cesSynth1

I've only had this a couple of days now, so It's early for a review. But when something makes such a strong impression, you have to react.

Unfortunately the impression this synth has made is not too favourable. I've tried every pre-set, and other third party patches, and haven't found one decent sound. As for programming it myself, well, that hasn't yielded any decent results either. It just doesn't have any warmth or character (IMHO), and for a 2 osc synth, it's surprisingly bland and thin sounding.

I'm not really sure what the programmers were trying to achieve when they designed this. It doesn't seem to belong in any musical category, and could potentially slow down the music-making process, if one spent too long searching for a sound. Of course, you can always say "sometimes I need a really crappy sound for an arpeggio riff" and while that's often true, there's a big difference between crappy and un-inspiring.

I'm sorry if I've upset anyone with these comments, but it just doesn't stack up when compared to other VSTi's. The only thing I can say about it is, it seems quite stable. I don't know about support and I didn't get any manual with it, but that won't be necessary anyway as I shan't be using it.

Sorry LoftSoft