In my last post I showed you how to synthesize kick drums with Native Instruments’ Massive. What I didn’t mention in that post is that I actually personally prefer to use theĀ Waldorf Largo synth instead of Massive for that purpose. I made the video for Massive because it’s simply more popular. And as a result, I had to do some contortions around the envelope management in order to get a clean initial attack on the kicks, which is not a problem with the Largo.
Both Largo and Massive are competing for the same basic place in your plugin arsenal: the all-purpose synth. And they both have very similar features overall to that end, so much so that I think a detailed comparison really makes sense. Read More »