Arturia V collection was actually my least favorite and its one of the few synths I've actually deleted because I never used it. For the kinda music I make, Syntronik1&2 are #1, then Omni, then Vital (surprisingly), then Massive X, then the TALs, then Serum, and the rest are all after that. Also AFAIK there are no external preset packs for the Syntroniks, but they do come with a shitton of presets. whereas if I have a track with Serum I have to double it and pan it and make it louder just to achieve the same width and depth of sound. Like for most patches, to mix it, I'm just putting an EQ on there, if that. ![]() The other thing I've noticed is that Syntronik seems to be wider (not stereo width, just more full) and deeper sounding than other soft synths. But if you want to use presets that sound exactly like famous synths from the 60s-90s, Syntronik beats them all. For making your own patches from scratch, even something like Vital would be better because it has way more modulation and wavetable options with Syntronik, the interfaces are really basic like an actual vintage synth, so you can't assign a random envelope to modulate a random formant shifter or whatever like you can in Vital. I use it for 60s/80s-inspired indie rock/indie pop music because it can sound like synths from that era without tweaks, and in that respect, I think its as good as anything on that list, even Omni the shortcomings are 1) if you want really deep menus for custom patch creation, 2) if you want to do modern EDM-type sounds, 3) if you want to create really deep and complicated arps, 4) the storage required. If you want something to accurately recreate vintage synth sounds that will sit well in a mix and actually sound like those synths sounded on records, Syntronik blows all the others away. Obviously it depends what you're using it for, but I have (or used to have and deleted) Syntronik 1&2, Diva, Serum, Massive, Massive X, Omnisphere 2, Keyscape, Vital, some Korgs, some TALs, Arturia V collection, the Martinic AX whatever, and probably a few others, and honestly Syntronik is probably my most used of all those, because in terms of accurate vintage synth sounds, I think its the best. Not a sample player with a generic filter and envelope. To me Syntronik is miles above any UVI pack I've tried, just for the fact I feel like I'm actually using the synth. are actually modeled after those on the original synth itself. The sample is acting as a sample based oscillator from what I can tell, therefore any adjustments to ADSR sound natural like if you were using the synth itself, and the ADSR, filter, etc. With Syntronik, its like a rompler/hybrid synth. since you're just adjusting the sample as a whole and its not like they modeled that particular synths envelope or filter. *Just a note on the UVI comparison- from my experience with UVI sets, like the JX-3P set, doing any sort of ADSR or filter adjustment on their presets just sounds kind of. ![]() If you're someone who doesn't know what you want, likes to have 1000's of presets for inspiration, and also would benefit from everything being in one nice plugin with more customization than say, *UVI packs, than try this out for sure. So to sum it up, I'd say for anyone that is a synth nerd or proficient with designing their own sounds- go with VSTi's for each sound you're looking for. On the flip side, you can find pretty much anything you're looking for synth wise in 1 plugin, rather than having to go through dozens of other VSTi plugins. Unless you want to take the time to go through all the oscillator samples you can't really "dial in" a sound from scratch, so you have to find a preset close to what you want and then dial it in from there. If you do like to use presets as inspiration or a starting point, than Syntronik might be great. I might use some presets to get closer to what I'm looking for, but 1000's of presets is not for me, it only slows me down. I don't use a lot of presets, I design most of my sounds. ![]() The trouble is, that's my workflow and you might be different. ![]() As someone who owns a lot of vintage synths, as well as just about every replica synth plugin (Arturia, TAL, Cherry Audio, Softube, GForce, Roland Cloud, Korg, etc.) after playing with Syntronik for about a day, I realized, it doesn't fit my workflow and I could replicate almost all of the presets within a few minutes in a plugin, so for me it doesn't make much sense.
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