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Sylenth1 vs Zebra2 (pg. 4)
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| TranceLover007 |
| quote: | Originally posted by cryophonik
Meanwhile, the OP has already sold Sylenth1 and is finishing off his third release with Zebra. |
Lol, too bad, he will be sorry in no time lol - in my latest track "A Promise" I almost exclusively use Sylenth sounds (except for this wobbly/morphing bass line which is Massive).
Still like Sylenth a lot but I may take a look at Zebra anyway.
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| Sensuerea |
| quote: | Originally posted by jayxthekoolest
Afrojack said he uses sylenth1 at least 95% of the time, and Arty said he mainly uses sylenth1. Deadmau5 said sylenth1 is a piece of but used it on his latest record the Veldt. Tiesto's producers almost exclusively use sylenth1 - they also use the animoog for some sounds. These are just facts. Listen to their tracks and decide for yourself.
The people above have strong opinions but have you listened to the music they produce? |
Orjan Nilsen called it a 'software Virus'. |
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| cryophonik |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sensuerea
Orjan Nilsen called it a 'software Virus'. |
Anybody with a ing brain and any knowledge of synthesis knows that Sylenth1 is no comparison to a Virus. |
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| Looney4Clooney |
A - Zebra can do anything Sylenth can do.
B - Sylenth can only do a very small % of what Zebra can do
C- The cost is similar
if you are going to buy one , the sane choice is Zebra. The only reason Sylenth keeps showing up in EDM is because it was out first and was immediately popular, it is simple which is good but bad. All those artists mentioned tend to use cliche sounds that people were using a decade ago.
The guys that are actually doing cool sound design, they are not using Sylenth.
So you have one synth that has more support, more features,sounds better and covers everything the other one does and costs the same. Why would anyone in their right mind chose sylenth today if forced to chose. |
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| Sensuerea |
| quote: | Originally posted by cryophonik
Anybody with a ing brain and any knowledge of synthesis knows that Sylenth1 is no comparison to a Virus. |
I wonder if he would agree with you. I'm pretty sure that 'software Virus' were his exact words. Personally, I'm not saying that is sounds like Virus nor that it is better than Zebra. |
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| Looney4Clooney |
lol
you have to understand people used the word Virus for anything that did not sound bad. People called that synth that Cakewalk bought the virus, they called sylenth the virus , basically any soft synth that could do detuned trance leads , has been called the virus soft synth.
they sound nothing alike. at all. |
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| tehlord |
| quote: | Originally posted by Looney4Clooney
A - Zebra can do anything Sylenth can do.
B - Sylenth can only do a very small % of what Zebra can do
C- The cost is similar
if you are going to buy one , the sane choice is Zebra. The only reason Sylenth keeps showing up in EDM is because it was out first and was immediately popular, it is simple which is good but bad. All those artists mentioned tend to use cliche sounds that people were using a decade ago.
The guys that are actually doing cool sound design, they are not using Sylenth.
So you have one synth that has more support, more features,sounds better and covers everything the other one does and costs the same. Why would anyone in their right mind chose sylenth today if forced to chose. |
Yes, but cool sound design isn't always necessary.
And I disagree that Zebra can do everything Sylenth does, simply because it doesn't have the same distortion section which is part of the Sylenth 'sound'
Good old Sylenth is a one trick pony, and it's that trick that keeps people coming back, not the fact that it was first out. Dune came out later and promised the same and more, but it still didn't have the same raw fizz that Sylenth has. The only think that really comes close is Massive, and that's my other new goto alongside Sylenth.
Your argument is the same as as those buying an Alfa Romeo over a BMW. The latter is better in every measurable way, apart from whatever X factor people find in Alfas, or at least used to. |
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| cryophonik |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sensuerea
I wonder if he would agree with you. |
I don't know who he is and I don't care if he would agree with me. I own both, I'm probably older and more experienced than him, and I have the ability to read and comprehend a spec sheet. At the source level alone, Sylenth does not come close to a Virus. Sylenth only has the basic oscillators - sine, square, saw, triangle, noise. The Virus has all that plus hundreds of wavetables, more available oscillators and suboscillators, better FM and PWM capabilities, etc. and we haven't even started comparing the filter selections, LFOs, modulation, etc. There is no comparison, we're talking straight up facts here. Sylenth1 is not like a Virus by any quantifiable standards. It's an idiotic statement. |
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| TranceElevation |
Is not only a matter of feautures and complexity. Sylenth just sounds bad. Is harsh, lousy and cheesy. A rompler as Nexus would piss on it in terms of sound quality.
The best soft synth ever made was/is camel audio's Alchemy. |
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| Deillon |
| quote: | Originally posted by TranceElevation
Is not only a matter of feautures and complexity. Sylenth just sounds bad. Is harsh, lousy and cheesy. A rompler as Nexus would piss on it in terms of sound quality.
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Nexus is still the mother of all cheese. |
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| jsrobinson |
| Nothing seems to get close to the MS-20. Other than the MS-20. |
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| Looney4Clooney |
| quote: | Originally posted by tehlord
Yes, but cool sound design isn't always necessary.
And I disagree that Zebra can do everything Sylenth does, simply because it doesn't have the same distortion section which is part of the Sylenth 'sound'
Good old Sylenth is a one trick pony, and it's that trick that keeps people coming back, not the fact that it was first out. Dune came out later and promised the same and more, but it still didn't have the same raw fizz that Sylenth has. The only think that really comes close is Massive, and that's my other new goto alongside Sylenth.
Your argument is the same as as those buying an Alfa Romeo over a BMW. The latter is better in every measurable way, apart from whatever X factor people find in Alfas, or at least used to. |
zebra just has more forms of distortion but it can do the same if you experiment. I'm comparing a BMW car that runs on oxygen that houses a gatling gun and rear concussion grenade launcher to a grass green automatic Hundai hat has a baby seat you can't remove. The bmw also comes equipped with a cloaking device, a HUD that identifies chinese drivers and remote drone control for the kids. |
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