Customer Reviews

  • LIONize it? Hopefully!

    ★★★★☆
    by robst247
    LION is definitely an original and highly versatile VSTi in some respects. As a proud owner of a LinnStrument 200, I'm delighted that LION fully supports MPE (MIDI Polyphonic Expression) and that all five control dimensions [strike velocity, X (note pressure/aftertouch), Y (note timbre), Z (note bend), and release velocity] can be used to modulate numerous parameters.
    See http://www.rogerlinndesign.com/linnstrument.html
    Unfortunately, as others have commented, many of the factory presets lack warmth and musicality: they tend to focus on fizzy and crackly noise in the upper reaches of the auditory spectrum that are quite harsh on the ears.
    I'll LIONize this new player on the VSTi scene when capable sound designers latch on and start releasing warmer and more musical presets to delight rather than zap the listener's "lug holes". ;-)
    The potential is definitely there, and the oscillator, shaping, moulding, modulation and FX options are well conceived, impressive and extensive.
    The UI looks fine, too, and is easy enough to navigate.
    VERDICT: 4 stars instead of 5 because of the underwhelming presets and general fizzyness.
  • Inspiration

    ★★★★☆
    by Bausset
    Lion has a real identity, offers an infinite range of soundscapes to explore, and can produce incredible unique and evolving rich and wide textures. This needs a little learning curve because you can easily fall into crazy unpredictable and unusable sounds. I agree that the presets do not show all the palette of the synth and fall mostly in a lot woobled distorted and detuned elements difficult to use in a melodic track context. It is annoying because Lion excels in producing very subtile modulated sounds which give life and profoundness to a simple sine or saw waveform. I found some presets from 'vintage synth pads' which go a lot better with my expectations. Only 4 stars because I have not enough experimented, but this synth totally captivates me and is a game changer i think...
  • Amazing synth!

    ★★★★★
    by EM
    I'm very impressed with this synth's ability to produce unique timbres and textures.
    I'll be using this one a lot.
  • Lion

    ★★★☆☆
    by doctorjaz
    Well , you read a lot of reviews from the professionals about Lion , so here from a hobbyist ( only ) .
    From the side of the presets I must say I am quite dissapointed ,
    just the same as with the Oberhausen synth . For me Lion is not the apex of synths and cannot compete with synths like Massive X , Omnisphere , Serum , Reaktor as a synth etc..
    Just because they have way better presets as a starting point .
    There might be many possibilities by incorporating BYOME ,
    but already having BYOME and Triad , this is nor really the point . I am sorry , but I can give Lion only 3 of 5 stars .
  • So Flexible

    ★★★★★
    by Nice Robots
    Wow. This thing is ridiculously potent. I can quickly dial in some beautiful pads and plucks, and they sound amazing, but then I can mangle them and modulate them beyond all recognition. The way the modulation works is very intuitive and crazy powerful. I have not had time to try everything yet, but the stand outs for me so far are the stereo oscillators and blend modes between the two. Very very interesting and above all, great fun. The developers have clearly put a lot of thought into this and it shows.
  • LION

    ★★★★★
    by Henky
    Great sounding synth! I got lost right away! I just wanted to tweak a couple of presets and suddenly 4 hours was gone... A welcome addition to the synth family.
  • Very sick synth

    ★★★★★
    by D Lawrence
    I don't know what it is about this thing but it is highly inspiring. Not at all a synth you already have. I highly recommend trying it. Wish I could show you what I made thus far with it. Seriously incredible sounding patches.
  • Lion a beast !!!

    ★★★★★
    by inforlk
    I will be the first to do this review. I can only say that this Synth is incredible. The possibilities of modulation are exceptional. The sound brings out textures that make it unique. More than 40 FX !!! Congratulations Unfiltered Audio, all your plugins deserve to be the kings of sound design...
  • Lion

    ★★☆☆☆
    by Marc
    Reallly like the concept itˋs very complex and deep but the presets most of the them really hurt my ears...and at least sound very similar harsh sometimes internal clipping really not good.
    The Oversampling made the sound sometimes more worst check it with filter and high resonace strange artefacts happening.
  • Unique Synth

    ★★★★★
    by Tomavatars
    I made a few presets for Lion, and I can tell that it is a truly unique Synth.
    First, the oscillators has many algorithm that you wont find in other synths. There are original and can be modulated in many ways. Big + for the unisson mode and the stereo spread to make wide sounds.
    Second, the mixer is also very unique, with a few mixing algorithms that takes the sound in other dimensions. It can be very harsh as well as soft.
    You add some Byome effects and modulations in there, and you have one of the best synth on the market.