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What are the best VSTs out there now? (pg. 3)
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| Beatflux |
| quote: | Originally posted by asdfg
i think we should settle this the old fashioned way, with a supersaw thread. |
We already ing had one of those! :P |
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| KilldaDJ |
| quote: | Originally posted by asdfg
i think we should settle this the old fashioned way, with a supersaw thread. |
i'll fight you |
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| Andy28 |
| quote: | Originally posted by kitphillips
^^^ Wonder how you'd feel about omnisphere...
Good sample libraries are far more important than lots of VSTs IMO. Most VSTs sound the same, most sample libraries are unique.
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Got to agree with this.. Yes there is a load id probs never use but there is so much good stuff on it and its all top quality sound, clear as hell, something that without alot of processing, you dont get with alot of vst's. For me, its well worth 70gb on my hard drive! |
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
I'm kind of tired of things sounding so clear. I like stuff that sounds hacked together, sampled, or personally recorded, not something that sounds lifted straight out of a pristine high budget rompler library.
Just a matter of taste. |
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| EddieZilker |
| quote: | Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
I'm kind of tired of things sounding so clear. I like stuff that sounds hacked together, sampled, or personally recorded, not something that sounds lifted straight out of a pristine high budget rompler library.
Just a matter of taste. |
Here you go:
http://www.mediafire.com/?rznj22ep9tl
Horrid sound quality by my standards, today (f'ing hopefully). |
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| Vlad |
Does anyone have any experience with a guitar vst?
I want to try and attempt something with an acoustic guitar. |
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| cryophonik |
| quote: | Originally posted by Vlad
Does anyone have any experience with a guitar vst?
I want to try and attempt something with an acoustic guitar. |
If you have Kontakt, there are several good acoustic libraries available for it from Orange Tree, Indiginus, Pettinhouse, etc. There's also Strum from Applied Acoustics Systems (AAS), which is pretty popular. Personally, I think Kontakt and Indiginus blow it away - check out Strum Maker 2 on the Indiginus website and see for yourself. Great price, too.
As far as the "best" VST, goes, I don't think that it's possible to define one since each one has its own sets of pros/cons and strengths/weaknesses, but several of my favorites have all been mentioned: Omnisphere, Alchemy, Gladiator 2, etc. I have to echo the points about Komplete, though - it's hard (impossible IMO) to beat that package with any one synth. |
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| Derivative |
I gotta say that u-he ACE is fast becoming my favourite synth of all time, ever. It sounds amazing - better than most of the analogue synths I've owned. The UI is clean and easy to navigate and like proper analogue synths theres no difference between audio signal and control signal so you can use pretty much anything with an output as a modulator and anything with an input as a destination.
The LFOs are insane plus they can go audio rate. And not like 'hey my uber hardware has LFOs that can cycle up to 2khz!' or some . I mean ACE LFOs can go up to 20khz and can function exactly as oscillators so you can sac both LFOs and have 4 VCOs if you want. It has the best sounding analog modelled filter ever.
The demo noise burst is not obtrusive - just a low level vinyl crackling sound so its completely usable without pissing you off. I'm gonna buy it on my card now cuz its only 69 euro. It makes me feel like a dumbass for spending triple and quadruple figures on analogue sound modules.
It is absolutely the best analogue modelling synth I've ever used in terms of sounding and behaving like an analogue synth. OP-X gets second place. |
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| DjStephenWiley |
| I've really cut down on my VST usage as I'm trying to focus on using a limited amount of instruments. Can't live without Trillian and Nexus 2 though. Nexus 2 is expensive though, so be prepared to fork over some $$$. It'll save you a lot of time though if you are not interested in becoming a professional sound designer. (Not everybody wants or can learn to be a sound designer, mix engineer, composer, etc) - I used to despise the Nexus/ROM's because I thought they were a cheap way out, but there will come a point when you most likely realize that you just don't have the time to learn how to do every single thing involved with producing a track. Heck, most of these "big" name DJ's have multiple ghost engineers and writers, so if you are one of those who aspire to be like them, grab Nexus 2 and find you a ghost engineer or even composer. Get the main ideas down in your sequencer and make them finish the rest. lol |
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
| quote: | Originally posted by Derivative
I gotta say that u-he ACE is fast becoming my favourite synth of all time, ever. It sounds amazing - better than most of the analogue synths I've owned. The UI is clean and easy to navigate and like proper analogue synths theres no difference between audio signal and control signal so you can use pretty much anything with an output as a modulator and anything with an input as a destination.
The LFOs are insane plus they can go audio rate. And not like 'hey my uber hardware has LFOs that can cycle up to 2khz!' or some . I mean ACE LFOs can go up to 20khz and can function exactly as oscillators so you can sac both LFOs and have 4 VCOs if you want. It has the best sounding analog modelled filter ever.
The demo noise burst is not obtrusive - just a low level vinyl crackling sound so its completely usable without pissing you off. I'm gonna buy it on my card now cuz its only 69 euro. It makes me feel like a dumbass for spending triple and quadruple figures on analogue sound modules.
It is absolutely the best analogue modelling synth I've ever used in terms of sounding and behaving like an analogue synth. OP-X gets second place. |
Sounds quite tasty.
I formatted my hard drive recently and am trying to figure out which VSTs I want to install this time around. I think I'll give this one a test run. |
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| kitphillips |
| quote: | Originally posted by DjStephenWiley
I've really cut down on my VST usage as I'm trying to focus on using a limited amount of instruments. Can't live without Trillian and Nexus 2 though. Nexus 2 is expensive though, so be prepared to fork over some $$$. It'll save you a lot of time though if you are not interested in becoming a professional sound designer. (Not everybody wants or can learn to be a sound designer, mix engineer, composer, etc) - I used to despise the Nexus/ROM's because I thought they were a cheap way out, but there will come a point when you most likely realize that you just don't have the time to learn how to do every single thing involved with producing a track. Heck, most of these "big" name DJ's have multiple ghost engineers and writers, so if you are one of those who aspire to be like them, grab Nexus 2 and find you a ghost engineer or even composer. Get the main ideas down in your sequencer and make them finish the rest. lol |
Well I guess it depends if you want to be the next armin van buuren. I'd personally rather be the next Jeff Mills/joris voorn. I don't think you'll find him using nexus.
Incidentally, I'd recommend you stay away from that stuff if you want the old school sound too. You probably knew that already... |
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| owien |
| quote: | Originally posted by kitphillips
Incidentally, I'd recommend you stay away from that stuff if you want the old school sound too. You probably knew that already... |
no way ive been getting that old school sound out of nexus stephen can to if he tunes his ears in |
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