If You can only keep Four VST Synths You have. Which Ones ?

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OT re. Pianoteq. It`s a funny one yes.

Soundwise is a Grand Piano from Pianoteq NOT a Synth.....but a "Piano".

But technically, if i play Pianoteq (Piano) do i play a Synth. period (YMMV)



( thought about that alots some years ago. Pianoteq was btw. the reason i started to have a music PC again)
"Plugin has turned Drug now"....and the business knows it.

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These would be my top 4:

Dune 3
Rapid
DS Thorn
Phase Plant

Honorable mentions:

Legend HZ
Europa
Hive 2

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Absynth 6, Serum 2, no need for 4 : )

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top 30 so far:

Zebra - 24 votes
Diva - 17 votes
Serum - 16 votes
Omnisphere - 11 votes
Kontakt - 10 votes
Pigments - 10 votes
Pianoteq - 9 votes
PhasePlant - 7 votes
Reaktor - 7 votes
Dune 3 - 6 votes
Falcon - 6 votes
Hive - 6 votes
Massive X - 6 votes
Repro - 6 votes
Alchemy - 5 votes
Icarus 3 - 5 votes
Surge XT - 5 votes
Absynth - 4 votes
Bazille - 4 votes
TAL-MOD - 4 votes
The Legend / HZ - 4 votes
VCVRack - 4 votes
Vital - 4 votes
Aalto - 3 votes
HALion 7 - 3 votes
Korg MultiPoly - 3 votes
NI Maschine - 3 votes
OsTIrus / Osirus - 3 votes
Synthmaster 3 - 3 votes
Aparillo - 2 votes
...want to know how to program great synth sounds,check my video tutorials: http://www.youtube.com/user/sergiofrias25

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^^ lots of sonic similarity in this list, but a lot of variety in the ones that got only 1-2 votes! Plasmonic, Dawesome, Iris . . .
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Falcon, Electra 3, Omnisphere, and Lush 2.

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sergiofrias wrote: Fri May 15, 2026 11:36 pm top 30 so far:

Zebra - 24 votes
Diva - 17 votes
Serum - 16 votes
Omnisphere - 11 votes
Kontakt - 10 votes
Pigments - 10 votes
Pianoteq - 9 votes
PhasePlant - 7 votes
Reaktor - 7 votes
Dune 3 - 6 votes
Falcon - 6 votes
Hive - 6 votes
Massive X - 6 votes
Repro - 6 votes
Alchemy - 5 votes
Icarus 3 - 5 votes
Surge XT - 5 votes
Absynth - 4 votes
Bazille - 4 votes
TAL-MOD - 4 votes
The Legend / HZ - 4 votes
VCVRack - 4 votes
Vital - 4 votes
Aalto - 3 votes
HALion 7 - 3 votes
Korg MultiPoly - 3 votes
NI Maschine - 3 votes
OsTIrus / Osirus - 3 votes
Synthmaster 3 - 3 votes
Aparillo - 2 votes
Hi @sergiofrias ,

Thanks for sorting the results out so far.

It's surprising to me that Halion 7, The Legend HZ, and TAL-MOD didn't get more votes, they are all great sounding synths. Halion 7 offers so many types of synthesis, it's a power house, but is very deep and although the interface is not very friendly, plus it is quite pricy as well. I would have expected The Legend HZ to be much more popular, TAL-MOD as well.

Let's see how the results change over time.

Cheers,
Muziksculp
Last edited by Muziksculp on Sat May 16, 2026 7:24 am, edited 1 time in total.

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Muziksculp wrote: Sat May 16, 2026 3:57 am
sergiofrias wrote: Fri May 15, 2026 11:36 pm top 30 so far:

Zebra - 24 votes
Diva - 17 votes
Serum - 16 votes
Omnisphere - 11 votes
Kontakt - 10 votes
Pigments - 10 votes
Pianoteq - 9 votes
PhasePlant - 7 votes
Reaktor - 7 votes
Dune 3 - 6 votes
Falcon - 6 votes
Hive - 6 votes
Massive X - 6 votes
Repro - 6 votes
Alchemy - 5 votes
Icarus 3 - 5 votes
Surge XT - 5 votes
Absynth - 4 votes
Bazille - 4 votes
TAL-MOD - 4 votes
The Legend / HZ - 4 votes
VCVRack - 4 votes
Vital - 4 votes
Aalto - 3 votes
HALion 7 - 3 votes
Korg MultiPoly - 3 votes
NI Maschine - 3 votes
OsTIrus / Osirus - 3 votes
Synthmaster 3 - 3 votes
Aparillo - 2 votes
Hi @sergiofrias ,

Thanks for sorting the results out so far.

It's surprising to me that Halion 7, The Legend HZ, and TAL-MOD didn't get more votes, they are all great sounding synths. Halion 7 offers so many types of synthesis, it's a power house, but is very deep and although the interface is not very friendly, plus it is a quite pricy as well. I would have expected The Legend HZ to be much more popular, TAL-MOD as well.

Let's see how the results change over time.

Cheers,
Muziksculp
Very intresting, thank you for your summary this far! I wonder about the Zebra results though, is it Zebra3 entirely or does it include Zebra2 as they are two differant instruments with their own sonic signature

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Anyway my four top Synths would be:

Commercial

Serum1
Diva
Ace
RP Blue 3

Freeware

Synth1
Dexed
Charlatan3
Tyrell N6

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Pigments-Wavestate-Kult-Zebra 3

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If you listed Omnisphere as one then you get Keyscape and Trilian as a library in it if you own them.
So those that did get another choice too.
Just sayin'

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Serum
Zenology
Omnisphere
Analog Lab
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BONES wrote: Thu May 14, 2026 12:24 am Yeah but the thing is it's an unimpressive demo of fairly ordinary sounds, not something likely to have everyone flocking to the site to download it. It sounds fine, it's not terrible at all, I suppose I was expecting something a bit more impressive is all.
I'm working on some more complete works I hope to share soon.

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Current
Avenger 2
Nexus 5
Twin 3

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