Can anyone recommend a good software drum synth that’ll allow me to get Rytm/Syntakt type sounds (not seq) on my laptop?
I’ve got DrumComputer, which I really like, but it’s kinda it’s own thing, it’s quirky… not solid like my Rytm.
I really like the Akai MPC Drum Synth engines, but I can’t access/control them direct enough in Ableton (as they reside inside the main MPC plugin, I can’t ‘macro’ them).
I’ve got the Ableton M4L drum synths, which are ok, but I’m not into the interfaces/vibe of them.
It’d be amazing if Elektron ever followed Korg and Arturia’s example of making SW versions of their hardware… if I had the Syntakt digi engines in SW form I’d be happy.
…the old time classic vst drum synth…microtonique…by sonic charge…
it’s the closest as it could get when it comes to swedish hw comparison…
it’s unique, dead simple AND super complex at once, extremly versatile and way longer than a decade already pretty unchanged in the game…
sounds always fresh and timeless…
has netherland roots and it’s slim coding was even “copied” and licensed by teenage engineering once and ever since…u can’t get any closer to swedish mindset than with this little beast…still unbeatable…also in 2023.
and in case u don’t like it’s looks, u can pick “urs” from various gui skins…
You could try VCV rack? Lots of options there whether it is emulating analogue sounds or all sorts of digital synthesis options with all the modulation you could throw at them.
I’ve said it before but drumspillage is the best drum vst by far imo, but it’s Mac only unfortunately. Amazing interface and sound. The first big update for it in a while is supposedly planned to come out soon, too. If you’re on a Mac computer definitely check it out OP.
Very good indeed, but the updates never saw the light of day. The developper announced version 2.5 years ago and we never saw it. He wrote a blog article stating that he was working on an update to make it M1 compatible, but this remains to be seen. If I were the OP, I would wait before buying audiospillage.
Also, audiospillage does not have a sequencer, which may or may not be detrimental.
Microtonic is simply classic and has certainly been used in many professional productions. you certainly can’t go wrong with this. amazing that it still exists. I remember that from way back when.
it’s sort of like sound toys, for example. High quality plugins that just don’t die out and are hardly beaten.
I paid 1700€ for a 15 year old digital synth, and I would do it again any time without even thinking.
If someone wrote a piece of software, that is still so usable and unique 15 years later, that people would buy it over modern ones, he should get as much money for it, as he would get if it was released today.
