what is your favourite soft synth right now and why!

cixxxj · Post by **cixxxj** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 7:23 pm

Almost all of these one but I mention the freeware awesome Crystal and ZEBRA!

EDIT: I forgot!!! How could I forget the _greatest_ imho freeware soft synth ever ... http://www.kvraudio.com/get/1464.html
the farbrausch V2! Check out their demos on scene.org too, only for win

z.u.bee · Post by **z.u.bee** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 7:04 am

this little lovely is one of my faves!!!

crutch · Post by **crutch** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 9:30 pm

fuk it. es2 all the way. however downloaded massive as a demo and its so sik. it quits after 30 mins though so not much time to get stuck in. nd you have to bounce your recording as an audio file to stop it from disappearing. so it properbly quicker to stick to what i know.

pupstar · Post by **pupstar** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 9:51 pm

dubbeldutch wrote:

Because I'm too lazy to learn how to use anything else (and because none of the factory patches really do it any justice...)

subtractor is da bang bang! i got dat shit loked.

startin 2 lok down malstrom rite now, da sounds are way better, harder 2 control tho, gettin the hang of it.

EDIT: is there ne ways of usin vst' in reason 4 ?

abstractsound · Post by **abstractsound** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 2:07 pm

question for the masses.

are people using these soft synths VST within a software DAW or in stand alone?

slothrop · Post by **slothrop** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 2:51 pm

cixxxj wrote:Almost all of these one but I mention the freeware awesome Crystal

Crystal is great, if confusing at first.

Speaking of freeware, I keep being amazed at what a variety of sounds I can get out of Synth1:

(Actually, that's a slightly newer version than the one I use.) It's really simple but I think that's forced me to try working with stuff I wouldn't on a 3 oscillator 2 filter glow-up-your-arse super authentic VA - I've recently been playing around with a combination of synced noise and FM to get mental industrial sounds out of it. It's nice for simple bass sounds too.

cryptic · Post by **cryptic** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 3:50 pm

all brilliant for bass

silentk · Post by **silentk** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 6:48 pm

just looking at thort makes me dizzy haha.

Big up to the +Zeta massive

-drix- · Post by **-drix-** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 10:59 pm

djake wrote:albino n has been ever since i started making tunes

should really try other stuff but i just love it too much

i'm in the same boat

decklyn · Post by **decklyn** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 8:55 am

double post

decklyn · Post by **decklyn** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 9:01 am

muon Tau is nice. highly recommend it for subs.
Can use some external processing though...

Crystal 2 is good but I don't know if I find it as useful as I once did.

I use a lot of free shit.

but for commercial plugs I swear by Z3ta and Massive as fat fat synths.
Massive is especially fun to use.

I also like using free stuff and running it through camel space to blow up and complicate the signal chain for some good ol fashioned fun.

Lately i've been putting out simpler sounds from the synths and then splitting slicing chopping processing recombining into groups resplitting refiltering etc, or simply layering dissimilar sounds filtered in to different freqs in a way that makes them sound unified. Can use some simpler sounds and get a nice complex feel. Combine into group post processing and lightly compress together.

It's fun to work in synths like massive, but other than that, I like to take the sound design outside of the synths once I've got that sound that does what I'm looking for. combine with other synths etc for more complex textures. Iunno. I'm no prostar. just where i'm at.

camel space deserves special notice as a good extension to basically any simple/free sound generator. it's wild fun to work in. the randomize button is always fun if you are stuck. click it a few times and you might get some ideas.

mosca · Post by **mosca** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 10:07 am

operator
analog
sampler
reaktor

s'all good

abstractsound · Post by **abstractsound** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 11:26 am

incase it was missed on the previous page of the post..

are people using these synths in stand alone mode or as vst plug ins?

forensix (mcr) · Post by **forensix (mcr)** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 11:33 am

abstractsound wrote:incase it was missed on the previous page of the post..

are people using these synths in stand alone mode or as vst plug ins?

in a DAW as vstis

jackw · Post by **jackw** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 3:31 pm

massive, v station & toxic

zion cluster · Post by **zion cluster** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 8:21 pm

I really like this:

futures_untold · Post by **futures_untold** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 8:26 pm

I've been using this badboy!

The new X-5000 Wobbloid Compflangulator

le_knigh · Post by **le_knigh** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 10:16 am

GOD DAAMN,,THEY LOOK LIKE THE COOLIST MACHINES IN DA WORLD ,,,,,,BUT WHERE DA F**K DO YOU GET THEM BEASTS?????????????

vadarfone · Post by **vadarfone** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 11:41 am

Google the names, download the demos. If you like them, bust out a credit card or rob them. Morality and your income will determine the course.

Buying is much much better.

le_knigh · Post by **le_knigh** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 1:39 pm

i know i wish i just had all ov there names

....,,then i too could be-hold the power!!!

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