Studio equipment has always been a pocket burner for musicians. Even now, so to speak, acquiring digital plugins can cost at least a whopping hundred bucks. Especially synths, which are a necessity for any electronic music producer. But seldom free plugins come to their rescue, and they resort to alternative methods.
Having been first revealed around eight years ago, Genesis Pro accumulated much praise and hype around itself.
Much to our surprise, Dutch-Turkish heavyweight Ummet Ozcan announced that his meticulous creation will be priced only for 1£. The utility and sound demonstration seemed splendid, and we couldn’t resist trying it out for ourselves.
Now, the first and foremost question that arises in this: what’s the catch?
Unfortunately, there are some unmentioned obstacles. To begin with, the vst plugin is Windows only. Add to that, it works only as a 32-bit plugin, and despite having a native bridging feature, problems like high CPU-usage and audio crackling take place. Using a third-party bridger, say jBridge, costs another 15£.
Onto the presets, there were decent pre-made sounds to be utilised right out of the box. Trying out the patches, many of them are downright recognisable as Ozcan’s signature, such as the aggressive-sounding saws. A few of them felt outdated, ready to earmark an instrumental generic if used extensively. It also emulates a Rompler, containing customisable sequences having robotic vocals or other looping snippets. Overall, the content was satisfying.
In finality, is Genesis Pro a gamechanger? Perhaps not, as some of the issues need to be fixed with a much-needed update, however for the negligible pricing it is being offered, both beginners and experienced composers can source inspiration from the digital instrument.
It’s an helpful product that can make the difference: the competitive price is probably a marketing idea for gaining a large fanbase and then launch other products… So, you should keep an eye on Oz-Soft anyway!
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