All user reviews for the reFX Vanguard

Installation without problem, no incompatibilitconfiguration very simple.

ADQUATION / PERFORMANCE

I possde a PC equipped with an AMD Athlon 64 3400+ 2.2 GHz, 3 MB RAM, a sound card m-audio revolution 5.1.
I never experienced any problem with this configuration, even with 1024 RAM.
the software consumes very little resources compared its performance.

NOTICE GLOBAL

I use it for a few months.
what I like most is the first sound: perfect for trance and very good quality.
I also love the beauty and simplicity of its interface.
what I like least is the fact of not always being able to change the sound in real time during the game, if not because of dcalages.mais RAS.
I tried other virtual synth before this one, but I never found a good report qulit price, of course if you like the musical style!
I would do this choice without problem.
Congratulations ReFX for this app.

The reFX Vanguard was a virtual synth that I have been hearing a lot of people talk about and say it was great. So I decided to get it, I am glad that I did. I think it could still use some tweaks and the developers could have created some better presets. But with all of the options you can definitely tweak anything the way that you want it to sound without a problem. ReFX Vanguard is pretty easy to understand, I am not a big fan of the silver and lime great colors though, I am not too sure if there is a different dashboard/ color scheme for it . But if there is I would love to have some, I hate the lime green color its dull and doesn’t pop out to me.


SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

Installing it was easy as cake, no issues or problems and works great every time you open it up. Some of the arps that are in reFX Vanguard are really good, especially if you start to play around with them and some effects you will be surprise by what it can really do. Don’t just settle on the presets for the reFX Vanguard. Get your hands dirty and start using some of the knobs. If you have no idea what they are or what they do because you are a beginner just start moving some of them and listen to how it changes the sound. You can get any sound that you want pretty easy.


OVERALL OPINION

One of the best things about Vanguard is the interface (outside of the color). You have everything right in front of you. Anything that Vanguard has to offer is on the main interface every time you load it up. You can even save the sounds that you have created yourself (which you can do on almost any plug in now). Vanguard is worth the money spent.

No problem, it is a Vsti APRS all.

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

Pentium 4 2.66 Ghz, Sound Card Tascam FW-1884, 512 Mb, it eats a little resource, but simply remove the FX, there's also some bugs in some arpeggios that t'allume Vst your performance as a tree nol. In short he is not going to lap my CPU.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for three months, it's a synth for trance nickel, much less versatile than the Z3TA. The bass and leads are nickel. I love the Trancegate, coupled with the trs arpgiateur is intuitive. It is a very easy synth to program, you know what you touch when you turn a knob. The interface is beautiful and clear rev. Frankly 'em carrment Council for lovers of trance, coupled with a virus and Z3TA you win the third. It lacks just a big fat modulation matrix and it would be inevitable, although for me it is the dj. The report is good qualitprix, 70 Roros, and full of sounds tlcharcher right left. Go, a little effort guys, the essays you will not due.

Quick and transparent. No incompatibility. No configuration is necessary. PDF manual trs clear.

10/10

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

Install on Athlon XP 2000 + and ASUS motherboard with 1.3 GB of RAM and Cubase SX VST hte.
Sound Card: NEON USB 1.1
The software runs mpeccablement with a dozen instances, I have not tried to avantege.
Performance? Mocreau a Virus B for 90 euros ...

Update After a few weeks of use:
Basically, I think the synth is great for everything sounds "rhythmic", basses, and leads. The napkins are also nice. Honntement the "trancegate" is compltement magical synth and clearly announces color: typ trance exclusively.
Meanwhile, I also pass on Athlon 64 3400 + with 1Gb of RAM and card Asus A8NSLI mre. The app can free all its power, and I stacked up fifteen instance in Cubase with no worries ....

15/10 ... Not possible? OK ... 10/10

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for a few days.
The particularity most apprciable? There are plenty:

- THE SOUND *** ***, the true, the FAT, the bulk. That of Manuel Schleis Vangeance of Music, who also works wonders on Virus, an era.
- The sound banks, three banks are supplied (the heavy trs: Vangeance, DHS ...). Vritable a killing. I bought the Sound of Revolution bank at the same time as the Vanguard: rduction 15% of the bank, which is found 25 euros )) This rises the price level of all exorbitant 115 euros, all taxes included! Not but admit that there even when laughing matter ...
- The interface with the AMAZING Trancegate, and graphics and impeccable lch
- Honesty and professionalism of ReFX ... This software does not pirate it s'achte, if only out of respect for society ReFX, that trusts its customers. Credit card payment online, send an IMMEDIATE serial number, updates downloads the software into the crowd ... Gnial, fast, clean.

What I like least??
For me, it plutt an advantage, as is typical trance synth death, but I conoit well as it may REPRESENTATIVES for a inconvnient gnralistes more users. A couple with a Z3TA + for other electronic sounds ...

At this level the same can not speak to quality ratio / price ... I almost wanted to pay twice. No joke hand, it is excellent, Obviously. All rpond nickel, there is no bug, an infinite possibility of Fast Fashion, and especially the sound, the sound ...

2000 / 10 .... Oh no? Ben 10/10, so ... But regret.

If you like melodic trance it is imperative that you try this "small" VST

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

On my old Duron 900MHz 256MB, Audigy 20ms and Cubase I can load the 4 slots of Vanguard and play them together not exceed 60% CPU load (a feat or face Z3TA + SuperwaveP8 ...)
Playing a tablecloth I polyphony 28 notes to 80% CPU (with a delay and a reverb)

OVERALL OPINION

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Enjoy!

Trouble-free installation.
Open vanguard of Fruityloops for the 1st time: channel> add one> more> refresh> fast scan. Vanguard will appear in red, click it and it will fit on the step sequencer.

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

No crash on my config:
80GB hard drive, 2.6 ghz, 256MB RAM

OVERALL OPINION

has done little prs a year I use it.
I like it for the quality of sound it produces and because it is not CPU intensive.
I regretted is that the cons are not potentiomtres paramtrables in real time, damage would have otherwise perfect t ...
a must for lovers of trance.

Installation without any problem:

- Simplicity of the installation package and system protection.
- Extremely simple configuration
- No manual (download version)

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

CPU load very low
no bug



(On p4 2.4c or PM 1.8)

OVERALL OPINION

This synth is almost trance ddi the pad, it is also quite comfortable on some kind of low.

if only one asking him to come out of what he can do this synth is exeptionnel: Programming ultra intuitive interface clear, consolidated cpu trs low aprpegiateur original and effective ... great sound!

I'm a fan for 70 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No instalation problem (recall of sonar, choose the VST folder of the installation folder sonar sinan OK)
Compatible with all my gear OK
Intuitive configuration and facilitated by the ability to use and make preseeding am well (it goes without saying!)
NO MANUAL DOWNLOAD VERSION

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

Very lite, eats almost nothing in CPU (intel dual must say core 2 duo 2.5 ghz + 4 GB of RAM!)

OVERALL OPINION

Reserved for the fan of the genre sinan dropped, this synth will be exceeded in a few years, does it find its kitche sounds as early as 80! Sinan if you like the genre, it's OK!

Did you have any problems during the installation? No, it's a plug-in so it only takes 30 seconds.

Did you have any problems during the installation? It's a virtual instrument with presets and editing possibilities.

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

What's your computer setup? Imac Core Duo / 4gb ram / Pro tools

Does the software work correctly with your setup? Perfectly.

How is the performance? Good, it doesn't consume too many resources.

OVERALL OPINION

How long have you been using it? 3 months

To get to the point, this synth is really good and it sounds fine.
The presets are plentiful (with additional patches) and the variation possibilities are very comprehensive. They will allow you to easily find "the sound" that you want. Unlike other reviewers, I don't think this synth was conceived for trance music, even if it's obvious that it's one of its main uses. I think it's pretty good for electronic sounds in general (basses, leads, pad, etc.)
I don't recommend you to use the effects, which are rather mediocre (Reverb & delay) and have a tendency to "spoil" the sound. I use them to get a "glimpse" of the final result, but then I use good plug-ins that do their job much better; and to be honest, doing it this way it sounds really good!
To sum it up, as far as I'm concerned, you can do whole productions with this synth, except for drums (as long as you don't use the effects cited above).
For less than $100, it's a really good deal!

To me every VST is pretty simple excluding a few. This is no different. Every feature is easily accesible. Most softsynths are this way but this one is even easier than ones such as Sylenth1. Only one screan with all the features in different boxes. Everything including the Gate, Reverb, Delay, and Arpegiator are easy to operate. Installing the plugin is a breeze and the manual helps out a lot. Installing this synth is very qucik synth the CD doesn't actually have any sample material. The GUI is very clear once started as well.

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

All softsynths that are basic such as this one are not very CPU intensive and this is no different. I only have a Gateway 2.0GHz dual core 2GB RAM computer not even made for music and Vanguard is not a strain at all. Not integration problems with my midi controllers in FL Studio. Vanguard never really crashes either. It's definatly a stable plugin. I've been using this plugin for over a year. Always got good perfomance out of this Vst.

OVERALL OPINION

Now to the sounds, to be honest the presets are not very good. I do enjoy the gates and some arpegiators, but the leads are pretty generic. This doesn't mean the plugin isn't good. You can, of course, create your own sounds very easily.

Creating sounds in Vanguard is actually a very easy experience. Since all the filters, oscilator controls, gates, arpegiators, etc are already there right on the main interface. There is even a "Fatness" control. Usually it detunes the sound too much if it's used to drastically but if it's et right it can really help out the sound. I personally love Vanguard for the gates. It's so easy to program them. The LFO, Reverb, Delay, envelopes, and all the types of filters are easy to mess with.

One thing I like about Vanguard is the fact that there are so many wave shapes. Some that I don't have in more expensive plugins. One to check out is called "Digital".

Overall this plugin comes in handy if you are into creating your own sounds. If your a preset guy I don't think you will last very long with this just because the quality and quantity aren't really there. Not a bad product. Easy to create and tweak sounds. Surprisingly simple to use, yet powerful. I'd recommend this if your into creating sounds. If your not, don't buy it.

Easy installation.
Consumes very little CPU resources.
Manuel very well with all assignable controllers from the console.

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

I use the Vanguard "multi" mode from the keyboard of my Korg R3. I mean by "multi" multiple instances of Vanguard loaded simultaneously and played the keyboard. The knobs of R3 to control the cutoff, resonance, ... Vanguard's no problem.
It gets very complex sounds with multiple instances. Each instance has its own arpeggiator that can have its own effects (eg a small compressor does not hurt). Thus we come to get something that approximates a real hardware synthesizer with an extremely rich.
On a quadricore is relatively stable and the CPU consumption remains low.



OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 1 month. I almost abandoned before trying to load multiple instances simultaneously. I recommend you try ...

Vanguard installed on my computer with no problems at all, as with all the other reFX VST's that I have used. This VST has worked fine in every DAW I have ever used, including FL Studio, Ableton Live and Cubase 5. The GUI of the effect is very simple too as the presets come in categories that are tagged in front of the actual name of the preset sound. This VST is similar to PoiZone in a way that the GUI is pretty confusing with all the knobs and dials and can be pretty intimidating for the new user.

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

This VST works flawlessly on both of my systems. It is very stable and hasn't ever crashed my system, or programs. The load time of the presets is speedy and near instant. I don't really like the menu to pick the presets as it often overflows the entire screen, making it a nightmare to find the actual sound you want. There are arrow buttons to flick through but selective picking of sounds is hard and complicated to do on this VST. I prefer the traditional browser selection method in VST's such as Sampletank. I have used this VST for quite a while now and it's been a part of quite a few of my tracks.

OVERALL OPINION

This VST is brilliant for dance and club synths, and is jam packed with nice leads and thick pads. Lots of the synths do however sound nearly the same. They sound brilliant in any RNB or Hip Hop song. The VST also has a nice range of pads and atmosphere sounds for the backdrop. There is quite a few filler sounds in this VST that are just there for the sake of it and do not really contribute to the Vanguard experience. I do not like the way presets are selected though and the actual GUI. That is the only problem I actually have with Vanguard. Knowing what I know now, I would still get this VST if it didn't come with FL. This VST is an essential for anybody making club or dance music.