Physical Modelling Synths - recommendations?

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Physical Modelling Synths - recommendations?

Post by craftycurate » Mon May 11, 2009 4:19 pm

Aside from the Ableton instruments, which other physical modelling synths would you recommend?

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Re: Physical Modelling Synths - recommendations?

Post by SubFunk » Mon May 11, 2009 4:30 pm

The whole AAS bundle!
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Re: Physical Modelling Synths - recommendations?

Post by Android Bishop » Mon May 11, 2009 4:31 pm

depends what you want with it. There are some pretty good pianos out there (pianoteq, truepianos, etc). For all-around physical modeling check out Tassman

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Re: Physical Modelling Synths - recommendations?

Post by paradiddle » Mon May 11, 2009 4:36 pm

Another vote for Tassman! I beta tested it on version 2 and 3 and it's quite capable. You can build your synths and the learning curve is easier than reaktor or synthedit for example.

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Re: Physical Modelling Synths - recommendations?

Post by djsynchro » Mon May 11, 2009 5:19 pm

i say buy a guitar is what i did for the price of 2-3 plug-ins I got myself a 2nd hand axxe, fret noise, string noise, pitchbend, vibrato, character... all the stuff you don't get from pm synths.

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Re: Physical Modelling Synths - recommendations?

Post by twisted-space » Mon May 11, 2009 5:41 pm

Korg Prophecy :D

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Re: Physical Modelling Synths - recommendations?

Post by craftycurate » Mon May 11, 2009 6:24 pm

djsynchro wrote:i say buy a guitar is what i did for the price of 2-3 plug-ins I got myself a 2nd hand axxe, fret noise, string noise, pitchbend, vibrato, character... all the stuff you don't get from pm synths.
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Re: Physical Modelling Synths - recommendations?

Post by glitchrock-buddha » Mon May 11, 2009 8:24 pm

Might want to check out NUSofting Modelonia. Also Synful Orchestra, which is great for accurate emulations, but you can also mess with the parameters to screw up the sound pretty good. Zebra 2 can do some pretty amazing PM type sounds as well. Strings, Brass, and drum type sounds.
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Re: Physical Modelling Synths - recommendations?

Post by Kodama » Mon May 11, 2009 9:36 pm

Also play around with Zebra's comb filters, they are as impressive to me as any PM I have played with.
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Re: Physical Modelling Synths - recommendations?

Post by leedsquietman » Mon May 11, 2009 10:05 pm

If you want physical modelling of classic analog synths then ARTURIA's range are awesome.
http://www.arturia.com/evolution/en/products.html

If you want physical modelling of Piano then PIANOTEQ is the best (Truepianos is very good too, but is a combination of modelling and sampling).
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Re: Physical Modelling Synths - recommendations?

Post by craftycurate » Mon May 11, 2009 10:20 pm

Thanks for replies ...

I love PianoTeq and have recently found Modelonia.

I wonder if there are any alternatives to Collision? I've been playing around a fair bit with SteamPipe (Reaktor) which does a bit of the same kind of sound.

To be more specific, I think I'm interested in Strings and percussion, which makes me wonder if I should just find some money and upgrade to Suite!

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Re: Physical Modelling Synths - recommendations?

Post by elblanco » Mon May 11, 2009 10:25 pm

tassman +1

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Re: Physical Modelling Synths - recommendations?

Post by paradiddle » Tue May 12, 2009 5:04 am

The AAS ones that come with Live are quite capable. Just rack them up!

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Re: Physical Modelling Synths - recommendations?

Post by ciw » Tue May 12, 2009 11:53 am

twisted-space wrote:Korg Prophecy :D
...unless you want your arpeggios to be in sync... :D

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Re: Physical Modelling Synths - recommendations?

Post by posssu » Tue May 12, 2009 2:00 pm

If you want awesome brass (they have woodwinds too), try Wallander Instruments.
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