Why did Lennar Digital never release another Synth?

[Examigan]

Does it have a better gui than the one on their site now?

Yes, here are some of them:

https://www.lennardigital.com/home/Xenolith.png

https://www.lennardigital.com/home/Apox.jpg

https://www.lennardigital.com/home/Nitro.png

https://www.lennardigital.com/home/ScottKaneDark.jpg

[jupiter8]

I have a vague recollection of a groupbuy way back that made enough money to retire on. If not in luxury, in comfort.

BTW wasn't the first Sylenth made in SynthEdit ?

[aMUSEd]

Does it have a better gui than the one on their site now?

Yes, here are some of them:

https://www.lennardigital.com/home/Xenolith.png

https://www.lennardigital.com/home/Apox.jpg

https://www.lennardigital.com/home/Nitro.png

https://www.lennardigital.com/home/ScottKaneDark.jpg

Thanks the Apox one is good - don't like the others but at least there is one

What is it people like about this plugin though? I can't recall thinking it was anything more than fairly ordinary many years ago when I tried it on a totally different system but clearly there is something about it so maybe I should give it another chance?

[kenny saunders]

It just has a really good sound quality. The reverb though should be removed from existence, it is awful.

[Trancit]

It just has a really good sound quality. The reverb though should be removed from existence, it is awful.

The one from Serum isn´t any better...

[Examigan]

I have a vague recollection of a groupbuy way back that made enough money to retire on. If not in luxury, in comfort.

BTW wasn't the first Sylenth made in SynthEdit ?

I'm not sure where this was quoted from, since the link in the thread below doesnt point to that anymore, but I remember reading about this somewhere else:

"Although SynthEdit was used in version 1, it was only used to create the user-interface and not the audio processing engine. Sylenth1 version 2 however is completely written in C++ and assembler code and has vastly improved stability and compatibility with all VST hosts."

viewtopic.php?t=307117

[ere2learn]

https://futuremusic.com/news/testdrive/ ... eview.html

[Examigan]

Does it have a better gui than the one on their site now?

Yes, here are some of them:

https://www.lennardigital.com/home/Xenolith.png

https://www.lennardigital.com/home/Apox.jpg

https://www.lennardigital.com/home/Nitro.png

https://www.lennardigital.com/home/ScottKaneDark.jpg

Thanks the Apox one is good - don't like the others but at least there is one

What is it people like about this plugin though? I can't recall thinking it was anything more than fairly ordinary many years ago when I tried it on a totally different system but clearly there is something about it so maybe I should give it another chance?

Yeah the Apox is probably my favorite.
Here's one of the others I like:
https://www.lennardigital.com/home/Halcyon.jpg

[kenny saunders]

https://futuremusic.com/news/testdrive/ ... eview.html

Seems to be from 2007. No mention on wavetable, just fm

[satYatunes]

• It's great on CPU. I remember replacing some other CPU heavy synths with Sylenth just to continue working on the project.

• Very easy to learn. It sits well in a mix with minimal effort.

I have a Sci-fi theme for Sylenth on my website. Not for faint hearted



Elara

Not sure why he never made any other synth but I appreciate that he maintains it and provides free updates.

[osiris]

It was all coded. Synthedit was just used for some skin UI elements. I also recall (But not sure if correct) that he lost the code because of some reason like computer failure. I think the nail in the coffin was when some big magazine did an interview with Avicii, and there was a very obviously cracked version of Sylenth on his computer screen. He later explained that he used that one because you could reskin the boinked one even though he had bought a license.

[lotus2035]

Hey at least there were some recent updates and a modern resizable interface.
Unlike another great sounding synth from that era >> Audjoo Helix

[DNAudio]

It was all coded. Synthedit was just used for some skin UI elements. I also recall (But not sure if correct) that he lost the code because of some reason like computer failure. I think the nail in the coffin was when some big magazine did an interview with Avicii, and there was a very obviously cracked version of Sylenth on his computer screen. He later explained that he used that one because you could reskin the boinked one even though he had bought a license.

I still have nostalgia for its GUI. I do miss the good ol' days of digital configuration/preset menus with bitmapped fonts flanked by a tacky "analog" design.
It outperformed many other synths of its time with its alias suppression, it's still better than many modern synths releasing in that regard, though there's a lot more amateur projects out now.
There's 2 paths forwards: give into modern trends and end up creating a synth similar to everything else, or stick to its roots, refine the sound further and see what modern features can fit snugly into the original's workflow. I think the latter would be a better choice, if any is to be made.

[osiris]

It was a leap in sound quality. The UI if I remember was right around the time the 'fake wood' look was leaking into audio UIs. Almost every Moog emu had it. I remember being so excited when it came to Synthedit.

[Examigan]

I remember at a certain point Lennard was responding to preset requests from certain songs, which I thought was really cool.

He included those presets in future updates of the synth.