05 Apr 2017
I agree that the clarity in the production is rather... well, a production thing. BUT, i think Sylenth1, or Spire (or also Massive) are simply killer for these kind of sounds, and have a punch, presence, and ability to cut through the mix (yes, a much used cliché), that many synths, including the Reason stock synths, simply don't have, thus make it easy to produce such sounds. Yes, you can also do such sounds with other synths, but, it simply won't the same, and you'd have to work, work, work. And some pluck sounds, which use a lot of filter envelope, and short decay time are simply, sorry, not to replicate with synths which have a lame envelope response, and are not plucky, and snappy at all. On KVR, i also often read the "use whatever synth you like, they'll all do" argument, but, nah, it's just not like that. For example, Moog synths are well known to be absolute bass beasts, and punchy and chunky as hell, hence they've gotten a lot of use for such sounds in the past. I've recently watched a bass comparison video between a Moog Sub 37, and a Prophet 6, and, soz, the Moog was just fatter, juicier, and more pleasant in its filter sound for every single of the sound the guy made. You can't just substitute quality with lower quality, it's not possible. If it's good enough for you, fine, but, don't expect it to be good enough for the other guy too.
Not to be rude or something, but, i'm really growing tired of the "just use what you have attitude". It's like saying that all the great electronic music producers in the history are noobs, because they couldn't get the great sound they produced from others synths than the Moog's, Oberheim's, Waldorf or Access synths, or whatever they have used. Without spending a thought on why all the "big" brands in the business were used, and why those are so big. It's like saying that you can just buy a 10 € guitar from a pawn shop, and, alongside the 10 € mic to record, it can get you on top of the music business. No, not really.
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chk071 on 05 Apr 2017, edited 1 time in total.