Product Reviews by KVR Members

One of the best distortion plugins ever made. Pre-post gain, oversampling, drawable envelope, capable of a great range of noise-shaping and tonal distortion. One of the few plugins that prevent me from moving completely off 32-bit software as there is sadly no 64-bit version. Smart Electronix did some of the best free 32-bit plugins. I actually donated to them because of this one. Can't emphasize enough how good it is.

I hate giving negative reviews on anything, but...this is one of the worst purchased synths ever. Setting aside for a moment the bold claim that it's in any way "analog," its sample-based preset bank isn't even finished and comes to you in pieces that you have to put together, with zero instructions other than "use the load button," which is the tiniest button on the interface. Luckily I bought this on sale - sadly, I bought it blind, which I usually don't do, but since I already had a Kontakt library from SickNoise I liked, I thought there could be little harm in it. Lesson learned.
The sound is very digital, "retro-video-gamey" noises and blips. The sample load button appears to be solely for fixing the presets as mentioned above - it didn't work with any external samples I tried, although it supposedly has this functionality (there are few instructions and none indicating any sample type limitations.) If it's locked like this, why is it even there?
Dialing in the built in FX helps somewhat on a few of the presets. There is a vaguely analog-esque feel to the filter. But overall it's less a virtual synth and more an exercise in SynthEdit nostalgia...or something. It really does feel like someone's half-finished hobbyist project released into the wild.
SickNoise would do well to focus on making fairly interesting Kontakt libraries like Trypticon and Protogon. There are free VST synths out there from 15 years ago literally worth ten times more than this sad offering. If I had bought it for full price (60 Euro?!?!), I would have been FURIOUS.

One star for the mostly neat looking interface, another for the nostalgia and my valuable lesson learned...