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Halph-Price
Zombie Algorithm
Registration Date: 22-12-2004
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since there all spread out, i want everyone to post about a differnet Vst here, and give your opnion on the other vst's, ONLY if you review a vst in that post also.
mostly i just wanted to compliment The GRand VST by Stienberg. my god that's the most beautiful piano vst i have ever HEARD! it'so full with all the hammer actions, and panning for each end of the piano, too bad it comes on 3 cd's, but it's worth it!!! this takes forever to load, but omes it ambient room sound adjusment, and release time, natural or not, all very high quality, you'd xpect from the guy who MADE VST's. this blew me away!
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06-05-2005 07:19 |
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broadside
mentalist
Registration Date: 17-01-2005
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Good idea this, cos that way I wont have to get of my arse and actually research new "purchases".
My personal favourite VST has got to be the Linplug CronoX. It is fucking mint. I'm more kind of musically than technically minded, so I'm sure they'll be other VST's doing the same job better out there that I am unaware of. But this makes it well easy. The coolest thing is the way it samples audio, turning every second of every tune you have on your hard drive into a potential instrument for your tuen, with the pitch changing on the thing working really nicely. This can then be mixed with analogue or digital synths aswell, or with other samples, all of which you can piss around with to your hearts content. It is also great for doing quick chipmunk vocals (if thats your kind of thing), like the kind they used to mix into some jungle beats back in the day, or have leading happy hardcore tunes and the like. Using em a lot in hip hop now ive noticed.
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06-05-2005 15:33 |
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Originally posted by Halph-Price
since there all spread out, i want everyone to post about a differnet Vst here, and give your opnion on the other vst's, ONLY if you review a vst in that post also.
mostly i just wanted to compliment The GRand VST by Stienberg. my god that's the most beautiful piano vst i have ever HEARD! it'so full with all the hammer actions, and panning for each end of the piano, too bad it comes on 3 cd's, but it's worth it!!! this takes forever to load, but omes it ambient room sound adjusment, and release time, natural or not, all very high quality, you'd xpect from the guy who MADE VST's. this blew me away! |
the grand is absolutly fuckin amazing!!! i bought a copy, sold it on ebay six months later for £100 (pretty good considering i paid £125) but then i had to format my hard drive and lost it. really miss it know. its soooo accurate its untrue. fooled a lot of people with its quality.
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06-05-2005 15:59 |
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without doubt the best vsti is absynth 2. the sound quality is seriously strong, mindblowing stuff. its my workhorse synth, gets used in everything i do right know. i was a bit weary of the hype surrounding it but i decided to splash some cash and im glad i did. the fact it was used on the matrix soundtrack just defines its quality. (aaargh i should work for native instruments with sales lines like this!)
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06-05-2005 16:42 |
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Friscko
Aron Tinnitus
Registration Date: 12-03-2005
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06-05-2005 19:33 |
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exponent_cj
Tourist
Registration Date: 11-05-2005
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I quite lke Vanguard. It's got some very innovative features and sounds very good. Maybe not suited to all styles of music though.
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11-05-2005 20:54 |
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Halph-Price
Zombie Algorithm
Registration Date: 22-12-2004
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that vangaurd is a simple nice souding trance synth.
Zeta, or Z3T4, whateever, is an amazing synth i always forget about because it starts with a Z. nice quality, and greta filters, multi-screend and in depth with 6 osc, and 2 filters, it's a nice gritty synth. it's the dark side of an albino i would say. the vocal filter is pretty cool too, makes it sound like a human voice.
wish there was a filter like that in vst form.
oh yea and there's a VIRUS synth module for it. anyone ever find that?
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This post has been edited 2 time(s), it was last edited by Halph-Price: 12-05-2005 02:03.
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12-05-2005 01:12 |
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Soi
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Registration Date: 29-01-2003
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How about some slightly older ones?
I still like the FM7 alot
Pro52 and the newer Pro-53 rock the place
Native Instruments B4 (very nice organ-sounds) ==>
Native Instruments Kontakt is also very nice, at least i think it is, cuz it sure looks like a puzzle to me for the time being.
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12-05-2005 13:58 |
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Muad'Dib
Andrejnalin
Registration Date: 02-12-2003
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Elemental Audio's Inspector
Analysing software - spectrum analyzer. It is a fast (cpu dependant) VST spectrum analyzer, with low CPU usage, suitable for analyzing your sound while you make it and play it in your sequencer (or elsewhere, if you have VST engine). It has good and organized user interface, with lotsa buttons and switches.
On the upper-left corner sits the spectrum preview, the pane in which you see your sound. The left-right stereo is divided with colors in this pane - red and blue.
The frequency range is normal for analyzing, but it is not adjustable, so this goes in its minus score.
Works in 4 modes: 2x2 combos.
You have 2 refresh rates to select - fast and slow. SLOW is for more average analyzing, when the falldown of the sound bars is not too fast so you can notice medium sound characteristic. FAST is for more precise analysis, if you have fast eyes
You can notice more subtle sound characteristic this way.
You have 2 modes of display to select - average and peak. In peak mode, when a sound strikes you can notice clearly the frequencies it takes, so you can locate it in the spectrum and analyze it more precisely. In average mode from all the peaks an average is calculated, and displayed, so that you can analyze the whole spectrum and its taken and free frequencies (which is good for mastering).
You can combine these modes for your needs. Example: slow - average (can be used to analyze large portions of your tune); slow - peak (can be used for kinda average analysis of peaks); fast - average (similarly to the previous, but more suitable for mastering); fast - peak (here you can see the dynamic changes (like snare hitting, kick drum etc.) in short portions of your tune);
On the right of the spectrum analyzer window you have a dB metter. It shows you the dB loudness of your sounds. You have normal range (coloured green) where your sounds don't present any danger of overpassing the 0dB limit. Then you have alert range (colored yellow) where you should be caring about possible clipping. And you have clipping range (over 0dB) where you can notice clipping and distorsion created by it.
You can change the decibel range of these ranges (except the clipping range which is always 0dB) to suit your need, but the defaults are quite ok.
There is a option, a big red button with MASTER ALARM notice. You can set the range where, when overpassed, it shows the alarm. This can be clipping, clip incidents, consecutive clips, clipped samples, and headroom (the room left in stereo).
When the alarm is triggered, the button flashes red, warning you.
This is pretty good specturm analyzer for producing needs. And it's free, which adds to its grade!
Grades:
quality 9/10
UI 8/10
speed 9/10
bug-free 10/10
possibilities 6/10
avaliability 10/10
average: 8.6
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12-05-2005 15:04 |
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