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| Katella |
| Have been out of the production game for a minute so just wanted to get a quick update on what the latest is as far as production gear goes. Is everyone still using FL Studio with a bunch of synth plug-ins like Zebra 2, Nexus, Gladiator, Omnisphere, etc.? How/where are producers getting their leads and lush pads/strings from now? I currently have FL Studio 10 set up on my PC do I need to upgrade? Would appreciate any info, thanks! |
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| tehlord |
I'm not sure if anybody uses FL here let alone everybody, but it'll do.
You can use any synth plugins you want, it's really down to preference. |
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| cryophonik |
| quote: | Originally posted by Katella
Zebra 2, Nexus, Gladiator, Omnisphere, etc. |
All still widely used and plenty capable of getting you the latest sounds. I think the biggest releases in synths that you may have missed are some of the analog emulations, like U-he Diva, Native Instruments Monark, and (to a lesser extent) Tone2 Saurus. There's been a bit of a surge in additive synths (e.g., Air Music's Loom, Image Line Harmor, NI Razor)in the past few years, too.
Oh, and in case you missed it, there was this god-awful fad called dubstep that lasted about 3 weeks before OD'ing on itself, but it made NI Massive more popular than ever. :toothless |
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| evo8 |
| Omnisphere still seems to be popular - you also have Sylenth1, DIVA and the TAL stuff plus many many more |
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| JPaulizle |
| I been using Monark for subass and its def cutting edge stuff. Its new and you should give atry. |
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| Lucidity |
| Serum! Beast of a synth, it is now my go to synth. |
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| DJ RANN |
| quote: | Originally posted by cryophonik
Oh, and in case you missed it, there was this god-awful fad called dubstep that lasted about 3 weeks before OD'ing on itself, but it made NI Massive more popular than ever. :toothless |
Actually, I have a pretty well founded conspiracy theory that NI were, erm, instrumental (sorry) in birthing Dubstep....
About 7 years ago, one of my composer friends said he met this music software developer girl who was working on new synths/patches/samples for a company that she didn't want to name.
Reason being was that this company had done a ton of market research and figured that you could basically create a sub genre then magically have all the products (synths, fx, patches etc) all ready to ride that wave.
He played me some of the music she'd been paid to developand it was a primitive form of Dubstep.
I'm not saying that Dubstep was created by NI; it happened a little more organically than that, but as soon as people started making it, NI somehow had all the tools ready and if you had to name one synth (or even patch) that characterized dubstep, it would be Massive (and you know the pacth). |
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| Katella |
All - thanks so much for the responses and advice. Looks like I'll just keep my FL Studio 10 and maybe beef up the synths. The only separate synth I bought back in 2012 was Zebra2 so I've really only used that and Sytrus which came with the FL bundle. I'll probably look at getting Omnisphere and Nexus2.
Man I remember back in the late 90's/early 2000's when I did most of my producing, it was all about hardware and more hardware. At the height of my setup I probably had around 7-8 hard synths - Access Virus C (what a beast!), Nord Lead, Roland Juno 106, JP-8000, Yamaha CS6x, etc. running through 2 Yamaha 01v's and sequencing with Steinberg Cubase. Fun times but a lot more convenient now... |
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| evo8 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Katella
All - thanks so much for the responses and advice. Looks like I'll just keep my FL Studio 10 and maybe beef up the synths. The only separate synth I bought back in 2012 was Zebra2 so I've really only used that and Sytrus which came with the FL bundle. I'll probably look at getting Omnisphere and Nexus2.
Man I remember back in the late 90's/early 2000's when I did most of my producing, it was all about hardware and more hardware. At the height of my setup I probably had around 7-8 hard synths - Access Virus C (what a beast!), Nord Lead, Roland Juno 106, JP-8000, Yamaha CS6x, etc. running through 2 Yamaha 01v's and sequencing with Steinberg Cubase. Fun times but a lot more convenient now... |
There has been a resurgence in hardware in the last couple of years - particularly in analog monosynths
Im using a Nord Rack 2X myself, great little synth |
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| tehlord |
| quote: | Originally posted by Katella
All - thanks so much for the responses and advice. Looks like I'll just keep my FL Studio 10 and maybe beef up the synths. The only separate synth I bought back in 2012 was Zebra2 so I've really only used that and Sytrus which came with the FL bundle. I'll probably look at getting Omnisphere and Nexus2.
Man I remember back in the late 90's/early 2000's when I did most of my producing, it was all about hardware and more hardware. At the height of my setup I probably had around 7-8 hard synths - Access Virus C (what a beast!), Nord Lead, Roland Juno 106, JP-8000, Yamaha CS6x, etc. running through 2 Yamaha 01v's and sequencing with Steinberg Cubase. Fun times but a lot more convenient now... |
Personally I wouldn't bother with Nexus. It's very overpriced and VERY samey. Omnisphere is definitely worth the money though. It's packed with lush.
And yes, hardware is still very valid. It's just less convenient as you say. |
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| inversoundzzz |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ RANN
Actually, I have a pretty well founded conspiracy theory that NI were, erm, instrumental (sorry) in birthing Dubstep....
About 7 years ago, one of my composer friends said he met this music software developer girl who was working on new synths/patches/samples for a company that she didn't want to name.
Reason being was that this company had done a ton of market research and figured that you could basically create a sub genre then magically have all the products (synths, fx, patches etc) all ready to ride that wave.
He played me some of the music she'd been paid to developand it was a primitive form of Dubstep.
I'm not saying that Dubstep was created by NI; it happened a little more organically than that, but as soon as people started making it, NI somehow had all the tools ready and if you had to name one synth (or even patch) that characterized dubstep, it would be Massive (and you know the pacth). |
holy , that makes so much ssense |
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| cryophonik |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ RANN
Actually, I have a pretty well founded conspiracy theory that NI were, erm, instrumental (sorry) in birthing Dubstep....
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Dirty bastards. |
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