the 6 best … Softsynths… of all time!
Time to put our heads on the block as we pick the six best software synths… ever (and still available to buy)
Spectrasonics Omnisphere 2.x
£339
10/10 cm220
“If being at the cutting edge of sound design appears on your list of music production priorities, it’s an instrument that you simply have to own,” we said in our review of Omnisphere. Since then, every sound designer - and everyone else, for that matter - we’ve interviewed has hailed this as the ultimate in synths. Take whatever audio you want, plus a huge amount of great quality supplied material, and mangle it through the best engine in the biz. If there was a top synth spot, this might well be on it.