if you had to pick1 softsynth...

[fn86]

which would it be? if you had to pick just one.

[steffenb]

vanguard without any doubts

[mix-it-well]

Albino or Vanguard

[Lagerfeldt]

Vanguard

(wohooo, I think I've spotted a tendency here...)

[cynic one]

absynth or fm7 :p

[Agzilla]

iMPOSCAR!

Zz.

[steffenb]

imposcar sounds amazing but i never learnd how to tweak it
proper...

with vanguard i can do any sound i want

minimonsta is my new love for basslines

[Traxx]

Steinberg Hypersonic 2...If you want just a "synth" then it would have to be "Pro-53"

[carllock]

No one mentioned that freebie Synth 1 out of Japan? That is one thing anyone with an internet connection needs to have!

[Igotsoul4u]

stylus.

[Notron Fan]

zebra 2

[blayz2002]

Originally Posted by carllock

No one mentioned that freebie Synth 1 out of Japan? That is one thing anyone with an internet connection needs to have!

Have you got a link to where you can find this?

[Saiiry's]

Nexus , he have the fat sound and professional synth programming , you even can build your own layer, arpeggiator etc...
There a lot of good synths like : Blue , FM8, Absynth4, Rapture, Albino, Pro 52, Hartman Neuron or although the Hypersonic2 workstation sounds nice , it's depend of what you expect from your work to sounds like ...
in any case it's what i think !

[dirtygringo]

Would probably have to be N.I's Massive. I love that thing but it really eats up my old laptop

[d.dot]

If I had to pick only one soft synth I would lay down in the fast lane of the 405.
However Imposcar and Massive are my current favs.

[ten]

To hard to pick just one...

vstation
massive
fm8
imposcar
and the new one from Rob Papen, Predator are all the dogs bollocks..

tom

[azwun25]

Minimonsta or Vanguard

[MarkusColeman]

Synth1.

[Methlab]

Imposcar is nice. I need to learn it better though. I got it for backups in rock songs, but Id like to learn how to tweak it better for beats...post up tips if you want.

One synth I think that is really good for beats is Sytrus.

I also have to throw out some love to Disco DSP, I have used the hell out of that synth for years.

[gsilbers]

i have to say for pc : z3ta cause its uses waves in the OSC making it fatter than hell.
and discovery.

mac:

rapture (also with the waves as OSC)
ES1 for the low subwoofer (juno bass preset)


virus tdm/powercore.
vengeance essential bass samples (with EXS or kontakt sampler)

but #1 in my list

virus control (TI) , yep, its cheating but it comes up as a plugin!

[Gear Tramp]

If I had to pick just one softsynth, I would sink into depression!

[carllock]

Software Synthesizer Synth1

p.s. make sure you get extra banks

[Methlab]

How do u install this thing? Do you unrar and run the setup and then let it install into the folder it picks (/programfiles/synth1). Or do you force it to install into the /vstplugins dir?

The reason I ask is because I did the latter, and put the extra presets in there too and I don't see them in the list when I go to load it up.

[Kappi]

fire-resistant underwear on...

I really use Digi's Hybrid a lot,



beside of this i do a lot of stuff in Kontakt,

and

Papamm!

I Love Reaktor!!!!!!

[Ken Lewis]

great thread, but its gonna cost me money reading this. more stuff to buy. I cant possibly pick one soft synth. I use EXS Sampler on Logic more than anything but thats cheating cause my library is ridiculous.

some i really like are

Arp 2600
Stylus RMX (for adding extra stuff not for the main beat)
Absynth sounds amazing but the sounds are really out there
V station
Miroslav Philharmonik is great for nuts n bolts orchestral stuff.
both the Logic and NI organs are great, both electric pianos leave a little to be desired but can work.
all the Logic soft synths packaged with Pro are very useful
i'll stop there, feeling slutty

think i might have to buy Massive and Vangaurd

[carllock]

If I remember right when I did my install I put it in the VST plugins folder to know where it was. The I put the extra banks into that same folder.

Then once I did that and brought up the program then I think I clicked the program window and that brings up the various banks

[cynic one]

Originally Posted by Ken Lewis

great thread, but its gonna cost me money reading this. more stuff to buy. I cant possibly pick one soft synth. I use EXS Sampler on Logic more than anything but thats cheating cause my library is ridiculous.

some i really like are

Arp 2600
Stylus RMX (for adding extra stuff not for the main beat)
Absynth sounds amazing but the sounds are really out there
V station
Miroslav Philharmonik is great for nuts n bolts orchestral stuff.
both the Logic and NI organs are great, both electric pianos leave a little to be desired but can work.
all the Logic soft synths packaged with Pro are very useful
i'll stop there, feeling slutty

think i might have to buy Massive and Vangaurd

v-station is really underrated.......i use it on every track pretty much.

but - you can get regular sounds out of absynth too. that's why i dig it.

[modistylee]

Reaktor 5, then Kontakt 2/ESX24 , Dimension Pro, and Imposcar in that order

[YUGA]

Absolutely Absynth

[amp]

Originally Posted by fn86

which would it be? if you had to pick just one.

theyre basically all the same, some just have sportier gui's