mrbowes
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Looking for the soft synth sampler package that offers the most well-rounded set of high quality samples.
This is an economic decision as I cannot afford to buy more than two quality ($200-400 each, although money saved is money earned, so help me save here) software packages at the moment, and one of those is Cubase SX 3.
Most importantly, I want good synths/keys, strings/orchestra, drums/loops, percussion, ambient tones(although not a big factor - got a k2000), strings, and most likely anything i'm not thinking of right now - I want the whole schebang!
I've looked into the following:
Sonik Synth 2 - nice demo. had some good synths, but did not offer much else besides synth and bass pads.
Kontakt 2 - looks extensive. new product, so not much on it yet. 15GBs! anyone here with experience? i have not found a demo.
Kompakt - heard good things about it, but have yet to try it out. opinions?
Sampletank 2XL - have yet to get the demo working, but looks like SS2 w/ more emphasis on strings/non-synths. thoughts?
Others???
GAS'ing hardcore for a killer software synth that does it all good, if not great.
This is an economic decision as I cannot afford to buy more than two quality ($200-400 each, although money saved is money earned, so help me save here) software packages at the moment, and one of those is Cubase SX 3.
Most importantly, I want good synths/keys, strings/orchestra, drums/loops, percussion, ambient tones(although not a big factor - got a k2000), strings, and most likely anything i'm not thinking of right now - I want the whole schebang!
I've looked into the following:
Sonik Synth 2 - nice demo. had some good synths, but did not offer much else besides synth and bass pads.
Kontakt 2 - looks extensive. new product, so not much on it yet. 15GBs! anyone here with experience? i have not found a demo.
Kompakt - heard good things about it, but have yet to try it out. opinions?
Sampletank 2XL - have yet to get the demo working, but looks like SS2 w/ more emphasis on strings/non-synths. thoughts?
Others???
GAS'ing hardcore for a killer software synth that does it all good, if not great.