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Apostate · Post by **Apostate** » Fri May 22, 2015 8:48 pm

Most of the time when I try out a soft synth I just go right to the init, bypassing the presets until I work through the manual and have come up with my own stuff. Presets on some synths can be a great way to learn more about what you're dealing with, and on some instruments the quality of the presets can even seem to overwhelm the programming options (Predator springs to mind, for me at least). On the other hand, there are synths that are absolutely phenomenal to program, yet leave one scratching one's head in wonder at the preponderance of one trick pony patches.

Right off the bat for me is Harmor, I don't think any of those presets show anywhere near the range of that synth. Even more odd is how chock FULL of great presets its sister, Sytrus, is (even they don't show the full power of that synth imo). It's as though Gol just ran out of time (all respect for Gol, amazing developer).

Passing Bye · Post by **Passing Bye** » Fri May 22, 2015 8:55 pm

EuterpeXL for sure

http://www.kvraudio.com/product/euterpexl-by-guda-audio

MUX from Mutools

http://www.kvraudio.com/product/mux-mod ... by-mutools

mrgrim3 · Post by **mrgrim3** » Fri May 22, 2015 8:59 pm

every ableton instrument has bad presets

its their way of making you learn sound design i think

Apostate · Post by **Apostate** » Fri May 22, 2015 9:00 pm

Passing Bye wrote:EuterpeXL for sure

http://www.kvraudio.com/product/euterpexl-by-guda-audio

Well here's an interesting developer I haven't heard of before, thanks!

mrgrim3 wrote:every ableton instrument has bad presets

its their way of making you learn sound design i think

cryophonik · Post by **cryophonik** » Fri May 22, 2015 9:09 pm

Zebra comes immediately to mind. One of the best synths ever, but the factory presets don't do it justice IMO (not including the Dark Zebra presets). It has a lot of decent bread-n-butter stuff, but nothing that really wows me.

murnau · Post by **murnau** » Fri May 22, 2015 9:13 pm

mrgrim3 wrote:every ableton instrument has bad presets

its their way of making you learn sound design i think

Beeing able to create some tones.

mrgrim3 · Post by **mrgrim3** » Fri May 22, 2015 9:19 pm

murnau wrote:
mrgrim3 wrote:every ableton instrument has bad presets

its their way of making you learn sound design i think
Beeing able to create some tones.

the real question is which skin makes the best trance music :^)

Apostate · Post by **Apostate** » Fri May 22, 2015 9:41 pm

mrgrim3 wrote:
murnau wrote:
mrgrim3 wrote:every ableton instrument has bad presets

its their way of making you learn sound design i think
Beeing able to create some tones.
the real question is which skin makes the best trance music :^)

Gladiator! Because it puts me in a trance...

There's perhaps of an example where the presets seem to pretty much reflect the programming capabilities. To my ears at least. By the way I love programming Gladiator!

Dasheesh · Post by **Dasheesh** » Fri May 22, 2015 9:46 pm

So, SO easy. Spire at the top of the list.

then every other soft synth ever made (except ace).

gnosis123 · Post by **gnosis123** » Fri May 22, 2015 9:49 pm

LuSH-101. Agree about Gladiator and Spire, too.

Yorrrrrr · Post by **Yorrrrrr** » Fri May 22, 2015 10:24 pm

Definitely Harmor and Spire. The level of beast in Harmor hasn't been unleashed, yet.

Kriminal · Post by **Kriminal** » Sat May 23, 2015 5:32 am

All of them

e@rs · Post by **e@rs** » Sat May 23, 2015 6:10 am

TAL-BassLine-101.

do_androids_dream · Post by **do_androids_dream** » Sat May 23, 2015 6:36 am

It would be cool if no synths had presets (oh wait, they didn't back in the day). Then we would have to... drum roll... learn our instruments!! Most presets are unusable in a track anyway.

e@rs · Post by **e@rs** » Sat May 23, 2015 7:30 am

Yeah, it would be really cool if all the synths in the world won't have presets, but as a developer, you'll have the courage to release a virtual synth without presets in these days

Soft Synths Whose Presets Don't Do Them Justice