Namm 2013

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Originally Posted by TweakHead

Also bear in mind that as far as the Batman movie OST is concerned, the actual synth used was a specially made version of Zebra combined with Diva's (another u-he synth) filters and some specially designed, for the occasion, modules. Let me remind you that even though that special package sounds great, no doubt about that, it comes with the cost of eating so much of one's cpu that it hardly stands a chance of becoming a go to synth for practical music making.

Yes, the synth was tweaked to accomodate Hans Zimmer's project according to his own liking (it doesn't mean it made it a better synth), but you can grab the tweaked version and all patches for a reasonable cost. It seems odd to say it can't be used for practical music making after it was used in such a prominent soundtrack. It might be a better choice for atmospheric film score type tracks than other musical genres, but regardless, if CPU usage is an issue simply bounce down the audio. This was the solution everyone suggested to me back when I owned a Ti2 and found that the polyphony barely kept up with a single instance of a VST, which my particular CPU can usually easily handle dozens of at a time, to simply bounce down to overcome inadequate processing power. I also own Diva (which has the more CPU intensive filters) and I find that my CPU handles it well enough for music making. I can never forget the Ti2 desktop choking on a factory Roland D10 bells patch, robbing notes after a few simple chords, because it was considered a complex patch.