fabfilter twin or operator

gregorythis · Post by **gregorythis** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 7:05 pm

which one do you think i should choose.

right now all i have it automat and crystal.

im leaning towards the fabfilter twin because it seems to have a lot more to offer and is cheaper.

but im ready to have you all put some ideas in.

thanks

Greg

polyslax · Post by **polyslax** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 7:20 pm

Sort of apples and oranges here. Twin is more a VA with some lovely filters, whereas Operator is an FM synth. Twin will plug in to any host, should you be inclined to run something other than Live, whereas Operator and Live are joined at the hip... you can't use Operator outside Live.

I've got both, but if I had to choose one of them it would definitely be Twin.*

* One thing to be mindful of... FabFilter does not allow licence transfers. If you ever decide you don't like Twin any more, too bad, you're stuck with it.

jb61264 · Post by **jb61264** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 9:54 pm

gregorythis wrote:which one do you think i should choose.

right now all i have it automat and crystal.

im leaning towards the fabfilter twin because it seems to have a lot more to offer and is cheaper.

but im ready to have you all put some ideas in.

thanks

Greg

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nuperspective · Post by **nuperspective** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 6:19 am

id go with twin. i have both and get far more pleasure and satisfaction from twin. its easier to get under the hood and make something happen. operators good. i have three main soft synths in my set up audiobassline pro, twin and operator. out of all them operator is used 5 - 10% of the time.

tylenol · Post by **tylenol** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 7:29 pm

If you're comfortable with FM synthesis, I'd go with operator -- the interface is very nice, especially if you're just starting out with softsynths. I actually think overall operator has more to offer, as FM synthesis can go farther (albeit with a lot more work) than subtractive synthesis. Fabfilter has a great interface relative to most synths, but it is less intuitive than operator (IMO). However, it's much easier to get nice sounds out of fabfilter twin, and the filter in operator pales in comparison to the filters in twin. Also, in terms of synthesis methods, subtractive is much easier to get your head around, and if you're using automat, you're already familiar with it. Of the two, operator is my bread and butter, but that might just be because I had it first. Finally, in my experience, operator has lower CPU usage in many cases (but I haven't had twin for all that long).

Overall they really are very different synths and complement each other nicely; I am glad to have them both. What we really need is for ableton to license fabfilter's filters and put them in operator

alterim · Post by **alterim** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 3:21 pm

the fabfilter timeless plugin is also amazing

fabfilter twin or operator

fabfilter twin or operator

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