The overall subtractive architecture is familiar enough to be accessible to most synthesists, yet it offers extra levels of flexibility, accessed from the various programming tabs in its center panel, like the Routing panel, where you can view and tweak the signal flow of the various modules that make up a patch, and the drag-and-drop icons that make quick work of building up modulation patching. Massive’s oscillators are more than just simple analog waves (like sine, square, sawtooth, pulse, etc.)-they’re Wavetables, which, besides those basic, traditional shapes, also include a large collection of richer and more complex wavetables to use as raw material, making for a much wider range of possible sounds. But there’s much more to it than that simple description suggests.
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Massive follows a traditional subtractive synthesis models, with oscillators (three, plus noise) filters (two), amplifier, modulation (LFO), and effects. Native Instrument’s Massive is another synth that’s been around for years, and its popularity and sound pretty much guarantee it a place of honor. So without further ado, here are a few of my choices for the slickest soft synths around. And I selected synths that are not emulations of specific classic hardware models, but stand on their own merits. I stuck to synths that are-at least to me-geared to playability, and not primarily sound design or scoring effects. I omitted instruments that are primarily samplers-even though many of the models here utilize samples as source material, they don’t mainly present them as realistic simulations, but as raw material for heavy processing. I tried to limit this list in a few ways, to make it more manageable. Even so, a list of the most impressive soft synths will certainly end up including some models that would be on anyone’s wish list, along with a few more personal choices-and this collection pretty much fits that bill. Any top-10 (OK, top-7) list of virtual synthesizers will, ultimately, be pretty subjective-everyone has their own idea of what constitutes the coolest toys when it comes to making and mangling sounds for creative musical ends.
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