When it comes to different effects, SO doesn't have anything like a granulizer, a vocoder, or a resonator to name some. Other than that, there's three other types of effects plugins you might want: those that add effects you don't have, and those that offer faster workflow, and effects that just straight up sound better. There's a lot that third party instruments and libraries can add depending on what you need. Impact is pretty good, but would be better with internal drum synth engines and it's acoustic type drums are ok-ish. Presence has alright instruments, but there's many far more extensive libraries.
Mai Tai only offers basic subtractive synthesis and does it alright, but that's it, and there's way more forms of synthesis. That said, third party plugins can offer some extra things.įirst of all, while the instruments are alright, there's a lot that offer a lot more.
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Some I use often over or I tandem with 3rd party ones are analog and groove delay, chorus, bitcrusher, room reverb, Redlight, pro EQ, among others. I don't think they should bother too much with developing libraries for Presence, as they're unlikely to compete with the vast array of amazing stuff available for Kontakt.
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A stock wavetable synth that was somewhat competitive with Serum would go a long way, plus maybe an FM synth and an electronic drum synth that isn't sample-based. I think PreSonus would be smart to develop some more powerful and compelling stock synthesizers in various styles. If you're writing primarily "in the box" you'll probably need a personalized arsenal of 3rd party synths and/or sample libraries. Studio One's built in instrument plugins are better than they get credit for, but they don't really cover all bases. Then there are "smart" plugins like Gullfloss and Soothe and Trackspacer which may or may not save time/workflow by automating certain tasks that might be tedious to accomplish with stock plugins. Valhalla reverbs and delays are popular because they sound great and they're inexpensive: Studio One's reverbs and delays are quite serviceable, but sometimes it's nice to have some different colors in your palette. I use FabFilter plugins because I like their interfaces and they have a lot of useful bells & whistles, but I could get the job done just fine with just the stock plugins.Ī lot of third party FX plugins are specialized/unique and don't have stock counterparts: some of the FX by Output and SoundToys, for example, are either completely unique or they take a different approach to standard FX, or have a certain unique quality to the sound that is appealing. Studio One's stock mixing effects are quite good. But add some good drum libraries and it's very usable. The included library is better than nothing I guess.
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Sine, LABS BBC, and VSCO are outstanding for free orchestral sounds. Presence offers usable but unremarkable sampled sounds, good for quick mockups but you'll want to get something better for commercial work. Google Dexxed, Surge, Synthmaster Player. There are lots of free synths out there that do better. Mai Tai is my go-to for synth bass, also good for simple 80s style analog leads. I wouldn't be in any hurry to replace them unless you have a specific task the stock ones can't handle. Studio One's processing plugins (compressor, eq etc) are pretty good for all-around use.
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