TracingArcs Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 Welcome to the KVR Developer Challenge 2023, the ninth free-for-all audio plugin / audio application / soundware design event. The "KVR Developer Challenge" is for anyone who develops Audio Plugins or Applications and Soundware. The challenge is to create and release a brand new free audio plugin, application or sound library / pack / set that will benefit the community at large. Creativity is key, it can be as simple or as complex as you want - KVR members will vote on the entries and pick the eventual winner using whatever criteria they choose to. This year there are 23 entries across Windows ,Mac, Linux etc https://www.kvraudio.com/kvr-developer-challenge/2023/ 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrFigg Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 Solaris is quite nice. Other than that the other stuff seems pretty meh. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jngnz Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 15 minutes ago, MrFigg said: Solaris is quite nice. Other than that the other stuff seems pretty meh. What's wrong with the VGTrumpet one? I am yet to try it, but from the video it sounds like one of the top 3 free Kontakt instruments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrFigg Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 23 minutes ago, jngnz said: What's wrong with the VGTrumpet one? I am yet to try it, but from the video it sounds like one of the top 3 free Kontakt instruments. Probably nothing wrong with it. I’m not a fan of brass though so I just jumped over it. there’s been some absolutely brilliant plugins come out of that dev competition in previous years. I guess maybe “meh” was a bad choice of words. “Meh for me” might have been better. I come at nearly every plugin I look at from the viewpoint of a guitarist so that might be what it is. Solaris is nice though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jngnz Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 (edited) 8 minutes ago, MrFigg said: Probably nothing wrong with it. I’m not a fan of brass though so I just jumped over it. there’s been some absolutely brilliant plugins come out of that dev competition in previous years. I guess maybe “meh” was a bad choice of words. “Meh for me” might have been better. I come at nearly every plugin I look at from the viewpoint of a guitarist so that might be what it is. Solaris is nice though. Yeah, I get it. The competition hasn't been good for a couple of years now. Or maybe making decent money has shifted my view on freeware stuff, because I use like 2 or 3 instead of 200... That said, I've tried the trumpet now and pretty much immediately deleted it. Like 99,8% of free Kontakt instruments I've ever tried. Edited July 3, 2023 by jngnz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcL Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 13 minutes ago, jngnz said: Like 99,8% of free and paid Kontakt instruments I've ever tried. I fixed it for you! 😆 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jngnz Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 1 minute ago, MarcL said: I fixed it for you! 😆 Tell me about it. Half of the stuff I bought is rotting away on my backup drive. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcL Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 2 minutes ago, jngnz said: Tell me about it. Half of the stuff I bought is rotting away on my backup drive. Frankly, it's the same with plugins for me! The couple of plugins that I really like and use, are mostly of small developers that almost never have a deal, but always a fair price! But it is embarrassing how much money I wasted in deals (have only about 900 plugins installed of much more than 1000, but maybe I really use 50)! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starship Krupa Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 21 minutes ago, MarcL said: But it is embarrassing how much money I wasted in deals "Wasted," though? I view it as part of my learning process, also kissing frogs. Heck, if I got an hour or two of fun fiddling around with something I paid $10 for, I consider that a deal. A couple of days ago, I took my friend to our favorite burger joint. 2 sandwiches, large fries, 2 regular drinks: $36. (and it literally ends up in the toilet!) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno de Souza Lino Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 I can see some uses out of Solaris because I don't have ValhallaShimmer, but I have other plugins which could make a shimmer type reverb if combined right... I'll give it a try mostly because of the low CPU consumption, as Shimmer type reverbs tend to be resource heavy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jngnz Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 25 minutes ago, Starship Krupa said: (and it literally ends up in the toilet!) So does my music. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Wichrowski Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 Solaris is pure magic! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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