I see names like:

Z3TA, Albino, FM8, Zebra 2, Massive, Pro-53, Nexus, Rapture, Predator, Vangard, V-Station, Absynth, Omnisphere, Atmosphere and Sylenth talked about consistently and a lot.

I see names like:
Hypersonic, Legacy Cell, Jupiter 8-V, Sytrus, Poizone, Morphine, Trilogy, CS-80v and Bass Station talked about a little less (except for image-line synths at FLs forums of course).

I see name like:
Gladiator (yes, its really not talked about a lot if you actually look) Genesis (awesome synth for sampling SF2 from to save CPU) and Blue. I mean seriously its out there but when is the last time someone posted about Blue or Genesis or Gladiator? Well I don't really like blue anyway.

So my "sleepers" would be
Genesis for sampling its powerful synths into soundfonts. That way I get same perfect sound w/out using any CPU.
Gladiator is beautiful and comes with over **1,200** patches. It will take you FOREVER to go through them all plus it uses a very rare and innovative form of synthesizing that no other synths do.
And Blue, well honestly I could do w/out it, its nothing special but really isn't talked about a lot imo. (compared to other synths)

Theres too much emphasis on new forms of oscillators IMO. Its very gimmicky.

So I tend to gravitate towards very dependable workhorse synths, which produce simple good sounds. The sounds you can make with a couple of oscillators, a filter and some envelopes and LFOs on each is remarkable.

That said, I think the arturia synths deserve a little more credit for emulating vintage synths really well; their Moog, Jupiter, CS 80 and arp 2600 emulations are great for those bread and butter sounds.

Reaktor definately deserves credit too. I'm with diginut on that.

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Originally posted by Subtle Alien 303, a must for psy basslines and acid lines, good filler for bass. Edit: Cybernetika this should be something you would like if u havent tested it yet.

just went to check it out, I've become a little tired of my ABL/VB-1 basslines, this might be exactly the thing I need.

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If your wanting nice sounding acid lines and all that I wold check out silverbox thats got some nice sounds.

its like the tb303

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Originally posted by Lunar Phase 7 The generic sound is hyperly overused though.

Yes, the generic sound is 'laziness' though.

I use the seperate modules if and when needed, great vst

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Originally posted by Ry Thomas Yes, the generic sound is 'laziness' though. I use the seperate modules if and when needed, great vst

Me too, I start with the preset functions on it then work them into something new.


My 'sleeper' would be Novation Bass Station. The odd stab here and there. My core synths are Sylenth, Vanguard, Atmosphere, Absynth 3. To be honest Sylenth and Vanguard are so versatile the only gap I had was rich sounding pads which are now handled by Atmosphere.

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agreed, as with all there plugins especially 1976 EQ and the rocket compressor.

synth wise, gforce oddity is one i been really utilizing lately.

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Re: Glitch and "generic" sounds:

I've used Glitch as a shortcut to some stutter edits in the past. But the methodology has always been to run it against the same loop for a good 5 minutes or so, running through about 10 different patterns, and then cut and splice the bits that sound interesting. Even then, it has a pretty obvious sound unless you massage it afterward.

It's basically doing half the work (that of actually cutting the original material and adding some stock effects), but you still have to do the other half (doing quality control, putting it back together again and making the transitions/overlays seamless).

Just throwing a Glitch on lickity-split, regardless of pattern, tends to sound pretty brutal.

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Originally posted by DigiNut Re: Glitch and "generic" sounds: I've used Glitch as a shortcut to some stutter edits in the past. But the methodology has always been to run it against the same loop for a good 5 minutes or so, running through about 10 different patterns, and then cut and splice the bits that sound interesting. Even then, it has a pretty obvious sound unless you massage it afterward. It's basically doing half the work (that of actually cutting the original material and adding some stock effects), but you still have to do the other half (doing quality control, putting it back together again and making the transitions/overlays seamless). Just throwing a Glitch on lickity-split, regardless of pattern, tends to sound pretty brutal. /OT

Sounds like a very labourious way of using it. I only tend to use it on small sections to add some interest, hence why I can afford to spend time tweaking it to sound right. The only time I used it extensively on a track was on a set of hats, and that was a loop i had tweaked from an intial glitch preset, but I had only just got glitch at that time so I was a bit overexcited by it!

I see gladiator as a sleeper, its hardly ever talked about it. Very unique synth, the sounds that you get out of it are really warm and rich.

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