You can find a zipfile om google with literally tons of banks of presets other users have made and a video on google about how to access the sounds (synth1 is a bit quirky) but worth it.īest thing about synth1 is that it's so light on CPU especially considering the sound quality, based on a nord I believe ? It used to give me stuck notes often but lately (with the most current version in current Reaper) it doesn't give me that problem anymore.Īgree with synth1. Most are overlaps.īut yeah Synth1 is really good.
Sometimes the banks are named something a bit different (for instance a pack may have been downloaded from KVR at one point and the person collecting the patches didn't realize it was the same as what he already had), there are zips within zips, there are rars (which synth1 won't see inside, so you'll have to extract them and make zips.the few of those which aren't just duplicates of the zips, that is! ), a couple self-extracting exes (which can be deleted since they're also duplicates of the zips), and in at least one case most of the entire pack was contained within itself as a large zip file.Īnd that's not counting the overlap you'll find between those 2 packs I mentioned. Yes! Beware however: the 2 packs I found (one has "14000 patches" and the other has "25000 patches") both have significant duplicates within them. To expand on Synth1, it "comes with" a really basic set, but there are literally tens of thousands of user-created patches. This should be a good start.Ĭan't argue with any of that, but can add one more.īecause I'm sure Prince would have used an Oberheim once or twice. Mini Mogue VA (even worth bridging in 64bit) - based very roughly on Mini Moog with expressive aftertouch.ĭexed (DX7 - classic FM digital - loads real DX7 patches).Ĭobalt (now free - also doesn't really try to sound analogue - more like early japanese digital with analogue filters)Īlso get CM Mag for freebies. Synth1 (based on virtual analog 90s digital hardware!!! - Nord Lead 2) Prince was prolific, he used a lot of different synths.
where to download FREE samples for various types of synths (Prince style), even if pro/paid ones are much more decent. how to use a library of samples in Reaper so I can use the piano roll editor to get the sounds
I even don't know the vst I am using, uses synthesized sounds or recorded samples!
piano, organ, strings) that I load as an FX into a track, then I use piano roll editor to build notes/chords in the track's items. What I am using now is a set of vsts (e.g. Will I be able to use piano roll to produce various notes of that sound ? (I have no MIDI keyboard) Regarding samples, I must say I understand the basics (which are real sound instruments recorded by microphones) but I don't know how to load them in Reaper and how to use them in piano roll, that is how the sounds (I suppose a bunch of wav files) are interfaced with Reaper. So my understanding is either I use a synth vst with decent presets or use specific hardware synth samples.ĭo you know such FREE synth vst with lots of presets ? I want to introduce some synthesizer sounds in my songs (as close as possible to sounds of synths Prince used in his songs) but know nothing about synths and how to use them to produce decent sounds (and don't want for now to learn it).