what are your experiences with tension, electric, analog?

weeddigger · Post by **weeddigger** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 3:24 am

I'm reading a lot of valid points on presets here. Like a lot of guys, I get inspired by presets. I only briefly tried the Abe instruments, 14 day trial, and I didn't get to use them as much as I'd like, I actually don't think I had any pre-set sounds to mess with, otherwise, I probably would of gotten into them a bit more.

I have heard sample sounds from the Abe website, and those kick ass...

Anyhow, as far as tutorials go, I always like to check another's approach on making sounds. I use Logic's instruments to make my noise, but for the most part, it's almost all the same thing... Things you say for Tension I could relate to Sculpture, Operator the EFM1. Electric to the EVP88... And Logic's stuff sounds pretty awesome too...

leedsquietman · Post by **leedsquietman** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 3:31 am

Those Logic plugins are OK but Operator to me is much better sounding, ditto Electric. Sculpture is a bit closer to Tension. Ultrabeat is a plugin which is very cool in Logic, ditto Space Designer.

What is so good about the Logic plugins is that they come in the box with the DAW for $489. That is significantly less than the Live 7 Suite at present and the FX plugins are mostly better in Logic too (although Live's compressor is better IMHO).

pepezabala · Post by **pepezabala** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 9:24 am

I bought the suite and the EIC and I use mainly electric and the woodwinds of the suite. Because it sounds so fantastic.

I agree what others said about the presets, not so impressive when you go through them at first sight. Might be because NI or Zebra make a lot use of additional efx in their sound libraries.

But on other virtual instruments it's also lots easier to scroll through presets, with up-down arrows on the interface, or with drop-downs etc.

It's not like that in live it would be difficult, but the way it is designed the presets do not really invite you to go through them ...