| Brand | Plugin | Ver. | Notes | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edirol | Hyper Canvas | 1.60 | full oldschool MIDI implementation / GM2 standard / good companion to SOL2's included XG synth / add to "default softsynths" | A |
| Edirol | Super Quartet | 1.02 | true stereo piano / some useful misc drum hits / mediocre overall | D+ |
| Edirol | HQ Orchestral | 1.03 | it's not a fancy modern sample orchestra, but it gets the job done | C+ |
| NI | FM7 | nice Yamaha style FM sounds | B+ | |
| NI | Pro-53 | decent synth for solos and basses / digital sounding, compared to modern analog synth emulations | C- | |
| NI | B4 | nice rock organ | B | |
| Korg | Wavestation | 1.0 | wavetable synth / cheesy presets, with lots of chorus FX and samples layered up / good sounds are to be had with a bit of programming | B |
| Korg | Polysix | 1.0 | a few decent presets / a bit laggy and dropout prone, but fine when the sequence is just playing back | C- |
| Korg | MS-20 | 1.0 | dull presets | D |
| Fabfilter | One | 3 | no aliasing, on this simple monosynth, except when overdriving the filter | D+ |
| Plogue | Aria Player | SFZ format player with custom GUI's / used by several sample library developers. | ||
| Steinberg | VB-1 | electric bass modeler, with adjustable pick position etc |
FREE SOL2 Compatible VSTi Instrument Plugins:
| Brand | Plugin | Ver. | Notes | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CWITEC | TX16Wx | 2.4.2 | based on Yamaha hardware / great choice as a default sampler for SOL2 / add to "default softsynths" | A++ |
| Manda Audio | Power Drumkit | poor tom-toms, nice thwacky snare. | D+ | |
| Martinic | ComboV | superb Vox Continental | A+ | |
| Martinic | ComboF | superb Farfisa | A+ | |
| Plogue | Sforzando | SFZ format player / ability to import SF2 and DLS formats (not all SF2 spec parameters are supported, so SF2 import is hit-and-miss) | ||
| Steinberg | Neon/b> | I believe this synth is the very first VSTi ever released? | B | |
| Korg | M1 LE | light version of a Korg rompler, with cheesy chorus-and-layering-drenched presets / good sounds are in there, buried under the cheese | ||
| DVS | Guitar | a pretty cool sounding plugin, though it's a one-trick pony |
Buggy plugins:
-TC Mercury-1 (partially broken GUI)
-Emu Emulator X3 (sorta works, but super slow/laggy, and difficult to install properly on modern computers)
FREE -Most Full Bucket synths seem to have freeze and crash conditions in SOL2.
FREE -Emu Proteus VX (laggy and slow. Doesn't seem able to find it's sound banks)
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