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Absolutely, but then again so is the music industry.

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Absolutely 100%.

And to me about 95% of them all sound the same, its only the high end lines that really sound "brighter" sonically. But the rest imo just need to burn.

Next goal on my list is to actually wipe out most of my softsynths (narrow it down to my 3 favorite) and also clean up my sample base.
Starting to def make that "less is more" transition. Might have taken 6 years to understand but yeh its getting out of control.

If you're not bringing anything new or original to the market, no point of having it imo. And it only really winds up giving new producers the wrong idea.

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The market doesnt really look at things as "subtractive, fm, sample based, granular". They'll buy what sounds good and is practical. I doubt many even know they are dealing with a subtractive synth or an fm based synth, they just see sliders and parameters that make sounds change. Product wise there is plenty to choose from, but there are still too few amazing sounding VSTs in those choices. So there is plenty of room for more substractive synths, if they do things to improve the sound quality.

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tbh i agree with robby on this less is more but that doesn't create sales now does it?

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I'd say the future lay in specialist dedicated synths that focus on ONE task.

Suboombass is an example of a specialist product that saves me time having to trawl for a good bass sound. I've just bought this and it's damned hot.

Next we need one JUST for killer leads.
One just for pads. The string machine by gforce is based on old solina type sounds, but we need a dedicated string beast for those searing sizzling trance pads.

Next one just for fx - meaning practical sweeps etc. I know there are sample packs for this but for me they dont give enough control for example over the release time.

One just for rolling mid bass and arps.

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So no!

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There are definitely way too many subtractive soft synths right now. I think I might have like 3 or 4.

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I think no, though my experience with them is limited. I think that variations in there many spur creativity from all angles which lead to future developments!

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