Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 10:32 pm
Count me as one of those who has disliked eVerb from day one. With a lot of work it can be okay, but that's as good as it gets for me. I really wouldn't ever consider using it in a project. Others may disagree.
Soundmaster, I think you'll get plenty of disagreement on the subject of Logic synths.
Or Logic in general. I prefer DP because I'm really familiar with it. But I have Logic 8 and I have to say, it's a good DAW as well. They're both good. And, they both have their share of less-than-stellar plugs as well (The Logic reverbs are nothing to write home about, that's for sure).
Maybe you dismissed the VI's in Logic based on a run-through of the presets that ship with them. And I'd be the first to admit that the presets could be a lot better. However, as a sound designer and programmer, I can assure you that the Logic synths are capable of producing amazing sounds once you get deep into working with them. Particularly Sculpture. Most people never go beyond the preset sounds. You're missing 99% of a synth if you just cycle through the presets.
Same for Absynth. That's one of my favorites, particularly the sound of the filters. I'm not talking about the "sounds", I'm talking about the sound
of Absynth - the overall sonic character. Again, Absynth alone could keep you occupied for years just exploring everything it can do (start with the
multi-stage envelopes, for one). Another thing you probably never tried (or maybe even knew about) in Absynth was importing your own samples into it as starting points for building a sound.
This I gotta say, I'd never judge sound quality (or lack of) based
on what I hear on YouTube. YouTube and MySpace are the worst-sounding sites on the planet. It's degraded, crunchy, piss-poor 96kbps streaming audio.
Soundmaster, I think you'll get plenty of disagreement on the subject of Logic synths.
Or Logic in general. I prefer DP because I'm really familiar with it. But I have Logic 8 and I have to say, it's a good DAW as well. They're both good. And, they both have their share of less-than-stellar plugs as well (The Logic reverbs are nothing to write home about, that's for sure).
Maybe you dismissed the VI's in Logic based on a run-through of the presets that ship with them. And I'd be the first to admit that the presets could be a lot better. However, as a sound designer and programmer, I can assure you that the Logic synths are capable of producing amazing sounds once you get deep into working with them. Particularly Sculpture. Most people never go beyond the preset sounds. You're missing 99% of a synth if you just cycle through the presets.
Same for Absynth. That's one of my favorites, particularly the sound of the filters. I'm not talking about the "sounds", I'm talking about the sound
of Absynth - the overall sonic character. Again, Absynth alone could keep you occupied for years just exploring everything it can do (start with the
multi-stage envelopes, for one). Another thing you probably never tried (or maybe even knew about) in Absynth was importing your own samples into it as starting points for building a sound.
This I gotta say, I'd never judge sound quality (or lack of) based
on what I hear on YouTube. YouTube and MySpace are the worst-sounding sites on the planet. It's degraded, crunchy, piss-poor 96kbps streaming audio.
ROFL
