xgsjx Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 I'm in dire need of some decent VSTs (software instruments), but haven't got the spare cash to buy outright just now. Thankfully Splice offer a Rent-to-own model, where you pay monthly, can take a break as often as you like & start again & once you've paid the cost of the software, it's yours. So I thought about getting either Serum as it gets rave reviews & is $9.99 a month for 19 months or Arturia Pigments2 for the same, but 20 months. Then I thought "Oh, Arturia V Collection 7 is $24.99p/m". That has 23 instruments modelled on classic synths & keys. I really don't want to spend more than that per month, but now I'm in 2 minds what to go for... Aturia V collection 7 or Serum and Pigments2? Has anyone on here got any or all of these? The good thing about Splice, is that you get to try for 3 days for free, so I'm going to download one today to try. Then do the same with the others at different times so I can have a proper play about with each. But I'd like to know who uses them long term? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 Have you had a google of 'Best free VST's'? There is some amazing 'pro-quality' stuff out there for free. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgsjx Posted July 3, 2020 Author Share Posted July 3, 2020 I'll have a look. Over the years I've tried a few free VSTs. u-he Tyrell N6 is pretty good (I believe it's based on the Roland Juno 106. I've downloaded the trial of Serum & so far, I'm impressed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skidder652003 Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 Spitfire free vst’s are amazing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgsjx Posted July 3, 2020 Author Share Posted July 3, 2020 Indeed. I’ve got Labs & Discover. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SH73 Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Amplitube 4 currently on offer on IK multimedia,l also bias FX on offer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_bass5 Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Not sure if this is the short of thing you want but Cakewalk is free and comes with some of that stuff https://www.bandlab.com/products/cakewalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgsjx Posted July 4, 2020 Author Share Posted July 4, 2020 4 hours ago, dave_bass5 said: Not sure if this is the short of thing you want but Cakewalk is free and comes with some of that stuff https://www.bandlab.com/products/cakewalk I've recommended Cakewalk to a few friends recently. I'm a Mac user & have Logic Pro X. There's a good selection of synths & so in within it, but I'm wanting some good pro quality VSTs. Having played with Serum a wee bit, I'm sold on it. It sounds fantastic. I'm gonna try Pigments2 & V Collection, but from what I've done with Serum so far, I think It's likely that I'll go with Serum & Pigments2. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgsjx Posted July 4, 2020 Author Share Posted July 4, 2020 Made this using Serum. Not bad for a 1st attempt & mostly using it's own presets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouMa Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Dont bother with Arturia vst stuff it's not quite in the same league now sound wise. However I use their hardware with C.V out with my modular I'm building. Best soft synths I have used are stuff like Rob papen blue 2 and the Spire synth is also amazing. The korg legacy collection has always been good although getting old now. Beware with synths like Spire and Serum as some of them are getting pretty CPU intensive if you are using them alongside other software DAW etc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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