Phatso Brown Presents: Stunning Software Synth Poly-Ana!

A demonstration of Admiral Quality's stunning Poly Ana/Little Poly Ana soft synth! Fantastic thick analog like sound! Just listen to the amazing tones coming out of this thing! And don't forget to check out an exclusive track 'Release Me' at the very end! (c) Programmed and sequenced by P Brown.

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[MethedoneKitty]

just bought it! only wish there was a hands on midi controler like korg legacy ms20 or something, i hate computer synths but just had to have these sounds!

[303bassline]

@MethedoneKitty You can get a little Novation Nocturn! Will make a world of difference!

[toranamunter]

I don't think it sounds as good as an analog synth but this is definitely a new benchmark in softsynths! very nice! 5:44 - fat fat FAT :-)

[303bassline]

@toranamunter Thanks for stopping by!

[pulseforce]

@toranamunter Hehe. This sounds almost indistinguishable from real analog in SOLO mode. When you put it in a MIX you CANNOT tell the difference. Poly-Ana is freaking amazing. They modeled hardware components on a component-level and built a virtual circuit board that chains these components together. There are no digital oscillators or anything in here. The sound speaks for itself (literally).

[303bassline]

I agree. In a mix, it'll be very difficult to tell this apart from a real analog synth!

[regularmagnolia]

There are plenty of articles about leading AudioPhiles being told to evaluate different "speaker wires". They are taken to a very official setting and told that they will hear the latest in technology. They sit down, the engineer steps behind the speakers and holds up a cable and rants on about its quality. Then he plugs in a clothes hanger wire. Then he'll hold up another plug, while putting in the same clothes hanger again, and the AudioPhiles will Ooh and Aah at the airy sound. Read: Placebo.

[joeyxl3456]

Im getting Poly-Ana. Thanks for this video great sounds.

[tcfrombn]

This softsynth is amazing.. Thinking about purchasing this one!

[pulseforce]

@regularmagnolia:

Spot on about the placebo effect, it's a well documented human trait. People ALWAYS perceive differences when they want there to be differences. Take an analog synth and Poly-Ana side by side and you'll hear exactly the same warmth, and apart from differences in characteristics it'll sound just as fat. Like you say, it's not an emulation of any particular synth, it's a unique recreation of analog hardware that gives you all the same warmth, depth and high quality sounds.

[regularmagnolia]

Characteristics, yes, you can, since it's not emulating any particular synth. But warmth-wise, no difference. Don't get the two confused. :-)

[regularmagnolia]

I'll go one further and say that any perceived difference is placebo and that anyone claiming they hear a difference would fail in a double-blind A/B test where they weren't told what was real analog. Many musicians are really snobby about their ears, same as Audiophiles, but so much of the sound is all in the head, perceived quality by virtue of being told that "if you can't hear a difference, you're weak". But really, you CANNOT hear a "warmth" difference with Poly-Ana.

[regularmagnolia]

I'll correct pulseforce on one point: There are no digital *algorithm* oscillators. Basically instead of a digital computer algorithm that says "generate a saw waveform that rises and falls at a 300hz rate", it's all done with virtual electronic components, routed the same way as you would when you build a hardware analog synth. That's how they were able to emulate all the parameters of the components like drift and the rich sound. It's processor heavy due to all that work, but so worth it!