I just upgraded from an i5 4590 to an i7 4790k. I use roland's sound cloud synths and with the i5 i could never get the System 8 synth to even play because of the cpu overhead. When I upgraded today, I tried system 8 and still had problems. I looked in the settings and saw hyperthreading was on. I t...

I think this depends on the user's sonic leanings. For me Omnisphere takes the crown, but I lean more toward scoring than dance music. Vengeance makes powerful, comprehensive instruments and effects though, no question. I agree. For EDM and dance music, though, that synth is amazing and versatile a...