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Trance Synth VST Question?

Hey Guys,

I'm new to the board, so first and foremost, I just wanted to say hello to everyone in the Trance Addict community.

Second, I had a question about VST's.

I'm trying to construct a list of what experienced Trance Producers/DJ's would consider to be the best/top VST Plugins for Trance production...to be more specific, for creating those classic trance synth leads.

I'm aware of the fact that the general opinion may be that soft synths haven't quite caught up to the sound that we all came to love from hard synths (Access Virus, Nord Lead, Novation Supernova, Novation A-Station, JP-8080, Waldorf...etc)

But I just wanted to know from you guys, what some of you thought were the best VST/Soft synth plugins for creating synth leads, or for just creating Trance music in general.

So if you're a fan of hardware but you had to go with a few plugins instead, what would your choices be.

ATB (Ecstasy), Ian Van Dahl (Try, Without You), Paul Van Dyke (Another Way), DJ Encore (High on Life)...are references to the type of synth/arp sounds I'm interested in creating.

Thanks

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Vanguard, nexus, V-station, zebra, massive, etc...etc..

Hey buddy,

Do you rank them in that particular order?

I'm just curious!

Thanks for the response BTW

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Originally posted by Kevy Kev http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...p?s=&forumid=48 Vanguard, nexus, V-station, zebra, massive, etc...etc..

No I do not. IMO there is no best synth out there, to each their own and use whatever you care comfortable with.

Nexus has some decent trance sounds.

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Originally posted by Subtle Nexus has some decent trance sounds.

I'm curious to know how Z3ta and Sylenth 1 compare to some of the top cross platform VST/plugins.
I'm on a Mac so I haven't had the opportunity to try them out.

it's not what you use, it's HOW you use it.

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Originally posted by DJ-Cavity I'm curious to know how Z3ta and Sylenth 1 compare to some of the top cross platform VST/plugins. I'm on a Mac so I haven't had the opportunity to try them out.

its nowhere compared to NI's stuff (if you got those...), but they are pretty decent...

adventus vst, v-station

theres alot seriously..

but i just bought a VIRUS synth so .. hahaha

just remember that everyone thought the Roland TB-303 and TR-808/909 sounded horrible in the early 80's - now just look at how many hardware and software emulators there are for those instruments!

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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Originally posted by DJMaytag just remember that everyone thought the Roland TB-303 and TR-808/909 sounded horrible in the early 80's - now just look at how many hardware and software emulators there are for those instruments! Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

This is of course very true...getting the most out of what you have should obviously be ones upmost priority.

But having said that, there "IMO" often times are certain software/hardware...etc that may be better suited for accomplishing certain tasks, depending on what it is you are trying to do...which can in turn save you time...which can be a big deal if you're a person that's joggling multiple projects.

There are some VST's that at first glance seem complicated and may require a bit of a learning curve, but are in the long run better suited for designing and creating detailed custom patches...with their only limitations being your imagination and your knowledge, skill and/or ability to know what you're doing enough to take advantage of them.

There are others that may be a bit more easy to learn, but these may not have great flexibility when it comes to sound manipulation (how many oscillators, envelope generators, what can be routed to what...what can be used to modulate what...etc), but may "out of the box" already have good enough sounding presets for you to do what it is you are trying to accomplish. You may not have great control over sound manipulation but you most likely will be able to make some tweaks and adjustments to sounds...even if what you are able to do is rather limited.

Up until recently, I've primarily used Reason (Subtractor, Malstrom and Thor) to construct my own custom synths which I than save as Combinators...but since I'm planning on making the jump to Ableton Live (and VST's are now a real option for me) I'm now considered purchasing some VST plugins specifically designed for trance synth leads and analog synth sounds.

After I'm finish gathering enough information on which ones are regarded as the top ones (I'm looking for a few key elements, a VST that has great sounding presets, and/or has great sounding commercial sounds that could be purchased for it when I want to expand, a VST that is great sounding but also gives me the flexibility that is needed for extensive sound design with versatile modulation routing, and perhaps a intuitive VST that combines great sounds with great sound design capabilities)

I will download demo versions and test them out myself.

Maybe I'll find something that has the sounds/flexibility that I'm looking for...great sounds are obviously great inspiration for new song ideas...
...Or perhaps maybe I don't and just choose to settle for rewiring Reason to Ableton Live without purchasing anything new.

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