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    Synthesizer V 1.8.0 Now Released (Not a Deal)

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    @Stavv

    @Brian Lawler is correct, Synthesizer V is VST3 only.

    On my system, the plugin is located in this folder (it looks like you already have this folder included in Cakewalk so you should be good to go)...

    C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3\

    and the plugin  (as per Brian's post) is called synthv-studio-plugin-x64.vst3

    It should appear under Dreamtonics when you add an instrument (see below).

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    Arturia V Collection 9, Pigments 4 and FX Collection 3 are 50% off at Native Instruments (NKS sale).

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    29 minutes ago, Fleer said:

    Had similar thoughts. Not into the harsh tonality of an MS-20 myself, what with its filter as a freebie. But I do quite like the SQ80. And the Augmented Vocals. And the newly separated Prophets. And the incredible CS-80. And …

     

    So yeah, I jumped. 

    Yeah, seems like a good deal for all the additions from VC8. 

    What are your thoughts on Piano v2 vs v3? 

    Mndala Instruments - not a deal as such

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    8 hours ago, Bajan Blue said:

    Hi Guys

    I purchased ARCA Mandala 1 a few months ago via a deal. I could never get it to work so waited for Mandala 2 to be released.

    I have now loaded up Mandala 2 with ARCA and the free Rasa via the Pulse downloader.

    It scans and loads in Cakewalk - I can then insert it in a project, but no matter what I do (like uninstalling / reinstalling) and no matter what settings I use in Cakewalk, I can get no sound out of it.

    Has anyone got Mandala 2 working in Cakewalk?

    Thanks

    Nigel

     

    Hi Nigel,

    I have only just got around to doing the v2 upgrade myself, and one thing I noticed was that some of the presets have the mod wheel assigned to volume with some also defaulting to zero.  So initially I couldn't hear anything from those libraries on certain patches e.g. bass single on Atma, until I happened to move the mod wheel. Maybe that's the issue for you, idk but worth mentioning just in case :) 

    So these do seem to work ok in Cakewalk for me.

    Two of them I bought or got for free from PluginBoutique (Atma, Orakle) and the other one is a freebie direct from Mntra (Rasa).

    I also asked support about the other free library I had (Frcture), but they said that this is no longer supported in v2.

     

     

    UVI PX Guitar Syn Intro Price $49

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    39 minutes ago, aidan o driscoll said:

    @ZincT Just trying the demo too. Any tips to set this up so its at best performance? I found a few stray notes playing ..

    I have the latency down to 128 but not sure how other instruments in DAW may like that ... 

    You will get stray notes Aidan; I used to with my GR-55/Godin setup. It's the nature of the beast with guitar/MIDI where the notes are detected/translated by "sampling" the notes being played.

    To minimize this:

    • I have found that tweaking the Gain, Tone and Curve knobs can yield good results (start with the gain).  
    • Try using a different pickup on the guitar and make sure the input is as clean as possible - you are trying to give the note detection its best chance.
    • Try using an electro-acoustic guitar with piezo pickup - can give better detection compared to an electric one due to the cleaner signal making it easier for individual pitches to be detected.
    • Remember that the way these things work, it can take at least half a cycle to work out the frequency or pitch. This means that the lower pitches will take longer to work out that the higher ones (also used to happen with the GR-55 as it's a method limitation rather than a hardware vs software thing). If you know this then you can do things like playing a bass part on higher strings or higher up the neck and then just transpose it down in MG2. The detection will happen faster due to the higher pitch and will also result in faster tracking.

    Synthesizer V 1.8.0 Now Released (Not a Deal)

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    @Brian Lawler that Timber is very well done and hardly any vibrato on Asterian; but those spoken parts - wow!

    Here's my take on a classic with Kevin and Solaria. Turns out the backing track is made from the original recording, where Tom Scholz and co presumably didn't use a metronome or click track. The tempo varies from 115 to 120 bpm according to Melodyne making it a nightmare to try and get Kevin and Solaria to follow! I had to export the voice parts in standalone SV, import them into Cakewalk, and then cut and move the vocals to match the timing of the track. It's not perfect but I'm getting there. I'm only using the backing track as I couldn't find a really good MIDI version.

    https://soundclick.com/r/s8nbip 

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    Synthesizer V 1.8.0 Now Released (Not a Deal)

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    23 minutes ago, pseudopop said:

    That is the best demo of Asterian I have heard so far! :)

    I bought the Asterian & Solaria combo just the other day. I figured it was the cheapest way to get them, even with the 24% VAT.

    Thanks @pseudopop 👍🏻

    Their tax calculation seems a bit iffy for most people. They added just over 20% VAT for me, so more or less correct for the UK.  

    Synthesizer V 1.8.0 Now Released (Not a Deal)

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    7 hours ago, Brian Lawler said:

    Thanks for the info.  I need to catch up with the Synth V tools.  I had a vibrato script (user contributed that I found somewhere) but it was crashing at run time so I deleted it.  I've not even looked at the 1.8 update yet, other than getting it installed.

    Speaking of scripts I noticed this readme that came with Asterian...

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    Due to complications in our production schedule, ASTERIAN’s additional bonus files will be somewhat delayed and will be distributed within the month. The original bonus files (scripts and dictionaries) from SOLARIA are also included with ASTERIAN's download, but will be receiving updates with additional fixes & functionality as they function with some inconsistent crashing errors in Synthesizer V Studio 1.7.0 and above. Please consider subscribing to our newsletter to receive an email when these files as well as ASTERIAN's new bonus files are added to your download.

     

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    Synthesizer V 1.8.0 Now Released (Not a Deal)

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    8 hours ago, Brian Lawler said:

    Ohhh you are evil @ZincT!  I easily wrote him off based on the early demos, but you and the folks on VI are trying to drag me back with these recent posts.  I thought sure you were going to bring him in on the second verse of "Fat Bottom Girls".  That would be killer 😁  Have you found it easy (or have you tried) to reduce his vibrato?  The default is a bit much for the way I would want to use him.

    Lol, now there's an idea Brian  🤣 

    To be honest, it was the first thing I tried with Asterian and I just used instant mode. I didn't change anything, but it is easy to do that. I will have a go at reducing the vibrato and update the post tomorrow. 

    I have also tried him in place of Kevin, who I was trying out on the Disturbed version of Sound of Silence. It was a bit low for Kevin (so noisy) but Asterian sounds great. The different vocal modes are really good at altering his voice, based on the quick play I had. 

     

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    UVI PX Guitar Syn Intro Price $49

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    23 minutes ago, aidan o driscoll said:

    @ZincT  That Jam Origin MIDI Guitar 2 sounds great. I had looked at it a while back but frankly forgot it :D ... I bet they had a BF sale too ( EDIT no they dont, they never discount it seems ) ...

    https://www.jamorigin.com

     

    Yes Aidan, I demo'd the trial version and found it to be pretty much as good as the hardware I had. So I sold both the guitar and gr55 and used the money to buy the full version of MG2 (with plenty left over). 

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    UVI PX Guitar Syn Intro Price $49

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    30 minutes ago, Vernon Barnes said:

    Installed (I am on the Sonic Pass subscription) 

    To be clear this is a straightforward UVI workstation library rather than a guitar processor. That said, from an initial run through some pre-sets and tweaking a few controls it sounds reasonably unique and quite good too. I think I will need to reference the manual (is there one?) to get my head around a couple of things in GUI but that's a job for another day. 

    Thanks for the information, Vernon.

    I realized that it was just a UVI library, but I'm interested to know if it has any of the classic GR-300 sounds e.g. the lead sound that Pat Metheny uses in the video above.  It would be pretty nice to have access to that sound again and be able to play it either from my MIDI keyboard or via MIDI Guitar 2.  Arturia actually have a preset called Pat in their Arp 2600 library which is a nod to that patch but doesn't sound quite right.

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    3 hours ago, aidan o driscoll said:

    Interesting .. BUT I do still have Roland midi pickup for the guitar + the blue processor unit that i need to dig out wherever it is. Its old enough .. uses midi connections, no USB

    Hey Aidan, I used to have a GR-55 and Godin xTSA with synth access (like a built-in GK3 pickup) but sold it once I could do the same in software using any guitar (courtesy of Jam Origin MIDI Guitar 2).  

    I'm just checking to see if PX Guitar Syn has any of the classic GR-300 tones a la Pat Metheny.

     

     

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    Synthesizer V 1.8.0 Now Released (Not a Deal)

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    40 minutes ago, Bad Penguin said:

    Thanks!

    When it updates to 1.8.0b1 do we get a free voice bank, AI Mai?  Or is that only for those who purchase directly from Dreamtonics?

    Is it possible to store the Voicebanks on an external (ssd) drive, or does it all go to c : \

     

    FYI VS is now out of beta (I changed the title of this thread accordingly), so it should update to 1.8.0.

    Incidentally, I found that the location of Voicebanks is not that big of an issue as they aren't sample libraries per se so are quite small. For example, my Kevin VB folder is only 63 Mb and Solaria is the same. So I just let VS install them to the default location --> \Documents\Dreamtonics\Synthesizer V Studio\databases 

    P.S. I'm pleased that some of you got that Japanese site to work ok. Sounds like you got a bargain. 

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    Humble Bundle Vegas Pro Bundle

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    8 minutes ago, aidan o driscoll said:

    @ZincT TBH I upgraded from 15 to 18 for the speed difference in loading etc alone on my win 10 core i5, ssd system it was well worth that €26. 18 just seems alot slicker and solid-er. I also used vegas from start as a DAW .. I have audio projects going way back that still work in it.

    As I said above I have split my EFX Vsts and Instrument Vsts into seperate folders. I only let vegas find my EFX folder

    Yeh, I'm sold on the HB deal Aidan :) 

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