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Legacy Poly6 VSTi vs the Real Thing

2004-06-17 by Peter Andersson

Hi,

I just got the chance to compare the Legacy Poly6 VSTi to the 
original synth. I listened to a few different programs, using about 
the same settings on both synths. I was a bit surprised to hear that 
the VSTi sounded quite a lot different than the original and even, I 
thought, a lot better (bigger and more distinct sounds). 

I started tweaking the VSTi to make it sound more like the original 
and found that the major difference in sound came from the "unison 
spread" stereo feature on the softsynth. In mono (and with a little 
EQ tweaking), the VSTi actually sounded quite like the original.

I'm no synthesizer expert myself. Have you also compared the two? 
It'd be very interesting to hear what other differences can be found.

  /Peter

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