I think I'd be fine with these two. Or Sylenth and Massive. Or Diva and Spire (and PC upgrade).dentnile wrote:Dune 2 and Monark.
If you could only keep 2 soft synths ...
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- KVRAF
- 5664 posts since 7 Feb, 2013
You may think you can fly ... but you better not try
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- KVRAF
- 7796 posts since 28 Apr, 2013
Maybe a better question is if you had none and only two were given to you,
could you live with them no matter what they were?
Being that my current DAW is Sonar, and that DimPro would end up covering the Sample Player with Rapture and Z3ta covering the 2 synths... I guess I could live with them if I was limited to them. Not that I would like it, but I could.
That thought just made me even more thankful to own Alchemy, Zebra, and Kontakt though.
could you live with them no matter what they were?
Being that my current DAW is Sonar, and that DimPro would end up covering the Sample Player with Rapture and Z3ta covering the 2 synths... I guess I could live with them if I was limited to them. Not that I would like it, but I could.
That thought just made me even more thankful to own Alchemy, Zebra, and Kontakt though.
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- KVRian
- 1454 posts since 2 Mar, 2005
Easy....
Synth1 (for the amount of presests)
Synthmaster (for the sound AND the amount of presets)
Both are extremely flexible and one could make anything with those 2. They are basic but I feel essential.
Synth1 (for the amount of presests)
Synthmaster (for the sound AND the amount of presets)
Both are extremely flexible and one could make anything with those 2. They are basic but I feel essential.
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- 12880 posts since 5 Jun, 2012
Indeed. Keep implies one already has them. One might get the same result by asking which two synths do you use the most?BBFG# wrote:Maybe a better question is if you had none and only two were given to you,
could you live with them no matter what they were?
Being that my current DAW is Sonar, and that DimPro would end up covering the Sample Player with Rapture and Z3ta covering the 2 synths... I guess I could live with them if I was limited to them. Not that I would like it, but I could.
That thought just made me even more thankful to own Alchemy, Zebra, and Kontakt though.
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 2938 posts since 9 Dec, 2011 from falling
I think it is much more difficult to imagine having to get rid of all of your synths but 2. That's just me though.fluffy_little_something wrote:Indeed. Keep implies one already has them. One might get the same result by asking which two synths do you use the most?BBFG# wrote:Maybe a better question is if you had none and only two were given to you,
could you live with them no matter what they were?
Being that my current DAW is Sonar, and that DimPro would end up covering the Sample Player with Rapture and Z3ta covering the 2 synths... I guess I could live with them if I was limited to them. Not that I would like it, but I could.
That thought just made me even more thankful to own Alchemy, Zebra, and Kontakt though.
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- KVRAF
- 2641 posts since 23 Jun, 2006 from Hungary
Only 2 synths - it's hard question.
I think i would chose a hybrid to get samples and other cool stuff, and a good "subtractive",
those two should cover almost everything
e.g:
Zebra + Alchemy ...
or
Albino + Alchemy ...
dunno.
I think i would chose a hybrid to get samples and other cool stuff, and a good "subtractive",
those two should cover almost everything
e.g:
Zebra + Alchemy ...
or
Albino + Alchemy ...
dunno.
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- KVRist
- 134 posts since 20 Sep, 2014
Oddly enough I'm with you on these two - in terms of bangs for the buck they really do give you a huge palette to work with for very little outlay.Saukar30 wrote:Easy....
Synth1 (for the amount of presests)
Synthmaster (for the sound AND the amount of presets)
Both are extremely flexible and one could make anything with those 2. They are basic but I feel essential.
I probably know Z3tA+2 the best though and have to say I'm an big fan of Air's instruments (such as the ones found in Ignite).
If we have no other way of making drum sounds though I might have to go with BFD 2 and Synthmaster - they pretty much cover all the bases...
Sonar Platinum, Ignite and Ableton Live 9 DAWS
AIR Hybrid 3, Synthmaster, Z3ta+2, Addictive Drums 2, True Piano Amber, Rapture, Dim Pro, BFD Eco, AAS Strum, Addictive Keys, Synth 1 VSTs
Nektar LX61, Korg MicroKey and Akai Pro LPD8 Pad
AIR Hybrid 3, Synthmaster, Z3ta+2, Addictive Drums 2, True Piano Amber, Rapture, Dim Pro, BFD Eco, AAS Strum, Addictive Keys, Synth 1 VSTs
Nektar LX61, Korg MicroKey and Akai Pro LPD8 Pad
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- KVRAF
- 7796 posts since 28 Apr, 2013
I think drum sounds would be covered by the OP saying we don't have to include them as the two.
So we still get our sample players and drum VIs. At least, that's how I take it.
So we still get our sample players and drum VIs. At least, that's how I take it.
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- KVRAF
- 8414 posts since 4 Jul, 2012 from Alesia
Yah for my 2 samplers.. hmmBBFG# wrote:I think drum sounds would be covered by the OP saying we don't have to include them as the two.
So we still get our sample players and drum VIs. At least, that's how I take it.
I'd probably pick Geist and Kontakt
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- KVRAF
- 3477 posts since 27 Dec, 2002 from North East England
I'll plump for Serum and Harmor. Serum makes it incredibly easy to program complex timbres while doing a passable impression of a VA if you need it to, while Harmor can sound like just about anything with a bit of work.
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- KVRAF
- 2111 posts since 25 Jun, 2008 from Montreal, Canada
Yeah, Serum can do nice VA type sounds. That really depends on the wavetable used. I think people are not used to hear so clear sounds up to 20 khz. I remember the 1st time I used Diversion. I didn't like its sound, it was "too pure"... Diversion is now one of my favorite synth, just like Serum. Both use a lot of CPU too.
