KVR Audio

martiu · Post by **martiu** » Wed Sep 13, 2023 8:58 pm

vurt wrote: Wed Sep 13, 2023 8:28 pm
martiu wrote: Wed Sep 13, 2023 8:26 pm
BrokenTrance wrote: Wed Sep 13, 2023 8:06 pm surprised no one mentioned this one yet. Seems like an accurate emulation?
Not my coup of tea, but regarding faithful emulation it seems to be top notch. Even the reviewer is raving about it in the video..
lovely bottom end
are you sexually harassing brokentrance?

What happened to our dear friend El°HYM, not very active lately, no new Reaktor ensembles, he mentioned briefly about his mushrooms experiments under loud 80s pop music influence, not sure if that is the reason.

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Wed Sep 13, 2023 8:59 pm

im sure i saw him earlier?

martiu · Post by **martiu** » Wed Sep 13, 2023 9:03 pm

oh yeah you are right, he gave Dune some love

kraster · Post by **kraster** » Thu Sep 14, 2023 12:55 am

emef wrote: Wed Sep 13, 2023 4:36 pmAalto

Co-sign.

Aalto has one of the nicest out of the box sounds I've ever heard.

Also Chiral by Fors.

parma · Post by **parma** » Thu Sep 14, 2023 1:56 am

Abyss by Dawesome and nobody ever talks about it! It's a pad and "soundscape" monster

Touch The Universe · Post by **Touch The Universe** » Thu Sep 14, 2023 1:57 am

YesYeah wrote: Wed Sep 13, 2023 1:45 pm Massive X. I don't actually have it but the demos I've heard around the 'Tube sound so consistently good, I'm thinking of getting it eventually
Maira wrote: Wed Sep 13, 2023 12:51 pmOpening the plugin takes 3 seconds.
That's not bad, I'll take it over Pigments' 30 seconds off an HDD

Surprised to see so much love for Massive-X

I adore the pads I get out this thing.

Touch The Universe · Post by **Touch The Universe** » Thu Sep 14, 2023 1:57 am

parma wrote: Thu Sep 14, 2023 1:56 am Abyss by Dawesome and nobody ever talks about it! It's a pad and "soundscape" monster

This crossed my radar - interest piqued. Do you have any audio or video examples to help us fall in love with it too

nanostream · Post by **nanostream** » Thu Sep 14, 2023 6:07 pm

Why only one synth?

Depending on what I want to achieve and how much time I want to invest, I’ll grab one of Reaktor (Blocks, predominantly), Massive X, Pigments or any of the Fors synths. They’re all brilliant and almost never sound bad.

T-CM11 · Post by **T-CM11** » Thu Sep 14, 2023 6:15 pm

My favorite synth never sounds bad. There!

BBFG# · Post by **BBFG#** » Thu Sep 14, 2023 6:20 pm

Zebra 2HZ.
And even though I fear newer OS versions will find a way to kill it, Alchemy 1.55 for Windows

synthblaster · Post by **synthblaster** » Thu Sep 14, 2023 7:39 pm

Definitely Massive X. The best sounding VST synth I've ever heard. Top notch HD quality of the sound.

CrystalWizard · Post by **CrystalWizard** » Thu Sep 14, 2023 7:47 pm

Given some time i can make any synth sound bad.
Except: One Ping Only.

EnGee · Post by **EnGee** » Thu Sep 14, 2023 8:28 pm

None! All the good synths can sound bad or horrible if I want them to do that!

susquash · Post by **susquash** » Thu Sep 14, 2023 10:44 pm

cryophonik wrote: Wed Sep 13, 2023 3:54 pm Every synth can sound good or bad, it just comes down to whether or not it sounds *right* for my needs.

I agree with this. I can still make an attempt and say that korg microkorg tends toward getting sounds I want more than it doesn't. Hardware or software versions.
Uhe Diva is another one with similar rewards.

BONES · Post by **BONES** » Fri Sep 15, 2023 12:26 am

EnGee wrote: Thu Sep 14, 2023 8:28 pmNone! All the good synths can sound bad or horrible if I want them to do that!

You, amongst others, are being too literal. The OP gave us enough context to understand what he was asking, yet you chose to ignore it.

I have plenty of synths that pretty much always give me something useful. With some, like JP6K, it's because I know their strengths very well, so I always go to them for specific things. Then there are synths like DUNE, Thorn, ANA 2 and Spire that sound good no matter what. I'm sure I could make DUNE sound bad but it would require a lot more effort than making it sound good.

If you want me to choose one over all the others, it would have to be Olga. Olga has never let me down and is surprisingly versatile.

What's that one synth that you find never sounds bad?