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Phos · Post by **Phos** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 2:53 pm

Korg mono/poly vst, sounds great to me.

Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 6:25 pm

ageofaudio wrote:My "best" soft-synth is Massive

I'm surprised at how little Massive has come up, given how many genres of music it's inextricably tied to these days.

~Pd~ · Post by **~Pd~** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 8:30 pm

Best synths I own are Reaktor for sampling and Ultra Analog for VA.

Best synth I don't own but plan on getting is Diva, which I tried hard to be skeptical about but goddamn what a sound. Some people complain that its character would be lost in a mix and therefore the CPU hit is overkill - however I say that it enables you to do very minimal mixes which are still extremely rich, putting a few sounds right up front and being confident of great sound.

Nielzie · Post by **Nielzie** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 9:56 pm

Best I dunno. Favourites at the moment are Sylenth1 and completely different.. XILS 3

fateamenabletochange · Thu Mar 08, 2012 9:20 am

Uncle E wrote:Pro-12 is getting the most use from me these days. As for native synths, it's DIVA.

The Pro-12 certainly has a beautifully clear artifact free top end.

my fav hardware is the Prophet 08 which adds a wonderful width to everything its played with, and Diva in software.

Vectorman · Post by **Vectorman** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 1:10 pm

Uncle E wrote:
ageofaudio wrote:My "best" soft-synth is Massive
I'm surprised at how little Massive has come up, given how many genres of music it's inextricably tied to these days.

I'm still very fond of Massive, even though I don't have much to do with the club genres to which it is inextricably tied and won't likely ever use a wobble bass in this lifetime, LOL.

beatsmanshion · Post by **beatsmanshion** » Fri May 11, 2012 7:43 am

fm8 also looks good...

fisherKing · Post by **fisherKing** » Fri May 11, 2012 7:58 am

sylenth1. dune. zebra.

i just downsized recently, trying to streamline my 'process'. so to change things up, let go of massive and alchemy (both exceptional).

change is good...

Doug1978 · Post by **Doug1978** » Fri May 11, 2012 8:19 am

1) My 1974 Roland Sh-3

2) Diva

3) Alchemy

4) Karma FX

5) Aalto

Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Fri May 11, 2012 8:26 am

Doug1978(tempID) wrote:1) My 1974 Roland Sh-3

heh, I've got that one and I actually prefer DIVA.

Doug1978 · Post by **Doug1978** » Fri May 11, 2012 8:42 am

Diva's certainly easier to carry around (in a laptop) and probably a lot more versatile - though the Sh-3 is a very fun thing (particularly with its/Moog's great filter) to also include on tracks

IrionDaRonin · Post by **IrionDaRonin** » Fri May 11, 2012 12:45 pm

Comercial

Tone 2 Firebird. I'm in love with it, easy to tweak, great results, interesting electronic sounds. When i need an electronic and aggressive sound, i put Firebird, always.
If i would have money i would buy Gladiator or Electrax, because i think they are the big brothers of Firebird, but i don't have it.

Freeware

Zebralette. I love those FX filters which you can change the nature of the sound very easy.

Have a good day

Ingonator · Post by **Ingonator** » Fri May 11, 2012 1:32 pm

Hardware:

Waldorf Blofeld desktop (+ SL expanion) and Motif ES7 as both controller and synth. Actually the Blofeld desktop usually sits on the free space on the left side of my Motif ES7.
If i would have the keyboard version a Blofeld keyboard as a single synth would be OK.

Software:

Difficult as i got lots of choices but i would either take Waldorf PPG Wave 3.V or Synthmaster 2.5 if i had to choose a single softsynth.

As a freeware synth Tactile Sounds Subdtance is my go-to synth.

Recently Saurus and ElectraX seem to become more and more important for me.

Ingo

himalaya · Post by **himalaya** » Fri May 11, 2012 1:37 pm

beatsmanshion wrote:money brings choice....

but creativity brings results...

thecontrolcentre · Post by **thecontrolcentre** » Fri May 11, 2012 1:47 pm

Doepfer Dark Energy

your best synth