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cowby · Post by **cowby** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 9:14 am

Hi All,

Anyone wants to share your own thought "synth of the year" ?

If it was released within 2014 then I'll say Blue II. But I think someone will say "Dune 2" or U-he's Bazllie.

Regards!
Cowby

Touch The Universe · Post by **Touch The Universe** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 9:22 am

Dune 2

Ingonator · Post by **Ingonator** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 9:24 am

PPG Wavemapper 2

Other nominations are:
Electra 2, DUNE 2, Waves Codex, XILS 4, Arturia Matrix-12V

Mushy Mushy · Post by **Mushy Mushy** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 9:26 am

Hive.

Just getting in there first

zvenx · Post by **zvenx** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 10:16 am

For me definitely Serum. Still has work to do to cut down cpu usage and it needs a new reverb badly. But, it has quickly become with Diva as the two best sounding software synths i have ever heard and easily my favourite Gui. Some don't like its full bandwidth sound with an open sparkly top end. But different strokes for different folks.
Rsp

Sampleconstruct · Post by **Sampleconstruct** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 10:22 am

Serum

vasilis_et.ma · Post by **vasilis_et.ma** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 10:43 am

bazille for the unique sound

Lotuzia · Post by **Lotuzia** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 10:45 am

Xils 4. Modular analog with endless possibilities and incredible programming depth. Very organic and analog character sound as well ( for those who like that )

Codex sounds nice to my ears also. ( Serum : Digitalness doesnt come only from the bandwidth. Filters for example have something to do with that as well. Note that digitalness isn't bad per se. Its just something that belongs, or less, to the character of a synth)

zvenx · Post by **zvenx** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 10:47 am

Lotuzia wrote:Xils 4. Modular analog with endless possibilities and incredible programming depth. Very organic and analog character sound as well ( for those who like that )

Codex sounds nice to my ears also. ( Serum : Digitalness doesnt come only from the bandwidth. Filters for example have something to do with that as well. Note that digitalness isn't bad per se. Its just something that belongs, or less, to the character of a synth)

Far be it for me to argue with the Lotuzia

, and I am sure you have done your own programming of it too, but when I listening to Hollo banks and some of the presets in Skippy's banks, it really doesn't sound that digital to me at all.
I think others have said, that many of the filters are digital sounding, but the german and french lp dont' really possess that quality much. ymmv

rsp

waiting man · Post by **waiting man** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 11:19 am

virtualcz, as something missing and as a great emu.

morelia · Post by **morelia** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 11:22 am

I really like Bazille. Great sound and interesting possibilities. But the one that blew me away was Serum. The UI is super user friendly and it is easy to tweak to come up with something I like. I'm not much of a synth user so I really appreciate all that has gone into making it so user friendly. Couple that with a sound I really like and it is definitely the best of the year for me.

BDeep · Post by **BDeep** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 11:23 am

For me it's a tie between Bazille and Serum, both are of excellent quality and both offer something unique. And most importantly, a joy to program.

lococontrol · Post by **lococontrol** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 11:44 am

Monark!

DJ Warmonger · Post by **DJ Warmonger** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 11:52 am

Dune2 it seems. Can cover 90% of my needs - substractive, FM and wavetable. Then just activate unison to make any desired sound as big as you wish. Simple and clear to program, just bigger brother of Sylenth1.

Serum gives impressive sound quality and potentially fantastic possibilities, but I didn't have a chance to dive in yet and will afford it only next year.

I also tried Blue2 and learned a lot from it, but it's too big and complex to manage. Some sound designers may enjoy it, but I got lost.

BDeep · Post by **BDeep** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 11:53 am

lococontrol wrote:Monark!

Wasn't that released in the first half of 2013?

Synth of the year - 2014 (your thought)