Best Vintage Sounding "Soft Synth"

jgo · 29th September 2005

Ok, so I am normally a die-hard analog dude, old school gear, don't use fancy Tritons or rack modules. Just not my sound
Most my work is all sample based with occassional keys & sounds brought in from some old analog keyboards.
Anyhow, was looking to add more vintage sounding keys to the lab & been looking for old EDP, Octave or Rheem keyboards, even a Fender Rhodes.
Looking to get them funky late 60's early 70's film score sounds.
Comin short on used gear right now...
So I started looking at Soft-Synths, like the Arturia MiniMoog, Modular, Arp2600, etc...
I downloaded demos & tested them out... My 1st time trying these & yo these are actually very dope!
The other cool thing is I am damn nea outta space & with a soft synth, no need for new keyboard.

Any you guys workin with Soft-Synths?
What ones are you feeling?
Which are good & have good old school/vintage sounds, etc...
Really need a solid Fender Rhodes sof-synth, my Rhodes disks for my old analog keyboard just aint cuttin it anymore.

Feedback?

iziphonics · 29th September 2005

You should take a look at NI Electrik Piano for Rhodes. Works very well.
Arturia's CS 80V is also well sounding.

HDGuru · 29th September 2005

The Scarbee Rhodes, and W.E.P libraries are hands down the best ever made.

thearnicasync · 29th September 2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by Randall

they can all be found pretty cheap on ebay with the guy that offers the student/military discount

Wow. The military discount. That'd be so freaky if some special forces guy is rocking the minimoog. Times have indeed changed. This is totally off-topic...sorry.

**DrDeltaM** · 29th September 2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by HDGuru

The Scarbee Rhodes, and W.E.P libraries are hands down the best ever made.

I agree, if you can't get a real Rhodes, the Scarbee library is the best choice. Probably for the Wurlitzer as well.
For clavinet, the Logic EVD6 is awesome.

innesireinar · 2nd October 2005

Scarbee Rhodes and Wep are greats, really dry sounds. I don't like NI Electrik, compared to Scarbee libraries appears small and thiny.
Backing on this thread (soft synths) I bought the Vintage collection form Arturia (but I think this bundle is no longer available, you have to buy one by one) and I love it. But they need tons of CPU and in RTAS they aren't very stable (at least on my G5 and PTLE).

Arka · 6th October 2005

G-Media/Ohm Force Minimonsta is hands down the sickest soft synt so far... I was impressed with the Arturia stuff til I got to play around with this beast. Beware though, it´ll have your CPU for lunch...

peace /Arka

max cooper · 10th October 2005

I love the Arturia Moog Modular.

My next soft-synth acquisition will be the Imposcar.

funkynuts · 13th October 2005

The gmedia imposcar is a great synth.Beautiful warm low end if you work the filters right and capable of a wide variety of tones.

sonicprojects · 14th February 2006

Dear Oberheim fan!

The sonicprojects team announces the remake of the Oberheim OB-X. There's a feature never seen before in any other virtual device: slight individual detune of filters, oscillators and envelopes for every voice individually - like the real device

a real ob-x rev.2 itself was used for endless comparisons and tunes to copy the original behaviour - the result is extraordinary

visit us at:
http://www.sonicprojects.ch/

29th September 2005	#1
jgo Gear Head Joined: May 2003 Location: Bay Area Posts: 50 Thread Starter	Best Vintage Sounding "Soft Synth" Ok, so I am normally a die-hard analog dude, old school gear, don't use fancy Tritons or rack modules. Just not my sound Most my work is all sample based with occassional keys & sounds brought in from some old analog keyboards. Anyhow, was looking to add more vintage sounding keys to the lab & been looking for old EDP, Octave or Rheem keyboards, even a Fender Rhodes. Looking to get them funky late 60's early 70's film score sounds. Comin short on used gear right now... So I started looking at Soft-Synths, like the Arturia MiniMoog, Modular, Arp2600, etc... I downloaded demos & tested them out... My 1st time trying these & yo these are actually very dope! The other cool thing is I am damn nea outta space & with a soft synth, no need for new keyboard. Any you guys workin with Soft-Synths? What ones are you feeling? Which are good & have good old school/vintage sounds, etc... Really need a solid Fender Rhodes sof-synth, my Rhodes disks for my old analog keyboard just aint cuttin it anymore. Feedback?

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29th September 2005	#2
iziphonics Gear maniac Joined: Sep 2005 Location: Warsaw, Poland Posts: 218	You should take a look at NI Electrik Piano for Rhodes. Works very well. Arturia's CS 80V is also well sounding.

29th September 2005	#3
HDGuru Gear addict Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 389	The Scarbee Rhodes, and W.E.P libraries are hands down the best ever made.

2nd October 2005	#6
innesireinar Gear nut Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 97	Scarbee Rhodes and Wep are greats, really dry sounds. I don't like NI Electrik, compared to Scarbee libraries appears small and thiny. Backing on this thread (soft synths) I bought the Vintage collection form Arturia (but I think this bundle is no longer available, you have to buy one by one) and I love it. But they need tons of CPU and in RTAS they aren't very stable (at least on my G5 and PTLE).

6th October 2005	#7
Arka Gear nut Joined: Mar 2004 Location: Sundsvall, Sweden Posts: 92	G-Media/Ohm Force Minimonsta is hands down the sickest soft synt so far... I was impressed with the Arturia stuff til I got to play around with this beast. Beware though, it´ll have your CPU for lunch... peace /Arka

10th October 2005	#8
max cooper Lives for gear Joined: Aug 2004 Location: tx Posts: 8,802	I love the Arturia Moog Modular. My next soft-synth acquisition will be the Imposcar.

13th October 2005	#9
funkynuts Gear addict Joined: Aug 2005 Location: Gothenburg Sweden Posts: 370	The gmedia imposcar is a great synth.Beautiful warm low end if you work the filters right and capable of a wide variety of tones.

14th February 2006	#10
sonicprojects Gear interested Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 14	Dear Oberheim fan! The sonicprojects team announces the remake of the Oberheim OB-X. There's a feature never seen before in any other virtual device: slight individual detune of filters, oscillators and envelopes for every voice individually - like the real device a real ob-x rev.2 itself was used for endless comparisons and tunes to copy the original behaviour - the result is extraordinary visit us at: http://www.sonicprojects.ch/