What's the one software synth you can't live without?

MarkH · Post by **MarkH** » Mon May 15, 2006 4:33 pm

rbmonosylabik · Post by **rbmonosylabik** » Mon May 15, 2006 4:51 pm

Zoyd hands down

djadonis206 · Post by **djadonis206** » Mon May 15, 2006 5:00 pm

Right now it's Claw - relentless

Tarekith · Post by **Tarekith** » Mon May 15, 2006 5:12 pm

z3ta+

rtopia · Post by **rtopia** » Mon May 15, 2006 5:16 pm

Automat (and I use two instances of Generator too)

these are the only ones I use in "real time"

I record the rest and play them back as clips

FaX-01 · Post by **FaX-01** » Mon May 15, 2006 9:42 pm

It's a few of them actually.

1. Dimension Pro (I use this in everything at the moment)
2. Reason 3.0 Combinators rewired
3. Reaktor 5 (but only a handful of ensembles at best)
4. Kubik

Also worth a mention are Impulse / Simpler and Ugo's String Theory and Texture.

j0shu@ · Post by **j0shu@** » Mon May 15, 2006 10:18 pm

i always end up playing the EVP73, no matter what im doing.

Machinate · Post by **Machinate** » Mon May 15, 2006 10:29 pm

1) Mr. Ray - sounds as good as the EVP73, and it's donation-ware
2) Reaktor 5, particularly Tritium, 3X, Acoustring, BeatLookup and some custom patches.
EDIT: 3) Operator!!! Boing!

spookydirt · Post by **spookydirt** » Mon May 15, 2006 10:29 pm

i couldn't live without...

1. impOSCar

2. Wusikstation (is that pushing the definition too far?)

i'd struggle without...

3. Tau Pro

4. Operator (what's not to love?)

as for Machinate's vote for Mr.ray - i reckon Mr.Tramp is better (but then i prefer the wurly sound) but yes, it's pretty good. Worth paying money for, in fact.

--andy

j0shu@ · Post by **j0shu@** » Mon May 15, 2006 10:37 pm

Machinate wrote:1) Mr. Ray - sounds as good as the EVP73, and it's donation-ware
2) Reaktor 5, particularly Tritium, 3X, Acoustring, BeatLookup and some custom patches.

i disagree, it doesnt quite have the same 'chunk' to it, but it does sound good.

however, there is an issue with it making a crazy high pitched feedback sound. there have been a few conversations on here concerning this very thing. i finally just got rid of it, cause it would never function correctly. i do use mr donald, the leslie sim, quite a bit though.

Clearscreen · Post by **Clearscreen** » Mon May 15, 2006 11:14 pm

symptohm:melohman.

noisetonepause · Post by **noisetonepause** » Mon May 15, 2006 11:27 pm

Operator. It's the only one I have.

Trip Downtown · Post by **Trip Downtown** » Mon May 15, 2006 11:29 pm

Albino - I find it easy to program up the sounds that are in my head, I guess that's most important for me.

Machinate · Post by **Machinate** » Mon May 15, 2006 11:30 pm

j0shu@ wrote:
Machinate wrote:1) Mr. Ray - sounds as good as the EVP73, and it's donation-ware
2) Reaktor 5, particularly Tritium, 3X, Acoustring, BeatLookup and some custom patches.
i disagree, it doesnt quite have the same 'chunk' to it, but it does sound good.

the one thing I could never dig about the EVP73 is the awful sound of the tines when releasing the key. Urgh. Sounded like a bad kalimba sample.

j0shu@ · Post by **j0shu@** » Mon May 15, 2006 11:41 pm

Machinate wrote:
j0shu@ wrote:
Machinate wrote:1) Mr. Ray - sounds as good as the EVP73, and it's donation-ware
2) Reaktor 5, particularly Tritium, 3X, Acoustring, BeatLookup and some custom patches.
i disagree, it doesnt quite have the same 'chunk' to it, but it does sound good.
the one thing I could never dig about the EVP73 is the awful sound of the tines when releasing the key. Urgh. Sounded like a bad kalimba sample.

one mans trash....

i always throw a ruby tube across it, and it just seems to sound and feel natural to me. mr ray and mr tramp are the only other ep vstis ive messed with, but im more than happy with the evp73.

i also seem to use the tweakbench tapeworm mellotron plug in a lot. the flute patch sounds grrreat!`