ZincT

That's cheapest I can find it so far. Xils Labs have it for 89 EUR Some of those demos do sound gorgeous (e.g. Through The Flames To The Ocean (Adam Borseti)) but I have Cherry Polymode which is probably good enough for me. https://www.xils-lab.com/products/polym-p-160.html#

Thanks for the recommendations Fleer. I really love Phase Plant but some of the more EDM focussed banks are really not my cup of tea. I own Tremor and the Grattis 2021 freebie, but I was tempted by Animus, Suspension or maybe the Andrew Huang one (enjoy his YouTube channel).

Yup, it was actually quite fun. I'm like you - tweak existing presets rather than start from scratch. I must do more. 💡 Good idea 👍🏻

Done! Yes the instructions were pretty clear. I used the pictures to check that my cables looked the same at the end (different colours though). Also, I had a stuck note after connecting the amp output which cleared after reloading the patch (there is also a free MIDI panic module). Only another 39 to go 😵

@abacab I missed that one! Thanks for sharing. Now I know what I'll be doing on Sunday 👍

The free version is standalone only Reid. The Pro version includes a plugin version as well as standalone. Here's a more up-to-date comparison of Pro vs Basic...

Voicebanks are quite small. For example, Eleanor AI voicebank is around 26Mb. As for the synth itself, SV Basic/Pro specs says it requires 1Gb for one voicebank but it's 44Mb on my system. You can download the demos from the link above to get an idea.

Ya got me Fleer! Done up like a kipper.

That's exactly what I had in mind 😄. Although I am exploring all of the great Kontakt libraries at the moment with Wotja driving it. Something that sounds universally great is a Wotja ambient preset pointing at Amadeus Symphony patch!

Yes, you can get the SV Basic free version and Lite voicebanks from here (scroll to bottom of the page) ---> https://dreamtonics.com/en/synthesizerv/

Thanks Larry! I've been waiting for a sale to grab SV Pro and I'll probably go with either Ryo or Kevin so that I have a solid male voicebank to accompany Solaria (from https://www.eclipsedsounds.com/ ). Here's a demo of Kevin... and Ryo (he can also sing in English) ...and Qing Su, a native Chinese female AI voice singing in English.

Oh no! I've just spotted there's a trial version - be a shame not to, eh?

I figured you had the "divil" in you in your post, although I am tempted by that EDM Country content 🤣 (not) I saw that MYST post as well and it brings back memories of spending A LOT of time on that one. Unfortunately, I have zero time for games these days and have a lot that I haven't even installed. Actually, that's not quite true - I've been teaching my daughter chess on a real chessboard!

Yeah, it's not ideal but I think of it as a workaround if worse comes to worse. Even at this price I'm wondering if I really need it as I have Vybz which does similar things.

You would also still be able to run VST2s in a VST3 wrapper app, something like Kushview Element, DDMF Metaplugin or PG Unify (assuming that they carried on supporting VST2).

Good spot! Never seen it this cheap.

Great stuff and some of my favourites. I'm making an abacab cover ( of the song not the legend ) using the Genesis bank. Thanks, I will check those out. Looking for more ambient presets.

@aidan o driscoll I appreciate the thought, but one of the ways I'm cutting down on GAS is by stopping my sample library downloads. I realised that I was downloading them and then never touching them; ever! Lol. I would rather buy a few new presets for V Collection 8 (especially at the moment with this sale going on).

Great choice! I had some of those already (great minds etc) but added Vangelis II, Kavinsky, MJ, Strawberry Fields and Stardust (David Bowie by Nori U). +100 for the Floyd Tributes and JMJ.

I'm amazed he hasn't been snapped up for some voice over work. Or maybe he has!

16 to go until level 8!

Lol! I was searching through various Acoustica Premium threads to see what the price has been recently (BF, Christmas etc), but it seems I "liked" the old thread instead of the new one by mistake. Glad it had positive repercussions for you Fwrend 👍

@fret_man Sounds amazing! 👍 It sound so much like real instruments. Thank you for sharing the end result and the details of how you achieved it.

Just a heads-up for anyone interested in these high quality, royalty free field recordings (almost 1Tb). You can still get this for a reduced price ($18.98) using the code VENUSTHEORY Click on the BUY DIGITAL DISCOGRAPHY link on the page in Larry's post and enter the code. This includes 473 releases and a huge variety of material. Here's Venus Theory's video where he uses them to design an impact sound.

This ^^^^ Assuming you have the freebies, I also have and like Synthwave 2085 and Synthopedia. I'm looking at getting some more Synthwave and Ambient packs this time.