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| Platform |
Product |
Price |
Distributor |
Tel |
Web |
Score |
Issue |
| MAC |
Absynth |
$150 |
Rhizomatic Software |
n/a |
www.absyn.com |
9 |
28 |
|
Stunning soft synth for the Mac with some very impressive and unusual sounds and effects. |
| PC |
Dream
Station |
$89 |
Audio
Simulation |
n/a |
www.audio-simulation.de |
9 |
22 |
|
A powerful, flexible, high quality soft synth and sequencer
at a ridiculously low price � unmissable! |
| Mac |
MetaSynth
2.6 |
$299 |
UBI
Software |
014156264045 |
www.uisoftware.com |
7 |
22 |
|
A soft synth that converts images to sound. Fairly complex but
can generate some truly fascinating noises |
| PC/Mac |
ReBirth |
£149 |
Arbiter |
02089701909 |
www.steinberguk.com |
8 |
23 |
|
On the most-used list of many computer musicians, ReBirth is
still the program against which all other soft synths are measured |
| MAC/PC |
Reason |
£299 |
Arbiter |
020 8970 1909 |
www.propellerheads.se |
9 |
29 |
|
This complete software studio sounds incredible, is an absolute joy to use and stands as well worth all the hype - fabulous! |
| PC |
Storm |
$225 |
Arturia |
n/a |
www.arturia.com |
7 |
29 |
|
This virtual studio has full customisable MIDI control, can be used as a VST Instrument and is expandable, but it's still rather expensive compared to the competition. |
| PC |
SynC
Modular |
$49 |
n/a |
n/a |
www.mtu-net.ru |
5 |
20 |
|
Very versatile in theory but in practice extremely confusing
� it takes hours to build a synth from scratch. For die-hards
only� |
| PC |
Tassman |
$399 |
Applied
Acoustics |
n/a |
www.applied-acoustics.com |
8 |
22 |
|
Easy to use modular synth with superb sounds, but could be a
bit more sequencer-friendly |
