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chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Sun Dec 28, 2014 10:04 pm

IMO the bass is pretty excessive on some of today's plugins anyway tbh... it's like you go to a club, or to the cinema. Everywhere the bass is turned up to max. It's pretty inflationary.

pdxindy · Post by **pdxindy** » Sun Dec 28, 2014 10:07 pm

Couple new Hive sounds...

http://draigathar.org/sounds/Hive39.mp3
http://draigathar.org/sounds/Hive40.mp3

fluffy_little_something · Sun Dec 28, 2014 10:20 pm

chk071 wrote:IMO the bass is pretty excessive on some of today's plugins anyway tbh... it's like you go to a club, or to the cinema. Everywhere the bass is turned up to max. It's pretty inflationary.

Yes, there is a bass epidemic in modern music

In order to avoid disturbing my neighbor I have split my mp3 playlist into. Now all those songs with excessive bass content are in a separate folder, which I don't load when I listen to music at night

Some songs are just irritating, for instance Jill Scott, even with bass turned to minimum on my speakers, the bass is still too loud for 10 or 11pm.

Examigan · Post by **Examigan** » Sun Dec 28, 2014 10:21 pm

I'd like this lead sound (love this one...can't remember its name though) that I used from Sylenth1, but would like to try and get that from Dune 2 or some other synth. Maybe Hive can replicate it?

https://soundcloud.com/examigan/metropolis-edit

I tried duplicating it in Dune 2 recently, and it's a little tough, even though it doesn't sound too complex. This whole song was Sylenth1 except the drums.

Cyforce · Post by **Cyforce** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 6:54 pm

I think the most people see Sylenth1 as RIP-synth, because the current state "v2.2" is now probably 5-6 years old. A long time where nothing happened. (also amazing and confusing at the same time, that also through the long time of silence it`s atm the most used synth in EDM)...

Never understood why LD didn`t updated Sylenth1 quicker, or maded another synth etc.

Now HIVE is on the horizon, and hmmm it`s bullet proofed uHe quality, low cpu, more features... if Sylenth1 goes RIP for real, it will be HIVE`s fault

But based on the company forum LD seams to really working an a major update with new features (probably at least 4 years too late...) so well, maybe Sylenth1 won`t die so quick as some expect

fluffy_little_something · Mon Dec 29, 2014 9:28 pm

I assume LD does not do that for a living, thus they don't really care. Maybe they did care 10 years ago, but if it really was a business, they could not afford such a lazy behavior, nor offer just a single product.
They must have sold thousands of licenses worth hundreds of thousands of dollars or euros. And some people like me still buy it, so they keep earning without doing anything, which is not bad

LD has probably long switched to wrestling or brewing for a living

D N A · Post by **D N A** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 9:59 am

It's the most popular soft synth ever. I don't think it's RIP.

Ok, it isn't upgraded but to be honest - I don't care

If you want something different but similar

choose Spire, Hive.

mandolarian · Post by **mandolarian** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 10:16 am

Nah...Sylenth is a classic. Vintage, even. Soon, even u-he will be selling emulations...oh, wait.

izonin · Post by **izonin** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 11:26 am

Sylenth1 was the sh*t back in 2009. Now there are synths that are miles ahead. S1 sounds dated to me, to the point where I'd rarely use it in a current project. I only keep it on the system, because my 5yo niece likes playing with it when she comes over.

basslinemaster · Post by **basslinemaster** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 11:36 am

chk071 wrote:IMO the bass is pretty excessive on some of today's plugins anyway tbh... it's like you go to a club, or to the cinema. Everywhere the bass is turned up to max. It's pretty inflationary.

Can you give us some examples? Otherwise you're just talking nonsense. Which plugins, exactly? Are you talking about the presets, or are you actually claiming that the plugin's settings themselves are already set to have higher bass? What a load of nonsense.

basslinemaster · Post by **basslinemaster** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 11:37 am

fluffy_little_something wrote:
chk071 wrote:IMO the bass is pretty excessive on some of today's plugins anyway tbh... it's like you go to a club, or to the cinema. Everywhere the bass is turned up to max. It's pretty inflationary.
Yes, there is a bass epidemic in modern music

He didn't say there was a bass epidemic in modern music, so why are you agreeing with something he didn't say? He claimed that some of today's plugins have "excessive bass". This isn't remotely true.

basslinemaster · Post by **basslinemaster** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 11:39 am

izonin wrote:Sylenth1 was the sh*t back in 2009. Now there are synths that are miles ahead. S1 sounds dated to me, to the point where I'd rarely use it in a current project. I only keep it on the system, because my 5yo niece likes playing with it when she comes over.

More nonsense. Sylenth sounds great today, even though there are better synths out there. Can you show us some of these 'dated' sounds? Surely anything made before December 2014 is 'dated' as well, and should be thrown in the trashcan.

basslinemaster · Post by **basslinemaster** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 11:45 am

Cyforce wrote:I think the most people see Sylenth1 as RIP-synth, because the current state "v2.2" is now probably 5-6 years old. A long time where nothing happened. (also amazing and confusing at the same time, that also through the long time of silence it`s atm the most used synth in EDM)...

Never understood why LD didn`t updated Sylenth1 quicker, or maded another synth etc.

Now HIVE is on the horizon, and hmmm it`s bullet proofed uHe quality, low cpu, more features... if Sylenth1 goes RIP for real, it will be HIVE`s fault
But based on the company forum LD seams to really working an a major update with new features (probably at least 4 years too late...) so well, maybe Sylenth1 won`t die so quick as some expect

Sylenth isn't going anywhere, precisely because it's already been so popular. There are hundreds (over 900, I think) of preset packs for it, it's easy to program, has low CPU, sounds fantastic, and will always sound fantastic. It doesn't need updating. Did the M1 or D50 need updating?

izonin · Post by **izonin** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 11:47 am

basslinemaster wrote:
izonin wrote:Sylenth1 was the sh*t back in 2009. Now there are synths that are miles ahead. S1 sounds dated to me, to the point where I'd rarely use it in a current project. I only keep it on the system, because my 5yo niece likes playing with it when she comes over.
More nonsense. Sylenth sounds great today, even though there are better synths out there. Can you show us some of these 'dated' sounds? Surely anything made before December 2014 is 'dated' as well, and should be thrown in the trashcan.

I said it sounds dated to me. Just like a JP-80x0 or a Virus A.

Examigan · Post by **Examigan** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 11:57 am

basslinemaster wrote:
izonin wrote:Sylenth1 was the sh*t back in 2009. Now there are synths that are miles ahead. S1 sounds dated to me, to the point where I'd rarely use it in a current project. I only keep it on the system, because my 5yo niece likes playing with it when she comes over.
More nonsense. Sylenth sounds great today, even though there are better synths out there. Can you show us some of these 'dated' sounds? Surely anything made before December 2014 is 'dated' as well, and should be thrown in the trashcan.

I still use some synth plugins made before 2009, I think they still sound great. Helix, Minimonsta, Zebra, and impOSCar are a few of them. I believe Alchemy was released in 2009, still sounds awesome.

Now Hive is here, is it RIP Sylenth?