Reviewed By fisherKing [all]
April 22nd, 2012
Version reviewed: 1.42 on Mac
DUNE is the latest addition to my arsenal; am extremely picky about the plugins i have (i recently deleted two very-popular synth plugins, both excellent, but not what I personally needed); I only keep what i use…(am an avowed minimalist).
What I need most is presets, lots of them. Lots of USEFUL presets.
My workflow goes like this: I open a custom template in Logic, start making music. SIMPLE. I want nothing interrupting my workflow. Once I'm on my way to a worthwhile track, I will THEN modify a sound, customize things. I just want a lot of great starting points.
So, DUNE.
The architecture is excellent: no layers, pages to click thru, no scrolling. Everything is right there; the GUI is nothing much to look at; instead it is useful. (BTW, is there a way to 'lock' the effects panel so it's ALWAYS there? I can't see any reason to look at a mini-keyboard…I have a real one right next to my mac; please give us a way to hide the keyboard panel).
I can tweak, customize sounds without much thought; this is a very intuitive synth. And there are a great-many things to tweak. (I need to explore the modulation matrix more, seems pretty extensive).
Ultimately, it's the sound that matters. Listeners don't care about what DAW, what plugins we use; it's the sound (and of course, the song) that matters. And DUNE sounds great: Clean, clear, well-defined. Noisy when I need that, lush when I want that. Great for leads, pads, fx...
I feel that I can make a whole song with this (and did, in fact, with just the demo, when I first tried DUNE out).
This is EXACTLY what I want from a synth; to be versatile, and rich (as I am versatile, and want to be rich :-) )
I want nothing to get in the way of music-making; no extreme learning curve, no constant need to check the manual; nothing that ISN'T intuitive, direct, obvious.
So am very happy, and will be using the plugin a lot. PLUS it runs as a 64bit AU (thanks for that).
I rarely find anything worth 10 stars, but DUNE qualifies. It's a 'must-have'.
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