
In almost every case, EQ and dynamics processing give the original presets a new lease on life, imbuing them with a level of hi-fi polish that the original instruments lacked. For example, whereas the original version may have a single creepy texture, in Synergy X that texture may have several variations, with one offering rhythmic modulation or character and another radically EQ’ed and eff ected. Th e instruments come in seven categories: Ambience, Bass, Drums, Impacts, Melody, Pads, and Rhythms, and each has been moderately expanded with patches that are variations on the original material. Much of what I wrote in 2008 remains true for Synergy X. Synergy X is a Kontakt-based library/instrument that weighs in at just over 20GB of sampled material, with the library divided between individual instruments and multis, which are stacks of instruments assigned to the same MIDI channel to create a composite sound.
