DreamStation DXi2 is a polyphonic analog synthesizer plugin based on DreamStation I.
DreamStation DXi2 utilizes the same techniques featured in the standalone version; physical models of analog circuits, mathematical reproduction of analog oscillators which makes DreamStation DXi2 acting just like real analog synthesizers. You can sweep the pitch smoothly from 20Hz to 20kHz and apply the pulse width modulation without any digital aliasing at all.
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Reviewed By Monotron [all]
April 20th, 2016
Version reviewed: 10 on Windows
2016. Wow. My all time favorite soft synth is still working with Windows 10 (as a VST via 'polac's' awesome dxshell v1.0.4b wrapper). Here are 10 reasons I still love and continue to use this amazing synthesizer:
1) Practically zero CPU usage.
2) Zero aliasing. Seriously - if it does, then I certainly can't hear it and I have ears like a freaking BAT.
3) Best sounding PWM on any softsynth. Period.
4) Tuneable noise wave! Hardly any synthesizer (hardware or software) has this feature. Perfect for video game sounds, percussion and FX.
5) Solid, chunky, fantastic sounding raw oscillators (based on the Commodore 64 SID chip, apparently).
6) Characterful and gutsy sounding filters. Resonance can go from smooth and silky to ear-shreddingly distorted.
7) Separate user envelope to effect PWM, Cutoff, Pitch (osc 1 or 2), FM or AMP.
8) Separate PWM LFO.
9) Separate vibrato LFO (with delayed start - perfect for lead sounds)
10) Key off - a really quick and dirty way of making staccato sounds without having to program/edit note lengths. Lovely.
Sure there are more specialist soft synths available with plenty more bells and whistles, but this is my desert island synth. I can (and have) made entire songs with Dreamstation, including drums. I've also attempted to replace it over the years with 'better' soft synths, but I keep returning when I hear an older track which used Dreamstation.
It's the all rounder synth that nobody should be without and its interface is the most well laid out and simplest of any synth I've ever used.
The best part? It's free. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain by giving this one a try.
Read ReviewReviewed By theorize [all]
May 28th, 2008
Version reviewed: 2 on Windows
Reviewed By johnmorales [all]
March 28th, 2008
Version reviewed: 2.3 on Windows
Reviewed By dburgan [all]
February 7th, 2004
Version reviewed: DXI2 on Windows
Reviewed By jzero [all]
April 10th, 2003
Version reviewed: 1.0 on Windows
Not working in Windows 7 SP 1 on MacBookPro under Bootcamp, can´t find the "CWDXPX1.DLL" in FL Studio 10.0.2
Works for me on Windows 10 x64 using Synapse Audio Orion 8.6 (32-bit).
Looks like this has gone west download links to some unrelated website.
I'm remastering some old Fruity Loops projects & a few of them included the Dreamsynth DXI2 which I received with a boxed edition of Cakewalk Pro Audio. It worked just fine in FL3 back in the day but now I can't get any sound from it. Mind you, I'm now using the latest downloadable version & not the original from the cakewalk disc. The disc is now lost. The plugin installs okay & it's receiving input, at least according to the FL3 dashboard, but there's no audio. I heard that it does not work on a 64-bit platform so I tried it on Windows 7 32-bit. Still no audio. So I'm wondering... (A) If it doesn't like Windows 7 & needs an XP operating system? (B) If the later downloadable versions aren't FL3 compatible? Whether it needs registering? Or (D) If anyone knows how to get a hold of the original bundled Cakewalk release? Any advice or suggestions would be appreciated. Especially if anyone can confirm that it works in either FL3 or on windows 7.
I've moved onto a new computer since last posting, and this got my curiosity. I reinstalled DS2 (W10 64-bit), and it still works for me (Orion 32-bit). You need a host that still supports 32-bit DXi instruments, which is close to nothing at this point. So at least its not the operating system preventing it from running (yet)...
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