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Re: what synthesizer are you using right now?
« Reply #15 on: April 29, 2016, 12:13:34 am »
Reaktor and Alchemy on Logic Pro X  :o
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Re: what synthesizer are you using right now?
« Reply #16 on: April 29, 2016, 12:44:03 am »
Quote from: failmachine on April 25, 2016, 09:32:29 pm
So I used to love Massive and FM8 but to be honest, I have really been geeking out to Spire and Serum lately.

The spire has so many great characteristics of my Virus but in soft synth form. I love the grundgy bass sounds I can make with it. And Serum is so rich and smooth! I don't think I could make another track without using at least one of those two synths right now.

ahh sounds good..massive is still my favourite and i love it too

Spire I'm still learning, but I've seen that it takes a lot of CPU, it slows down the computer so much

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Re: what synthesizer are you using right now?
« Reply #17 on: April 29, 2016, 05:17:19 am »
Quote from: vinceasot on April 29, 2016, 12:44:03 am
Quote from: failmachine on April 25, 2016, 09:32:29 pm
So I used to love Massive and FM8 but to be honest, I have really been geeking out to Spire and Serum lately.

The spire has so many great characteristics of my Virus but in soft synth form. I love the grundgy bass sounds I can make with it. And Serum is so rich and smooth! I don't think I could make another track without using at least one of those two synths right now.

ahh sounds good..massive is still my favourite and i love it too

Spire I'm still learning, but I've seen that it takes a lot of CPU, it slows down the computer so much

Yea, I typically end up freezing a lot of my soft synth tracks during the writing/creation process... and I usually render down to audio before I start mixing because I like to have as much CPU and memory possible for my EQ, compressors, stereo processors, saturators... etc :)

Honestly though, I think all the synths mentioned are amazing and capable of a lot in general. If you're new to synth programming/patching, pick one and learn the hell out of it. Some of the best music is made with very tight constraints.. I made a whole track where all my synths were just serum and it sounds great!

Its better to know one synth really well than to have like 8 that you can only tweak presets on. :)

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Re: what synthesizer are you using right now?
« Reply #18 on: May 04, 2016, 06:44:26 pm »
Massive used to be my go-to synth but lately it's been Serum instead.

I'm not too great with the wavetables (didn't use them too much in Massive either, I loved Massive for the modulation options), but I love Serum's effects, they let me make a semi-finished sound super quickly instead of having to pull up separate reverb/distortion/dimension expansion plugins etc.

Serum's modulation is just as good as Massive's, if not better too.

I'm also using a Moog Little Phatty, I snagged it for super cheap at my local music store.
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