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rockmachine · Post by **rockmachine** » Sat Mar 23, 2019 6:51 pm

Hey guys, I recently bought Rob Papens amazing RP delay, and from there, got his Go2 softsynth. Along with those I got his modulation FX as part of one package. So I got his offer of Exporer 5 for a good deal having bought 2 of his products already. I already own quite a few high end softsynths including a lot of U-he's stuff, Korg's KLC, Synthmaster and Imposcar 2. But Rob's stuff obviously has a well deserved great reputation, and given my happiness with what I got from him already, do you think getting Explorer 5 is worth it and a good idea?

Mushy Mushy · Post by **Mushy Mushy** » Sat Mar 23, 2019 7:04 pm

https://www.robpapen.com/eXplorer-5-demo.html

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Stefken · Post by **Stefken** » Sat Mar 23, 2019 10:54 pm

It has some nice synths which don't get the credit they deserve.

Predator 2
Blue II
Subboombass 2
Punch

Haven't tried Vecto but judging from demo vids it sounds nice.

rockmachine · Post by **rockmachine** » Sun Mar 24, 2019 12:42 am

But Stefken, if you read reviews of his stuff, they are rarely less than glowing and their sound quality, like Urs' stuff, is never questioned, for me probably the most important point. I love Go2 and it's making an appearance, or many, in all of my stuff now ever since I bought it. Maybe one issue regarding his being better known is that he doesn't have a forum, which U-he does, and it being so active also helps generate interest. Anyway, I am already pretty sure I am going to get the package after doing more research.

nusound mind · Post by **nusound mind** » Sun Mar 24, 2019 6:21 pm

I ended up getting explorer 4 after buying Blade then Blue II 2nd hand and upgraded to 5 recently. Vecto I like a lot, Raw Kick is better than I thought it'd be (presets waaay too loud imo however) and I use Predator 2 occasionally. Blue II is one of my favorite softsynths, full stop. Blade a little more niche, maybe not for everyone but there's something I personally love about it.

Haven't used the mixing/mastering/fx or other synths from the bundle much although I've heard people rate the reverb highly. Depends what you have. Subboombass 2 I couldn't wrap my head around but got one very nice sub patch from it and could see it being useful.

rockmachine · Post by **rockmachine** » Sun Mar 24, 2019 7:39 pm

Thanks for your thoughts nusound. I've now done a lot of research-videos, reviews of various RP things along with my own now constant use of the things I do have and have come to the conclusion it's a no brainer given the cost for all that stuff. I can't see the Subboombass being very difficult to understand given its relative simplicity, though it looks like it has a lot of cool occillator shaping with the other page. And it looks as if you could use it as a cool sequencer divorced from being merely a bass type instrument.

mrsugmad · Post by **mrsugmad** » Tue Mar 26, 2019 5:19 pm

EVERY ONE of Rob Papens instruments are of the highest audio quality and very musical.
If I were on a desert island, The only two products I'd ever need are Explorer and Spectrasonics.... :harp:

Mike

Alex_Longard · Post by **Alex_Longard** » Tue Mar 26, 2019 5:33 pm

RP products the best)))))
I use Blue II, SubBoomBass1 and RG, it's have cool sound and very convenient settings.

rockmachine · Post by **rockmachine** » Wed Mar 27, 2019 3:54 am

I got it and it's already in my system and has been used. Really facinated by Blade and like the looks of Vecto, Predator 2 . Haven't had a chance to even use the Verb, but it looks like it's great and alreayd love the Delay and Mod effects. All this new stuff to work with is almost intimidating and a tad ovewhelming. Just trying to get through a lot of the sounds could take weeks.

dune_rave · Post by **dune_rave** » Wed Mar 27, 2019 4:56 am

These plugins are great, they are well made, don't have nasty bugs afaik, and the cpu usage is not high in the most cases.
Plus their support is usually very quick.

kelvyn · Post by **kelvyn** » Wed Mar 27, 2019 6:00 am

It’s a really good collection of interesting synths and effects. Worth going for IMO.

SHall1000 · Post by **SHall1000** » Wed Mar 27, 2019 12:26 pm

The effects plugin GUIs are a bit dated but the updates to RP EQ and RP Verb are excellent. I am hoping they update the delay, Distort and Amod soon.

strovoknights · Post by **strovoknights** » Thu Mar 28, 2019 9:13 am

I love RP-Verb and RP- Verb2 with big reverse features.

rockmachine · Post by **rockmachine** » Thu Mar 28, 2019 1:02 pm

Yeah, I can't wait to get into looking at the Verb 2 , especially its reverse feature, and that is one of the great feautres also in his amazing RP-Delay. The RP-Mod is such a great modulation tool also, espeically with all its configurations of parallel, serial, etcetera.

BERFAB · Post by **BERFAB** » Thu Mar 28, 2019 1:26 pm

Explorer is a great package. Very useful stuff in there. For reasons i can't quite explain, I'm drawn to RG. I own other more realistic guitar emulations, but there are some very interesting things I can get out of RG, particularly when I experiment with unusual effect combinations.

Overall, Explorer touches all the bases. RP is a solid developer who clearly cares about this stuff. My guess is that you won't be disappointed.

Cheers
-B

Rob Papen Explorer 5