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offline AphexAcid from Sweden on 2010-03-12 12:30 [#02371239]
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hullo,

what kind of software synthesizers do you use, and what's
its use?

i've heard alot of good things about absynth, and it's been
mentioned here a couple of times.

what would you recommend, and why?

here's a cat video for your time.

thank you.


 

offline khrimson from the fridge on 2010-03-12 13:10 [#02371242]
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absynth is very good for pads with its waveshapers and comb
filtering, what I like most is the intuitive evelopes. Other
NI stuff is refined aswell , especially Massive for bass
patches (it's very CPU hungry though) and FM8 for leads and
percussive synths,

u-he zebra2 is another great piece of software, a modular
synth with awesome sound quality, it's definetly worth
leaning how to program it. It was used by hans zimmer for
batman soundtrack.

then there's of course a lot of free vsts for any purpose


 

offline AphexAcid from Sweden on 2010-03-12 13:12 [#02371243]
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thanks, khrimson. much appreciated.


 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2010-03-12 13:34 [#02371249]
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I can't say enough good things about Fabfilter One. If you
play it with a midi controller and set the velocity to
affect the filter cutoff, it's like the damn thing's alive.
It grunts and growls and screams. Dead easy to program too -
it's one big sweet spot.


 

offline larn from PLANET E (United Kingdom) on 2010-03-12 13:58 [#02371252]
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fm8 is similar to absynth also made by NI

As Khrimson said, Zebra is a really cool synth, you can do
quite allot with it and it's compact and easy to use


 

offline Fah from Netherlands, The on 2010-03-12 14:17 [#02371255]
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I actually use only one synth that i haven't made myself,
and that's the mda JX10, which is an absolutely lovely
synth. I made several poly and mono synths that all have a
certain purpose for me, there's an FM synth and a better FM
drummachine than i had before, an old and ploppy beat style
normal drummachine, several polysynths, a monosynth that i
like to call 'The Fahtacon' and has very emulated 'analog'
sound, and i currently made my own modular synth that
literally are seperate modules as individual plugins that
you can link together by audio in and output (only to be
used in EnergyXT) and this is what it sounds like.
I made it for EnergyXT because i can use it as a vst in
another program. Next to that i use hardware synths as well.


 

offline Zephyr Twin from ΔΔΔ on 2010-03-12 16:20 [#02371284]
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That reminds me of Metroid.


 

offline Sano on 2010-03-12 18:25 [#02371321]
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Nice lab Fah.


 

offline Indeksical from Phobiazero Damage Control (United Kingdom) on 2010-03-12 19:44 [#02371333]
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Synth1 is literally the only thing I use these days.

I have Fahtacon and keep meaning to get down and dirty with
it. I promise I will next week.


 

offline Indeksical from Phobiazero Damage Control (United Kingdom) on 2010-03-12 19:46 [#02371336]
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I used to use atlantis as well.


 

offline Fah from Netherlands, The on 2010-03-13 21:45 [#02371613]
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I'm very curious to what you'll do with it, be sure to male
me something <3


 

offline pulseclock from Downtown 81 on 2010-03-13 21:51 [#02371614]
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Are you rounding up XLT music-makers for an album of some
sort ? I'd like to contribute.


 

offline Fah from Netherlands, The on 2010-03-13 22:11 [#02371615]
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Does that mean you want to try the Fahtacon? I'm sort of
giving away some plugins here and there to see what people
can do with it without me knowing this was even possible to
do so.


 

offline pulseclock from Downtown 81 on 2010-03-13 22:20 [#02371616]
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I was thinking more along the lines of some album artwork.
I'm trying to trim the fat from my life right now, and
making music falls in that category. If the album is a
decent comp, i wuld love to do some great artwork for it.


 

offline Fah from Netherlands, The on 2010-03-13 22:49 [#02371622]
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you're noted, my friend


 

offline doctordmx from Boogers & Boners on 2010-03-13 23:20 [#02371631]
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fahcid i wantz to play can i can i can i


 

offline Fah from Netherlands, The on 2010-03-13 23:39 [#02371639]
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LAZY_TITLE


 

offline doctordmx from Boogers & Boners on 2010-03-14 03:34 [#02371717]
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THANK YOU WILL INVESTIGATE


 

offline doctordmx from Boogers & Boners on 2010-03-14 04:28 [#02371721]
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shit man this is almost like an sh-2 just with a bunch more
modulation options. Very nice on cpu as well. Sounds great
too. I made a very nice bass patch right off the bat and it
is thick and nasty.

PROPS. I reckon I will send you something when I'm done if
you'd like.


 

offline AphexAcid from Sweden on 2010-03-14 16:22 [#02371768]
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thanks, people. i take my hat off for you.


 

offline Fah from Netherlands, The on 2010-03-14 23:33 [#02371798]
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send away when you're done


 


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