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Re: worst vsts

Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:25 pm
by Tone Deft
JMFOne wrote:I can't believe you aren't a fan of Analogs GUI-what don't you like about it? I don't have it but I used it alot when I was demoing Live 8 and was thinking to pick it up when Ableton next do a sale.
I was thinking about that after I posted. it never clicked with me. Live's design ethos of having stuff live in Clip View can make using their devices like operating on someone through a keyhole. I really like Operator, it's an FM synth but it can be configured in ways that mimic Analog's design. when I need a synth I grab Operator, not Analog. maybe it's time I focus on learning Analog.

Re: worst vsts

Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:33 pm
by JMFOne
Machinesworking wrote:Any embedded plug in qualifies for me as worst VST by default.
Not everyone uses only one DAW.
I have two decent convolution reverbs in DP and Logic respectively and cannot use them in Live without crippling Live with Rewire.
I would be ecstatic if DAWs all of a sudden tomorrow all developed a true universal plug in format and freed their plug ins up.

Also, any Windows VST plug in badly ported to OSX. You can always tell an AU/VST that will be problematic when the developer didn't even bother to change the close box to the left or the icon for it. Voxengo for example make a great mastering plug in with Elephant, but it's a piss poor OSX port at best. IMO it's probably farmed out to FXPansions wrapper technology etc. :?
Surely the VSTs included in each DAW are part of the USP to that particular DAW? like exclusives to get people to buy the product.

Re: worst vsts

Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:40 pm
by Tone Deft
it's pretty pointless to put a fine grain on what people should and shouldn't post.

I find many of Progresso's soups to be off-putting. to me Campbell's has a great variety of soups and they're pretty consistently good.

Re: worst vsts

Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 9:36 pm
by botstein
https://sugar-bytes.de/content/products ... hp?lang=en

I had trouble sitting through a short demonstration of this on Saturday. It just did not sound nice.

Re: worst vsts

Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 11:26 pm
by Machinesworking
JMFOne wrote:
Machinesworking wrote:Surely the VSTs included in each DAW are part of the USP to that particular DAW? like exclusives to get people to buy the product.
Of course they are, no doubt, but as we well know it isn't necessary to embed them, it's only for marketing reasons, unlike say take comping, SysEx support etc. I understand the reason in terms of capitalism, but in terms of usability it doesn't do much for the end user IMO..

Re: worst vsts

Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 2:39 am
by lunabass
i too have a hard-on for diva.

my worst would have to be the old bitheadz unity ds-1 soft sampler

Re: worst vsts

Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 3:01 am
by Tarekith
I'm sure I'll get flack for it, but by far the worst plug in I ever used was NI's Battery. I mean, the feature set was great, but it was crash happy when I was using it, to the point that it corrupted 8 different DAW Projects I was using it in at the time (Live and Logic) and I lost a LOT of work for an album I was working on. Weird fluke I'm sure, but always puts a bad taste in my mouth whenever I see that one.

Re: worst vsts

Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 3:27 am
by Machinesworking
Tarekith wrote:I'm sure I'll get flack for it, but by far the worst plug in I ever used was NI's Battery. I mean, the feature set was great, but it was crash happy when I was using it, to the point that it corrupted 8 different DAW Projects I was using it in at the time (Live and Logic) and I lost a LOT of work for an album I was working on. Weird fluke I'm sure, but always puts a bad taste in my mouth whenever I see that one.
Not from me you won't. Battery was unstable, in Live especially for a long time. Not a fluke, just NI not getting it together. They had issues for years with the OSX version of Reaktor as well.... It's sorted now....

Re: worst vsts

Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 5:03 am
by Tarekith
Yeah, some of the bugs I had run into and had confirmed by NI were so obvious, I couldn't believe they actually released it knowing they might be an issue.

Re: worst vsts

Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 5:54 am
by footsy
FL Studio xD

No but seriously..

minus12 is pretty garbage, it's a free one... sooo yeah.

Re: worst vsts

Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 8:38 pm
by tintala
FUCKING CRYSONIC......... WHOLLY SHIT BATMAN!

try getting customer support and getting these lame as plugins to activate, even had one that would NOT let me past the code in.! WTF??


worst
www.crysonic.com

Re: worst vsts

Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2012 3:05 am
by FlightPlan
tintala wrote:FUCKING CRYSONIC......... WHOLLY SHIT BATMAN!

try getting customer support and getting these lame as plugins to activate, even had one that would NOT let me past the code in.! WTF??
http://www.crysonic.com
+1 big time!!!! Glitzy site, complete ripoff, a complete loss. Sold as a bundle, and the activation methods were different for each VST - never got these going, tech support, literally the worst I've EVER encountered - they just didn't care - they had my money. Complete criminals!

Later, too late, I found that plenty of people had already gotten shafted on the KRK forum. Moral: ALWAYS RESEARCH BEFORE YOU BUY!

Re: worst vsts

Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2012 1:09 pm
by ikeaboy
I bought the cry sonic stereo widener and it always works outline this. I put it on a channel or bus that I want to widen and I like it for about half an hour then I turn it off to check is it pulling it's weight and I delete it because it washing out the sound ins brittle unappealing way. Also Linnplug's Relectro, their marketing department saw me coming with that one, it can only sound like itself, I always end up removing it.

I like Amp but not Cabinet which just sound like a crap reverb to my ears.

Re: worst vsts

Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2012 3:04 pm
by kitekrazy
Yellow Tools Independence Pro.

Re: worst vsts

Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2012 5:26 pm
by Machinesworking
Have to agree about crysonic as well. Wish it weren't so, but they be buggy and unresponsive to tech support questions. :x