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Posted: 02 January 2007 02:04 PM   [ Ignore ]  
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Hello

I tried searchin the forum but there were no topics for virtual synths. I do not have ( yet ) money to purchase a good synth so I thought of looking into some virtual ones. You have any suggestions? The only one I’ve come across so far is the Absynth, is that worth a while?

I’m using Ableton and Reason, trying to make melodic psyambient/psytrance. I’m going to purchase a Nord next summer but there’s no way I’m gonna wait that long to start gathering and creating material.

Any virtual synth with some potential goes for now, should cost less than ~200

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Posted: 02 January 2007 04:50 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]  
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Hi Unsane

Well you’ve have many choices, I can give you a few virtual synths you may want to check on. Absynth 3 has some good sounds but I reckon there is better. I also use Ableton and linking the controllers via editing the midi map on the Absynth isn’t easy. I really like Albino 3. It has some really cool sounds that can be manipulated. Along with 4 effects channels and the 4 LFO channels. Nice choices of Filters and many more features I would check this out. This is by Rob Papen. I also like the discoDSP Discovery synth. It has a pretty good pads bank and you can tweak the sounds pretty good too. Ravity is another.

However there are so many more to check out this list can go on forever. So hopefully a few more people will be able to give some advice. But check on these for ambient/pad sounds anyway.

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Posted: 04 January 2007 06:49 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 2 ]  
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Have a look at these mate:

http://smatni.tripod.com/safwanmatnivstplugins/
http://www.freesoundeditor.com/incageneng.html?VSTSyntheng.htm~main
http://www.pcmus.com/Free-Software.htm
http://www.espace-cubase.org/anglais/page.php?page=freevsti
http://glenstegner.com/softsynths.html
http://www.modernbeats.com/vsti.php
http://www.pro-sounds.net/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=15

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Posted: 05 January 2007 12:27 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 3 ]  
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Some of the VSTs that I have found to be keepers are

Albino (mentioned above)
Spectrasonics Trilogy - a dedicated bass synth that uses samples that can be filtered/modulated etc
Spectrasonics Atmosphere - same sample system as Trilogy but contains pads, ambient sounds, bells as well as some leads.. excellent synth for soundscapes and sounds amazing when put through an effects unit such as Camelspace.
Novation Vstation - all round good synth

I know you didn’t ask but some fun effects units are Camelspace and CamelPhat as well as TC Native Bundle which includes a reverb, compressor, couple of Eqs and a few other helpful devices (memory is failing me atm smile)

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Posted: 05 January 2007 05:57 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 4 ]  
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Thank you very much dudes, you’ve been a great help :] Learning some guitar playing now, gotta huge problem with tiny hands here :]

Btw is sandwitch reads this I loved the Opera House, a great track :]

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Posted: 05 January 2007 06:28 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 5 ]  
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Omg how ‘love’ has suffered some inflation :D One of the strongest emotions being used casually on any given context. Learned that in London, mom lives there :]

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Posted: 05 January 2007 07:04 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 6 ]  
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[quote author=“Unsane”]Thank you very much dudes, you’ve been a great help :] Learning some guitar playing now, gotta huge problem with tiny hands here :]

Btw is sandwitch reads this I loved the Opera House, a great track :]

thanks!!!! and slice two has mad small hands too.. playin the guitar is a bitch…

as for virtual synths.. peep karmaFX… it’s free… and if u need a good organ sound look up nubile.

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Posted: 06 January 2007 09:58 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 7 ]  
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Yeah how bad of me to forget the atmosphere and Trilogy which I also use.

Yeah Sandwich tracks rule hehehe LOL  LOL

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Posted: 07 June 2011 07:18 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 9 ]  
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Camel Audio have a free version of Alchemy synth which comes with a great soundbank. There a limits for example you can’t save newly made sounds into the preset bank but it will save it to the project you’re working on.

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