what is your favourite soft synth right now and why!

Littlefoot · Post by **Littlefoot** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 1:48 pm

zion cluster wrote:I really like this:

free?

le_knigh · Post by **le_knigh** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 2:10 pm

and can sme1 tell me what the difference is between say all of these beasts and the ones on propeller heads reason??

mosca · Post by **mosca** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 3:47 pm

imposcar aint free.

futures_untold · Post by **futures_untold** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 8:59 pm

TROOPA wrote:and can sme1 tell me what the difference is between say all of these beasts and the ones on propeller heads reason??

All these synths have different synthesis engines. They produce their sound using different theoretical models of sound generation.

Subtractive synthesis takes away from the initial sound using filters. Additive synthesis adds the sound of multiple oscillators together to build up the sound. The Malstrom synth in Reason uses a cross between wavetable and granular synthesis. (wiki the terms for more info)

Some synths like NI Massive, Z3ta+ and Thor use a selection of different synthesis types to create their sound.

le_knigh · Post by **le_knigh** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 9:55 am

so cool,,i need to be hooked up,,,,goin on that theory would that make them betta

elemental · Post by **elemental** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 1:34 pm

Zebra 2 is doin it for me right now.

forensix (mcr) · Post by **forensix (mcr)** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 1:34 pm

elemental wrote:Zebra 2 is doin it for me right now.

and me

le_knigh · Post by **le_knigh** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 1:38 pm

so cool

Dodger Man · Post by **Dodger Man** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 11:23 am

Albino 3 all the way , cant get enough of the effects inside it, especially the reverb

. Adds instant quality to your bass... If you haven't tried it, get it it! I find it by far the best for ambient and or synthy wobbly dub music.

xal54x · Post by **xal54x** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 2:19 pm

Massive and Predator, only really starting to get in about them though...

Apart from that, any fee VST I can get my hands on, think I prefer that 'cheap' electro sound lol

zom · Post by **zom** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 3:06 pm

Albino3, Operator and analog for sub, as usual. Why?

serox · Post by **serox** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 3:13 pm

standard.

abZ · Post by **abZ** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 6:03 pm

I'm new to VST as I finally put down the Reason. Lately I have been focusing on Z3ta just to get really good with it. I also like Albino and Massive.

slothrop · Post by **slothrop** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 6:26 pm

futures_untold wrote:
TROOPA wrote:and can sme1 tell me what the difference is between say all of these beasts and the ones on propeller heads reason??
All these synths have different synthesis engines. They produce their sound using different theoretical models of sound generation.

Subtractive synthesis takes away from the initial sound using filters. Additive synthesis adds the sound of multiple oscillators together to build up the sound. The Malstrom synth in Reason uses a cross between wavetable and granular synthesis. (wiki the terms for more info)

Some synths like NI Massive, Z3ta+ and Thor use a selection of different synthesis types to create their sound.

Also, different synths use slightly different tweaks and variations on the synthesis types and consequently have a different character or a different range of options even if they're in the same ballpark in terms of sound. So one might have loads of modulation options for complex evolving patches, one might have a really rich sounding filter but not so many modulation options, one might have more options for combining the oscillators and so on...

fiziks · Post by **fiziks** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 7:38 pm

abZ wrote:I'm new to VST as I finally put down the Reason. Lately I have been focusing on Z3ta just to get really good with it. I also like Albino and Massive.

What?! What are you using now then? Cubase?

btw, I'm gonna have a few tracks for you soon.

ill gates · Post by **ill gates** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 7:48 pm

1. massive
2. reaktor
3. analog (especially for subs)
4. operator (use it for bits n bobs that don't need fancy analog modeling)

then everything gets sampled and fucked with before too long... usually an audio track or two that are printed copies of my midi licks then i go back n forth with em...

fiziks · Post by **fiziks** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 12:57 pm

ES2.

Just because I know it the best I suppose. Pads or nasty bass, it does it all. I use the ES1 occasionally, ESE or ESP for pads and here recently the EFM1. I think I'm gonna try out massive since everyone here seems to like it and that predator looks pretty dope too. Can't really get into Sculpture though.

FSTZ1 · Post by **FSTZ1** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 1:38 pm

^^looks big!

abZ · Post by **abZ** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 6:12 pm

fiziks wrote:
abZ wrote:I'm new to VST as I finally put down the Reason. Lately I have been focusing on Z3ta just to get really good with it. I also like Albino and Massive.
What?! What are you using now then? Cubase?

btw, I'm gonna have a few tracks for you soon.

Ableton FTW. Word up on the tunes. The label is dangerously close to going live. I'll be in contact.

black lotus · Post by **black lotus** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 6:23 pm

depends on what style of music i am into at the moment. i make a lot more than just dubstep.

i use reaktor religiously for sound design and DSP. i really like massive, even thought it eats CPU like a prostie eats dick. rob papen synths are fucking phenomenal. arturia jupiter 8V is sick.

i also have a nice novation k-station hardware synth i use to make some huge bass. the novation v-station is the same thing in software.

what is your favourite soft synth right now and why!

Albino

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