KVR Audio

cyphersuit · Post by **cyphersuit** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 9:57 am

there IS a difference... haven't found better expansion packs, than those refx ones. is there a synth which expansion packs come close? if so i would love to know!

rob_lee · Post by **rob_lee** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 10:02 am

I used to own Nexus2. I just listened to the new expansion "Trance Leads" and think the sounds are amazing in the video demo here.

http://refx.com/products/nexus/expansions/

Looks like reFX has given Nexus2 a new look GUI which is very nice too. Shame the engine cannot be opened up so users can make their own expansions or i'd be on this again cause i have a tone of stuff i'd put in there.

It's well worth the money though if you want the best sounds bar none right out of the box ready to go, otherwise buy hardware synths.

Rob

Brittlestem · Post by **Brittlestem** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 10:42 am

Ingonator wrote: One important reason that i did not get either Omnisphere and Nexus until today is that there are no product demos for both so far. Just doing MP3 demos is not enough for me, especially for such expensive synths.

Ingo

Omnisphere has much, much higher quality samples included - night and day, there's heavy aliasing in Nexus and muddy, "flabby" bass where they've simply stretched the samples keyrange. Which isn't to say I don't love it, I do, especially for it's ease of use, range of sounds, light CPU/RAM and instant loading times but the sound quality could be improved IMO.
Omnisphere is great sounding but it's like wielding a tank- everything is sloooow, from opening the GUI to changing tabs to loading sounds, and once you've used Nexus's "lock" feature to freeze the arp, fx, envelopes etc you *really* miss it when loading sounds in Omnisphere.

They really complement each other IMHO.

cyphersuit · Post by **cyphersuit** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 10:53 am

"there's heavy aliasing in Nexus and muddy, "flabby" bass where they've simply stretched the samples keyrange."

When did you last check this? i read about that on the forums a few years ago, before i bought mine.

never experienced that problem. also afaik most of the bass-sounds are made from the nexus synth engine, not from samples, that's why they are listet as 0.0 mb files in the lower right tab.

tehlord · Post by **tehlord** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 11:04 am

Nexus sounds are either fine or good. There's nothing really amazing in there that you don't get with other well programmed banks.

The main difference is that Nexus and it's expansions are ridiculously overpriced, and that's my main issue with it.

If the plugin was £99 and the expansions were £20 each it'd be a no brainer.

cyphersuit · Post by **cyphersuit** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 11:07 am

i bought nexus and all expansions for around 2.000 €. before that i bought some korg workstations and a virus at around the same price.

guess what made me much happier and what is getting the most use?

rob_lee · Post by **rob_lee** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 11:29 am

tehlord wrote:Nexus sounds are either fine or good. There's nothing really amazing in there that you don't get with other well programmed banks.

The main difference is that Nexus and it's expansions are ridiculously overpriced, and that's my main issue with it.

If the plugin was £99 and the expansions were £20 each it'd be a no brainer.

The engine needs to be opened up IMO.. i want to put my own sounds in that thing.

Rob

tehlord · Post by **tehlord** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 11:31 am

rob_lee wrote:
tehlord wrote:Nexus sounds are either fine or good. There's nothing really amazing in there that you don't get with other well programmed banks.

The main difference is that Nexus and it's expansions are ridiculously overpriced, and that's my main issue with it.

If the plugin was £99 and the expansions were £20 each it'd be a no brainer.
The engine needs to be opened up IMO.. i want to put my own sounds in that thing.

Rob

I can't see it ever happening dude, the closed engine is what lets them create the overpriced soundsets that you'd do as well as or better for less money.

rob_lee · Post by **rob_lee** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 11:37 am

tehlord wrote:
rob_lee wrote:
tehlord wrote:Nexus sounds are either fine or good. There's nothing really amazing in there that you don't get with other well programmed banks.

The main difference is that Nexus and it's expansions are ridiculously overpriced, and that's my main issue with it.

If the plugin was £99 and the expansions were £20 each it'd be a no brainer.
The engine needs to be opened up IMO.. i want to put my own sounds in that thing.

Rob
I can't see it ever happening dude, the closed engine is what lets them create the overpriced soundsets that you'd do as well as or better for less money.

Yes it seems there are only a certain few allowed to do expansions for it which is a shame indeed. I reckon £25 for an expansion would be a fair price. I want to buy Nexus2 but i just don't want to use presets (EVEN THOUGH SOME ARE AMAZING) i prefer to do my own.
This thing is still cool for anyone LOADED with WONGA and want instantly useable sounds right out of the box.

Rob

tehlord · Post by **tehlord** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 11:39 am

rob_lee wrote: This thing is still cool for anyone LOADED with WONGA and want instantly useable sounds right out of the box.

Rob

What, like a Virus?

rob_lee · Post by **rob_lee** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 11:43 am

tehlord wrote:
rob_lee wrote: This thing is still cool for anyone LOADED with WONGA and want instantly useable sounds right out of the box.

Rob

What, like a Virus?

LOL, well this months soundset sales went on the Virus Geoff.

tehlord · Post by **tehlord** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 11:44 am

rob_lee wrote:
tehlord wrote:
rob_lee wrote: This thing is still cool for anyone LOADED with WONGA and want instantly useable sounds right out of the box.

Rob

What, like a Virus?
LOL, well this months soundset sales went on the Virus Geoff.

Fcuk you

trimph1 · Post by **trimph1** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 11:46 am

I had this thing awhile back..come to think of it..I never did get rid of it..it is still lurking on my HDD....

rob_lee · Post by **rob_lee** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 11:50 am

tehlord wrote:
rob_lee wrote:
tehlord wrote:
rob_lee wrote: This thing is still cool for anyone LOADED with WONGA and want instantly useable sounds right out of the box.

Rob

What, like a Virus?
LOL, well this months soundset sales went on the Virus Geoff.

Fcuk you

Lol next month a Slim Phatty

tehlord · Post by **tehlord** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 11:52 am

rob_lee wrote:
tehlord wrote:
rob_lee wrote:
tehlord wrote:
rob_lee wrote: This thing is still cool for anyone LOADED with WONGA and want instantly useable sounds right out of the box.

Rob

What, like a Virus?
LOL, well this months soundset sales went on the Virus Geoff.

Fcuk you
Lol next month a Slim Phatty

I thought you already had a Virus Snow?

Is ReFX Nexus2 worth getting?