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Originally Posted by
Dave Polich
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I'll start..Waldorf M plugin. I got so excited about having the "amazeballs" Microwave sound in a plugin, I couldn't wait to buy it.
Used it exactly once. Months ago. Haven't since. To be honest, I found it disappointing. Not evocative or that unique, like Plasmonic or Objekt or even Chromaphone. It's a one-sound plugin to me. I can get cooler sounds that are in the same ballpark elsewhere.
I still have and use the Waldorf PPG 3v plugin, which frankly to me sounds better and is actually useful. And includes effects and a working mono legato mode.
Don't want to start a debate about whether I'm an idiot and the Waldorf M plugin is the greatest synth plugin ever. Just want to hear from others who have been disappointed with VST's they bought.
It's funny that you mention Plasmonic, Objekt, and Chromaphone. Those are three plugins that I demoed (but fortunately did not buy) and never considered again.
I suppose if I were doing music for TV, film, and games, I might be more interested in "pseudo-Ethno" mallet and pluck instruments. Or maybe if I wanted to revisit Peter Gabriel's "Security" album for some reason.
But almost all physical modeling synths sound thin and cheesy to me. I want them to sound as rich and detailed as samples but be more expressive. And they never deliver, IMO. Apple probably did it best with its Structure instrument 20 years ago. For better or worse, the field has not progressed to anywhere near the point where physical modeling can replace sampling, as many people predicted back then.
While no one is an "idiot" for not liking a synth, it is strange (to me) that you prefer the PPG 3.V plugin to the Microwave 1, which, IMO, is superior in every way – sound, flexibility, expressiveness, UI, and third-party library support. But different strokes for different folks.