soft synths

[paresh]

Hi - Can anyone point me to a site where I can compare soft synths & related items? Or just advise me on where to start - I'm looking for something w.o.too much learning curve w nice sound. I look as Ableton Live, Reason, etc but they seem really complex. Thanks

 

[Tifstorey]

Reason isnt hard to get the basics at all. Its really easy to use the basics, and from there you can gradually work up on it. its a great programme to! Might want to download a demo version just to have a play around with it.

Voila: http://www.propellerheads.se/download/index.cfm?fuseaction=get_article&article=reason_demos

Have fun!

 

[smeghead]

Also have a look at NI kontact. Although I don't have it yet I have read great reviews about it.

 

[zbert]

If you are starting out I might suggest fruity loops. There is some good built in stuff and there is the soundfont player. You can find tons of SF2 (soundfont) samples for free on the net. Here's a place you can start to look http://www.synthzone.com/soundfont.htm
Also if you have any software that will host VST's there are lots of freebies on the net. Another starting point.
http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~thman/VST/vst-allinstr.htm
Good luck