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Old 9th November 2009   #9
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Structure FREE - Worthless unless you just want to load a patch created by someone else. Virtually zero tweakability. All versions are worthless unless you get Structure FULL.

Boom - Again worthless unless you just want to use the stock sounds it comes with. The inability to load your own drum samples renders it virtually useless IMO.

Vacum - Cool monophonic synth. Interface is a bit ghastly, but if you know how to program a synth lots of cool stuff can be had with it.

Mini Grand - Decent Piano for free. Not the best by far, but a useable Piano.

Xpand 2 - Good bread & butter rompler/synth.. Lots of useable stock sounds in there.

DB-33 - For me, the best of the bunch. Cool gritty sounding Organ with the ability to use the Leslie effect as a standalone plugin. Great to route other sounds through.

All the AIR instruments available to purchase are quite good. The only one I haven't used is Strike.

Hope that helps.
I find that xpand is highly usable, great stocker!
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