OK, I'll start. Here are the current plugins that dominate my keyboard rig: Omnisphere, Stylus RMX, Arturia Analog Factory, Native Instruments FM8, and Reason 5. Now that I've spilled the beans on my rig it's your turn!
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Poll: What's Your Favorite Synth Software
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Finally found someone on my same wave length after stumbling over your blog, So refreshing :)
ReplyDeleteI have a mainly software synth setup which I use for worship in my local church as well as gigging in a christian band.
My setup is roughly an Arturia Analog Factory controller and software and some mainly free plugins hosted through mainstage. Alchemy is a favourite for soundscapes. I also have a couple of Violins / cellos from the Eastwest Play orchestra which are really good and which I also picked up free by filling in a questionnaire.
Added to that I have a retro Casio VL-1 and a Korg Kaossilator for good measure although the korg is used sparingly really.
Omnisphere is definitely on my future wish list as I mainly play pads / soundscapes.
Apologies for the long winded answer, but just finally I see you use Analog Factory as well, which tbh I haven't really explored properly. Have you any presets you would recommend for a worship environment? More pads type feel really rather than killer 70's lead synths of which I've found loads?
I stumbled across your blog and I'm definitely on the same page! I've been trying to step it up in our church worship scene. We're a medium-size church with talented musicians, so I needed to step it up with the keys.
ReplyDeleteI've been running Mainstage 2 (and am now trying Mainstage 3) with Omnisphere, controlled with an Akai MPK88. There's still a lot of things that I want to learn, but as a whole, its worked out fantastic! With the slides on the MPK, I'm running up to 8 layers of sounds mixed in and out, which adds a lot of interesting dynamics to our sounds. A lot more than our Korg or Yamaha can do.
I'm definitely looking for more suggestions and am always up for creating a better worship experience. If anyone has suggestions or feedback, let me know!
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