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hiya,

i have z3ta at the moment and i have been told its amazing. maybe i am not getting the best out of it, but i find most of the presets to be a bit cheesy/old rave 80s.

and yes... it's not all about presets... i should try to make my own sounds. but i am noob and i like to get sounds that might be in the realm of what i want and then tweak them from there...

anyway. does anyone have any they would recommend?

i am making kinda massive attack/dj shadow/aim style music so i guess i want quite a classic sound.

please help. thanks

Zebra
Karma
Sylenth1

Well, recommending synths is easy...

Lets see...

Alesis Andromeda
Moog Minimoog
DSI Prophet '08
Waldorf Pulse
DSI Evolver
Elektron MonoMachine
Clavia NordModular G2

Of the above, the first four will do "classic" with ease. The following two are a bit more forward-thinking designs, and the last one will do pretty much any job thrown at it, as long as you patch it properly.

Or, did you want softsynths? If so, I have one for you
FabFilter Twin. Sounds bloody amazing!

Zebra2

Virus TI

DSI Evolver

nordlead 2x

Tarekith wrote: Virus TI

+1
great sounding synth and there are tons of soundsets out there,some made by Tarekith and myself

I watched a Future Music DVD featuring one guy from Pendulum and he was using a z3ta synth. He programmed a bass, a keyboard/rhodes type sound and a pad. They all sounding amazingly cutting edge. But he said that he'd spent ages learning the synth.

I've been through loads of soft synths and the ONLY one that has stayed on my hardrive is Albino 3. Why:-

1. Because its easy to understand/program
2. Has a brilliant modulation matrix
3. The presets are top notch and teach you loads about how simply modulation can make ALL the difference to the simplest of patches.
4. The sound of Albino just sits in the mix without loads of additional EQ work
5. And don't even get me started on the SCREAM FILTER option.

Download the demo.

Albino for pads and appregiation.

Massive for synth

novation bass station for well.... bass.

reaktor
tassman
nord modular (any)
massive

tried nearly a hundred i guess, those remained:


korg ms-20 quick configuration, punchy sound
u-he zebralette the perfect essence of zebra 2, great sound (freeware)
syncersoft polyvoks station if i want it that cheesy rave lead synth route (freeware)
killapluggies emily simply a compact little "strange organ" synth with an incredible sound (freeware)
native instruments massive usually don´t like the ni stuff very much, but massive really is a modern classic with a royal sound quality





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If you're open to hardware, I'd recommend the Virus TI. Great sounding AND versatile.

But i assume you're looking for software solutions at the moment ( ? ) so:

Zebra 2
V-Station
Absynth 4

trifecta baby

Tone2 Gladiator, a new synth on the block but man it's good.

thank you everybody for your responses i'm gonna see if i can get my hold on some of those. very appreciated