Pentagon I

Amazing synth, my top choice. Lush pads, ripping leads, hot basses. Nice warm sound, getting me the oberheim sounds I imagine that I can't seem to get from anything else. Has a sound of its own, though; easy to be creative with it.

I find the GUI to be pleasant and really easy to work with. When I was demoing it, I mistakenly switched to an empty bank, so none of the great presets would come up. 'Oh well, must be a demo timeout thing' I thought. (It's not, as one minute of experimentation later showed.) But that forced me out of preset-ville into sound design. What a delight! I'm not a synth programmer type, but I was nailing some really nice sounds right away. The ease of sound tweaking is what finally sold me on it -- the last thing I want to do is be technical when I really just want to make music.

What more do you want? Great sounds, great UI, great price, great support (Rene is quick to answer email). I reach for it more than my Pro52, and that says a lot!Read Review