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Any new VST's I should know about?

I've haven't really done much in a long time, a couple of songs or so. Still using the same VSTi's as 5 years ago. Now that's fine, limiting yourself is fun I think.

I'm just wondering what's new. Any demos I can check out?

Have you got sylenth1?

If not have a look...

Im not into big massive Vsts... sylenth is the happy medium for me

EDIT: Also check SonicCharge Utonic (drum synth)

A few off the top of my head:

Synths/Romplers:

Tone2 Gladiator 2 - demo avaialable

U-he Zebra 2 - demo available

Camel Audio Alchemy (Additive/Spectral/Granular/Subtractive synth) - demo available

Spectrasonics Omnisphere - no demo

FabFilter Twin2 - demo available

reFX Nexus (rompler) - not sure if a demo is available

Lennard Digital Sylenth1 - demo available

Waldorf Largo - not sure if demo is available

FXpansion DCam Synth Squad - not sure if demo is available

Drum VSTi's

FXpansion Guru - demo available

MOTU BPM - not sure if demo is available

Spectrasonics Stylus RMX - no demo

waldorf largo
dcam synth squad
trillian by spectrasonics
predator by rob papen
omnisphear by spectrasonics

i don't have too many vsts nor do i know when they were born. cryophonik can probably run off a huge list here

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Originally posted by cryophonik A few off the top of my head: Synths/Romplers: Tone2 Gladiator 2 - demo avaialable U-he Zebra 2 - demo available Camel Audio Alchemy (Additive/Spectral/Granular/Subtractive synth) - demo available Spectrasonics Omnisphere - no demo FabFilter Twin2 - demo available reFX Nexus (rompler) - not sure if a demo is available Lennard Digital Sylenth1 - demo available Waldorf Largo - not sure if demo is available FXpansion DCam Synth Squad - not sure if demo is available Drum VSTi's FXpansion Guru - demo available MOTU BPM - not sure if demo is available Spectrasonics Stylus RMX - no demo

of the top of your head +1 nice Cryo

Spectrasonics - Trilian
website

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Originally posted by DjStephenWiley predator by rob papen

Oh yeah, and SubBoomBass - demo available

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Originally posted by beniii Have you got sylenth1? If not have a look... Im not into big massive Vsts... sylenth is the happy medium for me EDIT: Also check SonicCharge Utonic (drum synth)

I have heard good things about it is it really 11mb?

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Originally posted by DjStephenWiley waldorf largo dcam synth squad trillian by spectrasonics predator by rob papen omnisphear by spectrasonics i don't have too many vsts nor do i know when they were born. cryophonik can probably run off a huge list here

thanks for letting me know about trillian.... spectronics for me are simply the bench mark when it comes to sound design.... eric persing is simply a genuis... for any one that doesnt not know who he is, well he basicially is the man that built roland....

...had to edit to say this.... there is a massive debate that could go one for years and will..... about hardware verse software well spectrasonics bridges that gap.... anyone that hasnt got any of there products.... check out there web site. Icant really describe how powerful and creativity these vsts are...

we had that debate here a few times...

Let's face that Software Sequencing and Digital audio is the only way forward in Electronic music. But now regarding synths, except for some examples named in this thread, if you find a piece of hardware gear that integrates into your software workflow, why not after all?

The main things I have against Spectrasonics are the cpu and hard drive space usage.

Yeah I find the hard drive reqirements prohibitive in a lot of cases. I'll probably never bother with spectrasonics because of this. I use a laptop and frankly just don't have that space to spare for a single plugin.

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Originally posted by Lolo The main things I have against Spectrasonics are the cpu and hard drive space usage.

Omnisphere is obviously a CPU and HD hog.

But, Atmosphere was/is pretty easy on the CPU in my experience and the library isn't too huge by today's standards (12GB IIRC). Stylus can take up a lot of HD space, especially with expansions, but I also have never had a problem with excessive CPU use there. I don't own Trilogy/Trillian, so I can't say, but I assume they both have sizable libraries - how are they on CPU?

Trillian is a bit slow sometimes. But certain patches go over 1GB in terms of space/memory, so it only makes sense you need to wait a bit

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Originally posted by Alekos I have heard good things about it is it really 11mb?

Yea its crazy, but it guess its only a single dual osc synth so?

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Originally posted by cryophonik Omnisphere is obviously a CPU and HD hog. But, Atmosphere was/is pretty easy on the CPU in my experience and the library isn't too huge by today's standards (12GB IIRC). Stylus can take up a lot of HD space, especially with expansions, but I also have never had a problem with excessive CPU use there. I don't own Trilogy/Trillian, so I can't say, but I assume they both have sizable libraries - how are they on CPU?

Atmosphere was only 6 Gb. But compared to Omnisphere it's a stupid Rompler. And yes it's light on cpu because it's from 2002 and it's monotimbral. It was great back in that time but it got a little bit old. And besides that, mac users don't have this choice as Spectrasonics have been unable to deliver a proper Universal Binary update so they had to get Omnisphere.

I'm about to look for an internal 500gb hd for my macbook pro because of omnisphere. I wish I could find sounds there more quickly, too. The categories system is well made for synth waveforms but for everything else it's a little bit vague and too crowded for me. Also I deeply regret that they didn't take it any further in terms of waveforms, and until today no expansions are available.

It could have become the only way-to-go workstation synth if only they had added more bread-and-butter sounds.

Too bad, it's probably the best synth out there, but it's kind of incomplete in terms of sound variety. We want guitar with all noises, and YES I want drums into omnisphere. I'm sure I'm not the only one. And NO, stylus RMX is not the answer because its synth engine is not the same. And Trillian... is for me just a pricey expansion library for omnisphere.

But enough whining, because besides that, I see only synth workstations do the same kind of stuff. And they cost a lot more money, and their wave expansions also do.

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