Which plugins are hyped too much in your opinion?

[DJErmac]

- Diva : yes, it sounds absolutely superb if you’re after nostalgic sound, but for anything modern it’s unusable. It’s a niche product after all : people who loved 80’s sound will love it for sure. But I strongly doubt you really hear Diva on every today’s radio hit. Praise Diva for what it is : a best of all your old synths. We’re in 2022. People who care about this old stuff are not really the vast majority of successful modern producers. Diva is NOT that synth you believe it is, it’s not the ultimate game changer or the mother of all synths : for some of us it’s a meh synth. It fits your needs for sure, I respect that, but young producers will probably go "WTF ?! Sounds like grandpa’s records" (yes, of course, unless they’re after that 80’s sound also, don’t be stupid lol)...

Then you are either listening to the wrong music and/or using Diva incorrectly. I see a lot of modern artists using analogs, even vintage ones. It’s a lack of imagination that would lead one to believe that Diva, or any actual analog, is stuck sounding like the past, just like the ancient piano can still be found in music.

Aaaah, thank you, perfect answer.

You’re right. I’m probably listening to the wrong music. And I don’t know how to use Diva properly. That’s it. I’ll think about it, thank you again.

To all the people who have no use for Diva : you are a bunch of tools.

[zerocrossing]

I think the biggest hype seems to be those who go on about Cherry Audio. Their plugins sound very lackluster to me. The best thing I can think to say is that they are cheap and low CPU.

[zerocrossing]

- Diva : yes, it sounds absolutely superb if you’re after nostalgic sound, but for anything modern it’s unusable. It’s a niche product after all : people who loved 80’s sound will love it for sure. But I strongly doubt you really hear Diva on every today’s radio hit. Praise Diva for what it is : a best of all your old synths. We’re in 2022. People who care about this old stuff are not really the vast majority of successful modern producers. Diva is NOT that synth you believe it is, it’s not the ultimate game changer or the mother of all synths : for some of us it’s a meh synth. It fits your needs for sure, I respect that, but young producers will probably go "WTF ?! Sounds like grandpa’s records" (yes, of course, unless they’re after that 80’s sound also, don’t be stupid lol)...

Then you are either listening to the wrong music and/or using Diva incorrectly. I see a lot of modern artists using analogs, even vintage ones. It’s a lack of imagination that would lead one to believe that Diva, or any actual analog, is stuck sounding like the past, just like the ancient piano can still be found in music.

Aaaah, thank you, perfect answer.

You’re right. I’m probably listening to the wrong music. And I don’t know how to use Diva properly. That’s it. I’ll think about it, thank you again.

To all the people who have no use for Diva : you are a bunch of tools.

Glad to help.

[vurt]

I think the biggest hype seems to be those who go on about Cherry Audio. Their plugins sound very lackluster to me. The best thing I can think to say is that they are cheap and low CPU.

and they're regular, like buses

[pough]

I think the biggest hype seems to be those who go on about Cherry Audio. Their plugins sound very lackluster to me. The best thing I can think to say is that they are cheap and low CPU.

The only people I've seen here go on about Cherry Audio have been negative. Most of the positive comments I've seen have been more generally positive like, "pretty good for the price." As for CPU, if you think they're low CPU you either haven't used any other plugins or you haven't used any Cherry Audio plugins. I bought some of them but I don't really use them because the CPU usage is too high.

To answer the original question, when it comes to hype from the companies it's all too much. Sales is about creating desire. When it comes from users, none of it is too much. People like what they like.

[DJErmac]

This topic is priceless !

[jamcat]

I think it’s over-rated.

[Leo1999]

I think Cherry Audio gets bashed quite a lot, it 's just the opposite to hype.
There is even a thread here at KVR called
"Why does Cherry Audio get so much hate?"
The first Cherry audio synth I like is Elka-X,
but it's a CPU hog,
so I did not buy.

[ampetrosillo]

Any plugin you can find a perfectly equivalent replacement for, for free. It is overrated because of the fact that you have to pay money to use it.

[Leo1999]

Threads starting with "which" are overhyped lol

[ramseysounds]

I think it’s over-rated.

I think it's over-hyped

[Download SOphist]

hype is over-hyped

[yellowmix]

Cherry Audio — the Walmart of plugins.

Plugin Alliance — Their Facebook group reminds me Heaven's Gate members wore the same black and white Nike sneakers.

Arturia — They've improved tremendously since the 90s and fortunately started doing something other than vintage emulations like Pigments (solid but no, not "life-changing") and Efx Fragments. Surprised no one mentioned the company's self-hype with plugins "You Will Actually Use". Makes it funny when people try to get rid of them. But the braggadocio turned into confidence when they addressed Behringer cloning the KeyStep.

Freakshow Industries — Plugins are fine but the way some people lap up the anti-establishment marketing reminds me of the sweatshop-produced Che Guevara t-shirt trend. Prince Harry wore one.

[plexuss]

This is a stupid thread.

[jamcat]

Freakshow Industries — Plugins are fine but the way some people lap up the anti-establishment marketing reminds me of the sweatshop-produced Che Guevara t-shirt trend. Prince Harry wore one.

Was it the Dumpster Fire, while Meghan wore a matching Dicksmasher shirt?