Re:AAS Synths on Sale - Anyone using Tassman?
2011/12/08 11:36:16
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SONAR 1 XL had an option to pick up Tassman (DXI). I upgraded Tassman a couple of times, but eventually let it sit on the shelf for quite a while. I picked up the Himalaya Electric Toolbox recently (it's been around for a long while, although for whatever reason I never noticed it) at a 50% discount. I purchased some of Himalaya's other sound banks for String Studio - and was impressed enough to give it a go and blow the dust off of Tassman. Am I ever glad I did. What has always impressed me about Tassman is the way you can get "organic" sounding instruments - strange and other-worldly, or real and exotic - drums, strings, plates, resonators - as well as some of the greatest synths I have ever heard. At the $89 price point, T4 is the closest thing to a real "no-brainer" I can imagine. Personally, I would highly recommend also picking up the Himalaya Electronic Toolkit at half off. But in any case, playing with that sound set has got me to go back through and look at T4 and all of the included sounds,and to download some things I didn't have - and I am shocked that I haven't given it more attention. The comparison to Reaktor is often made - but it really is almost completely apples and oranges - There is nothing else like Tassman.
Brando
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