Underrated/overlooked synths
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- KVRAF
- 3639 posts since 21 Nov, 2015
Tone2 - Nemesis
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- KVRian
- 1141 posts since 2 Oct, 2021
Bazille. Just rocks. Can be intimidating as there is so much that needs to be learned to utilize it. Fantastic sounds, tons of character.
Surge. Seriously. Use some device to oversample it and see it shine. I do it with Reaper and/or Patchwork. And right after downloading it switch it to the dark skin. Just sayin.
Surge. Seriously. Use some device to oversample it and see it shine. I do it with Reaper and/or Patchwork. And right after downloading it switch it to the dark skin. Just sayin.
ABX is enemy to GAS
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- KVRian
- 1119 posts since 4 Jan, 2007
Yes. It's good as it is, just that the UI is small in today's standards.korgscrew wrote: Fri Feb 14, 2025 1:11 pm Native Instruments FM8. Recently added this to my workflow and it sounds great. Some great presets on there, very smooth sounding.
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- KVRAF
- 14087 posts since 20 Nov, 2003 from Lost and Spaced
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- KVRAF
- 9847 posts since 15 Sep, 2005 from East Coast of the USA
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- KVRist
- 425 posts since 9 Nov, 2012 from Colorado, USA
Spectrasonics Omnisphere. Great synth, no demo, expensive and so doesn't get a lot of attention in Community. I love my copy of Omnisphere 2.5 keeps getting better, but not a lot of talk, tutorials, etc
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- KVRAF
- 2784 posts since 18 Apr, 2001
Yep. Zero Hybrid still runs rings around just about every other FM synth in existence
CrimsonWarlock aka TechnoGremlin, Moved to Reason and Rack Extensions exclusively (from Reaper and VSTs) several years ago.
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- KVRAF
- 1871 posts since 4 Oct, 2016
I second Omega, but another good and obscure FM synth (that is unfortunately Windows and Linux/WINE only) is Aurora FM. Then there is Opzilla, but that is abandoned. Rob Papen's Blue 3 has presets that remind me of Metroid Prime's soundtrack.
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- KVRAF
- 14087 posts since 20 Nov, 2003 from Lost and Spaced
Found that on a backup disc. May have to install.0degree wrote: Fri Feb 14, 2025 4:00 pm Audjoo Helix - holy shit, this thing sounds good! Anybody knows if it ever will get UI update or is it abandonware?
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- KVRian
- 567 posts since 21 May, 2016
Avenger is pretty popular here but largely overlooked by music youtube and most other music communities. Strong contender for desert island synth for me.
Ableton's Operator gets a lot of attention from Live users, but I've really enjoyed Drift Lately. Meld is cool too.
UAD Opal sounds great. I think it's a shame that only a few hardwired modulation routings can be assigned without paging to the matrix, but for a synth with some questionable workflow choices it's pretty damn cool
Ableton's Operator gets a lot of attention from Live users, but I've really enjoyed Drift Lately. Meld is cool too.
UAD Opal sounds great. I think it's a shame that only a few hardwired modulation routings can be assigned without paging to the matrix, but for a synth with some questionable workflow choices it's pretty damn cool