I still really like the Cubase synths, Prologue, Mystic, Spector, but I HATE HATE HATE the modulation and envelope page. I am a big PPG fan, I think it’s also pretty flexible, even when it’s not supposed to be. Right now I love the TAL Juno emulation, it covers a lot of territory, sounds clean (and modern, to be ironic lol).

It does not sound amazing these days, but there is a time and place for that sound. I used to love Gladiator, but it has a particular sound, ans sort of stereo quality that sounds really dated, but can be useful at times. If it is, standard sounds require too much effort, the entire thing is very fiddly, and sort of ‘take what it gives you’. Padshop Pro is great, but I can’t say that it’s very versatile for general song writing. HAlion 5: Best sampler for my purposes/workflow, but unfortunately not as much dedicated 3rd party content as Kontakt. But it still works perfectly with jbridge in Cubase 8 so I still use it. Unfortunately the company was defunct just around the time the Arturia Prophet came out und the product is not available or supported anymore. General Vibe VectorSector: Best Prophet VS emulation with some classic 80s sounds.

Much more authentic than FM7 which I was using before. Palm Wavegenerator, Wavemapper: For truely unique soundscapes with a Wavetable twist.ĭEXED: Though still in beta, my goto FM-synth.

Version 3.V sounds more authentic and can load user made samples/waves Waldorf PPG Wave 3.V: You can’t beat Wavetable for that “special flavour” if you really need it. Sonic Projects OP-X Pro-II: When I need Oberheim sounds that need too much CPU when made with Diva. It is so far ahead of all the Arturia stuff, it’s unreal. U-he Diva: This ist still the best analogue emulation out there, Jupiter 6/8, Moog, Oberheim - it’s all there.

Arturia v collection 5 vs synthmaster