Lead instrument samples/plug-ins

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Lead instrument samples/plug-ins

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Hey!

Seeing Kristian Røstøen posting a remix preview here kinda motivated me to get back to work on my own first try. I left it because I couldn't find a good lead instrument, and now I'm hoping someone can get me back on track :)

I'm doing a simple tune by Link/Vibrants in Renoise, and I guess something like a jazzy organ / vibraphone / guitar thing would suit it pretty well. Some filtering effect, etc. would probably be nice, but I should probably add that in mixing?

What sort of instruments or plug-ins do people recommend, and do you use default sounds, or spend heaps of time on tweaking your own, optimized instruments?

Any good examples out there?


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pfk wrote:
What sort of instruments or plug-ins do people recommend, and do you use default sounds, or spend heaps of time on tweaking your own, optimized instruments?

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TWEAK! Preset's SUCK!

Re-fx Vanguard can produce some great sounds with very little effort (but it has limited control when it comes to really fine-tuning your sounds...

I thoroughly recommend 'Synth 1' - I now use it for most of my bread and butter synth sounds... Sounds great, wealth of editing options and is totally free :)

http://www.geocities.jp/daichi1969/softsynth/

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maybe you should try z3ta+, it's a real good softsynth...

http://www.rgcaudio.com/


on their site you can also d/l some good freeware synths like:

Triangle II - a synth that i still use.... sometime... :wink:

sfz - the freeware version of their soundfont player (you can find tons of free soundfonts on the net.)


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What about the MinimogueVA?
Free Minimoog+ softsynth with lots of fine lead presets ready for tweaking! :wink:
http://www.glenstegner.com/softsynths.html
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Z3TA+ is absolutley the most incredible thing that you can get for such a low amount of money.
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putzi wrote:Z3TA+ is absolutley the most incredible thing that you can get for such a low amount of money.
YES!!!!

btw. due a hardware crash i lost you phone number, that's the reason
why i can't call you..... argh... nicht böse sein... :wink:
also most of my email contacts are lost too....

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