Members kennychaffin Posted February 17, 2008 Members Share Posted February 17, 2008 So the Computer Music readers voted for theirs a while back, but let's hear what you think? Dimension Pro?Zebra? ?? KAC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Metrosonus Posted February 17, 2008 Members Share Posted February 17, 2008 My favorites would have to be Korg LE Digital, Poizone,Vanguard, Imposcar and Oddity. I do like predator, but I haven't used it enough to feel 100% comfortable with it. I can be too practical at times, those being my favorites because they all cost around 100$, have a GUI that's easy on the eyes (except the LE) and have a nice wide open sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OPEN OCEAN Posted February 17, 2008 Members Share Posted February 17, 2008 the roland jp 8080 definitely... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kennychaffin Posted February 17, 2008 Author Members Share Posted February 17, 2008 the roland jp 8080 definitely... Is that Virtual. I though it was hardware? KAC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Megakazbek Posted February 17, 2008 Members Share Posted February 17, 2008 VAZ Modular. No other softsynth comes close to its sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kennychaffin Posted February 17, 2008 Author Members Share Posted February 17, 2008 VAZ Modular. No softsynth comes close to its sound. That wasn't the question. KAC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members carbon111 Posted February 17, 2008 Members Share Posted February 17, 2008 NI's Massive. Uncompromising sound quality, flexible signal path, comprehensive mod routing and an extremely intuitive UI with lots of color-coded visual feedback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pighood Posted February 17, 2008 Members Share Posted February 17, 2008 Reaktor. It's endless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Megakazbek Posted February 17, 2008 Members Share Posted February 17, 2008 That wasn't the question. Why did you put a question mark at the end of your topic title then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kennychaffin Posted February 17, 2008 Author Members Share Posted February 17, 2008 Why did you put a question mark at the end of your topic title then? The question was about VIRTUAL synths, not synths in general. There's lots of hardware synth discussion on the forum I was hoping to get some more feel for what users think are the best virtual synths. Thanks for all the replies so far. I'm trying to learn all I can about all these. KAC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Don Solaris Posted February 17, 2008 Members Share Posted February 17, 2008 The question was about VIRTUAL synths, not synths in general. How old are you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pighood Posted February 17, 2008 Members Share Posted February 17, 2008 The thing with Reaktor is that's it's TOTALLY modular, but not in the traditional sense one would think of in terms of modular analogs for example. Patch cords are practically impossible in Reaktor, but mod matrixes can be Marianas Trench deep. There is a certain boilerplate "look" to a "typical" Reaktor GUI, which can be customized to any degree. For example, the Synthi ensemble started off looking like a typical plain vanilla module panel, and wound up being this: http://www.nativeinstruments.de/index.php?id=userlibrary&type=0&ulbr=1&plview=detail&patchid=4892 Rock steady, stable, infinite programmability & patch storage. All of this doesn't even count for the fact that there are dozens of Reaktor boffins only too willing to upload their ensembles to the general public (read: registered Reaktor users) free of charge. INFINITE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kennychaffin Posted February 17, 2008 Author Members Share Posted February 17, 2008 How old are you? That wasn't the question either. :poke: I'll show you mine if you show me yours. KAC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kennychaffin Posted February 17, 2008 Author Members Share Posted February 17, 2008 The thing with Reaktor is that's it's TOTALLY modular, but not in the traditional sense one would think of in terms of modular analogs for example. Patch cords are practically impossible in Reaktor, but mod matrixes can be Marianas Trench deep. There is a certain boilerplate "look" to a "typical" Reaktor GUI, which can be customized to any degree. For example, the Synthi ensemble started off looking like a typical plain vanilla module panel, and wound up being this: http://www.nativeinstruments.de/index.php?id=userlibrary&type=0&ulbr=1&plview=detail&patchid=4892 Rock steady, stable, infinite programmability & patch storage. All of this doesn't even count for the fact that there are dozens of Reaktor boffins only too willing to upload their ensembles to the general public (read: registered Reaktor users) free of charge. INFINITE. I've read a little bit about Reaktor, mostly about people getting caught in that matrix. I think I may need to investigate further based on the comments so far. Thanks, KAC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pighood Posted February 17, 2008 Members Share Posted February 17, 2008 The great thing about Reaktor, is that you DON'T have to master programming it before tweaking to your heart's content. It's NOT Max/MSP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kennychaffin Posted February 17, 2008 Author Members Share Posted February 17, 2008 The great thing about Reaktor, is that you DON'T have to master programming it before tweaking to your heart's content. It's NOT Max/MSP. Max/MSP ?? KAC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Megakazbek Posted February 17, 2008 Members Share Posted February 17, 2008 The question was about VIRTUAL synths, not synths in general. VAZ Modular IS a virtual (software) synth. Maybe you were confused by the "no softsynth ..." remark, I actually meant to write "no OTHER softsynth", fixed that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pighood Posted February 17, 2008 Members Share Posted February 17, 2008 Max/MSP ??KAC http://www.cycling74.com/products/maxmsp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members idiotboy Posted February 17, 2008 Members Share Posted February 17, 2008 Pigg-ness, what do you mean "patch cords are near impossible with Reaktor"? Aren't all the virtual Reaktor modules connected with virtual patch cords? Edit: I'm guessing you meant it from a GUI perspective, yes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members flat earth Posted February 17, 2008 Members Share Posted February 17, 2008 Ive only really used Korg Legacy that i recently got. Im very impressed with it so far, although I prefer the original WS A/D. Id also quite like to try out Virsyntera. Looks very impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pighood Posted February 17, 2008 Members Share Posted February 17, 2008 Pigg-ness, what do you mean "patch cords are near impossible with Reaktor"? Aren't all the virtual Reaktor modules connected with virtual patch cords?Edit: I'm guessing you meant it from a GUI perspective, yes? Yes....Reaktor is NOT VIRTUAL patchCORD friendly, to say the least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members carbon111 Posted February 17, 2008 Members Share Posted February 17, 2008 The great thing about Reaktor, is that you DON'T have to master programming it before tweaking to your heart's content. It's NOT Max/MSP. No, but you can get as nitty-gritty as Max/Msp in Reaktor if you want to get into really low-level programming, the capability is there if one wants to get that obsessive-compulsive/anal-retentive. I've only just scratched Reaktor's surface but much prefer the macro-modular side of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kennychaffin Posted February 17, 2008 Author Members Share Posted February 17, 2008 VAZ Modular IS a virtual (software) synth Okay, I thought from the response - "No SoftSynth comes close" that you were saying it was a Hard-synth. Sorry about that. Thanks for the correction. KAC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pighood Posted February 17, 2008 Members Share Posted February 17, 2008 I've only just scratched Reaktor's surface. That's the beauty of it....even the boffins have probably only breached 20% of it's full capability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aeon Posted February 17, 2008 Members Share Posted February 17, 2008 The hundreds of synthesis algorithms/plugs that run on my Korg OASYS PCI. cheers,Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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