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yemski · Post by **yemski** » Sat Oct 18, 2014 5:42 pm

For me,

Spectral
Dune two
Serum

All unique synths which bring something special to the mix.

kuzami · Post by **kuzami** » Sat Oct 18, 2014 7:35 pm

yemski wrote:For me,

Spectral
Dune two
Serum

All unique synths which bring something special to the mix.

Very analog list you got there, sir.

Dmitry Petrenko · Post by **Dmitry Petrenko** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 7:03 am

Spire
SynthMaster 2
Dune 2
Serum

V0RT3X · Post by **V0RT3X** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 7:12 am

The top 3 that I enjoy using the most in 2014 so far are

Massive
Zebra 2
Bazille

sacer · Post by **sacer** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 8:46 am

Diva
Lush 101
Dune 2
Serum
ALchemy
Morphox

Ingonator · Post by **Ingonator** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 9:25 am

2014 seemed to be a great year for fans of wavetable synthesis. Those 5 synths i got this year are all capable of wavetable synthesis:
PPG Wavegenerator, PPG Wavemapper 2, Synapse Audio DUNE 2, Waves Codex, Tone2 Electra 2 (upgrade from ElectraX).

asksol · Post by **asksol** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 11:50 am

Most used:
Xils PolyKB II, Madrona Labs Aalto, Modartt Pianoteq 5

Top new for 2014:
- Madrona Labs Kaivo
modular granular physical modelling thing, how can it not be fun?
- Roland SH-02
quirky, simple, lots of bass
- Xils XILS 4
quirky, complicated, acid!

xx JPRacer xx · Post by **xx JPRacer xx** » Fri Oct 31, 2014 12:24 am

Serum
Dune 2
Electra 2

Serum is the only one I bought, the other 2 I just demoed but plan to get them eventually.

kuzami · Post by **kuzami** » Fri Oct 31, 2014 6:39 am

Would you buy Dune 2 after owning Alchemy, Blue II, Diva, Bazille, Serum, Lush and Spire? I owned Electra2, sold it because I didnt like it. Cant demo Dune 2 anymore

xx JPRacer xx · Post by **xx JPRacer xx** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 12:40 am

A nice thing for me about Dune 2 is how easy and quick you can layer sound.

V0RT3X · Post by **V0RT3X** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 12:49 am

kuzami wrote:Would you buy Dune 2 after owning Alchemy, Blue II, Diva, Bazille, Serum, Lush and Spire? I owned Electra2, sold it because I didnt like it. Cant demo Dune 2 anymore

Dune is one I'd like to demo again. But like you my demo time expired. I wonder if i can email richard@synapse and see if he can give me another go with the demo.

dentnile · Post by **dentnile** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 1:36 am

V0RT3X wrote:
kuzami wrote:Would you buy Dune 2 after owning Alchemy, Blue II, Diva, Bazille, Serum, Lush and Spire? I owned Electra2, sold it because I didnt like it. Cant demo Dune 2 anymore
Dune is one I'd like to demo again. But like you my demo time expired. I wonder if i can email richard@synapse and see if he can give me another go with the demo.

They will reset the demo period when they release an update soon. See here:
forum.synapse-audio.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=11127

Synchanter · Post by **Synchanter** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 12:41 pm

kuzami wrote:Would you buy Dune 2 after owning Alchemy, Blue II, Diva, Bazille, Serum, Lush and Spire? I owned Electra2, sold it because I didnt like it. Cant demo Dune 2 anymore

Depends on your music genre. Dune 2 is one of the best EDM lead synths, so yes if you want that.

Synthetic Wav · Post by **Synthetic Wav** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 1:30 pm

Aalto and bazille i have the most fun to program and these sound great, then i would pick maybe diva or tal bassline 101

KingofBeers · Post by **KingofBeers** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 11:59 pm

Synchanter wrote:
kuzami wrote:Would you buy Dune 2 after owning Alchemy, Blue II, Diva, Bazille, Serum, Lush and Spire? I owned Electra2, sold it because I didnt like it. Cant demo Dune 2 anymore
Depends on your music genre. Dune 2 is one of the best EDM lead synths, so yes if you want that.

Dune 2 is an amazing synth, just got my copy recently, nothing about it tells me I "have" to make EDM with it though,

Yeah some of the presets are a bit hands in the air (though I press patch ini - program something for the job at hand, not really a preset user) ...I use it for film score/soundtrack work to ambient to sound design ..., you name it really it's a great all rounder. I love the thickness & width you get from all toughs fat oscillator layers.

They did a really great job on this one.

Cheers!

What are your top three VST-Synths for 2014 ?