I was disappointed to see that NI killed the old Pro-53, so I’m excited to have Prophet sounds again. I think Repro and Diva are going to be a lot of fun!
I see what people mean about Satin being subtle. I found that with the UAD tape sims I demoed as well. It should be nice on a final mix though and hopefully I can coax some good sounds out of it. I need to watch some YouTube tutorials.
Yep Satin’s cool on master buss, can thicken/widen a mix and add some subtle vibe. I always mix/master in to it, last in chain on master before limiter. Glues and warms it all up pretty nice
Besides basic tape functions it’s a decent chorus/delay too…check some of the presets for taste of that stuff.
Incredible deal! Might pick up Repro finally. Diva is my go to ITB synth. So versatile.
Satin can be subtle. Put one on every channel + master and use the grouping feature and it adds up though. It always stays on my Ableton template. If you need more cassette level tape plugin I like the Klevgrand plugin.
I have to say that I am not regretting this purchase one bit! I thought that Repro would be my hands down favorite, but I have to say that Diva is amazing. I ended up buying that Neon Circuits pack above and it’s amazing. Highly recommend!
I approach Satin primarily as a “tape-style delay” and it’s fantastic and characterful in that regard. The 4 repro heads make it a lot of fun to experiment with. (I’ll second Klevgrand’s DAW Cassette and DAW LP for their respective sounds, if you’re looking for them)
u-he’s Diva and Repro-5 both have MPE support, by the way, which strangely doesn’t seem to be advertised as a feature on their pages. (It wouldn’t make sense to have MPE on the Repro-1, because, well, it’s monophonic.) If you love the expressiveness of MPE like I do, they manage to one-up vintage and nearly all contemporary analog synths in that area.
If you bought expansions/Patches reverse engineering your favorites and try to reprogram on the basic recipe and decline a multitude of your own based on your taste…
it’s better to design in the context of your song a sound who’ll fit exclusively regarding the other sounds in use rather to try to fit an existing one at the mixing stage.
At least I encourage to do so… and to feel the pleasure to have few of its own sounds or everything
Glad people jump and get probably 2 (or more if you get the bundle with effects) of the best sounding plugins for half of the price ! that’s cool
Thanks for that Klevgrand tip. I downloaded the demo and it’s really quite nice. I signed up for their newsletter so if it goes on sale at some point, I will most likely add it for a different type of tape flavor. In the meantime, I am enjoying Satin (and all of the other effects in the bundle).
Repro and Diva are just amazing. I got lost in playing tonight. I didn’t record anything, but man it was like meditation. I don’t regret selling my hardware synths one bit.