What are some MUST HAVE VST's (Soft synths/effects/etc)

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Posted by farris on Dec-11-2007 09:16:

quote:
Originally posted by DJ Robby Rox
Synths I use:

Z3ta (for mostly leads and pads)
Pro-53 (mostly bass, seldomly leads)
FM-7 (for only bass)
V-Station (leads & bass)
Albino 3 (everything, seems to have all the sounds I can't get with z3ta)
Vanguard (sometimes bass, gates & arps, but MOSTLY I use vanguard to layer a synth from z3ta to thicken the sound)
Sytrus (the only synth I really know how to program, I can get a wide variety of sounds with this one but I particularly love the pads and crisp synths)
Toxic III (has a sharp overtone to everything, use sometimes for thos nasty leads)
Poizone (mostly arps)
Absynth 3 (for my weird intro, outro and sweep sounds)
Minimoog (love this little dude, nice sounds for bass)

Wow! Do you really need all 11 of them

Posted by TaylorR on Dec-11-2007 11:34:

ImpOSCar- The sounds this thing can produce is absolutely amazing.
Synth 1- One of the better (if not the best) free synths i've tried. loads of presets floating around the web for this as well....

Posted by a-L-u on Dec-11-2007 12:22:

as already mentioned above nothing is must have but my most important softsynths are absolutely 1)zebra been using it since version 1 and...2) v-station

Posted by T-Soma on Dec-11-2007 12:46:

Does anyone have Native Instruments Komplete?
Or Komplete + Kore?

Posted by thecYrus on Dec-11-2007 13:23:

quote:
Originally posted by T-Soma
Does anyone have Native Instruments Komplete?
Or Komplete + Kore?

yes, komplete is a great package!

Posted by alanzo on Dec-11-2007 14:48:

VIRUSControl VSTi... I use it for, like, everything!

EDIT:

Well, that and Nexus.. so +1 for Nexus. Basically, I use Virus for the sounds I want to change/create.. and Nexus as filler.

Before Nexus there was Atmosphere/Trilogy... both are still good, but I definitely don't use them as often now that Nexus is available.

EDIT2:

The great thing about ROMplers (Nexus, Atmosphere, Trilogy are all sample based) is that there is very little CPU usage. I have 10+ instances of them on some of my tracks (layers mostly).

Posted by Eric J on Dec-11-2007 15:17:

Logic built-in instruments and effects.

Posted by LENG on Jan-28-2008 15:20:

now why no one mentions about 3xosc?
i'm trying to use it for almost everything

Posted by Lolo on Jan-28-2008 17:19:

Operator, Zebra CM, and Reaktor.

Posted by bobbysavage on Jan-29-2008 16:05:

vsti
discovery
reaktor

fx
tbk1
SiR

Posted by Johnny Cache on Feb-02-2008 13:17:

Spectrasonics Trilogy for Bass
Albino for Chords (best Trance Synth in the whole world)
NI Kore for anything else

Plugins:
Waves Rennaissance EQ and Comp + Rennaissence Verb
TC Native Bundle
Waves SSL Bundle for Groups.

Posted by Nemesis44 on Feb-02-2008 19:42:

Got so much gear sitting on my machine it's unreal.

Nexus (Some people slate this synth but it's great even though its a rompler, can still get a great amount of versatility out of it). Don't just use the sounds as they are or you will sound like everyone else.
Z3Ta (Although I use the old 1.3 as something weird happened on the later versions and it doesn't sound as good in my ears).
FM7
Pro-53
Zebra
Superwave 8 thingy, great free synth for leads.
Spectrasonics Atmosphere

Effects are key and you need a good compressor as they really do make a difference to the overall sound.

PSP Vintage Warmer
BBE Sonic Maximizer (One of the best effects out there, can really clean up that sound).
Waves Bundle - Just love this package, truly versatile and sounds great.
Camel Phatt
Ohm Boyz Oh my god - Crazy filtering and can be found for free in Computer Music DVD. Adds wicked harmonics and can really brutalize the sound.

A whole heap of other stuff too but I only use a fraction of what I have these days. It's better to learn one or two synths well than to keep on going for new synths for the presets.

Cheers
Nem

Posted by Johnny Cache on Feb-02-2008 20:29:

I�m just trying to get my hands on that Nexus thing. Sounds hot. Especially as I really love the Spectrasonics Romplers, like Trilogy.

Another plugin I use regularly is The Grand for Piano-Things.

I also agree on the Compressors-Thing. My personal favourite is the TC Native Compressor I can really recommend to try out that package. It also has a nice reverb, a great destortion / sonic destructor and a wierd modulation plugin. All great quality!
I also like the Vintage Warmer but I don�t use it a lot when I do electronic music. I use it a lot on basses when I mix rock music.

But one thing I�ve noticed is that the typical approach for compression, making the drums pound like hell, is not that important in trance. Most Samples are very well compressed and sound good like they are. The important thing is using a lot of sidechaining...

If you compare this to "traditional" sound engineering you do when working with bands, its really a completely different way.+

Another important thing is mastering or the final compression of the master output.
I use Waves C4, L3 and some other secret plugins

Posted by Nemesis44 on Feb-03-2008 11:45:

quote:
Originally posted by Johnny Cache
The important thing is using a lot of sidechaining...

If you compare this to "traditional" sound engineering you do when working with bands, its really a completely different way.+

Another important thing is mastering or the final compression of the master output.
I use Waves C4, L3 and some other secret plugins

Yup agree on that too. Waves C4 and L3 here too.

I also use Sidekick by twisted Lemon a lot. Great tool as a lot of DAWs don't support true sidechaining.

Cheers
Nem

Posted by Johnny Cache on Feb-03-2008 13:08:

yes, the sidekick, superb tool. im still stuck to pc and cubase sx 3 - no many for a decent mac and software - so i need something to do the sidechaining to bad you can only use four instances of it...

Posted by cristianokeller on Nov-29-2008 18:12:

.:instruments.

* Roland JP-8000 and Juno-G (hardware)
* All Logic Pro 8 toys
* reFX Nexus and Vanguard
* Novation V-station
* Lennar Digital Sylenth 1
* NI Battery 3, Massive and FM 8
* Rob Papen Albino 3, Predator and Blue
* Arturia Minimoog V, CS-80 V and ARP-2600 V

.:effects.

* All Logic Pro 8 toys
* Wave Arts TrackPlug, Masterverb and Panorama
* SlimSlowSlider Sidechain Compressor
* Sonalksis Bundle
* Camel Audio Camel Phat and Camel Space
* TriTone Digital ColorTone Pro
* ArtsAcoustic Reverb
* Audio Damage DubStation, RoughRider, Kombinat, 914 and Reverence
* Izotope Ozone and Radius (warp algorithm for Logic)

These are the ones that I'm really loving today

Posted by XDR on Nov-30-2008 02:04:

Some of my favorite stuff right now:

LennarDigital Sylenth1
Tone2 Gladiator
Camel Space & Camel Phat
Tone2 Warmverb
Brainworx bx_digital
ArtsAcoustic Reverb
iZotope Radius

and of course:

Logic Studio & Ableton Life

Posted by Eric J on Nov-30-2008 02:13:

Gotta give it up for one more VST instrument that's been dominating my productions as of late:

Arturia Minimoog V. Sounds absolutely outstanding. Of course it doesn't sound exactly the same as a real Minimoog, but its pretty close, and it does a few things that a real minimoog cannot, like be polyphonic. I'm always happy when I can get that polymoog sound from anything, since a real minimoog is monophonic (and a real polymoog is rare, expensive and unreliable). If nothing else, download the demo and listen to a polyphonic Moog pad. It sounds like nothing else! Can be a bit buggy at times, but the results are worth it!

Posted by Nicolas Oliver on Nov-30-2008 03:52:

Synth: NI Massive

Effects: PSP Vintage Warmer, PSP MixBass2, Waves L2, Big Tick Nasty Shaper

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