Gearslutz.com
All Advertisers

Go Back   Gearslutz.com > The Forums > Music computers

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Best Hammond or Rhodes Soft Synth Autocrat Music computers 17 23rd June 2006 03:56 PM
NI Kore , new Soft Synth System H-Rezz New Product Alert! 24 30th May 2006 01:04 AM
Different between soft synth and algorithims MACHINE Rap + Hip Hop engineering & production 2 2nd April 2006 12:05 PM
Best / Favorite SOFT-SAMPLER/SYNTH demonfuzz Rap + Hip Hop engineering & production 11 8th December 2005 05:11 AM
plugins on soft synth tracks halfguard Rap + Hip Hop engineering & production 5 18th October 2005 09:58 PM

Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread Rate Thread Display Modes
Old 15th August 2004, 01:13 AM   #1
LumenStudio
Gear addict
 
LumenStudio's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Jersey
Posts: 334
Your Favorite Soft Synth

I'm curious to hear the latest is what people consider their favorite soft synth to be. I currently have Absynth 2 on the way, which I'm excited about. I have Spectrasonics Atmosphere which is really cool to. I'm just starting to dabble in this fun land.
__________________
My opinion may change at any time without notification.
LumenStudio is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 15th August 2004, 02:16 PM   #2
alfonso
Gear maniac
 
alfonso's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: italy,by the sea
Posts: 166
Creamware Modular3 with FleXor package. Runs only on Creamware dsp's though...but I never heard anything native sound so good.
Of the same great quality are other synths for the platform, like Minimax, John Bowen's Solaris, Pro Tone etc, but I love the Modular concept.
alfonso is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 15th August 2004, 02:45 PM   #3
kosi
Lives for gear
 
kosi's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Berlin
Posts: 618
Absynth II, Reaktor 4 and, if it counts: Live 4 by Ableton, the almighty !!!
Couldn't live without this one anymore.

Absynth is the only Softsynth, that has an immediateley recognizeable sound by it's own. And the enveloppies are yummi !
Reaktor 4 is kind of a mystery to me, but I download all the new patches written by some engineers nearly every week. It's running only on PC, on my Macs. it's so slow and buggy, I stopped completely.

chees, kosi
kosi is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 15th August 2004, 06:22 PM   #4
Wolfgang
Gear nut
 
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: at the studio
Posts: 137
Absynth is a given! Wonderful!

Here are a few not-so-well-known synths i love


ImpOSCar by G-Media

Vanguard by reFX

Moog Modular by Arturia

z3ta+ by RGC Audio
Wolfgang is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 16th August 2004, 12:58 PM   #5
jho
Lives for gear
 
jho's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: The Lowcountry
Posts: 1,555
Send a message via AIM to jho
Arturia's CS80V is pretty sweet too!

Vanguard is great for techno/trance/arpeggiating things.

Claw is a cool free mono synth.

Don't forget NI's FM7 for the DX7 stuff.

Battery cool for drums and of course, Live 4 needs to host it all. Has anyone checked out the 'chord' and 'scale' effects for midi in Live 4? Outstanding fun...
__________________
jho is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 16th August 2004, 03:10 PM   #6
J.C. Scott
Gear interested
 
J.C. Scott's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: US
Posts: 2
Reason is far and away my favorite right now. I do very much like the Native Instruments SS's, but Reason just has a choke hold on my interest right now.
__________________
What, you want a signature, too?!
J.C. Scott is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 16th August 2004, 03:27 PM   #7
Teacher
Lives for gear
 
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: NY
Posts: 1,770
Send a message via AIM to Teacher
Edirol Orchestra!!!


I'ma have to check out absynth II
__________________
"I hate it when they tell us how far we came to be, as if our people's history started with slavery...." Immortal Technique

www.sicbeats.com
Teacher is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 16th August 2004, 03:43 PM   #8
Sharp11
Gear addict
 
Sharp11's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Connecticut USA
Posts: 388
I've yet to hear Absynth version 2, but the original was just awful; thin and wheezy sounding. I finally got rid of it.

Currently, I'm really getting into the Access Virus Indigo that came with my tdm system. I've been programming some wonderful sounds. I like it better than my hardware Supernova and about as much as my JP8000.

Ed
Sharp11 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 16th August 2004, 03:49 PM   #9
jho
Lives for gear
 
jho's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: The Lowcountry
Posts: 1,555
Send a message via AIM to jho
Quote:
Originally posted by Sharp11
I've yet to hear Absynth version 2, but the original was just awful; thin and wheezy sounding. I finally got rid of it.

Currently, I'm really getting into the Access Virus Indigo that came with my tdm system. I've been programming some wonderful sounds. I like it better than my hardware Supernova and about as much as my JP8000.

Ed
Oh - I didn't mention virus indigo / tdm. By far my favorite but it's TDM only. The one aweful thing about it, though, is the auditioning of patches. Just terrible.

But it sounds amazin' ! I think vanguard is the only thing close when it comes to arps, but van is very limited in it's sound palette compared to virus.
__________________
jho is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 16th August 2004, 04:28 PM   #10
keyboardman
Gear maniac
 
keyboardman's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: LA, CA, USA
Posts: 185
There's a native Virus solution if you're running the TC Powercore.

For softsynths, I quite like Absynth, Crystal and the CS80. I also found the Arturia Minimoog to be really nice.
keyboardman is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 16th August 2004, 05:07 PM   #11
LumenStudio
Gear addict
 
LumenStudio's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Jersey
Posts: 334
Quote:
Originally posted by keyboardman
There's a native Virus solution if you're running the TC Powercore.
Is it the same one as on TDM?
__________________
My opinion may change at any time without notification.
LumenStudio is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 16th August 2004, 06:02 PM   #12
keyboardman
Gear maniac
 
keyboardman's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: LA, CA, USA
Posts: 185
They're slightly different. The TDM one is based on the Indigo while the PowerCore is based on the regular Virus.

Here's the comparison chart:

http://www.access-music.de/comparisonchart.php4
keyboardman is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 16th August 2004, 11:55 PM   #13
bigbaby987
Lives for gear
 
bigbaby987's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2003
Posts: 529
atmosphere
bigbaby987 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 17th August 2004, 02:11 AM   #14
remo
Gear addict
 
remo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 420
Just a few I really like and use often:

NI FM7
NI Pro 53
NI B4 Hammond thing
reFx Vanguard
Linplug Albino


but now I've just bought a Virus C I'm gonna be like softsynths
remo is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 17th August 2004, 06:36 AM   #15
Innominandum
Gear Head
 
Innominandum's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Edmonton AB Canada
Posts: 43
VAZ Modular is the best sounding softsynth I've heard... well, best for my style of music. If you have not investigated this synth, definitely check it out!!!!
Innominandum is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 18th August 2004, 08:03 AM   #16
Sky
Gear nut
 
Sky's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 142
FM7 for me. Has anyone tried the Korg Wavestation softsynth yet?

Sky
__________________
(Opinions are my own, etc.)
Sky is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 18th August 2004, 12:36 PM   #17
LumenStudio
Gear addict
 
LumenStudio's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Jersey
Posts: 334
Just picked up NI Komplete 2. (pretty much all the NI products) Overwhelming the possibilities on this thing. Absynth 2 does sound awesome.
__________________
My opinion may change at any time without notification.
LumenStudio is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 19th August 2004, 05:54 AM   #18
Bryce
Lives for gear
 
Bryce's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Thousand Oaks, CA
Posts: 514
Send a message via Skype™ to Bryce
Quote:
Originally posted by Sky
Has anyone tried the Korg Wavestation softsynth yet?
I have it. It's totally great. It's worth it just for the visual programming interface, IMO. I think it definitely sounds as good as my hardware Wavestation.

The Poly Six and MS20 that come with it are also a lot of fun, but the Legacy synth that lets you combine those two with fx is way cool.

dB
Bryce is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 19th August 2004, 10:17 AM   #19
kosi
Lives for gear
 
kosi's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Berlin
Posts: 618
Is there a standalone software for the Wavestation Softsynth ? Or do you have to buy the "controller" ?
kosi is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 23rd August 2004, 09:38 AM   #20
Jesse Skeens
Gear maniac
 
Jesse Skeens's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 253
Most of the newer Creamware stuff. Mod 3 is really nice, deffinatly as good as my old Nord Mod. Still need to buy the Flexor addons. The analog emus are awesome too.

Native would be te Korg Legacy, really nice.

Jesse
Jesse Skeens is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 23rd August 2004, 02:00 PM   #21
Vaphoron
Gear addict
 
Vaphoron's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 327
Virus Indigo TDM - patch changing is annoying but will be fixed in a couple months
Absynth 2 - incredibly unique

I really like all the Native Instruments stuff but its not all very stable within Pro Tools and Reaktor 4 is the absolute worst. It sounds great but usually crashes after a couple minutes.
__________________
§ Jason §
Vaphoron is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 23rd August 2004, 03:04 PM   #22
Renie
Lives for gear
 
Renie's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: London UK
Posts: 1,785
Can it be true the indigo patch system will really change in a couple of months??

Agreed NI stuff rocks but Reaktor is woefully unstable in PT, just trying the FM7 demo it seems a lot more solid...

am curious about the korg legacy shame that's not PT compat...
__________________
www.christisloving.com
Renie is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 23rd August 2004, 04:17 PM   #23
Vaphoron
Gear addict
 
Vaphoron's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 327
Quote:
Originally posted by Renie
Can it be true the indigo patch system will really change in a couple of months??
I actually know from another source but here is a link to a thread on the DUC where they said its coming. Its not going to be for the Indigo only, its for all plugins which is really, really, really, cool.

http://duc.digidesign.com/showflat.p...ev=#Post668292
__________________
§ Jason §
Vaphoron is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 23rd August 2004, 04:21 PM   #24
jho
Lives for gear
 
jho's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: The Lowcountry
Posts: 1,555
Send a message via AIM to jho
It's for the latest PT only...I'm still on 5.3.1....

__________________
jho is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 23rd August 2004, 04:26 PM   #25
Vaphoron
Gear addict
 
Vaphoron's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 327
This next release is a must have for anyone that has said there aren't enough MIDI features or people who work with soft synths/samplers a lot. Its a really nice update with some things I have been needing for a long time.
__________________
§ Jason §
Vaphoron is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 23rd August 2004, 04:30 PM   #26
Renie
Lives for gear
 
Renie's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: London UK
Posts: 1,785
Jason

any details?

also any sign of a Digi generated/partnered sampler?

cheers
__________________
www.christisloving.com
Renie is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 23rd August 2004, 04:44 PM   #27
Vaphoron
Gear addict
 
Vaphoron's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 327
Quote:
Originally posted by Renie
Jason

any details?

also any sign of a Digi generated/partnered sampler?

cheers
I wish I knew about a Digi sampler but I haven't heard anything. One really big thing is there will be support for multiple outs from soft synths and samplers. Plugins will most likely need updating to support this new feature. I don't know if the Virus Indigo will be updated to take advantage of this like the Powercore version but I hope it will happen at some point. I don't know all the details on the midi features but there aren't any midi plugins like lots of people want. They should release all the details in 2 months at AES because its scheduled to ship this year but we all know that might mean January.
__________________
§ Jason §
Vaphoron is online now   Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 07:42 AM.


Powered by vBulletin®
Copyright ©2000 - 2009, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Search Engine Optimization by vBSEO 3.0.0