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This in all makes XSynth Library a very good choice for Laptop Musicians and Sound Designers. /Michael Kastrup TOP XSynth Library Reviews & Testimonials These are real world people opinions from people many who are known in the Reason community. Please note that XSynth Library is an ongoing library getting bigger and better on each update. The initial release of the Library was on Dec 22, 2005 Thank you for taking the time to share your opinions and thoughts about XSynth Library! /Michael Kastrup (Maker of XSynth Library) From established Users: I'm a producer that has worked with a lot of established artists and i'm finding your collection to be amazing. GREAT work. I'm really impressed with the programming...my studio partner heard me messing with your sounds today and came in asking what it was and I said it was Reason. He said "I didn't know Reason could sound like that"..! Dan Muckala (Producer for artists including Backstreet Boys, CeCe Winans, Nick Lachey, ‘N Sync and Mandy Moore) Feedback from Users: I can highly recommend the XSynth Library to other Reason users. It not only offers heaps of great sounds that you don't want to miss in your productions, you can also learn a lot from Michael if you dig into his complex combinator patches. With XSynth it's easy to create songs like this in an hour or two: Only You Karl Lukas YEEEEEEESSSSSS Michael, I've got to express how much this is gonna knock me over. I've actually had the free refill for quite sometime now and just never really checked it out (i have about a billion refills, and i'm going through the process of cleaning them out and minimizing). When i first heard the stuff in it, i said "I would use this on EVERY SINGLE project". You're incredibly talented, and i'm glad to help support your project. This is worth every penny, and after learning from your setups and also being able to use your presets, i won't look at reason the same again. .dave. Michael, I'm in total shock. You are an amazing talent. Thank you so much for sharing this stuff. You really should be working for Propellerheads. I wasn't expecting this kinda of refill. I had no idea that Reason could be so powerful. This will give me MANY HOURS of enjoyment. Thanks again. -Dale From the XSynth Forums: If I didn't know any better I would think XSynth was a hardware synth!!! It has become my "goto" refill for 70% of my instrumental needs at least. beatgorilla I originally signed up to XSynth for the sounds, but I am coming to value the education I am getting from these updates. It's like attending a monthly clinic. jvanva From the Propellerheads Forums Users: XSynth Is A BEAST, Really it is. I received my subscription password about 14 hours ago and I've had to force myself to stop fiddling around with it!! I also have to eat my words from an earlier post where I basically said I preferred sampled based refills over Sub and Mal combinator patches. This refill kicks major buttocks!!! The main thing I like about it is how huge and life-like the patches sound. Hands down this is the best refill I've come across sonically speaking. There's no way I can fully describe the concept of XSynth in this thread (especially since I'm near delerious), but this refill is truly in a class by itself and Michael's explanations of the "hows" and "whys" of his sound design techniques and approaches are invaluable to say the least. If you like really thick and fat basses, super fat pads and even fatter polys then I highly recommend this refill. Hardware, schmardware...who needs it? runoffinc I would like to make a comment on the Subscibe version of XSynth. To anyone and everyone I can whole heartedly recommend suscribing to Xsynth. I followed this project up until XSynth 1.0 was released and I believe I was one of the first subscribers of this library. Michael has really put his heart and soul into this library and each update has been amazing. Even though the initial price may scare people off I think it is more than worth it. And concidering all the updates that have followed I would say this subscription has been a bargain. I honestly think that XSynth should be part in everyones Refill collection. Cheers. eXode I just pulled open your songcase_3 as an rns. My god Michael, it's huge. I realize I have a modern computer, but the twenty nine combinators full of instruments and effects with astounding sounds in all that is staggering. To see the cpu breeze through all that is incredible. I understand what you mean by other software titles sucking up cpu power and that's why you went to reason and created this refill in the first place. But what kills me is how blatantly obvious that becomes when one looks at the flexibility of style in your combinators and their sipping cpu use. I think it must be hard for nay sayers of reason to look at your rns and not feel technologically gutted, if not star struck. It's a perfectly tuned refill built from the groundup, and I highly recommend it to anyone who wants synthesized sounds full of good variety, quality and no hassle adjustment times with low cpu usage. As an owner of many, many commercial refills; my favourite is fast becoming Michael's refill. I'm talking easy functionality with class from this refill. Cheers Michael! :) doinky I absolutely LOVE this refill so far. Some of the combinator patches in my opinion rival some of the better ensembles in Reaktor5. All of the patches are very useable. Well done Michael! bmellow I would like to weigh in here with my opinion. These sounds are truly incredible in the sense that they make themselves truly known in the mix. I am amazed at how they sit in the context of other sounds. I am already using 3 of them in my latest project. The whole refill just shines with professionalism, and is clearly intended for the serious musician. I have been a victim of sales tactics and spent money before in refills designed to sell. XSynth is designed for use in real music, not filled with insta-wow factor... though the patches do make an amazing first impression. Keep up the good work. I look forward to more discussion on the Xsynth forums. victorjohn The patches that come in the refill are a mixture of the very practical(many with preset patterns)and the highly esoteric (for the hardcore sound designers). There's not a huge number but the emphasis is definitiely on quality over quantity. The sounds seem to have a character which I haven't heard in reason before and the amount of raw material (waveform , textures) is huge. I can't wait to hear what other users can do with them. I have to admit I was little sceptical about the whole subscription aspect at first. But in just the first week alone, thats turned into the best thing about it. New patches seem like they're being added every day or two, with RNS files posted to show how they work in a mix. For me, this is much more valuable than just another bass patch. Keep it up Michael, this is exactly what I want from a refill. Highly Recommended. Doug I actually was the first person to subscribe but I never found the time to write up my impressions, I did comment my thoughts directly to Michael preciously so I'll paste that comment here: "It's great, Its evident that you have a great knowledge in synthesis. I myself isn't really that educated in the area. I'm the kind who just tweaks until I hear something nice. I know the building blocks of regular subtractive synthesis pretty well but FM and additive is quite new for me" I agree on Dougs (Mode1) thoughts on the whole thing and there are some patches in there that are simply breathtaking. I just wish I had the time to sit down and explore it thorougly so I could be contributing with my own patches. eXode From KVR Forums Users: If you haven't already, I highly recommend checking out http://www.xsynth.com sometime to get a taste of what Reason is capable of in the hands of a pro. Michael Kastrup has taken it further than anyone I've ever heard and is one heck of a nice guy to boot. There are tons of patch examples, some full songs, .RNS files and device patches. Amazing stuff. Check out a few sound samples from his site: I've purchased a lot of refills over the years, but this one differs from most of them. Instead of tons of sample content, it takes more of a nuts&bolts workstation approach, building on meticulously created additive and single cycle waveforms to produce a wide variety of dynamic combinator instruments, effects chains and sequencer machines. The amount of work that went into it boggles the mind. ~Tronam TOP XSynth Library MP3 Demo Archive Most of following demos are included as RNS song files in the library. All is done in Reason. Press the little  symbol
* Full version arrangement demos Fripper Tronic Delay Noise (01:40)
Fripper Tronic Delay Guitar (01:16)
Fripper Tronic Delay Drums (01:19)
Fripper Tronic Delay Vocal (01:02)
Guitar Picked Chords A (01:44)
Guitar Picked Chords B (01:03)
Chord32 Arranger (01:19)
User Swing (1:32)
ReJammer Arranger (2:46)
Gritty Whiner (0:55)
Square & Saw Glider (1:23)
Circuit Bender Synth A (1:01)
Custom Filter (3:23)
Little Dub Drum Kit (1:04)
Extreme Reverb Tails Movie Style (1:51)
Extreme Reverb Tails Synth Style (1:27)
Ressy Saw Piano (1:06)
Performer Funky Bass (2:26)
Bell'ish Pads & Keys (2:12)
Evolving Pad (1:39)
Rex Sequences (1:10)
Synth Bows XS-1 (0:27)
SubSync Bass (0:42)
Hurdy Gurdy Like (0:33)
Space Atmosphere (1:19)
* XS Free Symphonic Rock (3:35)
RnB Nylon Patterns (2:10)
Hand Drums Kit (3:09)
Uberheim Patches (0:54)
Swing/House Insp Kit A (3:01)
Piano Virtuos Patterns (1:32)
Hardcore Gate Bass (1:22)
System 100 X (1:15)
Harp Inspiration (1:57)
Harp Glissando (0:47)
Gamelan Generator (0:47)
Voc Cutter (2:32)
Mekanix (2:26)
Thunder Drums (1:39)
Crystal Gate (1:37)
Mellow Poly (1:07)
80s Electronica meets Trance (5:04)
Trance Pluck with various FX (1:39)
All in 1 Techno CMB Patch (2:09)
Voco Bass (0:55)
Vocalix Didjeridoo (1:15)
Vocode Bubbler (1:01)
3 x Very Digital (1:45)
3 x Blade Runner Feel (2:38)
Evolution Pads (2:39)
Rich Polys (0:38)
* Alan Parsons Inspired (5:52)
* Kate Bush Inspired (5:39)
Parsons Pad (1:51)
Wavetable Pulse (2:39)
Aux FX Band Phaser (1:22)
Aux FX Pattern Gated Reverb (1:02)
Subtractor Chamber Music (0:32)
XSynth Sound Preview 1 (2:50)
Morphing Strings (1:36)
Power Glitch (1:35)
Rhythmic Delays (1:00)
Classic Poly Synths (2:33)
Aux FX Vocoder Gate (1:42)
Hardtrack Bass (2:10)
Displacer 3D Synth.
Morph Harmonics 1 PWM. (2:40)
Morph Harmonics 2 SINE. (2:35)
Aux FX Nearfield Pitch Shifter.
Aux FX Mono Beat Fatner.
Pumping Synth Basses.
4 Dist Guitar Emulations.
32 Classic ARP patterns.
Organs for soft, rock, blues & church.
XS Demo 2 (a 13:49 min. presentation).
More Stack synths of the 80'.
Some FX emulating real world things.
Additive guitar like sound.
Stack synth of the 80'.
Old Disco arrangement.
Synthetic Choir.
Wavesequencing.
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