As 2022 is winding down, a look at the releases of the past 12 months will probably have vastly different results for most of us on KVR. This question is more aimed your personal discovery of this year, less at another vote of the "best x of x".
My personal highlight in virtual instrument was Novum, for example. Its sounds were amazing, its workflow intuitive and its technology new. Very excited about the things DAWESOME will produce in the future (next synth KULT coming Dec 22 already).
My personal lowlight was Kontakt 7. So much potential to innovate, so many opportunities missed.
What about you?
Your VI highlight of 2022? New plugin, update or discovery?
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- KVRist
- 476 posts since 20 Mar, 2015 from Nerima, Tokyo
Nick romero kickstart 2, cousin of shaperbox 3 ...
Sidechain for dummies, but what it does, it does perfectly. imho
It certainly looks like a gadget, but try it and you find it's got just the right amount of critical features packed into one superlightweight unit, instead of having to clutter my effect rack with several cpu hungry tools.
Fire and forget.
Sidechain for dummies, but what it does, it does perfectly. imho
It certainly looks like a gadget, but try it and you find it's got just the right amount of critical features packed into one superlightweight unit, instead of having to clutter my effect rack with several cpu hungry tools.
Fire and forget.
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- KVRian
- 984 posts since 24 Sep, 2021
Nexus 4.5
Dune 3.5
Shaperbox 3
Dune 3.5
Shaperbox 3
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- KVRAF
- 35436 posts since 11 Apr, 2010 from Germany
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- KVRist
- 302 posts since 17 Jun, 2019
Backbone 1.5, CS-80 V4, Dreamsynth, GX-30 & Wavestate are my major favorite new instruments of 2022. www.presetpatch.com has a bunch of Wavestate compatible presets available on it but you can only download 11 patches or banks a day after you rate your favorites.
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- addled muppet weed
- 105873 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
audiothing - noises. very useful for my needs and bloody good fun to use.
throw in reasonably priced and whats not to love?
disappointment, nothing, i leave disappointment to those with negativity in their souls
throw in reasonably priced and whats not to love?
disappointment, nothing, i leave disappointment to those with negativity in their souls
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- KVRian
- 1008 posts since 22 Feb, 2014
NI Future Classics Collection including Super 8 and Form, Phoscyon 2, GForce Oddity... also pleased to get F'em and BioTek 2.
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Hewitt Huntwork Hewitt Huntwork https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=7460
- KVRAF
- 1531 posts since 2 Jun, 2003
NI's Playbox, so great.
If every KVR member wrote one review a year we'd have 1340 reviews each day!
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vitocorleone123 vitocorleone123 https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=333504
- KVRAF
- 1895 posts since 30 Jun, 2014 from Pacific NW
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- KVRAF
- 5755 posts since 29 Sep, 2010 from Maui
Not really a highlight, but I was pretty impressed with the free plugins from both audiomodern and lese audio. check em out, theyre free and worth a look. IMO 
lese.io
lese.io
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- KVRAF
- 4818 posts since 25 Jan, 2014 from The End of The World as We Knowit
MetaSynth updated a 7GB expansion pack from 20 years ago.
https://uisoftware.com/metasynth/
https://uisoftware.com/metasynth/
s a v e
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- KVRian
- 576 posts since 30 Jan, 2021
This is cheating a little, but my most used discovery this year was Cableguy's Curve 2. However, in the spirit of what this thread is about, Cableguy's ShaperBox 3 became one of my most-used tools.
And, oh yeah, Nexus 4.5, and that's because of its synth functionality.
And, oh yeah, Nexus 4.5, and that's because of its synth functionality.
If you can't dazzle 'em with brilliance, baffle 'em with bullshit.
