I recently had an andromeda A6 in my studio. I have a fair bit of gear so I decided that it wasn't worth the money, but, nevertheless, there were definitely areas it went where the rest of my gear does not seem to go. Specifically, those huge, dark and drifty vangelis-esque pads: where you can hear the oscillators buzzing against each other and the oscillators' harmonics being plucked out as the filter sweeps. The sound of electronic bliss.
Anyway, while I had it (and after it was gone) I expended considerable effort trying to replicate this on my existing gear. I have a number of VA polysynths, VSTis and creamware synths but none of them really captured the essence of that sound. So I demoed every VSTi that promised buttery analoguey goodness but I was disappointed each time. The emulations that were good (impOSCar, korg) had a different sound, but the ones that attempted that sound weren't good (no names, let's just say they've been mentioned in the same breath as creamware a few times).
Then I noticed creamware had released profit 5. I listened to the demo track and thought I could hear something. I was surprised at the lack of comment on this board though, so I felt a bit apprehensive when I bought it. This lasted precisely until the dev finished loading in SFP.
Profit 5 is one of the best sounding synthesizers I have ever heard. I was totally blown away. I spent hours with it last night and I didn't do much more than step through a few presets and play. Those oscillators, that filter. Mmmmmmmmmm. By the time I went to bed last night, it was clear to me not only that I'd found the sound I was looking for but also that I preferred it to the andromeda: it is richer and more musical. Even my moog voyager was looking a little sheepish at times
If you love synthesizers you would be mad not to get this... Oh, and it sounds even better with a little sonic timeworks ambience.They might exasperate me with their total indifference to my emails and their refusal to send me scope4, but creamware has the best synthesizer DSP gurus on the planet. Huge kudos to them.
