If you can only keep four VST Synths from your current collection. Which ones would you keep ?
If You can only keep Four VST Synths You have. Which Ones ?
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- KVRAF
- 1920 posts since 23 Sep, 2005
Hi,
If you can only keep four VST Synths from your current collection. Which ones would you keep ?
If you can only keep four VST Synths from your current collection. Which ones would you keep ?
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- GRRRRRRR!
- 17690 posts since 14 Jun, 2001 from Somewhere you're not!
In no particular order -
- Soundspot's Union because we use it in probably 90% of our songs and it always gets the job done.
- DS Thorn for the Glitch Sequencer and it's super easy workflow.
- Proxima for it's gritty sound and ease of use.
- bx_oberhausen because it's my favourite SEMulation and there is something special about the way SEM sounds.
Realistically, though, I'd need Battery for drums and life would be pretty hard without half-a-dozen different Kontakt libraries we use regularly. But these four synths are pretty much the backbone of everything we do.
- Soundspot's Union because we use it in probably 90% of our songs and it always gets the job done.
- DS Thorn for the Glitch Sequencer and it's super easy workflow.
- Proxima for it's gritty sound and ease of use.
- bx_oberhausen because it's my favourite SEMulation and there is something special about the way SEM sounds.
Realistically, though, I'd need Battery for drums and life would be pretty hard without half-a-dozen different Kontakt libraries we use regularly. But these four synths are pretty much the backbone of everything we do.
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Korg Odyssey, bx-oberhausen, Proxima, PolyMax, GR8, JP6K, Union, Atomika,
Invader 2, Flow Motion, Olga, TRK 01, Thorn, Spire, VG Iron
Korg Odyssey, bx-oberhausen, Proxima, PolyMax, GR8, JP6K, Union, Atomika,
Invader 2, Flow Motion, Olga, TRK 01, Thorn, Spire, VG Iron
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- KVRian
- 923 posts since 13 Jul, 2006
Pianoteq (physical modeling, does that count as a synth?)
Diva
Zebra 3
Pigments I guess. But I would really miss not having Repro (allthough it's more limited than the other synths, somehow I just love to use it)
Diva
Zebra 3
Pigments I guess. But I would really miss not having Repro (allthough it's more limited than the other synths, somehow I just love to use it)
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- KVRian
- 589 posts since 1 Jan, 2021
TAL NoiseMaker
Charlatan3
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I might also add ThornCM (it has a faster workflow than the full version, which I also have), but right now I’m only using the two plugins mentioned above.
Charlatan3
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I might also add ThornCM (it has a faster workflow than the full version, which I also have), but right now I’m only using the two plugins mentioned above.
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- KVRAF
- 1871 posts since 4 Oct, 2016
This doesn't include samplers and drum synths, right? What about free synths?
Then Icarus, Hive, TAL-MOD, and Razor.
As much as I love Repro, Hive has a lot of overlap with it! If I buy Zebra 3, that might replace TAL-MOD AND Hive in the list, giving room for OPS7 or Synclavier V
Then Icarus, Hive, TAL-MOD, and Razor.
As much as I love Repro, Hive has a lot of overlap with it! If I buy Zebra 3, that might replace TAL-MOD AND Hive in the list, giving room for OPS7 or Synclavier V
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- KVRian
- 898 posts since 12 Sep, 2007
Omnisphere
Equator
Unify
Various Cherry Audio synths
Equator
Unify
Various Cherry Audio synths
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- KVRAF
- 9840 posts since 15 Sep, 2005 from East Coast of the USA
I have too many good ones to just choose only four.
If it is just at this moment, I'd say:
Icarus 3
Synthmaster 3
Diva
Dune 3
I really should check out Massive X again.
I have it, but I just haven't made the time to learn all it can do.
If it is just at this moment, I'd say:
Icarus 3
Synthmaster 3
Diva
Dune 3
I really should check out Massive X again.
I have it, but I just haven't made the time to learn all it can do.