best synth for leads? edm

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  1. petrrr

    petrrr Kapellmeister

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    best synth for leads? edm

    thanks!

    added: in terms of good presets!
     
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  3. TranceDream

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    The best VST synth for lead is the one you are able to handle and use the best.

    Any modern VST synth enables you to design lead sound.

    I recommend you choose an industry standart VST synth and learn it in depth.

    I would choose a VST synth that has the wavetable function. It is called "Wavetable synthesis" . You can start from Serum since there are tons of free tutorials on Youtube.

    Edit: Don't confine yourself to presets, but try to learn, at least, basic sound design techniques.
     
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  4. ArticStorm

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    Serum, Massive (X), Vital, Sylenth1, ANA 2, etc
     
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    FM8, Serum, Omnisphere, DSP56300 Virus emulator. Is there a good Nord Lead 2 emulator VST? And of course, PhasePlant :)
     
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    Agree, i would add synthmaster and avenger.
     
  7. Baxter

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    The ones you know, like and layer.

    There are shitloads of presets for Sylenth1, Spire, Serum, Surge, Sismololimx, sossollsosVST5000, etc.
     
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  8. naitguy

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    I like Serum because it's pretty easy to use, easy to do sound design in (imo), and there are a billion great presets available on the sister site for it that suit a lot of different genres. It can sound great for leads, or pads, or arps, or even drums and other things.

    Really though, I agree with @TranceDream - don't confine yourself. You could pick almost any synth and easily use just that one synth to build most of your track. My point on that is that no synth is going to hinder you from making EDM. That will fall on your brain/creativity/abilities, I'd say. Just sit down and play around and see which one is easiest for you to understand and work with. @TranceDream gave good advice. Pick one, learn it well, and you can do a lot with it.
     
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    Lol! More eSSeS!
     
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    What synth is not good for leads if you can play good leads on a synth...
     
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    U-He:
    • Diva
    • Repro 1/5
    • Hive 2
    • Zebra 2
    Vital (free)
    Vengeance Avenger
    Sylenth1
    Spire
    ANA 2
    Dune 3
    Serum

    These synths will give a broad selection of presets to buy, including factory presets that come with the synth. The synths have distinctive sound /feel, so check them out and get a sense of how to suit your sound.

    In EDM, it comes down to layering 2-4 leads / pluck to get a distinctive sound that pops out. In the end, almost every synth will give you good leads, bass, plucks, and pad. It comes down to how you layer them, mix/eq, and what sounds you layer to create something impactful.

    Good luck
     
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    When it turns to a discussion of the best synth plugins again
    :rofl:

    Any good known synth will always have a wide collection of presets avaliable to use. (E.g. Spire, Sylenth1, Dune 3, or Serum)
     
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    there is no good emulation of NL2, Discovery Pro is designed after the NL2 i think, but doesnt sounds as close, but it does have some of the ideas of the NL2 as the architecture is the same. Problem is here, that the code also runs on DSP563xx chip and sparked limitations of the DSP Code and this lead to a specific sound.

    Other than that i am not aware of any close sounding synths of the NL2.
     
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    Exactly ArticStorm the Discovery sound is not the hit and it is anything but an exact emulation.
    The Synth 1 however comes a bit closer to the original and it's free.

    Ichiro Toda - Synth 1 VSTi (Functionally it is modelled on the Clavia Nord Lead 2 Red Synth).
    https://daichilab.sakura.ne.jp/softsynth/index.html
    Neutrino Sky - Synth1 Librarian VST Plugin v2020.901 - https://neutrinosky.com
     
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    I just meant something like the above. I didn't mean a direct emulation, sorry. I just meant something you can make that crisp sounding lead that is popular in some styles.
     
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    Discovery should be fine then.
     
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