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Has anyone been able to get velocity to work in this synth?
I cannot find any settings for it.Soundspot has added a button for "Velocity/Portamento" in an update since the original release, but it does not appear to have any effect on velocity. The user manual hasn't been updated to cover this feature, either.
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12 hours ago, TheSteven said:
How is the Cakewalk DAW support?
Seems like everything else is listed as being supported...No idea. Haven't tried that. But it comes with full support and overlays for Live and Studio One, which I currently have, as well as Cubase and Reaper.
But typically I don't usually bother with DAW support using a controller keyboard. I would buy a dedicated control surface, such as Faderport, if I wanted that.
I was more interested in Analog Lab control, which is fully integrated, as well as MIDI mapping with other virtual instruments. It even has full CV output, just in case I ever wanted to control a real hardware rack synth. Which I have not found the GAS for yet (as well as the cash). But as an instrument controller, it seems to be everything I had hoped for.
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5 hours ago, Starship Krupa said:
The soundpacks done for Chromophone are my favorites, so if I were to buy one of their synths, that would be the first.
That would be a good choice. I went with Chromaphone first myself, based on a similar line of reasoning. No regrets, and it is excellent!!!
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15 hours ago, sarine said:
I agree with this, the average quality of hardware is deplorable these days. I gladly pay more for quality, because you know how the sayings go; "the poor man can't afford to buy cheap" because "buy cheap, buy twice". Low quality tools make me really angry.
Earlier this year, I finally decided to buy a decent 61-key controller, sturdy and with proper faders and knobs. It wasn't cheap, at over $500, and was out of stock everywhere, so I had it back-ordered for 2 months. But it is likely one of the most well built units I have ever used. Metal framed and heavy, similar to an old school synth keyboard from the 90's. Wheels and everything else just work nice and smooth! Velocity and aftertouch feel accurate (the same keybed as their $2,499 analog synth, MatrixBrute).
And the fact that it's fully integrated with Arturia Analog Lab is a big bonus for me!
https://www.arturia.com/products/hybrid-synths/keylab-mkii/overview
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5 hours ago, iScream said:
Hmm, according to AudioDeluxe this deal expires after 9 days, but Markus at KVR said that Saurus 3 will be always $59 😲
DeluxeBucks are credits to be applied to future purchases. Pretty sure that I have received some with every purchase that I made at AudioDeluxe, so I'm not exactly sure what's about to expire here.
So I got Saurus 3 this weekend for $52.55 using my current DeluxeBucks, and have now received $5.90 more for the next time.
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True Cowbells gives you complete control of this majestic instrument. Control the bell pitch of each individual cowbell. Control the resonance of the cowbells with the resonance options. You can even turn on ensemble mode to hear all three cowbells and humanize the timing.
Special surprises await those able to harness the full power of this instrument.
https://www.kvraudio.com/product/true-cowbells-by-vi-labs
Free!
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5 minutes ago, Mark Percil said:
Also at AudioDeluxe ($5.90 DeluxeBucks)
That's the route that I went. I already had some DeluxeBucks to spend! No regrets, as Saurus 3 is awesome!
Tone2 is has some high quality products. I want them all now, LOL!!! 😁
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Using Osmose as a MIDI controller, all options are available, including MPE!
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And $1,800 may sound like a lot today, considering the current retail price of cheap mass produced plastic controllers, but I'm pretty sure I paid that much for a Korg workstation back in the mid-90's.
So you are getting a lot more for your money today with something like this. If it meets your needs, of course!
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This Osmose is intriguing. It's only $1,800, and has an on-board synth, so it's actually a self contained hardware instrument. It can also be used as an MPE controller...
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9 minutes ago, sarine said:
I'm not downplaying how nice these "multi-dimensional" controllers are conceptually and I imagine live performers going crazy about this technology, I'm just pretty sure they would be a novelty toy and a ridiculously expensive productivity catalyst (rather than a driver) in my hands.
Agreed. I think these MPE controllers would be mostly useful to performers, rather than composers or producers. If all you wanted to do was play and perform live, and not necessarily be productive otherwise, these things should bring great benefit to the player, increasing expression in "real-time", via x-y-z axis. Something that cannot be done on a conventional keyboard.
Like this!
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I got the Retromod 106 a while back. Nice sounds!
The Retromods are basically sample players, with the same user interface controls for all Retromod series instruments, basically the same as the UVI Digital Synsations, or IK Syntronik instruments. All preset machines.
You cannot change the oscillators at all, as they are baked into the preset. You have control over the envelopes, filter cutoff, resonance, EQ, and FX, but that's about it. But they are fine if you just need a preset player.
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New to Saurus here. Half price, hell yeah! This thing rocks!!! 😁
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1 hour ago, sarine said:
I've been wanting to try a Seaboard for a while, but all these super-expressive controllers make me wonder how much would they actually add to the music.
As has been mentioned, the actual benefit of MPE controllers probably depends on the material or instruments you are trying to mimic. Probably not much use with a virtual piano for example.
But when playing samples of non-keyboard instruments, the MPE controllers could really be useful for live performance, or for less post processing of recording sessions, and editing in articulations.
These controllers provide a means for expression beyond the 2 dimensional keyboard paradigm (note + velocity). I think Venus Theory nailed it when he explained that MPE allows a keyboard player to have similar expression control over all the notes under their fingers, such as a guitar player would on the fretboard.
A guitar player can bend each string in a chord independently, which is something that standard MIDI channel aftertouch or mod wheels cannot accomplish. All the standard MIDI notes are played on a common MIDI channel. With MPE, each MIDI note temporarily gets its own MIDI channel. A 3rd dimension, so to speak.
Opens new doors...
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Quick question. I like the idea of a fiddle library, but have no idea how a real fiddle is actually played.
Even with all the articulations and keyswitches, would it still be very hard to get a realistic fiddle technique out of a VSTi?
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99, and counting...
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Almost to 100 pages!!!
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52 minutes ago, kevin H said:
This one looks interesting too. Pre-orders only for now. Available soon.
That definitely looks interesting, but is vastly a different design paradigm from the traditional piano keyboard.
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50 minutes ago, kevin H said:
Sold out in most places unfortunately..
B&H will let you set email alerts for when it's back in stock.
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The Morph being demonstrated by Venus Theory
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14 hours ago, Luc said:
Ok so I'm posting:
1) because I know many of you are checking and it's so quiet, you're sad that there is no update here.
2) because I'm trying to sort things out to make sure I didn't miss anything I don't have.... So, for those spreadsheet makers and others who want to work out their brains a bit tonight, a couple of quick questions...
T-Racks: If I have T-Racks 5 Max, and I add Space Delay, Sunset Reverb and Comprexxor, I have everything T-Racks-related, right?
Syntronik: If I have Syntronik Deluxe, I have 'em all, right? (there aren't any of the individual synths in the GB that I need to get seperately)?
Amplitube: And Amplitube is a bit more complicated, but from my calculations, I had Amplitube 4 Max, so a bunch of the packs got upgraded, but if I got Brian May, Dimebag Darrell, Fender 2, Joe Satriani and Leslie, I believe I should be covered? (basically the same as Amplitube 5 Max?)
Sampletank: I have Sampletank 4. I'm assuming I'd have to get all of the Sampletank packs that are available in the Group Buy (like 30 of them) to have the equivalent of Sampletank 4 MAX?I know it's a lot of questions and thinking.... feel free to ignore this. I know there are many here who pay attention way more than I do and since I have been trying to sort out this stuff for a week and my brain is mush haha, wondering if I missed anything.
I think you're on track with T-RackS, and if you follow the advice given for AmpliTube, you should be good there as well.
So I'm only going to comment on SampleTank...
Unless you can somehow get the ST4 MAX crossgrade, you will not get the MAX package via individual Group Buy freebies. Although as freebies go, there are numerous SampleTank 3 instruments, and post ST4 instrument collection releases that you can pickup. But there are 2,000 more instruments, and an additional 160GB of samples in MAX, that are not included in the full ST4!
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12 minutes ago, JoeGBradford said:
I can confirm this - there was a library I missed when I bought the huge Total Max 2 bundle and when I brought it to IK's attention they let me have another 180 day window to download the files (and all the others I had downloaded already)
And another $7 (with Jam Points) unlocks all of your downloads for another 180 days. Still cheaper than buying another hard drive to archive all those downloads.
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You were typing this while I was updating my post.