Digidesign Hybrid is a virtual synth with a wide variety of sections and parameters.  Installing it was pretty easy as it didn't take too long and I didn't experience any compatibility issues or other problems like that.  The interface of the virtual synth has a lot going on and it did take me a little while to figure out everything that is going, but it is laid out nicely with all the basic functions easily found and labeled.  The synth has sections for three different osccilators, a few different types of envelopes, an LFO, an amp and a few different filters.  There are also a variety of effects and other features, but it would take too long to go over everything as it has a lot going on.  While I haven't seen a manual to this, but for  those with little experience with synths it might be helpful.

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

While Digidesign Hybrid does take up a good amount of processing power, I usually only have one going up at a time so I never have had any problems running this synth.  I am currently running it on a Mac Book Pro that has a 2.2 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and 4 GB of RAM.  I run it routed into Pro Tools LE 7.4 that runs with a Digi 002R audio interface or a Digidesign Micro Box or with Apple Logic.  With this recording set up I'm able to run this software well, but it does take up a lot of processing power so make sure that you have an adequate system to run this before buying it.


OVERALL OPINION

I've been using Digidesign Hybrid for about a year and it is definitely a good sounding synth by my account.  I like how much control you have over your sound and the fact that it is possible to get a wide array of different synth sounds with it.  It isn't all that hard to use, but it will take a little bit to get used to everything because there are so many features.  The price of is pretty reasonable as this is a nice piece of software with a lot of capabilities.  I'd definitely recommend at least trying this software out if you are looking into a virtual synth.