Plugin Boutique

Well, it's true that this is re-made old Union synth. But it has fixed serious bug that made Union unreliable on Windows (don't want to describe it longer, it's not opinion about Union after all). WaveOSC (Union too btw) sounds warm and nice, it has its own character. Few options are missing - unable to connect velocity to anythng but volume and no modwheel support. But every synth is different and I guess this one may be a nice starting point for anyone who wants to create interesting sounds.

And of course I hope they change that Beatport Access requirement, because it's a little annoying.

I reviewed fixed 1.0.1 version which I get after i reported a bug. Unfortunately - until today I am probably the only one person who have this version, because official is still 1.0.0 (bug is related to legato mono sounds).

This is not even worth $1. Don't waste your money. This is soundspot union synth, the same ui has been slightly changed and given a different name. You have to be online all the time to use this. Lots of bugs. But no update yet.

For the price and the fact they wanna make a cut down version that is downright awful. Rude to anyone just trya get the all in one plugin to image and place in the mi- whatever, whatever. We have free alternatives that are much better than something like this. If it was priced at five or ten mayybe fifteen? I mean for the full version; they think the cut down version deserves fifteen is rough.

This plugin is great if you are a beginner in music theory, or want an easy way to implement more complex chords into your production. Great learning tool.

I have gone from a skeptical person of all the "skip music theory cheating apps" to finding Scaler makes me a better musician. Main use is to see what chord I am playing and make sure it actually is an 11th with a 5b. I also like lining up my chord progressions and then playing around with different fill chords. Sure I do 90% of my playing by well playing, but when I am digging in with Scaler I am expanding what I am playing on the keyboard due to Scaler.

Also makes it super easy to build chords in a DAW quickly. I record 2 tracks with one being the raw MIDI from my controller and the 2nd track is Scaler playing chords to the track. Remind me when I would record bass direct and re-map the bass into an amp later.

I got the Plugin Boutique Big Kick plugin from KVR market at a very nice price. I already had other kick drum plugs and wasn't thinking about buying another one but I discovered that Big Kick basically is a drum sampler with options to tweak my own samples that I already have. It is possible to layer 2 kicks by using Big Kick. All of a sudden my old kick sample library got more attention thanks to Big Kick. It's easy to use with drag and drop. Big Kick also came with a bunch of kick samples.

Makes it easy to sample 30 second clips from Internet radio stations.

Choose station from a long list or your own preset list.
Select possible radio effect (makes it sound like old vintage radio) if you want.
Then select the sample from the waveform slowly scrolling by.
Then drag&drop the sample to your DAW.

There are other ways to do it, but maybe the workflow is easier this way.
Cheap and easy.

I most likely got that out of pure nostalgia! Who ever owned the hardware back in those days, will appreciate this emulation. I did love my cz 101, but as I moved early to the digital world and away from sequencers and keyboards, I sold that little beauty long ago. Now I get it back, without eating space in my bedroom studio. The UI makes it way easier to work than with the original. I can't compare the sound of it with the hardware version, but as I recall it feels the same. And I have a much better keyboard with more expression capabilities than that little mini key it came with.

As there is a lack of PD synthesis out there, it deserves a prominent place in the synthesis world. Though I can imagine a very different approach to this kind of synthesis. Maybe it encourages a developer to build a PD synthesizer with a more modern approach. Certainly it is easier to progam than FM, but has a similar potential.

Most modern synths have all kinds of effects added, to make it sound bigger when browsing through the presets. VCZ has only a chorus. I think this is an advantage, I prefer to add my own reverb, that helps to get a more consistant sound in the mix...

If you are about to look for a modern synth with all bells and whistles, this might not be for you, but if you want to explore that rare PD synthesis method, you should give it a go...