometimes it doesn’t, sometimes analog synths are the coolest, sometimes they are but redundant junk. Sometimes a free synth is da zing because it feels good knowing it is free, other times free feels like cheap, and I have to use paid one to assure myself that it doesn’t. You lucky bastards.
Tribe Of Hǫfuð https://soundcloud.com/user-228690154 "First rule: From one perfect consonance to another perfect consonance one must proceed in contrary or oblique motion." Johann Joseph Fux 1725.
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- KVRAF
- 25052 posts since 20 Oct, 2007 from gonesville
in itself it almost doesn't soundvurt wrote: ↑Tue Jun 15, 2021 8:08 pm"wood" is overrated!
my plastic dan electro sounds bloody great, through fuzz n stuff
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- KVRist
- 43 posts since 15 Aug, 2020
I had a lot of paid plugins before and sold them all to play hardware with a live band. But our guitarist started struggling with his bipolarism and I started looking at free plugins to get me past the down time. Free is all I need now.
HaNon B70
Kawai K1v
Uhe Zebralette &
Triple Cheese &
Podolski
HaNon B70
Kawai K1v
Uhe Zebralette &
Triple Cheese &
Podolski
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- KVRAF
- 2898 posts since 25 Feb, 2005
I much prefer the paid synths that cause me great financial hardship and pain.You can't play the blues when you get your synths for free.
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- KVRAF
- 4781 posts since 25 Jan, 2014 from The End of The World as We Knowit
Now look at them yo-yo's, that's the way you do it
You play the guitar on the MTV
That ain't workin', that's the way you do it
Money for nothin', and your synths for free
You play the guitar on the MTV
That ain't workin', that's the way you do it
Money for nothin', and your synths for free
d o n 't
w a n t
m o r e
w a n t
m o r e
