Any VI's Currently Turning Your Musical Crank?

[DaleB]

I'm in the mood for a new VI… just to enlarge the musical palette and hopefully inspire some new ideas.

Anything lighting your fire these days?

Just to save you suggesting them, I already have: Komplete 8, Omnisphere, Stylus RMX, LA Scoring Strings 2 (& Sordino strings), Xpand2, Kontakt 5 (with Studio Drummer, Nostalgia, Chris Hein Horns Compact, NI Vintage Organs & the usual Komplete 8 kit), Ivory II Grand Pianos, MOTU Symphonic Instrument and I can't remember what else.

I figure you'll ask me "what music genre?" and the answer is: I do custom jingles mostly… so EVERY conceivable instrument has potential for use.

So… plug your favourite plug-in. I'm listening!

[musicman691]

Synthmaster 2.6.16 is a new favorite

Another that gets massive use here is EWQLSO Play version for orchestral, Ra for ethnic instruments and Stormdrum 2/Pro for percussion. EW has Stormdrum 3 which is a completely different set of instruments but don't have that yet.

[DonaldM]

I'm a big fan of Camel Audio's Alchemy. It has many unique sound libraries (Iceland, Digeridoo, Bandura) as well a wide range of libraries with more traditional type sounds. But the real power is that instead of being a more or less passive rompler type sample player, it really is a powerful synth where you have massive amounts of programmability using the many samples available. Almost anything you can imagine can be created.

The one downside (right now) is that its still VST...but it hosts nicely in either Reaper or in Blue Cat Audio's Patchwork. And the AAX version is coming "soon"....

Given the type of work you do, I think you'd find this a great addition.

[chrisdee]

The one thats on multiple tracks in every session for me is Nexus2.
It's sounds great to my ears and I can easily have 60+ tracks without the CPU breaking a sweat at 25%.

Also use Sylenth1 and Xpand2! in every session.

[musicman691]

Originally Posted by DonaldM

I'm a big fan of Camel Audio's Alchemy. It has many unique sound libraries (Iceland, Digeridoo, Bandura) as well a wide range of libraries with more traditional type sounds. But the real power is that instead of being a more or less passive rompler type sample player, it really is a powerful synth where you have massive amounts of programmability using the many samples available. Almost anything you can imagine can be created.

The one downside (right now) is that its still VST...but it hosts nicely in either Reaper or in Blue Cat Audio's Patchwork. And the AAX version is coming "soon"....

Given the type of work you do, I think you'd find this a great addition.

I thought Camel wasn't doing aax ports?

Something to add is Thor inside Reason rewired into PT. Massively flexible synth that isn't hard on cpu usage.

[Kinh]

Hybrid 3. It Fn wicked!!!! I downloaded it today. You mentioned inspiration.. well to me that even surpasses Omnisphere on that front. Everything you need for trance, house and above all..pop with a capital "P". It is so freaking commercial and the pads shimmer with more sparkle than tinkerbell's wand!

Man its a great synth and doesn't choke your cpu either, unlike Omni you can do several instances. Man, I cant praise that synth enough. I have several and that is by far the best, better than any Native Instrument with heaps more variety.

Im guessing you were disappointed when you first got a taste of Komplete and it's lack of usable polysynths. Well you ain't gonna have that problem with Hybrid I guarantee it. More poly than you can poke a freaking stick at! beautifully glazed in perfection. If I could have sex with that synth I would.

[DaleB]

Some excellent and inspiring suggestions here. Hybrid3 for sure is going on my shopping list.

I really miss the instrumental variety that my Korg Trinity offered me, from harps to harmonicas. I guess Xpand2 is the closest thing to that. Are there any other sample/synthesis (rompler?) plug-ins that are AAX Native 64 bit worthy of consideration?

-dB

[DonaldM]

Originally Posted by DaleB

Some excellent and inspiring suggestions here. Hybrid3 for sure is going on my shopping list.

I really miss the instrumental variety that my Korg Trinity offered me, from harps to harmonicas. I guess Xpand2 is the closest thing to that. Are there any other sample/synthesis (rompler?) plug-ins that are AAX Native 64 bit worthy of consideration?

-dB

Yeah, Nexus2.

[DonaldM]

Originally Posted by musicman691

I thought Camel wasn't doing aax ports?

That is incorrect. They are coming out with AAX versions of CamelSpace and CamelPhat (both in beta test right now) an later Alchemy 2.0 will include an AAX version.

[DAWgEAR]

I've been having fun with Nexus2 and the Papen VIs. Hybrid 3 is also very cool.

Have you tried any of the UVI sampled instruments? I get a lot of use out of them.