Your fave VST's

[dj-padman1]

So, what are your favourite VST's? How does it give your productions that extra special something?
I've got to express my love for the Korg MS-20 softsynth because at the end of the day, you can't argue with some vintage dual-oscillator goodness. Surge never lets me down either, excellent lfo routing and phat analogue sound.

[bjoaierjbioaerjgoerj]

I like WaveStation. its awesome

[Pounce]

all vsts hate me..

[Chronamut]

i used to be a big fan of pro-53.. then it died on me..

current faves include hypersonic.. hypercanvas.. garritan.. the grande.. z3ta.. and various 8-bit and effect vstis... 99% of all vstis i have I dont even use neways - its like women and their shoes.. they want then just so they can say they have them and maybe one day out of their lives they'll wear them.. :P

[Swirly-Helix]

z3ta or something like that. Its pretty cool.

[DJ-Ravecore]

My favourite vst will ever be...

Vanguard from Vengeance-Sounds.de

Has good synths! Easy to use.

[Swirly-Helix]

At 8/20/06 08:04 PM, DJ_Ravecore wrote: My favourite vst will ever be...

Vanguard from Vengeance-Sounds.de

Has good synths! Easy to use.

I have that, its pretty cool. Good choice

[DJ-Ravecore]

At 8/20/06 08:06 PM, PrinceG wrote:

At 8/20/06 08:04 PM, DJ_Ravecore wrote: My favourite vst will ever be...

Vanguard from Vengeance-Sounds.de

Has good synths! Easy to use.

I have that, its pretty cool. Good choice

Thx! I really love this vst! ^^ The Beast - Synth sounds amazing! Andthe others kicks ass too!

[Pounce]

At 8/20/06 07:56 PM, Chronamut wrote: 99% of all vstis i have I dont even use neways

can you give me the ones you dont use? their DDLs.

[Chronamut]

nah i dont feel like it ROFL.

[DJ-Ravecore]

Me too please!

[Chronamut]

bah i have like hundreds..

just google a torrent and get a whole bunch..

[Pounce]

At 8/20/06 08:26 PM, Chronamut wrote: nah i dont feel like it ROFL.

pwease? pwetty pwease? *eyes fill up with tears as i look up from the floor*

[Chronamut]

blah ask xbrav.

[DJ-Ravecore]

Wat keind of pis of schit isteblischment is dis???

LOL Dis is so fanni for mi end ai diunnou wai!!!

[dj-padman1]

You guys have some seriously awesome software! Can't argue with the Wavestation, that thing is classic! And the X-Y morph is out of this world if you have like 8 sounds stacked up. Chronamut, gottta give props to your gear, too bad about the Pro-53, it can create some seriously wicked and twisted sounds, and the number of presets is staggering!
Beast, Vanguard...Z3ta+...I've got the demos, I don't think I could live without them. (although I say that about all my stuff)!

Does anyone have that fancy Hartmann Neuron thingamajig? Its in hardware as well and looks pretty futuristic. Price is a bit of a turnoff though.

[WinTang]

I have lots of fun with Edirol's Orchestral and Hyper Canvas. And I'm currently looking into Garritan Jazz Big Band.

But my favorite is the EVP73 Rhodes. I sometimes will just start up Cubase, assign it to a MIDI track and start improvising for two hours straight (without recording anything)(it just doesn't have a stand-alone thing)...

[MaestroSorrow]

At 8/21/06 05:22 AM, WinTang wrote: I have lots of fun with Edirol's Orchestral and Hyper Canvas. And I'm currently looking into Garritan Jazz Big Band.

Excellent choice man, Garritan Jazz Big Band is just awesome. I don't use anything else for my brass instruments anymore.

[Distortzion]

Realistic Virtual Piano or sum'thing. Need some new plugs although FL has expired T_T

[pitbulljones]

basically what ive got now.

the korg legacy cell (which is the wavestation n the other one i cant remember)

my lovely Rhino for it's strings tho i still havent got used to programming it yet.

z3ta just becasue it's ace

and crystal. i adore it and its free, just makes some craking atmospheres and motifs its a nifty piece of kit.

[Chronamut]

i have pretty much everythnig mentioned above and more..

or and reaktor 5 - but its too glitchy with fl so I don't use it..

and v-station.. dunno if that one was mentioned..

[LJCoffee]

At 8/21/06 11:43 AM, Chronamut wrote: or and reaktor 5 - but its too glitchy with fl so I don't use it..

That's really unfortunate!

- R5 is my absolute favorite - although it's a little unfair to say that it's my favorite VST - that's kind of like someone asking what my favorite audio application is and me saying "PC-based apps"

[Khuskan]

Triforce FTW.

[dj-padman1]

At 8/21/06 11:47 AM, LJCoffee wrote:

At 8/21/06 11:43 AM, Chronamut wrote: or and reaktor 5 - but its too glitchy with fl so I don't use it..

That's really unfortunate!

- R5 is my absolute favorite - although it's a little unfair to say that it's my favorite VST - that's kind of like someone asking what my favorite audio application is and me saying "PC-based apps"

Reaktor 5 rocks hard imo, but the CPU requirements are way too intense! I'm lucky if I can run 2 instances of the new synths without getting all kinds of crackles and other rubbish. Sometimes I think that the sound isn't very warm as well...I dunno...
Anyone recommend any mad ensembles for Reaktor? I'm been getting into 2*osc rencently, gets it done! The wavetable one that gives you retro sounds is cool, but i think I prefer Quadrasid overall for that kind of thing, and its free! absolutely free!!!

[gr0ss]

I love

Vanguard, most things from AM (which are free VST's), Junox2, Triangle 2 is alright, z3ta is awesome, SUPERWAVEP8.

[LJCoffee]

At 8/21/06 07:41 PM, dj_padman1 wrote: Reaktor 5 rocks hard imo, but the CPU requirements are way too intense! I'm lucky if I can run 2 instances of the new synths without getting all kinds of crackles and other rubbish.

?? really ?? - I'm not running a powerhouse or anything here - I have a AMD Athlon 64 , 3700+ and 1 Gb of RAM... I can usually run 10 or 12 instances of Reaktor each at a 44100 sample rate without any problems.

To add a little warmth stick a copy of FlatBlaster 2+ in there - the 'Platinum finalizer' preset is nice and with a little tweaking it'll really get your speakers humming.

Here are a few freebies for all of you - these are courtesy of our good pals over at "Computer Music" magazine:

ErsDrums
Polyiblit
Augur
KarmaFX - (great vst!!)
Nubi3
Crystal - (another really nice one!)

go get 'em while you can -

[dj-padman1]

At 8/21/06 09:38 PM, LJCoffee wrote:

At 8/21/06 07:41 PM, dj_padman1 wrote: Reaktor 5 rocks hard imo, but the CPU requirements are way too intense! I'm lucky if I can run 2 instances of the new synths without getting all kinds of crackles and other rubbish.

?? really ?? - I'm not running a powerhouse or anything here - I have a AMD Athlon 64 , 3700+ and 1 Gb of RAM... I can usually run 10 or 12 instances of Reaktor each at a 44100 sample rate without any problems.

To add a little warmth stick a copy of FlatBlaster 2+ in there - the 'Platinum finalizer' preset is nice and with a little tweaking it'll really get your speakers humming.

10 instances!! I envy you! I've got the same ram and my processor is a 2800. I think it has some demons or something, I need an exorcist!

Thanks for that advice, I really should try out some of those mastering and enhancing tools, and particularly thanks for the leads on those cool vst's. KarmaFX is a real gem! I love this thing!

[bjoaierjbioaerjgoerj]

I alos like "Trance Pro" its also a good one

[Poetic-Reven]

mines is SampleTank...Vangaurd...Legacy Cell... Wavestation.....Pro 53....hella others

lol

[MrGonzo]

VirSyns Cube, good fun to be had with it.