You know, I just had to comment on this post. Here is what I call a Objective Opinion. Notice he owns Sytrus but has given his personal, unbiased opinion which is very mature and helpful. Note: if this last statement offends some, I would have to say read between the lines.angry_reindeer wrote:I own Sytrus, but have never used Rhino. I am very comfortable with it and it has great versatility, being able to do most of the things I want it to (despite only being amateur at sound designing.) However, as everyone mentions, the presets suck. But who uses presets to actually produce original music?
Anyway, I didn't want to go on a chauvinistic rant about how great sytrus is when I am completely ignorant of Rhino, so I went to its website. Just upon reading its features, it is clearly much better than Sytrus:
Though Sytrus has 1 more filter, and a bunch of envelopes, Rhino boasts a multitude of more effect (like 20? as opposed to Sytrus's 3 (Reverb, 3 Delays and a Chorus).
The other thing it has that Sytrus does not is the ability to sample. Both have harmonic additive synthesis, though.
So in the end, the only differences are Rhino: +17 effects, sampling; Sytrus: +1 filter.
And you can make up for the filter in Rhino using your effects board on your mixer, and the same goes for the missing effects on Sytrus.
So, get Rhino. But if you have Sytrus you can still do what you want.
I own Rhino and have not used Sytrus, but have to say it's refreshing to hear an honest appraisal rather than a FanBoy rant.
I have a lot of VST's that work for some situations and others work better. I can't seem to get enough so I guess I'm what you call a synth whore...
There are a lot of great VSTs' floating around these days, so enjoy what you have and seek honest appraisals like this one for others you're considering.
Thanks angry_reindeer,
Dennis
Hey, better than starting a new Sytrus vs Rhino thread right?
