nOkbient Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 I'm sure this has been asked before, but I'm in the market for some handy dandy new vsts! Fire away! Also, for me, it's either Synplant, or Serum. Synplant has a really organic sound that is super difficult to achieve in other synths. Serum just because I find the interface very intuitive. It's kind of replaced Massive as my heavy bass plugin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timaeus222 Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 I second Serum. Been using it too, lately, and I definitely find it really intuitive (and also replaced Massive for me. ). Ever used Zebra? I find that to be extremely versatile, and the synthesis interface displays in a well-organized manner IMO. I have two audio demos here if they interest you. http://tproductions.comeze.com/demos/Z2CombFilterDemo.mp3 http://tproductions.comeze.com/demos/Z2FMMotionDemo.mp3 And a video example: I've been using Zebra for over 3 years now, and I plan to keep using it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Necrox Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 Zebra, indeed. being able to do random-pitched 128th notes FTW Edit: Sample holding timaeus222 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esperado Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Zebralette is the smaller brother of Zebra and ive used it in almost every remix ive done. I just love the way it sounds on certain leads or pads. Its also free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexstyle Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Omnisphere and Kontakt. Now I can get whatever sound is in my head without actually having to program it from scratch every time. timaeus222 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yami Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Well, I'd say most of the Komplete set, before that I only used free plugins. But i'd really like to try Omnisphere, I've seen the demo videos, damn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timaeus222 Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Well, I'd say most of the Komplete set, before that I only used free plugins. But i'd really like to try Omnisphere, I've seen the demo videos, damn What did you find most useful in Komplete? (I say that because it's pretty large/broad) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yami Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 What did you find most useful in Komplete? (I say that because it's pretty large/broad) Massive and FM8 of course, the Kontakt libraries (Factory, Vintage Organs, the Pianos and the basses and the possibilities of expansion), Reaktor is fun, but difficult. And Guitar Rig has some of the nicest sounding compressors IMO. They are so broad, that they enabled me to experiment more, instead of being limited to a certain style But I'm still at version 8, so I can't say anything about newer additions timaeus222 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timaeus222 Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Massive and FM8 of course, the Kontakt libraries (Factory, Vintage Organs, the Pianos and the basses and the possibilities of expansion), Reaktor is fun, but difficult. And Guitar Rig has some of the nicest sounding compressors IMO. They are so broad, that they enabled me to experiment more, instead of being limited to a certain style But I'm still at version 8, so I can't say anything about newer additions Yeah, I love Guitar Rig as well. Although it is a guitar amp sim (and I do use it for guitars), I often use the Transient Master component in there for my drums. Yami 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rapidkirby3k Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 In 2009, a friend online who I won't mention suggested that I should try using reFX Nexus. I became hooked on it ever since. Although I also use Native Instruments, I wish I could try Omnisphere 2... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kat Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Probably Embertone's Friedlander Violin. I'd been mostly using free samples up to that point and hadn't properly been introduced to the wonders of round robin and velocity layers. And in turn Kontakt, because it opened up a world of affordable, expressive samples to me while also providing me with a nice set of samples for just about anything I need. I don't work with synths much though. I have dabbled a bit in Retro Machines MKII, but I couldn't tell you how it stacks up to other plugins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garpocalypse Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Yeah, I love Guitar Rig as well. Although it is a guitar amp sim (and I do use it for guitars), I often use the Transient Master component in there for my drums. Oddly enough I prefer to use Guitar Rig for synth leads instead of for guitars. I have Guitar Rig 4 and i find that the heads are usually good but the cabinet and mic sims are far from the best. Especially when you look at what you can get for free. It's also a huge disappointment that I can't use a fredman mic setup within Guitar Rig meanwhile fredman IR's have been free to obtain for years. While we are on the topic though. Recabinet is by far the most impressive Amp Sim plugin i've heard and it's price is extremely competitive. www.recabi.net So if you are looking for a good amp sim I couldn't recommend that one enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexstyle Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 FWIW, all the tones on this EP were with Guitar Rig 5, with the exception of the lead tone on "Toledo" (which was Waves GTR). https://outfoxband.bandcamp.com/releases Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelCityOutlaw Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Some of the best guitar plug-ins I've found are actually free amp-sims based on Engl Power/Fireballs and Peavy 5150 II's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakos Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Zebralette is the smaller brother of Zebra and ive used it in almost every remix ive done. I just love the way it sounds on certain leads or pads. Its also free. I don't know how you're able do it, it must be that I don't know how to use it properly but I'm unable to make a great use of it, and I want to know how to make a great use of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CelestialSonata Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 Komplete did it for me. When I got it, it blew my mind how much I could do with it. I relied mostly on using Kontakt strings and Absynth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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