There's this thing I don't understand. Reading the forums I hear Sylenth Sylenth Sylenth x1000000 like it was the only vsti or one only one that's any good. How did it became like this? Tons of synths sound better to me in every way, some of which are free. Even when it came out there were Z3ta, Absynth, Reaktor to mention a few that were miles better. Even Pro-52 sounds better in my opinion, and that's been released about a decade before Sylenth. What am I not getting?

it was good when it came out
There was a crack around since day one
everyone started using it
pops up in interviews
and the soundbanks.

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It's the same with Pepsi and Coke. Coke is most popular even though Pepsi might actually taste better. Coke just spends more on advertising. Plus it's name immediately references the naughty ingredient that used to be in that beverage.

Although you are wasting your coin buying any fizzy drink. Best to get a can of coconut juice or bubble tea.

The interface is just so much easier compared to z3ta and other vsts, especially for beginners

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Just because you don't like the sound of it, it doesn't mean it sounds bad.

For it's intended market it's excellent.

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The sound is warmish, and there's too many soundbanks for it. Most of the soundbanks are redlining like a bitch, but what noob is gonna notice that when it sounds just like Gareth Emery, or whoever is the trance flavour of the month.

decent sound - some producers I know have sold their hardware after getting it - bit OTT but whatever floats your particular boat! very useable and easy to see how to get the best results out of it. cheap compared to some VSTs, doesnt chew up CPU and tonnes of decent banks for it. Whats not to like?

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it is a cool synth very stable

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Originally posted by studiobob decent sound - some producers I know have sold their hardware after getting it - bit OTT but whatever floats your particular boat! very useable and easy to see how to get the best results out of it. cheap compared to some VSTs, doesnt chew up CPU and tonnes of decent banks for it. Whats not to like?

the lack of phase control
the lack of modulation, i mean there is nothing really interesting what so ever in this regard
and the filter routing
the lack of control regarding envelopes
in fact the way they separate the synth into 2 pages for the second set of oscillators.

i've said this before but it does about 3-4 sounds. Every single bank sounds the same. If you want to sound like everyone else and use old dated sounds, then sure, this one is for you. But it is really just lacking in anything cool that makes you want to invest any time in it.

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Originally posted by Looney4Clooney But it is really just lacking in anything cool that makes you want to invest any time in it.

I think anyone who invests alot of time in sylenth1 would agree with you and move on anyways, to a more versatile synth.

Availability as a cracked ware and the number of YouTube tutorials.

The fact that the GUI is overly simple (it has just about as many parameters as a DJ mixer or deck control), makes it easier for people to feel comfortable using it when they (should) know that production and synthesis is very complex and difficult to master. A puny little GUI will make them feel safe. It doesn't even really resemble a true synth, for instance, I love the Jupiter 8v interface. It's not exactly simple, but the point isn't to be simple, it's to emulate the use of a real synthesizer.

A million soundbanks.

Thoughts:

http://soundcloud.com/markdenken

This is Mark Denken, and he uses only Sylenth. I actually quite like his stuff. Sometimes I can tell it's sylenth, other times I cannot. He heavily processes all of his sounds though as you can tell, which I think might be the key to using Sylenth. Any synth signal can be drastically altered by effects.

Apart from the aforementioned, I think that it is this new producer culture of laziness and simplicity. Like, load up some presets in Sylenth, maybe process them a little, lay in some loops, maybe cut them up a little, then just slam it all up against a limiter and throw it on Beatport.

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Originally posted by Evolve140 Apart from the aforementioned, I think that it is this new producer culture of laziness and simplicity. Like, load up some presets in Sylenth, maybe process them a little, lay in some loops, maybe cut them up a little, then just slam it all up against a limiter and throw it on Beatport.

You forgot the all-important step 1: act all condescending on Anjunabeats or KVR about how bad Nexus is because it's just a preset player and not really a synth, THEN go load up some Sylenth presets.

Sylenth1 - killer presets for trance guys who like to pretend that they know something about synthesis.






edit: for clarificaiton, that's not aimed at the guys who actually make presets for it - those guys are simply exploiting the laziness of people who don't actually twist knobs, and that's the way it should be.

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