Reviewed By EnergyCrush [all]
April 23rd, 2016
Version reviewed: 7 on Windows
I've been digging into Geist for a few months now, and it's become hands down my primary tool for adding rhythm to my productions.
One liner: It's a kick-@$$ tool with intuitive control for several different rhythm creation workflows, a top 10 plugin to have in your studio.
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I'll add that Geist's multi-level FX processing is another great feature if you want consistent behavior across DAWs, though I often use familiar plugins for that work instead so didn't add it as a pro in my case.
I use Renoise as my primary DAW, and have certainly had to learn how to do a few things - like take advantage of instrument aliasing to simultaneously trigger multiple patterns across multiple engines using MIDI for a single instance of Geist, or figure out how to use Renoise's instrument Audio Routing feature to route different Geist outputs to individual tracks for individual processing by external plugins. I've had to do similar things in Reaper or other DAWs. These aren't complaints, just mentioning them - most of the default behavior in Geist is relatively simple, but capable of much more on demand.
Read ReviewReviewed By Lazerbacon766 [all]
June 15th, 2012
Version reviewed: 1.0.0 on Windows
Geist is an awesome sampler and slicer and for dance producers the sounds are like heaven in a folder.
it integrates very well with my mpc 18 and could also probably do some damage as far as hip hop goes.
As for acoustic drum kits unfortunately it doesn't do well unless you get the expander for acoustic drums.
the seqencer and pattern builder are awesome so it is defintley a great buy.
i would also really buy it for slicing because the gui centered around the slicer is very easy to use (yes slicex was confusing to me)
For me it was a HHHHHHUUUUUUGGGGGEEEEE step up from tremor.
Read ReviewReviewed By Dave Onions [all]
August 31st, 2011
Version reviewed: 1.0.3.7 on Windows
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I'm looking forward to this. Just picked it up today. If the sampling features are as upgraded as they say, this could render an upgrade to full Ableton Live (from Live Intro) unnecessary. (I mean, I already have Kaivo and NI Komplete, and Omnisphere (enhanced with Luftrum & Plug In Guru), and stuff like that, which blows away the stuff in Ableton's more complete DAW versions. And Geist, with 64 pads per 8 engines, with Scene and Song modes, I mean, I'm not sure if it parallels or overtakes Ableton. I guess it depends on your use of external hardware and the purpose - be it performance with DJ'ing, or more of a compositional purpose (mine). With Geist you can use pre-existing MIDI and run multiple keyboards on different channels - control everything that way; and just use Ableton Intro for the audio warping.
I'm not sure if my purchase of Nerve about 6 months ago was very bright (Nerve doesn't allow actual groove functions, because it divides the beat up into a resolution that is much too course to be effective.
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