Product Reviews by KVR Members

Initially I thought this would be a pretty expensive but probably indispensible addition to my setup (as I'm nuts about pads). I was wrong, it's not only indispensible it's an absolute beauty to use. It's one of those instruments you could just sit,play and get lost in within seconds. Each sound inspiring a whole new tune in your mind.
The sheer variety of instruments alone is staggering from ambient pads to strings to voice morphs, bass and literally hundreds of hybrids between. Couple that with the layering system and superb sound quality and , well, Im running out of superlatives, but you get the idea.

The interface is well designed, aesthetically pleasing, simple, yet quite powerful (For tweaking that is, since you are dealing with pre-recorded and not natively generated sounds).
The manual is short, but concise and clear. It takes all of 10 mins to read through it and know the Synth inside out (and I don't mean that in a bad way, anything that can get you playing without having to spend hours working out just how it works is fine by me).
Performance is also top notch. with relatively little CPU usage per instance - options are provided for saving memory/processing by enabling/disabling layers and 32/16bit sound, so it's quite flexible.
So far it has been 100% stable for me within Sonar 2.1 (utilising FxPansion's Wrapper 4.1), and that's with 11 instances all running at 32 bit (~40% cpu usage on an Athlon 2200, 700mb ram usage), coupled with a complex Dr008 drumtrack.

If I haven't made it clear so far, this is the best Synth I have ever used, in every dept. It's a wonder to use.Read Review

I first tried programming drums from Soundfonts...bad idea...Then had heard so much about the Dr008 from word of mouth that I had to give it a go. I've never looked back since. It's incredibly easy to use, with the latest update integrating with Sonar's Drum editor view you'd nearly have to try to get something wrong. Earlier versions have given me some stability issues when on very complex projects although I haven't had any problems since updating to 1.11 .
There is now a huge library of kits available free to registered users (over 600mb and growing), aswell as a number of commercial kits for purchase.

The few times I've had to contact support the response has been very quick and always on the mark.

To be honest I haven't tried any other drum synths, but thats just because I've never needed anything (yet :) ) that I can't find in the Dr008.Read Review

Pentagon was the 2nd DXI/VSTi I used (Triangle2 being the first). I was blown away, intimidated by the interface a little but later amazed by the flexibility and sheer sonic quality. From Bass to strings to pads it's a sheer joy to use and just 'play' with. I've never had it crash once in about 6 months of use, although it can be reasonably CPU intensive it isn't a hog. I've used it in about half the songs I've written so far and it's always one of the first Synths I reach for when starting something new.
The manual is quite comprehensive, with the exception of the Vocal Input, but then I see that as a 'freebie' anyway.
The one time I had to contact Support the reply was immediate and helpful.

For the price it's an absolute steal.Read Review