Does anybody own a Xilx Lab synth? What synth? Have you owned it for a year +? How is Customer support?

Cheers

I've got the synthi - lite, and it works well.  Never had to use customer support in the last couple of years.

Why?  You planning on breaking their product ;-)

I don't know too much about em..  lol..  but I follow CM on Facebook, and their latest synth Oxium got a write up..  Its really cool... 

I plan on breaking it :p


lol..  / joking..


I just wanted to see if there were some users on this forum.  Cause it seems like a new company..

Nothing but glowing reviews on kvr for Oxium. So many that there was a backlash resulting in several "enough about Oxium, already!" threads. 

They do have a demo.

bitflipper


 Nothing but glowing reviews on kvr

  I don't read Kvr..  "A mean spirited group of people, who wish to stroke each others toenails; and ban all others who don't subscribe to their narrow world views of sanctimonious selfishness." 

Incidentally, I've got the Oxium Demo installed right now..  but um..  So its a real company then?   I asked on Gearslutz, and got no response.

I don't like buying plugins, and then you find out, "a company you don't know much about falls off the map."  Ah..  I don't know..  I'm jonesing for a new synth..  I tried the Retrologue, maybe I ought to go with that..  It is nearly half the price...

But this Oxium is way cool..   The filters sound better on the Retrologue..  Maybe I am wrong?  I guess Oxium is a bit more complex, it probably takes a while to learn a little...

hmm...

Did you buy Oxium then?  Do you like it?

I, too, am on a quest for a new synthesizer. Still looking, though. Tried (and liked), but did not buy Oxium. 

Diva would have been my choice but my aged CPU isn't up to it.   

I mostly agree with your assessment of kvr, btw. 

I currently own the PolyKB II player and I owned the Xils 3 LE version in the past (I sold it as it didn't really click with me).  The PolyKB Player is nice for a little different flavor than  most of the synths  I own.

Here's a story about their support:  I had trouble installing the PolyKB player (due to inadequate instructions by the third party seller...no fault of Xils lab), so I emailed them.  Within 15 minutes ON A SATURDAY no less, I had an email from them with a complete answer that solved my install problem.  I thanked them for the quick support, and I even got a response to that saying they would contact the third party seller to tell them to update their install instructions.    Support doesn't get any better than that.
As I understand it, Xavier (the main guy at Xils lab) used to work for Arturia.  You'll notice that the preset menus are almost identical to those found in Arturia synths.  I think most agree that Xils lab synths sound better than the Arturia ones, however.  

bitflipper
I, too, am on a quest for a new synthesizer. Still looking, though. Tried (and liked), but did not buy Oxium.

Diva would have been my choice

I've demo'd Diva and think its amazing. But.. As amazing as I think it is, it just isn't clicking with me. Its sound quality is awsome though.

I just tried Stein's Retrologue and Padshop Pro...... They are great!! I was just about to buy em, when I saw the Oxium Article on CM or Music Radar.. I was just, "reading the FB newsfeed, and found out about this new Oxium Synth..

SmokeyJ628
Xavier (the main guy at Xils lab) used to work for Arturia. You'll notice that the preset menus are almost identical to those found in Arturia synths.

Wow! Not because I think his synths and arturias are very simalar... "wow," because I think this Oxium is so different. I didn't notice at all. Now I am totally blown away.

Some of the other synths that I've recently demoed that impressed me, in no particular order:
SynthMaster
Twin2
Helix
Zebra
Tassman
OPX
A.C.E.


In case there are any on that list you haven't tried yet.

A lot of the synths you mentioned..  have the same problem as my synths...  "Age."  

5 years is a long time in the software industry..  I feel like my synths, and plenty of those on your list, are showing age.  and when I play with Oxium...  I totally see, "the age my synths are showing."