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pinki · Post by **pinki** » Thu Jan 18, 2018 6:59 pm

It's been around for 20 years but it's still an amazing synth.

It just has that thing, that mojo.

I can't programme it to save my life, but some of the third party banks (like Leap Into The Void's) mean I don't have to.

Still kickin after 20 years. Love it.

Absynth.

Brother Greg · Post by **Brother Greg** » Thu Jan 18, 2018 7:20 pm

I agree, this is a deep, great synth. Just finished a week or so of working through the manual on it, which was very helpful. I especially love it for creating drones and pads. Nice long envelopes.

Dasheesh · Post by **Dasheesh** » Thu Jan 18, 2018 7:29 pm

It’s a fantastic classic in software and if they update it to enlarge the GUI and update the filters I would break down and buy it. It’s not a difficult synthesizer. It does what you think it does. Synthesizers are not hard... especially softsynths... except CYCLE. That butch was confusing.

egbert101 · Post by **egbert101** » Thu Jan 18, 2018 7:43 pm

killmaster · Post by **killmaster** » Thu Jan 18, 2018 7:57 pm

I agree too!

generaldiomedes · Post by **generaldiomedes** » Thu Jan 18, 2018 8:33 pm

Personally I think the sound quality is sounding a bit dated, although not as noticeable in the mix.

Aloysius · Post by **Aloysius** » Thu Jan 18, 2018 8:38 pm

It's very ... green. An evergreen synth.

JerGoertz · Post by **JerGoertz** » Thu Jan 18, 2018 9:14 pm

Yes! Absynth is a true classic. Sounds dated in some areas, but it's so flexible it can do so much regardless.

martinjuenke · Post by **martinjuenke** » Thu Jan 18, 2018 9:33 pm

Yes, something very special!

David · Post by **David** » Thu Jan 18, 2018 10:27 pm

Yup, after Reaktor, Absynth was my first love:) Patchpool's created an amazing collection of great stuff for it over the years:

http://www.patchpool.de/absynth_shop.html

…and then there's Pluginguru's interesting make-it-normal collection and great video tuts, interview with BClevenger, etc.:

https://www.pluginguru.com/products/absynth-power-pack/

realmarco · Post by **realmarco** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 1:37 am

i love absynth

but don't like the envelopes thing when i wanna do
Massive-Like-synch-to-host Stepper things in absynth

V0RT3X · Post by **V0RT3X** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 1:49 am

Needs better filters, but other than that I agree. It's a great synthesizer.

progtronic · Post by **progtronic** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 2:22 am

Hate the UI..

everything else.

Great for cinematic stuff.. long, evolving pads, drones, sound effects, etc...

Kinh · Post by **Kinh** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 2:41 am

pinki wrote:It's been around for 20 years but it's still an amazing synth.

It just has that thing, that mojo.

I can't programme it to save my life, but some of the third party banks (like Leap Into The Void's) mean I don't have to.

Still kickin after 20 years. Love it.

Absynth.

personally i think if you have to go out and find 3rd party presets in order to get the most out of a synth then it mustn't be that great.
I tend to rate Asynth quite low for that reason, maybe a bit higher if i could actually find presets for it. What makes a synth great for me is how easy it is to do things wit it.

A lot of pweeple sayin' its deep and shit but in terms of use-ability it's deepness is pointless

V0RT3X · Post by **V0RT3X** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 4:17 am

Kinh wrote:
pinki wrote:It's been around for 20 years but it's still an amazing synth.

It just has that thing, that mojo.

I can't programme it to save my life, but some of the third party banks (like Leap Into The Void's) mean I don't have to.

Still kickin after 20 years. Love it.

Absynth.
personally i think if you have to go out and find 3rd party presets in order to get the most out of a synth then it mustn't be that great.
I tend to rate Asynth quite low for that reason, maybe a bit higher if i could actually find presets for it. What makes a synth great for me is how easy it is to do things wit it.

A lot of pweeple sayin' its deep and shit but in terms of use-ability it's deepness is pointless

Lots of us "pweeple" actually take the time to learn synthesis such as "Asynth" and use the product to make our own sounds from scratch, so having all those deep abilities are a wonderful thing to have.

In Praise of Absynth