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If You can only keep Four VST Synths You have. Which Ones ?
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- KVRAF
- 5572 posts since 30 May, 2006 from Hollow Earth
Ultra 
Pigments 7
Serum 2
Zebra 3
Pigments 7
Serum 2
Zebra 3
ABEFLGMOPPRRST 
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- KVRist
- 284 posts since 22 Feb, 2017
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- KVRAF
- 20662 posts since 22 Nov, 2000 from Southern California
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- KVRAF
- 5146 posts since 13 Jul, 2004 from Earth
The Admiral is back in the house
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- GRRRRRRR!
- 17690 posts since 14 Jun, 2001 from Somewhere you're not!
Clearly the Admiral's quality doesn't extend to the user interface, it looks like a dog's breakfast. Ot perhaps a little more like a mad woman's washing. Whichever, it is quite off-putting, like a smartphone's home screen.
No, it's not. You can't sample anything with it. From the very beginning, "samplers" have been recording and playback devices. Kontakt is a sample based synth. It has filters, LFOs, envelopes, arpeggiators and all the rest of it. If Kontakt is not a synth, then neither is Serum or Vital or any other wavetable synth. Anyone who can't wrap their head around such an obvious concept is a clueless f**king idiot.
NOVAkILL : Legion GO, AMD Z1x, 16GB RAM, Win11 | Audient EVO 8 | Lumi Keys | Studio Pro 8
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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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 1920 posts since 23 Sep, 2005
LOL ...BONES wrote: Mon May 11, 2026 11:39 pm Clearly the Admiral's quality doesn't extend to the user interface, it looks like a dog's breakfast. Ot perhaps a little more like a mad woman's washing. Whichever, it is quite off-putting, like a smartphone's home screen.No, it's not. You can't sample anything with it. From the very beginning, "samplers" have been recording and playback devices. Kontakt is a sample based synth. It has filters, LFOs, envelopes, arpeggiators and all the rest of it. If Kontakt is not a synth, then neither is Serum or Vital or any other wavetable synth. Anyone who can't wrap their head around such an obvious concept is a clueless f**king idiot.
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- KVRAF
- 4070 posts since 28 Jan, 2011 from MEXICO
DIva
Serum2
Pigments
Pianoteq
Serum2
Pigments
Pianoteq
dedication to flying
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- KVRist
- 332 posts since 18 May, 2020
Pianoteq seems to be top tier going by this thread.
I don't really have any pianos except Numa player on my linux, but I installed a few freebies from buying interfaces like XLN studio grand and upright on my Mac. Obviously Pianoteq offers a lot more than these.
But I also just create piano-esque keys in Hive 2 for the most part. I have to see what the PIanoteq magic is all about.
I don't really have any pianos except Numa player on my linux, but I installed a few freebies from buying interfaces like XLN studio grand and upright on my Mac. Obviously Pianoteq offers a lot more than these.
But I also just create piano-esque keys in Hive 2 for the most part. I have to see what the PIanoteq magic is all about.
REAPER + Davinci Resolve Pro on Manjaro KDE. Neve 88m. Focusrite 18i20 2nd gen. Neumann NDH30 headphones. Mics: Telefunken TF39, AT4050, Miktek C7e, EV RE-15. VSTs: u-he Hive 2, F'em, Renoise Redux, Apisonic Speedrum 2.
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 1920 posts since 23 Sep, 2005
Is the Piano a Synth ?
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- KVRAF
- 9100 posts since 28 Apr, 2013
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- KVRist
- 332 posts since 18 May, 2020
Is an animal cracker a cracker, or a cookie, or a "biscuit" as they say in the uk?
REAPER + Davinci Resolve Pro on Manjaro KDE. Neve 88m. Focusrite 18i20 2nd gen. Neumann NDH30 headphones. Mics: Telefunken TF39, AT4050, Miktek C7e, EV RE-15. VSTs: u-he Hive 2, F'em, Renoise Redux, Apisonic Speedrum 2.
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machinesworking machinesworking https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=8505 - KVRAF
- 7967 posts since 15 Aug, 2003 from seattle
Considering the word synthesizer obviously comes from the term synthetic, I would say it's hilarious on some level to claim that any "virtual" instrument isn't a synth.
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- GRRRRRRR!
- 17690 posts since 14 Jun, 2001 from Somewhere you're not!
... or is it an actual animal? And it's not a biscuit just in the UK, it's pretty much the whole rest of the English speaking world that isn't the USA.TechHaus wrote: Tue May 12, 2026 2:54 am Is an animal cracker a cracker, or a cookie, or a "biscuit" as they say in the uk?
NOVAkILL : Legion GO, AMD Z1x, 16GB RAM, Win11 | Audient EVO 8 | Lumi Keys | Studio Pro 8
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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- KVRist
- 36 posts since 17 Jan, 2026
People on this forum seem to really sleep on The Usual Suspects, although maybe I’ll just choose one.
1. The Usual Suspects Nord 2x (the notch low pass is excellent. Super intuitive and gets wonky in a good way fast with fm, ring mod or sync. I’m convinced the fixed point math that it runs on the emulator, which programmers don’t even program in anymore and computers normally can’t run at all, truly has a sound quality other vsts don’t)
2. Gforce Ob-E (kind of a pain to program, but sounds so rich. I use this for big sounds, when you want it to be one of your only sounds).
3. Softube Model 84 Prophet 5 (Sound totally authentic to me. Their Juno is a close second here for raw sound, but feels too limited to make my top 4)
4. Gforce Oddity 3 -Arp Oddessy (I’ve played and Arp Axxe and always loved the gritty oscillators and nasally filter compared to the moog, and this sounds perfectly accurate to me. Sorta synth I can just get in and get a quick sound in for leads and always love the tone. Great filter to tweak).
Most of those are fairly classic-ish, basic-ish synths by today’s standards maybe, but I just love the sound, and sound and joy of programming comes first these days. Sure maybe in a different era vcv rack, or a mega “does it all (and still sounds great)” synth like zebra 3 or pigments would make the list (and I would like those two eventually), but for now those 4 above hit the spot perfectly.
1. The Usual Suspects Nord 2x (the notch low pass is excellent. Super intuitive and gets wonky in a good way fast with fm, ring mod or sync. I’m convinced the fixed point math that it runs on the emulator, which programmers don’t even program in anymore and computers normally can’t run at all, truly has a sound quality other vsts don’t)
2. Gforce Ob-E (kind of a pain to program, but sounds so rich. I use this for big sounds, when you want it to be one of your only sounds).
3. Softube Model 84 Prophet 5 (Sound totally authentic to me. Their Juno is a close second here for raw sound, but feels too limited to make my top 4)
4. Gforce Oddity 3 -Arp Oddessy (I’ve played and Arp Axxe and always loved the gritty oscillators and nasally filter compared to the moog, and this sounds perfectly accurate to me. Sorta synth I can just get in and get a quick sound in for leads and always love the tone. Great filter to tweak).
Most of those are fairly classic-ish, basic-ish synths by today’s standards maybe, but I just love the sound, and sound and joy of programming comes first these days. Sure maybe in a different era vcv rack, or a mega “does it all (and still sounds great)” synth like zebra 3 or pigments would make the list (and I would like those two eventually), but for now those 4 above hit the spot perfectly.