Need opinion for new PLugins

[wagtunes]

I personally think that Reaktor 6 Blocks and Monark are the best analog sounding plugs out there. However I do wish they'd give some more attention to their older poly synths too.

I think Monark is good, but imo has been surpassed by Repro and the Legend.

Technically, I agree 100%. But isn't comparing Monark to Repro-1 kind of apples to apple sauce? They're essentially emulating 2 different synths. Now the quality of Repro-1 may be better compared to what it's emulating, as far as emulations go (not that it even has a synth to be compared to) than what Monark is to a Minimoog, but that's pretty much where the comparison ends.

[Robmobius]

I personally think that Reaktor 6 Blocks and Monark are the best analog sounding plugs out there. However I do wish they'd give some more attention to their older poly synths too.

I think Monark is good, but imo has been surpassed by Repro and the Legend.

Technically, I agree 100%. But isn't comparing Monark to Repro-1 kind of apples to apple sauce? They're essentially emulating 2 different synths. Now the quality of Repro-1 may be better compared to what it's emulating, as far as emulations go (not that it even has a synth to be compared to) than what Monark is to a Minimoog, but that's pretty much where the comparison ends.

That's a fair point Wags. However, because he said it's the best analog sounding plugin I thought It would be fair to bring up RePro, as a better sounding analog emulation (well, to me, it sounds better).

[wagtunes]

I personally think that Reaktor 6 Blocks and Monark are the best analog sounding plugs out there. However I do wish they'd give some more attention to their older poly synths too.

I think Monark is good, but imo has been surpassed by Repro and the Legend.

Technically, I agree 100%. But isn't comparing Monark to Repro-1 kind of apples to apple sauce? They're essentially emulating 2 different synths. Now the quality of Repro-1 may be better compared to what it's emulating, as far as emulations go (not that it even has a synth to be compared to) than what Monark is to a Minimoog, but that's pretty much where the comparison ends.

That's a fair point Wags. However, because he said it's the best analog sounding plugin I thought It would be fair to bring up RePro, as a better sounding analog emulation (well, to me, it sounds better).

Absolutely. On a purely "sound" level, Repro-1 blows away most VSTs. Of course to do that, they had to make it monophonic because this thing as a poly synth would blow open most CPUs including mine.

[exmatproton]

I personally think that Reaktor 6 Blocks and Monark are the best analog sounding plugs out there. However I do wish they'd give some more attention to their older poly synths too.

I think Monark is good, but imo has been surpassed by Repro and the Legend.

Technically, I agree 100%. But isn't comparing Monark to Repro-1 kind of apples to apple sauce? They're essentially emulating 2 different synths. Now the quality of Repro-1 may be better compared to what it's emulating, as far as emulations go (not that it even has a synth to be compared to) than what Monark is to a Minimoog, but that's pretty much where the comparison ends.

That's a fair point Wags. However, because he said it's the best analog sounding plugin I thought It would be fair to bring up RePro, as a better sounding analog emulation (well, to me, it sounds better).

Absolutely. On a purely "sound" level, Repro-1 blows away most VSTs. Of course to do that, they had to make it monophonic because this thing as a poly synth would blow open most CPUs including mine.

6 voices on HQ mode = around 70% usage on a core i7 4790K @ 4,8 GHz

[Robmobius]

I personally think that Reaktor 6 Blocks and Monark are the best analog sounding plugs out there. However I do wish they'd give some more attention to their older poly synths too.

I think Monark is good, but imo has been surpassed by Repro and the Legend.

Technically, I agree 100%. But isn't comparing Monark to Repro-1 kind of apples to apple sauce? They're essentially emulating 2 different synths. Now the quality of Repro-1 may be better compared to what it's emulating, as far as emulations go (not that it even has a synth to be compared to) than what Monark is to a Minimoog, but that's pretty much where the comparison ends.

That's a fair point Wags. However, because he said it's the best analog sounding plugin I thought It would be fair to bring up RePro, as a better sounding analog emulation (well, to me, it sounds better).

Absolutely. On a purely "sound" level, Repro-1 blows away most VSTs. Of course to do that, they had to make it monophonic because this thing as a poly synth would blow open most CPUs including mine.

I'd say a polyphonic version would be fairly juicy on the old cpu alright.

[wagtunes]

I personally think that Reaktor 6 Blocks and Monark are the best analog sounding plugs out there. However I do wish they'd give some more attention to their older poly synths too.

I think Monark is good, but imo has been surpassed by Repro and the Legend.

Technically, I agree 100%. But isn't comparing Monark to Repro-1 kind of apples to apple sauce? They're essentially emulating 2 different synths. Now the quality of Repro-1 may be better compared to what it's emulating, as far as emulations go (not that it even has a synth to be compared to) than what Monark is to a Minimoog, but that's pretty much where the comparison ends.

That's a fair point Wags. However, because he said it's the best analog sounding plugin I thought It would be fair to bring up RePro, as a better sounding analog emulation (well, to me, it sounds better).

Absolutely. On a purely "sound" level, Repro-1 blows away most VSTs. Of course to do that, they had to make it monophonic because this thing as a poly synth would blow open most CPUs including mine.

I'd say a polyphonic version would be fairly juicy on the old cpu alright.

Can you say "beg for mercy?" LOL

[chk071]

I personally think that Reaktor 6 Blocks and Monark are the best analog sounding plugs out there. However I do wish they'd give some more attention to their older poly synths too.

I think Monark is good, but imo has been surpassed by Repro and the Legend.

Technically, I agree 100%. But isn't comparing Monark to Repro-1 kind of apples to apple sauce? They're essentially emulating 2 different synths. Now the quality of Repro-1 may be better compared to what it's emulating, as far as emulations go (not that it even has a synth to be compared to) than what Monark is to a Minimoog, but that's pretty much where the comparison ends.

That's a fair point Wags. However, because he said it's the best analog sounding plugin I thought It would be fair to bring up RePro, as a better sounding analog emulation (well, to me, it sounds better).

Absolutely. On a purely "sound" level, Repro-1 blows away most VSTs. Of course to do that, they had to make it monophonic because this thing as a poly synth would blow open most CPUs including mine.

Don't get the hype TBH. But then, it's a monophonic synth, so there's an issue right from the start. Sound wise, i don't find it any superior to Bazille, or Monark. Each to his like.

[Lejurai]

I Have been in music production for a bit more than a year
the only piece of software i have bought is Reaper and rest other plugins were free(oxe and some other stuff)
so for a year i have saved a lot of money for plugins and now i am confused what should i Buy??
i have enough money for
1)Komplet series
2)Melda production all plugins
3)Fabfilter total
4)Khs the work

From these options, Komplete. Because it has tons of synths, tons of sampled stuff and pile of effects.
Melda stuff is great and awesome but only has one synth (that is great though). I'd maybe buy Komplete and few selected Melda plugs

[EnGee]

I personally think that Reaktor 6 Blocks and Monark are the best analog sounding plugs out there. However I do wish they'd give some more attention to their older poly synths too.

I think Monark is good, but imo has been surpassed by Repro and the Legend.

Technically, I agree 100%. But isn't comparing Monark to Repro-1 kind of apples to apple sauce? They're essentially emulating 2 different synths. Now the quality of Repro-1 may be better compared to what it's emulating, as far as emulations go (not that it even has a synth to be compared to) than what Monark is to a Minimoog, but that's pretty much where the comparison ends.

That's a fair point Wags. However, because he said it's the best analog sounding plugin I thought It would be fair to bring up RePro, as a better sounding analog emulation (well, to me, it sounds better).

Absolutely. On a purely "sound" level, Repro-1 blows away most VSTs. Of course to do that, they had to make it monophonic because this thing as a poly synth would blow open most CPUs including mine.

6 voices on HQ mode = around 70% usage on a core i7 4790K @ 4,8 GHz

You have a monster CPU there!

Regarding the CPUs, I read about the new baby from AMD. It seems this time they are serious to compete with Intel. Anyway, I'll wait for it and see if it can outperform my system in both CPU and GPU (i5 with gtx 750). It should of course but I hope with less energy consuming and much cheaper than intel/nVidia upgrade solution.

Well, I remember years ago I wouldn't buy NI Massive or Largo because it consumed about 60% of my old CPU! But now they are for me low CPU users! What I want to say, is with CPU getting faster and cheaper, some CPU hogs synths would have a chance for a fair testing and usage. Synths like Diva, Diversion and Bazille might be CPU friendly with future CPUs! That would change IMO the valuation of such synths as they would get much more popular than now

[Examigan]

I personally think that Reaktor 6 Blocks and Monark are the best analog sounding plugs out there. However I do wish they'd give some more attention to their older poly synths too.

I think Monark is good, but imo has been surpassed by Repro and the Legend.

Technically, I agree 100%. But isn't comparing Monark to Repro-1 kind of apples to apple sauce? They're essentially emulating 2 different synths. Now the quality of Repro-1 may be better compared to what it's emulating, as far as emulations go (not that it even has a synth to be compared to) than what Monark is to a Minimoog, but that's pretty much where the comparison ends.

That's a fair point Wags. However, because he said it's the best analog sounding plugin I thought It would be fair to bring up RePro, as a better sounding analog emulation (well, to me, it sounds better).

Absolutely. On a purely "sound" level, Repro-1 blows away most VSTs. Of course to do that, they had to make it monophonic because this thing as a poly synth would blow open most CPUs including mine.

I'd say a polyphonic version would be fairly juicy on the old cpu alright.

One reason I like The Legend is that it can do four voice poly and won't kill the CPU, but still sounds very good.

[ghettosynth]

Don't get the hype TBH. But then, it's a monophonic synth, so there's an issue right from the start. Sound wise, i don't find it any superior to Bazille, or Monark. Each to his like.

You're comparing apples to apples. From a pure sound quality point of view, it's not going to really offer much more than Bazille, Diva, or Monark. Maybe there's some new subtlety going on there, but, as I understand it, it's still using Urs' method for ZDF filters that's used in his other synths. What is rather unique is the CEM 3320 filter emulation. IIRC, a lot of the CPU consumption is coming from some of the audio rate feedback and/or modulation paths. Don't quote me on details, I didn't pay enough attention. I think that's part of why it's interesting, but I don't think that Repro-1 "blows away" Bazille, Diva, Monark, or many of the Blocks ensembles. It's just in the same league. That doesn't, of course, mean that it doesn't blow away most VSTs, it does, just as Diva, Bazille, Monark, and most Blocks ensembles, or even poly Reaktor ensembles built with poly-fied blocks does.

YMMV.

[Robmobius]

Can you say "beg for mercy?" LOL

Heh... And beg for a few new cores as well.

[incubus]

Can you say "beg for mercy?" LOL

Heh... And beg for a few new cores as well.

Which isn't likely to happen. Currently, the computer market is as stale as the bread I threw out 6 months ago, particularly macs.

Add in that so many host makers refuse to optimize cpu use, and fa-get-a bout it.

[chk071]

You're comparing apples to apples.

Well, all is fine then, isn't it?

[egbert101]

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