I don't like the reverb. Of course I can use something else, and if most of the presets use it at or near the end of the chain (maybe with the Fuse compressor afterwards?), then it won't be hard to swap it out... but unfortunately I don't like the vast majority of the presets either going by the demos I've heard, though a decent number seem within tweaking range for me. I strongly dislike the frequency balance of many of them, but to be fair that might be the style they're going for. Their "lofi" presets have one of the least appealing intentional "lofi" effects I can remember ever having heard.
OTOH Minimal Audio claim the extreme business of most of the presets---which leaves very little room for playing melodies or including other tonal elements---can easily be turned down using the macros (... it's almost as if their name is ironic in this context, because the presets seem to tend to be maximalist).
Torn on whether to even bother demoing this until they come out with more presets I like, since I generally prefer tweaking presets over designing patches from scratch. They should commission presets from some other designers, especially for genres that aren't dubstep derivatives. Especially for "cinematic".
One potential major positive for me is the MPE integration---unlike many developers they've done the obvious thing and simply ported modwheel over to Slide/Y axis, which could save me a ton of time when tweaking presets (if only I actually liked them!). Though I don't think I've seen anyone confirm that that actually works well in Current, or that the MPE playability is particularly good.
www.minimal.audio
Sonic Charge is unique and probably unrelated to your research, but what a synth!
www.hrastprogrammer.com
