VST

I was waiting to buy Zebra (mainly waiting for some more clients to pay up) but fate intervened.  Last weekend Fabfilter had a promo on a Mac software site to buy Twin 2, Timeless 2 & Volcano 2 for $99.  I missed the deal, but bought Twin 2 anyway because the interface is absolutely brilliant.  Zebra & Imposcar both remain on the wishlist, but I've got my hands full with Twin 2, Filterscape VA and a number of free VSTi that I dig.

 I just installed some demos of VSTi for testing and had some quick, just messing with patches & knobs impressions:

Here are the contenders for my main synth.  I thought I'd be able to get some opinions from the IDM Forums and whittle it down to 3, but where's the fun in that?

Having used cracks in my previous incarnation, my choice of synths was vast.  I was on synth crack and if there was something new available, I had to have it, even though I didn't use them all.  The ones I did use frequently were Albino, Imposcar and Vanguard.  At least those are the 3 that easily come to mind.  I've let go long enough to have it all be a hazy memory.

Some 2 years ago, I decided to stop making music and put all my energy into building my business and moving to Costa Rica.  With the latter a fait accompli, the itch to make music has returned.  Or rather, the itch to be creative has been slowing growing for the past few months as I told myself over & over that once we get to Costa Rica, I can get back at it.

So now I'm here, in tropical paradise,