DON'T SPEND YOUR MONEY: eMastered ATOM synth

[@msld_sound]

SKIP TO YOUR FAVORITE SCENE 0:27 skip introduction à la Netflix 2:47 introduction to the interface 2:55 oscillator section 4:58 voicing section 5:44 effects section 6:49 modulation section 7:37 preset demo, bass (sorry, it's downhill from here) 9:16 preset demo, chord 11:51 preset demo, lead 15:53 preset demo, pad 16:19 preset demo, pluck 18:53 a brief, strangely dispassionate rant 19:52 other synths worth your money 20:06 the moral of the story

[@captainrandom6763]

I genuinely have to believe that the dislikes this video is receiving is from the Devs and their friends/family. The review is honest, it showcases the VST, and it saved me at most $189, and at least 3 hours of playing with all of the presets only to be disappointed with my wasted time. Adding another "like" for you, good sir!

[@msld_sound]

Many thanks! My preset demonstration was condensed from about an hour and a half of playing. Hahaha.

[@captainrandom6763]

@@msld_sound ​ Holy cow! Now there are 203 dislikes?! Hahaha, man, you know you are doing something right when that many dislikes without any sort of actual negative feedback in the comments. That is impressive! Well once again, I would like to extend a heartfelt thank you from all of us who are not being paid to dislike your videos ;D

[@msld_sound]

@@captainrandom6763 Thank you so much! Haha. I guess I am doing something right! Man, it's going to be hard to match the success of this video with my next.

[@crysstoll1191]

Whoa 203 dislikes? Guess the atom bots were developed same time as the synth!

[@jessicamoreno7135]

204 dislikes from the developers on fake accounts, this VST is junk. How coukd they think this is worth $189 lmfao.

[@Jadedpanthermatt]

I’m so glad I watched this vid before trying it. I would have hated to waste my time on this junk... and for sure those are fake dislikes. What scum

[@WickedHill]

They don’t think that they just want that out of your pockets

[@24k-n6x]

we need guys like you. i love what you stand for.

[@msld_sound]

Many thanks! Doin' my best!

[@JakeWalksAmerica]

Sounds like the keyboard toy my kid picked up at a yard sale the other day

[@msld_sound]

Right? I can get better sounds out of an old Casio.

[@thierrymaire5482]

Yes 30 years ago my sister had a Bontempi keyboard with the same sounds !!!

[@soullessgemini7786]

I'll stick with serum for the same price. Thank you. This sounds like a free synth honestly.

[@mBUSHattack]

There are 100% free synths that are better than this.

[@msld_sound]

Serum has been incredible, especially with the Splice rent-to-own service.

[@teddym2808]

Please don't insult free synths. !

[@DrizzyB]

Vital is basically Serum but free and with a shit ton of extra features. Honestly, Vital on top.

[@exiled0ne104]

Fantastic review.. Still looking for an addition to my top VSTs Nexus Sylenth1 Massive

[@zachary963]

Knifonium

[@DanEsposito]

Thanks for saving me some dough. Im just getting started to look at Synths. Where should I start (from free to best value for a newb and which would you consider the ferrari?

[@zachary963]

I realize this is so very late, but I’m a fan of all the Native Instruments synths. Monark and Massive especially just rock. Plugin Alliance has an Obx and a Knifonium and I love both of those. If you want to get into hardware, Behringer has some great stuff - I adore my Behringer synths - and of course Moog and Korg synths.

[@lostrobotmusic]

In the first eight hours of this video's release when I saw it, the like/dislike ratio was very positive, almost no dislikes. And there's also the fact that there are no negative comments. Something suspicious is going on.

[@msld_sound]

Right? Haha. 🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@vante6507]

Yeah I think so too. This Video is Informative, very well made and constructive. No one who actually watched it would dislike.

[@astroNexx]

it seems like emastered just pours money into marketing instead of actually developing anything decent.

[@lostrobotmusic]

ZynAddSubFX: Free Bad Image-Line 3xOsc clone: $304 Galaxy brain

[@37kj12]

Lost Robot ooh hey

[@illford]

is ZynAddSubFX 64-bit?

[@37kj12]

Illford Official yeah I think so. It’s included in lmms for free.

[@FeonixResp4wn]

Very informative. Saw the ad myself and wondered how worth it, it was. Thanks for the video. Another bedroom producer saved.

[@msld_sound]

Vindication! I'm glad I saved you some money. ;)

[@FeonixResp4wn]

@@msld_sound oh definitely! Thanks again!

[@gabenght9316]

The advertising is straight up laughable. "Build by Grammy winners", "Experience the future of sound design", "A.I. engine works in real-time to sound infinitely better than any software instrument ever could." :D Ohhh please stop!

[@PlugInGuruVideo]

Great review dude - I know of free open source synths that are more feature rich and flexible when compared to ATOM. For your 1st software instrument review, you hit a home run. :D

[@msld_sound]

Thanks for the kind words, John! I've seen and loved your stellar work. It means a lot to get encouragement from somebody more established. 😉

[@lprophit]

i was not feeling your style at the beginning but you did.a good job describing the synth and functionality all in all good job

[@mBUSHattack]

Thanks for the video. If you own FL studio the stock plugins 3xOsc and Fruity Love Philtre are way more functional than this synth and you already own them lol. If you're gonna spend $200 buy Serum.

[@msld_sound]

That was exactly what I thought. 3xOsc is the bomb.

[@bi11y5pazm]

Honest, thorough, and comprehensive review. Looking forward to more! Thank you, sir!

[@JasonGillmanJr]

Found this after seeing the synth pop up in a Facebook ad. Another alternative I'd like to throw into the mix - Arturia's Pigments. No disappointment with that purchase at all.

[@Barrygraybeatz]

Lol I said that then read your comment lol I agree and tones of dope sounds

[@2011littleguy]

Me too - Facebook is the culprit. They stuck the ad for this product on my timeline. I'm sure they only did it because they knew it would improve my life, clear up my acne, stop my hemorrhoids from hurting, and make me more attractive to women.

[@WickedHill]

@@2011littleguy bruh

[@davidrupture8892]

I like ya style man honest and funny. I look forward to more.

[@msld_sound]

Thank you! :)

[@DeepDownRadio]

Thanks for taking the time and having the patience to show this is pretty much FB Clickbait. I’m glad I found your video to save hard earned cash. Sounds like a free synth and I agree the AI thing seems far fetched at best. I’m thinking folks who clicked dislike are either involved with the company or haven’t taken the time to watch your whole video. Just the demo of presets made it clear this is not the product for my work. Take care and thanks again man.

[@memsus2346]

I thought it might be sketchy from the moment I saw the advert. Great content, would love to see this turned into a series, especially as I am learning electronics so I can build synthesizers of my own and would like to know the specifics of what makes a polished synthesizer. Subbed and liked ;)

[@allenxav4754]

Thank you so much for making this video. Saved me a lot of money

[@01Binary]

Detailed review, thanks! You should keep doing these.

[@msld_sound]

Thank you!

[@nichoyeah]

I dont get why this video has so many dislikes. I liked this review alot, and that synth here seems it's not even worth 10 bucks.

[@OGvybetv]

I think the dislikes is for the synth not the actual review, he has done a great job 👍🏾. The synth belongs to the trash can in my opinion. If you going to hype up a product please make sure it some what live up to the hype.

[@JustTheTips.]

It might be bots or fake accounts from the developers trying to discredit the video for its bad publicity.

[@variaveith]

lmao they are still advertising this, I'm glad that first video was yours :^

[@JeffHurleyMusic]

Thanks for this review, glad i didnt throw $200 away. Cheers!

[@lostrobotmusic]

As a synthesizer developer, I can confirm that "AI-powered synthesis" is a blatant lie, used to trick new producers into handing over their money for a garbage synthesizer. It's very common for these companies to take advantage of newer producers by advertising their products as far better than they really are (e.g. plenty of painfully basic $400 EQs out there). Thank you for the video spreading awareness of this.

[@garethmarsh949]

Really isn't, I've used a couple of promising synths that use it extremely well. Don't really see where it's being used here though

[@soullessgemini7786]

That's why I like waves products. Always dirt cheap and the get the job done well.

[@AustinBuddington]

Thank you for the video, and linking the synths that you mentioned.

[@msld_sound]

Of course! I'm happy to help. :)

[@zachary963]

As a guitar guy, I still have a hard time understanding people who talk about filters (even though I do love the filter on my TD3 hardware synth). So for the first while, I was like, Dude why are you crapping on this? And then you did the preset demo and I had flashbacks to being a kid, running through the terrible “emulations” in my friend’s cheap Casio. This sounds like a $60 toy Casio. Man. Crazy.

[@ambientlife9663]

well done mate. you saved me 189 bucks.

[@msld_sound]

Yee, glad to hear!

[@sevenfifteen]

It needs big balls to offer something like this for almost $200! Compare it to Viper, a $90 synth done by Adam Szabo in Flowstone. They are worlds apart, although Viper is a product of a one-man-show! (And I can't believe that you actually went through the torture of playing most of the presets!)

[@fabriziof5466]

Very very good man... you nailed the only style that's needed in the reviews... long needed! Just subbed!

[@msld_sound]

Grazie, Fabrizio! It's a pleasure to have people who have enjoyed this video. :)

[@DEADPOETOFFICIAL]

omg dude the presets killed me LOOOL

[@msld_sound]

Same, for real.

[@MrKillerbee124]

great review. rare to find something as genuine in software reviews. ignore the dislikes. this video saved me time and money.

[@jaypaid2417]

I think the AI in Atom means Absolute Incompetence. Thanks for blowing the whistle.

[@doobyaseenbenhalim7045]

thanks for the video. i got served an ad for this synth and you just saved me ton of time and money!

[@msld_sound]

I just saw one day before yesterday. I don't know why they keep serving ads for it. I'd be rather embarrassed to have my name on this sort of product.

[@NessunDorma732]

Those presets were horrendous

[@joshuacampbell17]

One of them really is just a sine wave

[@kennymaness]

agreed

[@zmpfl5044]

Great review. Would like to see more of them...like,....more than ...2?

[@msld_sound]

Working on it. Until I have the clout to monetize my channel and quit my normal work, this is a side project. I'm always accepting donations. 😊

[@Tunisian2]

Honestly a great review that clearly took you a lot of time to make. Keep up the good work ✌ Can't wait to see another software review.

[@MrReeTart]

i see you're rocking the k240's i got my pair right here

[@msld_sound]

Even now, two years later! They're looking a little worn, but I love them. :)

[@bigcitymastering]

You rock really an Accurate test I was already suspecting this scam synth .. I’m surprised you got a small amount of follower cause I like way you present the synth keep it up you doing well !

[@yamzthebeast]

Perfect review, thank you!

[@Tvillicsgo]

Just subscribed. Ur funny bro. Keep IT up bro

[@msld_sound]

Many thanks! :) :)

[@jarlardo]

I would use this if they paid me to use it

[@mark35mi]

Brilliant. Thank you for clearing the air with the share.

[@tssitcom]

Truly a God awful synth. Thank you for your honest review and saving a lot of people $189. Company should be sued for crimes against humanity.

[@markrichardson1369]

I did the trial and didn't buy pretty much because of the crappy reviews but you know, I liked the sound a lot. The layout and ease of using this baby I liked as well so I think I'm gonna buy it. It sounds great. I've been using a Minimoog for years(ck my profile pic) and I wonder what experience these keyboard warriors actually have but I would suggest fuck all. Filter sweeps hmmm.... I seem to remember a bit of a struggle but that is generally the software synths achilles heel. Yes perhaps over priced originally but now at half price plus the monthly instalments option it becomes a no brainer. These clowns with ears painted on listening on shitty NS10 please, gimme a break. Do the demo and make up your own mind.

[@EponymousStudios]

You're doing God's work, sir. You just saved me $139.

[@PandaKattPk]

Awesome video!!!

[@Ranoka]

Thanks for making the video, this has to be a joke right?! I can't believe they make you give your credit card details to demo the synth for 72 hours! Those are some of the worst presets in a commercial synth I've heard, people are better of using a free synth like Surge, TAL Noisemaker or Tyrell N6. Hive2 would be my choice for commercial 'goto' synth :D - such a good balance of sound quality, ease and speed of use, and cpu performance.

[@trayoibry8246]

dude please do more of these honest type of videos with other vst instruments...we allready´have enough others youtbers talking alot but say nothing bad about anything

[@gesslr]

Spot on sir. Please keep it honest like this. Best of luck to you.

[@msld_sound]

Many thanks for your kind words. :) I'll try to make all my reviews as frank as possible.

[@kenninger4267]

atom is actually a very versatile synth, the samples are designed for pop culture, vintage, emphasized electrick music. as for the ai, it clearly explains that it runs emastered in the synth itself, which i guess in that case it always runs in the background in real time. the only feature that does not seem to serve a known reason is the visual waveform/spectral window thing that takes up half the top screen..

[@peace-jit]

ok, this video confirms im not crazy, i got this synth and was wondering what made it unique from like... literally anything you can get for free

[@photicsonar]

Fantastic Review!

[@randellbrockettjr5925]

I spent $168 on this before even looking at reviews or anything and I really regret it so I was wondering if you knew how I could request a refund because it’s been less than 14 days and they make it very complicated to request a refund I don’t even know were to go to do so

[@msld_sound]

I have no idea, since I only used the demo. You'd have to check the End User License Agreement for the terms of refunds, because I think the return frame might've been 72 hours. I learned that after making the video though. I'm sorry, my friend. :(

[@IvoSiem]

Thank you for a quite enjoyable review of a not so great product. The preset segment of your video has a comical feel even if you only play some phrases. The simple fact that there´s no comment at all makes it hilarious.

[@maurycy_gnc]

I will be forever gratefull to you for saving me quite a bunch of money.

[@bryantwilson5151]

Sneaking part of the lick in. 😏 I see you. Where’s Adam Neely at?

[@msld_sound]

LOLOL. Yes, I played CDEFGE at 2:11. My talking masks the C, but you can see the meter light up. 😂

[@kennymaness]

What’s up with all the dislikes

[@crysstoll1191]

Kenny Maness AI Bots! 😀😃😄

[@EpicMrEric]

Kudos brother this is a nice review for a beginner content maker :)

[@msld_sound]

Thanks! Planning on another soon!

the preset sounds like something wee will hear in dystopian future prison when they put us in there :) LMAO

[@pflaster2872]

thx for this :)

[@Barrygraybeatz]

Thanks for this I thought I was the only one who thought it was trash first I was not impressed with any of the sounds lol pigment is much better and really needs no expansions because it comes with tones of sounds hey!! You should do one on that!! Pigment vst

[@msld_sound]

I'm definitely considering buying Pigments! It looks VERY capable.

[@Barrygraybeatz]

@@msld_sound just got one of my producer friend to get it!! man when i say its loaded i put in up with xpand2 and hybrid3 two of the most over looked vsts but are loaded with some of the best sound all stock!!

[@julesalexander2583]

Thanks much!

[@msld_sound]

Thanks to you for watching!

[@yorkie_pudd]

Thank you for enduring this headache, I was thinking of downloading Atom, but you have saved me from that.

[@mojoma]

Accurate assessment of this synth. The adverts for this synth are all pure hype. One listen to the site demos will highlight this plug-ins mediocrity. +1 for U-He and Arturia and add Madrona Labs to the Hi-Q club.

[@robduff]

Thanks for posting this video it confirmed my own feelings about this company and its products. There are plenty of free vst synths available online that are way better than Atom. The whole eMastered scenario in my opinion is a bit dubious. Go check the kaleidoscope of man traps on their website if you don't believe me. Better still don't waste your time.

[@Wourghk]

By Atom, would you say you were... MiSLeD?

[@msld_sound]

My cousin mentioned that "misled" was the first word he thought of when he saw my channel logo! I guess that's a synchronicity! Haha.

[@docterkomayeee2696]

Great work keep it up! Sub earned!!!!!

[@msld_sound]

Many thanks! :)

[@danypell2517]

ATOM is great actually. Loving it.

[@msld_sound]

I see comedy is alive and well in the year of our Lord 2022

[@DougRintoul]

Great video...I will be running out and grabbing Atom right away! Hey you are from Utah and you say Zed?

[@msld_sound]

Hahaha. I've lived overseas a few times - and I lived in Mexico for two years, and their Z is "zeta," so I've picked up some non-native linguistic things.

[@DougRintoul]

@@msld_sound Cool. I am Canadian and Zed is how we roll. Hope to see more of your vids in the future. Not sure why anyone would down vote you, except maybe DJ CID and ill Factor and maybe the developer. Okay, that accounts for the three down votes.

[@msld_sound]

Bahaha. Thank you, Doug! I'm glad you've enjoyed this one. I'll be sure to continue!

[@MCjohcu]

Oh wow never thought I’d find someone else from Utah let alone a snow alumni haha. Way to rep 🙌🏽

[@re_negado]

2:48 Doesn't it look already like a plagiarized Serum?

[@msld_sound]

And not a very good one at that!

[@musikone1780]

Thanks for saving me money.

[@msld_sound]

Mission accomplished! :D

[@oberonofficial1000]

thanks i was not convinced and you confirmed what i thought 🤘

[@JeroenBaxexm]

Great review, pretty decent video and spot on about the synth.

[@KordTaylor]

Oh dear. This is not sounding cool. Not sure analog modeilg needs to be a thing. But it *does* need to sounds good and give something new. Nice review thanks! 👏🏻

[@gdreams6592]

Wow,this is great.Keep doing your work

[@ErickMcNerney]

I actually liked the Ice Cream Truck preset. Other than that though... not much good.

[@74goldenjet]

Wow, that is the most expensive piece of junk softsynth I´ve ever heard! Thanks for the honest review.

[@stebo5562]

They really charging this price while cherry audio has $40 plug-ins?

[@I_am_crypt]

Dislikes are most certainly unjustified. Just saw this advert on facebook and had a look on KZbin, thank you so much for playing around with this so none of us had to waste like 4 hours doing so. Will not be wasting good money on this rubbish lol.

[@arielsantos7162]

Thank you for making this video. Not much else out there for this product.

[@Raberje]

Thank you.

[@SuperFata]

Thanks for doing the review. This would´ve been an ok soft synth (with questionable preset programming choices) in... 2007-8-ish? The like-dislike ratio on this video is unfair, to put it mildly. It honestly sound worse than several current (and even older and ancient) freebie synths.

[@msld_sound]

Ey, thank you for your kind words! :)

[@ASKR303]

i have just come across this company. to be honest, for that price you might as well by reason studio .THOR synth beats ATOM hands down and for the price of ATOM compared to reason studio, you get shit loads of quality gear

[@larsonsphotography]

Dang your good

[@rl106]

Wait I’m confused am I supposed to give u a thumbs up for good review or thumbs down for bad vst??????

[@msld_sound]

It's usually common practice to react to the quality of the presentation (I hope it was indeed a good review!), not the item being presented

[@products-explorer]

the end part is not good, no stabilization, if you have a big monitor it is very bad to watch it.

[@msld_sound]

Yes, well, I'm filming on an iPad because I'm a poor recent college graduate. 😇 If you'd like to make a donation to my DSLR camera/Adobe Premiere fund, head over to paypal.me/mcmorrise.

[@dat1beats]

As of right now Sektor seems to have better presets.

[@msld_sound]

True, that. Sektor is surprisingly powerful.

[@paramelofficial9100]

You can see that all their money went into those stupid youtube adds and the big names being involved, instead of some proper coding. I'm 2 years into my 5 year audio engineering/programming colledge, and I know perfectly well how to combat aliasing when designing my synths. The presets are great because they perfectly demonstrate the sonic capabilities of this plugin. I've had a better listening experience while getting an earwax removal. Why wouldn't they just shove some basic wavetables in there with some "pretty graphics" to pretend it's AI morphing between sounds? They probably couldn't even program those...

[@2011littleguy]

I remember in the eighties, that Kurzweil electric piano used the term, A.I. I like Kurzweil products, and owned their K2500 piano module, but A.I. ? I guess anyone is free to use that term. For instance, I wrote this comment using Artificial Intelligence! "Good day, gentlemen. I am a HAL9000 computer. And I won't open the pod bay doors!" After listening to the sounds you played in your review, it's like they took a Casio portable keyboard and added knobs to change the wave shape. The basic sounds are thin. Is it possible that people in the music biz would sell out? Hmmm. They must know that calling this software A.I. is... as the Secretary of Defense said in the movie Independence Day, "uhh... that's not entirely true". A.I. means that a computer LEARNS over time and reprograms itself. It uses recursive iteration, meaning that it runs through millions of simulations and finds the ones that best meet the programmed goal. The software actually changes in an evolutionary way. That's just how we humans learn. So I ask a basic question: Does this software alter its programming? Do sounds evolve over time? If not. then A.I. in advertising is just hype. Maybe it's natural selection at work here after all: people who buy this software will not make great music and will not rise in the industry. Maybe the whole Darwinian idea works in this case lol.

[@msld_sound]

Lots of good ideas here. I suspect "natural selection" may indeed weed out ATOM users. 😬

[@mrstumpyninja]

For around the same price you could get Zebra 2, Serum, Pigments, or the gorgeous Repro-1. This yanks my crank big time. This isn't a thank you on behalf of myself as I'm cynicism incarnate, but for anyone new to music production who just wants to create and who doesn't deserve to be utterly ripped off. Right, I'm off to take an A.I. assisted dump on eMastered's lawn.

[@EnTierraDeNadie]

Where is the AI?

[@phinestro]

THIS DUDE SHOWED HIS PAYMENT INFO! OMHG LOLL YOURE FUNNY

[@msld_sound]

… I literally typed random numbers

[@GorbachevMichael]

Synth 1 is free and it murders this synth.

[@msld_sound]

Truuueee

[@AlexLussMusic]

Woah, what a steaming piece of garbage software. Thanks for saving the day!

[@igorbeuk4068]

thank you for review and keep doing more and save us from this marketing AI siynths

[@SACKI_DK]

Nice video!!!!!!!