I hear great things about acustica but until they steam-line their download manager and license dsp usage im skeptical of downloading and installing it again, i own some too lol
Idk if you guys mentioned it but with a voucher you can get via email you can get it for $100 till first week of March or something like that. (They extended their intro offer) Also. Credit where credit is due. These were not nearly as CPU heavy as I assumed they would be. Arguably equal with what Diva is capable of.
TAL audio software, has the best Jupiter-8 and Juno 60 plugins ever made, they also have the exact presets from the originals that in a blind shoot out you can't tell which is plugin or hardware synth. They also have the Tal Sampler which is a one stop plugin for ever synth sound you could ever want, it is one of the best samplers ever made and comes with a Free pack of all the greatest synths and drum machines you could ever want for classic synth and drum machine sounds. Their plugins are very CPU efficient and they have really great support.
I own the J-8 and a BOATLOAD of presets for it, so I wanted this thing to suck, so I wouldn't have to buy it. Someone in the comments suggested I download the demo and give it a whirl. I did and confidently say that out of ALL the vst's I own (like probably 20-30, 40?) none of them sound as good as the TH8. I hear that there is some instability, but I've yet to experience any except for having to reboot it once. I have yet to use it extensively, but it is simply AMAZING. If Acustica Audio releases more like this, I feel it will make other soft synths obsolete. I do NOT own Diva, but I heard from another source that they even liked the TH8 just a little better... Download the demo if you dare. 😉 P.S. I own a brand new Mac Studio, so take that into consideration. If you own an older PC, it may not be a perfect fit.
@@skyko I was offering a budget option for anyone out there looking for an alternative at a lower price point. Acustica make really good plugins I use to use a bunch but until their actually fix their piracy scanning software that just eats up the CPU and has data tracking built in, I'm not going anywhere near it. I believe you when you say its great and an improvement on the other Jupiter emulations out there. In all honesty they should just switch to iLok I would consider using them again, but they won't because they make more money selling user's Data to information brokers than they do from plugin sales. Its sad because they could be a real innovator but sadly they won't. Yea I just upgraded to the 16 inch M4 Max from an M1 Ultra Mac Studio and Man these latest Apple chips are really GOOD. Cheers thanks for the info.
Has anyone done a shoot out between this and U-He Diva? I'd be curious to hear the difference. I prefer U-He as a company as they have a far better business model and licensing scheme.
Big user and fan of Acustica and was optimistic about this before trying. I owned a JP8 many years ago, and wont be paying vintage prices to ever replace it. The first Acustica plugin I've demoed and not bothered with.
Fantastic synth picked this up as soon as I heard it! Worth checking the TH2 which was released free around the same time and again just a cut down but in some ways just as cool as the others here.
Man I love the sound but I’m scared of their software and the glitchy behaviour, they claim they have a glitch spike protection software but im waiting for the bug fixes before jumping on this! I loved my JP8 the sound is emotional power
Tried two installer versions of the TH2, both times the plugin crashed my DAW. Apparently others have experienced the same, with no feedback from Acustica. I'll just wait for the Bupiter 16...
I had been following this release since its first announcement. I was absolutely set on NOT buying, due to the massive holiday plugin shopping fest I thought i had already finished. When the TH2 dropped, i was even more set on not getting it, bc now i get some of the vibes and save money. ..but i demo'd it anyway. I couldn't deny how good it sounded. Had to buy it. I thought the initial praise was just fanboys doing fanboy behavior, but i was wrong. This bad boy is the real deal. Money well spent
Check out Knifonium from PA. Or Cherry Audio or TAL instruments. 🙂 Anyway, this was a good "thing" to start from in the synth apart of solely effects but price and glitchy behavior make less sense 😒
The acustica ‘more you buy the cheaper it gets’ thing means fanboys can take around 35-40% off the launch price. I think acustica base their prices on that ie the discount is the actual price, but they do it in a more convoluted way than the other vendors. See what I did there.
Thing for €128.24 with THSPECIAL code (€229 regularly) VERSUS Phase Plant for 99$ +30$ voucher for the next purchase as a synth buyer (199$ regularly)? My choice was evident regardless pinky and marshmallow kudos to analog sounding 😁
I've been looking for a synth to get that 80's sound but I'm a guitar guy so I'm clueless...any suggestions of something a little cheaper? Sean I kinda agree with you Dan is getting stranger and stranger.
@@johndoe-cb5ckGForce do some nice Oberheim stuff. If you’re looking for very cheap but decent sounding, check out Cherry Audio as well. They have a plugin for many of the most popular synths out there.
@@johndoe-cb5ckI too tried to get away from the guitar-bass-drums thing a couple of years ago, and now my music has little to no guitar in it. Beware, synth plugins are too awesome😁 I started with TAL-U-NO-LX, and I'd say that's a solid choice. The free Tyrell n6 is awesome, but unfortunately not updated for apple silicon, so I can't use it anymore. Can't think of any affordable ones right now, sorry. Maybe check some Cherry Audio stuff? Some Imaginando stuff I found to be interesting as well.
To be fair, I don't think it is outrageously priced. It just sounds better than any Jupiter 8 version I have heard, including Roland's own, and that has roughly the same price tag. As many have commented you can get the TH2 for free. And according to Acustica, the "TH2 is the scaled down version of TH5. TH5 its a synth derived from TH8 but not a scaled down version." No clue what that actually means though...
Yeah, so clunky, so glitchy and anti piracy stuffed code. Just not worth the bother. And then there's the price. For F's sake. Seriously, when are we going to move on from paying for stuff that sounds a bit like old stuff, or even a lot like old stuff? We've got more than a lot of old sounding stuff. Are these companies incapable of making new, great and innovative sounding new stuff? Or, has it gone as far as it can go and these companies are just clinging to myths and creating legends out of old stuff?
@@athonygraham8353 Not to mention their CEO who thinks he has the right to invade his customer's privacy by scanning their computers for pirated software, and then if any pirated software is detected to basically steal their money by revoking access to any software they've actually paid for. Nobody should ever buy an Acustica product, and their software should be considered malware.
Man I love the sound but I’m scared of their software and the glitchy behaviour, they claim they have a glitch spike protection software but im waiting for the bug fixes before jumping on this! I loved my JP8 the sound is emotional power
I hear great things about acustica but until they steam-line their download manager and license dsp usage im skeptical of downloading and installing it again, i own some too lol
Hey guys, there is a free version as well TH2 which is duo phonic I think
Thanks for doing this, sounds great. Syntronik by IK is synth built on top of waveform samples from classic synths as well. What a time to be alive 😂
Idk if you guys mentioned it but with a voucher you can get via email you can get it for $100 till first week of March or something like that. (They extended their intro offer)
Also. Credit where credit is due. These were not nearly as CPU heavy as I assumed they would be. Arguably equal with what Diva is capable of.
Excellent. 👍 I can finally sell my MKS-80. The other emulations have left me wanting.
TAL audio software, has the best Jupiter-8 and Juno 60 plugins ever made, they also have the exact presets from the originals that in a blind shoot out you can't tell which is plugin or hardware synth. They also have the Tal Sampler which is a one stop plugin for ever synth sound you could ever want, it is one of the best samplers ever made and comes with a Free pack of all the greatest synths and drum machines you could ever want for classic synth and drum machine sounds. Their plugins are very CPU efficient and they have really great support.
I own the J-8 and a BOATLOAD of presets for it, so I wanted this thing to suck, so I wouldn't have to buy it. Someone in the comments suggested I download the demo and give it a whirl. I did and confidently say that out of ALL the vst's I own (like probably 20-30, 40?) none of them sound as good as the TH8. I hear that there is some instability, but I've yet to experience any except for having to reboot it once. I have yet to use it extensively, but it is simply AMAZING. If Acustica Audio releases more like this, I feel it will make other soft synths obsolete. I do NOT own Diva, but I heard from another source that they even liked the TH8 just a little better... Download the demo if you dare. 😉 P.S. I own a brand new Mac Studio, so take that into consideration. If you own an older PC, it may not be a perfect fit.
@@skyko I was offering a budget option for anyone out there looking for an alternative at a lower price point. Acustica make really good plugins I use to use a bunch but until their actually fix their piracy scanning software that just eats up the CPU and has data tracking built in, I'm not going anywhere near it. I believe you when you say its great and an improvement on the other Jupiter emulations out there. In all honesty they should just switch to iLok I would consider using them again, but they won't because they make more money selling user's Data to information brokers than they do from plugin sales. Its sad because they could be a real innovator but sadly they won't. Yea I just upgraded to the 16 inch M4 Max from an M1 Ultra Mac Studio and Man these latest Apple chips are really GOOD. Cheers thanks for the info.
Tal's Juno is a juno-60
@@skyko acustica attracts haters like no other company but they also do some truly spectacular stuff
I want a T-shirt with Dan's Face and the words "My Heads Completely Empty." Great Show, as always. You two are the best!
@@mixingmaven I want that too...👍
I’d buy that merch for sure
Welcome to rabbit in the headlight. Dan, I'll raise you... 🎶 In the Gravy you can sail your chips and peas...🎶
Has anyone done a shoot out between this and U-He Diva? I'd be curious to hear the difference. I prefer U-He as a company as they have a far better business model and licensing scheme.
Big user and fan of Acustica and was optimistic about this before trying. I owned a JP8 many years ago, and wont be paying vintage prices to ever replace it. The first Acustica plugin I've demoed and not bothered with.
Fantastic synth picked this up as soon as I heard it! Worth checking the TH2 which was released free around the same time and again just a cut down but in some ways just as cool as the others here.
Man I love the sound but I’m scared of their software and the glitchy behaviour, they claim they have a glitch spike protection software but im waiting for the bug fixes before jumping on this! I loved my JP8 the sound is emotional power
I tried some of acusticas stuff but found myself quickly running out of disk space,.how much gigglebytes is this
*JEEZ*😬
Tried two installer versions of the TH2, both times the plugin crashed my DAW. Apparently others have experienced the same, with no feedback from Acustica. I'll just wait for the Bupiter 16...
Same here, i just deleted it. Usually never happens, first time i think.
I had been following this release since its first announcement. I was absolutely set on NOT buying, due to the massive holiday plugin shopping fest I thought i had already finished. When the TH2 dropped, i was even more set on not getting it, bc now i get some of the vibes and save money.
..but i demo'd it anyway. I couldn't deny how good it sounded. Had to buy it. I thought the initial praise was just fanboys doing fanboy behavior, but i was wrong. This bad boy is the real deal. Money well spent
Check out Knifonium from PA. Or Cherry Audio or TAL instruments. 🙂 Anyway, this was a good "thing" to start from in the synth apart of solely effects but price and glitchy behavior make less sense 😒
The acustica ‘more you buy the cheaper it gets’ thing means fanboys can take around 35-40% off the launch price. I think acustica base their prices on that ie the discount is the actual price, but they do it in a more convoluted way than the other vendors. See what I did there.
@@JulianMoore1 👍😂
If you want to convolute your wallet once and for all 😆
...Wheres Gary Newman!!!???😜
@@ruudheadz7095 We buried him under the studio. 👍
@@StudioLife101 🤣🤣🤣
Thing for €128.24 with THSPECIAL code (€229 regularly) VERSUS Phase Plant for 99$ +30$ voucher for the next purchase as a synth buyer (199$ regularly)? My choice was evident regardless pinky and marshmallow kudos to analog sounding 😁
I've been looking for a synth to get that 80's sound but I'm a guitar guy so I'm clueless...any suggestions of something a little cheaper? Sean I kinda agree with you Dan is getting stranger and stranger.
@@johndoe-cb5ck Check out the free Tyrell N6....also anything by TAL.... Arturia sounds great and do some good deals. 👍
@StudioLife101 Cool! Thanks I'll check both. I'm wanting to try something different from my usual guitar,bass and drum thing.
@@johndoe-cb5ckGForce do some nice Oberheim stuff. If you’re looking for very cheap but decent sounding, check out Cherry Audio as well. They have a plugin for many of the most popular synths out there.
+1 for TAL Excellent plugins, though I prefer the sound of this over the J-8. I now own them both.
@@johndoe-cb5ckI too tried to get away from the guitar-bass-drums thing a couple of years ago, and now my music has little to no guitar in it. Beware, synth plugins are too awesome😁
I started with TAL-U-NO-LX, and I'd say that's a solid choice.
The free Tyrell n6 is awesome, but unfortunately not updated for apple silicon, so I can't use it anymore.
Can't think of any affordable ones right now, sorry. Maybe check some Cherry Audio stuff? Some Imaginando stuff I found to be interesting as well.
To be fair, I don't think it is outrageously priced. It just sounds better than any Jupiter 8 version I have heard, including Roland's own, and that has roughly the same price tag. As many have commented you can get the TH2 for free. And according to Acustica, the "TH2 is the scaled down version of TH5. TH5 its a synth derived from TH8 but not a scaled down version." No clue what that actually means though...
Wasnt the thing some zombie dog?
@@peterpeper4837 An alien.....wicked film...👍 😂
The TH2 instantly crashes Reaper on my brand new computer - so I instantly uninstalled TH2. Now I remember why this company has such a bad rep!
Same
Where most the code is to stop piracy.,
Yeah, so clunky, so glitchy and anti piracy stuffed code. Just not worth the bother. And then there's the price. For F's sake. Seriously, when are we going to move on from paying for stuff that sounds a bit like old stuff, or even a lot like old stuff? We've got more than a lot of old sounding stuff. Are these companies incapable of making new, great and innovative sounding new stuff? Or, has it gone as far as it can go and these companies are just clinging to myths and creating legends out of old stuff?
@@athonygraham8353 Not to mention their CEO who thinks he has the right to invade his customer's privacy by scanning their computers for pirated software, and then if any pirated software is detected to basically steal their money by revoking access to any software they've actually paid for. Nobody should ever buy an Acustica product, and their software should be considered malware.
@@athonygraham8353 This company thinks its doing something really special but really they are no different from Behringer...though more janky.
TAL PHA
Acustica have the weirdest facebook group ever wit all thier rules...they go out of their way to make it as unhelpful and useless as possible.
High CPU + High Price = SHIT!!!
its nothing special
I like Acoustica but man are their plugins bloated. I will probably just stick to the Arturia collection
I bought the TAL J-8 ( 85,- ) and i'm more than happy with that one.
Not a fan of Acustica ( probably one of the few )
Ok now yu make Synth reviewz @synthSAMURAI but people need to see whutz in yur Rackz or not. Studio Life STUDIO Tour Wann???
@@lofimat3856 There's already been one...👍
Man I love the sound but I’m scared of their software and the glitchy behaviour, they claim they have a glitch spike protection software but im waiting for the bug fixes before jumping on this! I loved my JP8 the sound is emotional power