Minimal/House/Tech VST

cliff0390cox · 07-16-2011, 02:26 PM

First post.

Pretty new to the art of music production, hooked myself up with logic and a macbook and was wondering if anyone could recommend a good VST package that would be great for Tech House/Minimal/Techno thats compatile with logic.

I'm struggling hard with bass and not to keen on the logic synth interface or sound.

Also anywhere i could find good samples (kick/snare/hat/percussion one hits)

Renato Qu · 07-21-2011, 03:38 PM

massive!

Empty Reach · 07-21-2011, 04:32 PM

Microtonic

3 week free trial but it is well worth the money

Check this out aswell, really cool feature

edit... just seen you asked for a synth!

sylenth1, cheap, easy to use and most importantly... sounds good

and welcome to the forum

cliff0390cox · 07-21-2011, 06:00 PM

Cheers guys.

Empty Reach · 07-21-2011, 06:14 PM

No problem

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Also anywhere i could find good samples (kick/snare/hat/percussion one hits)

Hey was just thinking if you downloaded this you might be able to get the drum samples out of it

Its an ableton project, I think you might be able to take the samples out of the project folder without having live installed but Im not 100% sure

dj.Sarah · 07-27-2011, 12:50 AM

massive!

Empty Reach · 07-27-2011, 01:48 AM

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Originally Posted by dj.Sarah

massive!

Well over rated in my opinion

kindelsesh · 07-29-2011, 01:38 AM

I think Reaktor's Mirko Prism synth is great for making metal percs and cool sounding synths for minimal

It's free too.

jtregoat · 08-02-2011, 04:13 PM

+1 for Microtonic, I believe Popof is a big user.

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Originally Posted by kindelsesh

I think Reaktor's Mirko Prism synth is great for making metal percs and cool sounding synths for minimal

It's free too.

Where can I get a link to this?

Empty Reach · 08-02-2011, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by jtregoat

+1 for Microtonic, I believe Popof is a big user.

I heard Daft Punk used Microtonic for the Tron soundtrack

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Originally Posted by jtregoat

Where can I get a link to this?

Here

edit... you'll need to install the reaktor player first, it's up at the top - products/free products

jtregoat · 08-02-2011, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Empty Reach

Here

edit... you'll need to install the reaktor player first, it's up at the top - products/free products

Thanks! Is it just a toned down version of Prism?

Empty Reach · 08-02-2011, 04:50 PM

Yea pretty much, still though its not bad for free

Triton64 · 08-02-2011, 05:36 PM

massive sounds like plastic to me.

No single vst is gonna give you what you need. Although a good start is drumatic, its free and has very nice clean drum synthesis, which is a must. Most of the time i find drum samples don't quite cut if for minimal tech if you are going for a clean sound.

Compressing samples to the extent required tends to bring up the noise floor to audible levels and generates noisy transients. You can compress the living shit out of a drum synth with no worries. Then bounce it to audio.

other than that you need a good eq (preferably one with shelfing eq) and a solid reverb unit. A nice fm based synthesizer would not hurt at all either.

jtregoat · 08-02-2011, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Triton64

you need a good eq (preferably one with shelfing eq) and a solid reverb unit. A nice fm based synthesizer would not hurt at all either.

Any specific reccomendations?

Triton64 · 08-02-2011, 06:37 PM

I like this one. Mostly because it limits me, (if that makes sense).

There are only four bands, with limited ability to adjust frequency and bandwidth. I like it for these reasons:

1) I can only do so much with one instance, so i make the most important changes. This prevents me from over equalizing, which has been a problem for me.

2) eqing is actually pretty quick. When you don't have super fine frequency and q control you tend to work faster

3) up to 4 bands of shelfing eq. I love the shelf eq settings on here.

4) no spectral display, makes me use my ears instead of my eyes.

5) its not offensive to boost on here. You can get away with boosting frequencies on this a little more than some other eqs.

http://www.abbeyroadplugins.com/prod...ack_29989.aspx

mostly its a workflow thing, but yeah. Love this eq.

Triton64 · 08-02-2011, 06:44 PM

In terms of reverb any convolution reverb unit will do, ie: altiverb, pristine space, IR-1.

I like to record my own impulses and use them for reverb.

As far as fm synths go the fm8 is the king in my opinion.

Finegrind · 08-04-2011, 12:36 PM

Equing :

Fabfilter Q, Ableton EQ Eight,

Delay :

Ableton Simple Delay, Ableton Ping Pong Delay, Tal Dub Delay 1/2/3, Fabfilter Timeless 1/2,

Verb :

Ableton Reverb, Smartelektronix Ambience, Waves Trueverb, Soundtoys Echoboy, Soundtoys Crystalizer

Compressor/Limiter :

Modern Antress Painkiller, Ableton Compressor, G-Sonique Twisthead

TokyoMind · 09-21-2011, 12:57 AM

great news for music production.

jtregoat · 09-21-2011, 01:57 AM

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Originally Posted by TokyoMind

great news for music production.

you didn't even give us a spam link to click on!

1.A.M. · 02-14-2012, 06:20 PM

Search in YouTube for Pointblankonline.net and they have a bunch of really good tutorials for minimal style production,
Cheers