Rob Papen Predator Review
Rob Papen Predator Review
When it comes to choosing synth virtual instruments, there are literally hundreds to choose from. Some synths are dedicated to a certain genre of music, and other synths have a more all in one approach. This can be said for Rob Papen’s Predator VST, which covers almost all genre’s of music such as dance, hip-hop and bases.
Rob Papen Predator comes with hundreds of presets each assigned to a different style of music. Then each of these presets is separated out into groups such as leads, bass, pads, chords and sequences. The style’s of music in which Predator covers includes dance synths, dirtysouth synths, RnB synths, trance synths and a lot of different bass synths. On top of this, Rob Papen Predator also includes different drum and percussion samples. Like a lot of synths, the sound can get quite repetitive. However, with Rob Papen’s Predator, the variety in sounds is very good and there aren’t many VST synths that can match it.
The sound quality in predator is very good for a virtual instrument. With many virtual instruments the sound quality can’t match up to a hardware synths sound quality. However, Predator matches up to hardware synths sound quality pretty good. In my opinion the leads are the best part of predator. I think that you can get better bass from different synths that are dedicated to bass, but Predator’s bass is still usable. Other parts of Predator such as the pads are also good sound quality. What stands out most, is that the synths all sound very full and clear, which is important.
Rob Papen predator contains three oscillators. this means that you can shape and model your sound however you like. There are also loads of different effects such as a filter, decay attack, sustain and release. There are many other effects you can play around with so you can get and fine tune the sound that you need. As you expect with most synths, nearly every sound is possible and this is also the case with Rob Papen’s Predator.
Overall, if you are looking for new sounds, in particular leads, then this is the synth for you. As an all round synth Predator can compete with the best out there, although the bass isn’t anything mind-blowing. The amount of different knobs and buttons gives you the ability to fine tune it to get the perfect sound you need. Rob Papen’s Predator is highly recommended to expand your VST plugin library.
Overall Score: 7/10