whats your favorite software?

sturmunddrang · Post by **sturmunddrang** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 4:08 pm

synth: minimogue, reaktor, fm7, korg legacy edition, sts-24
sequencer: sonar 4
sampler: kontakt/battery
audio fx: guitar rig 2, mde-x (the fx processor of korg legacy), korg ms-20
filter: korg ms-20

Twiddler · Post by **Twiddler** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 8:55 pm

- favorite synth? - i mostly use supersimple softies like Logic's ES1 or Cheezemachine (free 'stringer')... and make interesting things later in the chain.

- sequencer? - Logic Pro 6 is wonderful!

- sampler? - no, not really, only Battery with homemade samples.

- audio effects? - Pluggo for sounding great. Waves (yes I paid!) for sounding good.

- mastering plugins? - Waves, + 1 experienced mastering engineer.

- filters? - i don't use softfilt's for analogue style filtering (bleep bloiip), but I like Logic's Autofilter and the possibilities in Tobybear's Destructor, a bit/samplerate reducer with HP/LP added to it.

CS_TBL · Post by **CS_TBL** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 12:26 am

- favorite synth?
Supernova2, FS1r, SY77. VSTi: FM Heaven

- sequencer?
reViSiT (tho it's a tracker really, it's a VSTi, and currenly cubase sx3 is the host, tho I don't give a hoot for cubase.. it's just that I need a host)

- sampler?
VSampler 3 (VSTi), tho not as practical as Halion (streaming), it's great for sounddesign. For orchestral stuff I pick Halion, not that I'm a particular fan of it, but it was the least c**p.. softsamplers urgenly need to mature and get rid of their own stupid little compact mousedriven interfaces.

- audio effects?
Waves

- mastering plugins?
Ozone, tho I don't really care. My best mastering plugins are my ears

midi2 · Post by **midi2** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 3:32 pm

My personal opinion...

1)best software retro virtual analogs:timewarp2600(the best!),cs80v,modular system

2)best software nu school virtual analogs:Superwave pro 2,vanguard,firebird,v-station

Yoozer · Post by **Yoozer** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 4:09 pm

favorite synth?
None yet, really - but I like FM7 a huge huge lot. I like Synth1, but it's not as intuitive as it should be; a GUI redesign could fix that. Blame it on my collection of hardware - I just love my Virus C.

sequencer?
I've got Cubase and Ableton and the latter is warming up very fast for me. I can't stand what's in FL Studio (tried it, not for me), and in Reason everything feels so tiny and cramped. Reason's ReDrum is however pretty excellent.

sampler?
Kontakt and Ableton's Impulse. I find it interesting that you prefer NN-XT over Kontakt - I can imagine the ease of use factor but Reason's photorealistic interface totally ruins it for me. Full screen for teh win

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audio effects?
Cubase's own RoomWorks - some great 'verbs in there. Kontakt's convolution reverbs - amazing and awesome and oh my god my poor CPU. George Yohng's W1 Limiter - really pumps the stuff up. Ableton's filterdelay - oooh yeah!

mastering plugins?
I like the results of T-Racks but still have to get something dedicated for the job. W1 Limiter is not multiband.

filters?
Cubase's own Tonic, but I don't use it often.

plugins/audio software that might not fit perfectly into the above categorys?
Wavelab lite has replaced Sound Forge as an editor here.

Moe Shinola · Post by **Moe Shinola** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 5:53 am

- favorite synth?
EFM P600II, Novakill FearkillerX2, Polyiblit, Augur, Xoxos' Steps(all freeware). CM101(magware)

- sequencer?
Sonar 3PE

- sampler?
sfz, EFM sfSynth 2(simple but has chorus & delay), DS404(thanks CM!) VSampler 3(bundled with Sonar - used it for acoustic bass on my record)

- audio effects?
Buzzmaxi, Nyquist EQ, IQ4, George Younhg W1 limiter, FreeAmp 2, Cyanide 2, Feedback-y thing, CMfuzz, Sweepie, Novakill KillerGate+, DualDelay, Tape Delay(all free or magware). Also, the Sonitus suite of fx from Sonar, especially Reverb

- mastering plugins?
Buzzmaxi(!!!), Nyquist EQ, W1, IQ4, Sonitus Reverb, Multiband, EQ and Gate.

Check out kvraudio.com for download links to all this incredible free stuff.

Pighood · Post by **Pighood** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 6:00 am

Reaktor. The gift that keeps on giving....and growing.

Dr. Sound · Post by **Dr. Sound** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 7:52 am

Pighood wrote:Reaktor. The gift that keeps on giving....and growing.

...and growing...

diezdiazgiant · Post by **diezdiazgiant** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 7:59 am

so, i got the rob papen albino vst...
definitly my new favorite soft synth. i really dont use anything other then albino right now for soft synths. it sounds great and its really stable, i dont think its made my computer lock up once.

Bitexion · Post by **Bitexion** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 3:18 pm

Arturia Prophet-V, hands down. It is supremely fat, has a lovely interface and is very easy to get both warm and crazy sounds from.

Altitude · Post by **Altitude** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 5:30 pm

- favorite synth? Hartmann Neuron VS

- sequencer? Cubase SX3 on PC Logic on Mac, I would probably switch to Live if it had better midi support

- sampler? Kontakt.

- audio effects? Ohmforce

- mastering plugins? Dont really use them, i'll leave that to the pros

- plugins/audio software that might not fit perfectly into the above categorys? I'm surprised no one has mentioned MAX/MSP

elmosexwhistle · Post by **elmosexwhistle** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 5:30 am

intakt and dr fusion2 and vopm and peach and halion and blockfish and aas string studio (which, added to amplitube and with a lot of tweaking gives you an amazingly real metal riff guitar...i know...its the devils work) x

SecondSkin · Post by **SecondSkin** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 6:02 am

Synth -- Sytrus -- I can't program it for f**k, but it sure is fun to tweak converted dx7 patches. And, of course, it sounds awesome. Mostly I use Synth1 or Junatik when I want to program something.

Sampler -- the sampler in FL works fine for me. I'm addicted to the slicer.

Sequencer -- FL6 -- its easy on my tiny brain and it has the most usable piano roll anywhere.

FX -- Reaktor/kjerhaus/digitalfishphones. Would use OHMforce if I had the cash, wish I would have bought them when they were $29 a piece!

Mastering -- Reaktor Silver

special shout-out: Project 5-2, great tools for the money

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