Soft Synth Recommendations

Flavius · 29th December 2006, 09:42 PM

I've started putting together my new home studio. My goals are personal recording, but I'm given over to higher end / better quality.

With that, I've picked up SONAR 6 Producer and a Fireface 800 is coming this weekend.

Now I need to find some soft synths. The type of music I want to work on is "movie soundtrack" type stuff, Hans Zimmer, John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, Danny Elfman (not Oingo Boingo) type stuff.

The best sounding soft synths I think I've found thus far are EastWest / Quantum Leap:

http://www.soundsonline.com/EWQLSO-G...EW-160PRO.html

There are a couple of bundles with symphonic choirs as well. These sound amazing to me.

I thought I would solicit other opinions to see if anybody else has soft synths I have not considered.

jude · 30th December 2006, 03:54 AM

i produce DnB and house, these are a few that ive been more than happy to fork out cash for...

Z3ta
Novation V-Station
FM7 and
Reaktor

have a try of them for a start. also have a look at getting a modular synth (VSTi unless you have a really fat wallet!) always comes in handy for sound design

hope this helps

Jude

YUGA · 30th December 2006, 04:07 AM

NI Absynth!!!

Notron Fan · 30th December 2006, 04:31 AM

Well, since this is the geekslutz forum...

I'd recommend Zebra 2 by Urs Heckmann.

Urs is a one man shop who has a gift both for programming dsp code and user interface design.

Zebra 2 is semi-modular, very flexible, with great sound.

It's presets so far have tended to be on the Look what this can do side--but this Christmas Urs comissioned Howard Scarr to design a bank of very playable sounds.

Urs is also quite responsive on his online forum.

I'd also suggest the Korg Legacy Collections and Native Instruments Komplete 4.

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29th December 2006, 09:42 PM	#1
Flavius Gear interested Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2	Soft Synth Recommendations I've started putting together my new home studio. My goals are personal recording, but I'm given over to higher end / better quality. With that, I've picked up SONAR 6 Producer and a Fireface 800 is coming this weekend. Now I need to find some soft synths. The type of music I want to work on is "movie soundtrack" type stuff, Hans Zimmer, John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, Danny Elfman (not Oingo Boingo) type stuff. The best sounding soft synths I think I've found thus far are EastWest / Quantum Leap: http://www.soundsonline.com/EWQLSO-G...EW-160PRO.html There are a couple of bundles with symphonic choirs as well. These sound amazing to me. I thought I would solicit other opinions to see if anybody else has soft synths I have not considered.

30th December 2006, 04:07 AM	#3
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30th December 2006, 03:54 AM	#2
jude Gear addict Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 311	i produce DnB and house, these are a few that ive been more than happy to fork out cash for... Z3ta Novation V-Station FM7 and Reaktor have a try of them for a start. also have a look at getting a modular synth (VSTi unless you have a really fat wallet!) always comes in handy for sound design hope this helps Jude

30th December 2006, 04:31 AM	#4
Notron Fan Gear Head Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: PDX Posts: 60	Well, since this is the geekslutz forum... I'd recommend Zebra 2 by Urs Heckmann. Urs is a one man shop who has a gift both for programming dsp code and user interface design. Zebra 2 is semi-modular, very flexible, with great sound. It's presets so far have tended to be on the Look what this can do side--but this Christmas Urs comissioned Howard Scarr to design a bank of very playable sounds. Urs is also quite responsive on his online forum. I'd also suggest the Korg Legacy Collections and Native Instruments Komplete 4.