aidan o driscoll

https://www.bespokesynth.com Bespoke Synth is a freeware (with optional donations) modular synthesizer and digital audio workstation for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Bespoke Synth has 190 modules that cover the main elements (and more) of music production and allow you to patch/position in conventional or non-conventional ways. It’s also a VST host, so you can bring in 3rd party plugins as you would in a regular DAW. On top of being a synth and a DAW of sorts, it’s also a live looper, complex sequencer, sample slicer, MIDI controller performance platform, and pedalboard.

I have Tantra 1.x and TBH i found it a bit of a resource hog especially if using in a multitrack project or on more than one track My system Core i5, 16GB Ram, 2TB SSD

@dee Im not sure its an INSTA COMPOSER issue. Its more how FL Studio handles midi channels. For example in Cakewalk its easy. Just set the input of each vst track to INSTA COMPOSER Ch1, Ch2 and so on. Then turn on input echo / input monitoring on ( Circled in yellow in image below ) the instrument tracks used to hear them in INSTACOMP when you press play. Done So maybe a question over at the FL Studio forums. I tried it in FL Studio also ( not my primary DAW, CW is ) .. same result as you, so I am sure it is a routing issue in FL and how it handles midi ports / channels

I would imagine you are NOT setting the Input Midi port on the target instrument VSTi. See the InstaC manual:

A song is usually made up of repeated parts ( EG Intro, Verse1, Chorus, Verse2, chorus, Bridge, chorus Chorus ). So the 10 bars you talk of would be enough for a VERSE which, as a part, will be repeated 2 or 3 times. Then you need a Chorus ( repeated ) and a Bridge, maybe an intro Surely with Insta Composer ( from my viewing of the run through vid above ) you can start with your 10 bars, save that "pattern" then noodle around with the features to make a different part based on the initial 10 bars and so on. Any of these programs are not meant to build a song / hit for you from start to finish. They are for ideas to spur you on and at minimum help you to find nice chord sequences that sound well together

PluginBoutique overview / tute video

TBH for the price of this ( me €19.65 ) .. bar some other future offers on likes of PB and everyplugin AND with possible bugs, its still worth a go at that price surely? It will be developed further with bugs ironed out? So buy now and dont use it until a few versions time?

Logged into PB and added to basket .. Price then €20.84 ... had £1.02 virtual cash. Used that. Price now €19.65

Sounds good to me considering the full price is €599 https://www.arturia.com/v-collection/details#en

Chord Track only included in PRO. But this solution means having to use another DAW to generate the midi THEN import into CW rather than a plugin doming same inside CW

I would be coming from the more generative non theory knowledge side of things. I have seen some saying get both because they are different in a sense. Chordjam more on the generative happy accident end?

Upgraded the thread title for you

Hard to buy it on it own, seems to be selling with other tools only

Maybe others also in the area of Chord Progression / generative circles https://mixedinkey.com/captain-plugins/captain-chords/ https://www.pluginboutique.com/products/6439-Scaler-2 https://audiomodern.com/shop/plugins/chordjam/ Just a shout out to anyone who has any or all of these and thoughts. I have noticed that SCALER2, while very comprehensive, would be geared more toward learning theory and/or people who approach things from a more music theory perspective while CHORDJAM is more generative random and probably better for non music theory musos. Captain chords seems to be in between Of course ANY COUPONS for above appreciated by all As for SCALER 2 at Pluginboutique use "PBAttack" as coupon at checkout .. knocks near 20% off the price. Coupled with virtual cash i have it down to €39 https://www.pluginboutique.com/products/6439-Scaler-2

Moved to https://discuss.cakewalk.com/index.php?/topic/34042-so-chordjam-or-scaler2-or-captain-chords-inc-coupons/

Moved to https://discuss.cakewalk.com/index.php?/topic/34042-so-chordjam-or-scaler2-or-captain-chords-inc-coupons/

Added some history background for the SYNTHOX at the OP above for those interested

Same here, pretty much same Deluxe Bucks

Just a bit of HISTORY re this SYNTHOX https://www.uvi.net/en/vintage-synth/synthox.html A well regarded and increasingly rare analog synthesizer, the Synthex (1981-1985), comes from Italian manufacturer Elka and was made famous in part by Jean Michel Jarre. The unique oscillator design and lush filters in this synth pack a distinctly thick and raw sound. Also included in Synthox 1.5 is a deep sampling of the Elka EK-44 (1986). A rare 4-operator FM synth based around Yamaha’s YM2203 chips, the EK-44’s raw digital sound palette makes a brilliant counterpoint to the Synthex and can lead to some truly unique sounds. https://www.audiodeluxe.com/products/uvi-synthox-0 Size: 1.7 GB (FLAC lossless encoding, was 4.5 GB in WAV) Content: 1 Instrument, 202 presets, 5,616 samples Sample Resolution: 44.1 kHz. Recording at 96 kHz

And in my case KONTAKT 6.6.1 and REACTOR 6.4.3 updates also .. maybe I missed those earlier

For those on FACEBOOK - Arturia V Collection Users (International/Global) GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2742887915850458/ They are now discussing an apparent imminent V Collection 9 A Q asked is: So what is expected in V9 And ans is: I have no idea but Arturia made a comment mentioning they would look after you on pricing if you took advantage of buying the V8 discounted price when V9 comes out.

Though I had 7 I went for this. I weighed it up and say pretty much 6 or 7 new synths added for the $149 inc the SQ80v which I more than likely would have bought anyway. As i outlined above, i used the 4 month easi payment plan for the extra $5 .. next 3 months $37. Not for many but i do think this kind of plan for software etc is a nice option for us who wish to manage our finances in a way.

Looking at some of the REASON Facebook groups this morning. Not too many happy campers about this saying pretty much, give us more money and we will improve reason ( from reason ). I have Reason 11 intro and FL Studio. For disclosure, I will admit I dont use them much, I jumped on getting them at the time in sales, low prices purely to have for possible future use. I am still a bit puzzled about likes of Reason and FL Studio which - I think I am right - were born from the days of Tracker Sequencers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_tracker The way they work is still sort of out there in comparison to other DAWS and in many ways over the last decade or so have been trying to come closer to what we might see as the standard DAW workflow and features? So my puzzlement is how they still have the popularity they have? You might ask the question why REASON recently and FL STUDIO always have a way of using them and there plugins inside other DAWS ( via plugins ) .. whats that about? It gave me a reason never to bother with reason and just use the Reason rack VST in Cakewalk to use Reason plugins inside another DAW. So why would likes of me bother upgrading? I just reckon Reason and to an extent FL are relying on a past userbase who came from a tracker background + casual users who in reasons case dipped in via sales and Lite versions, FL studio via the mad lifetime updates thing. So one might ask what is there real core userbase and how big is it discounting the former casual users? BTW I will accept I might be way off the beam here and possibly completely wrong

Keep in mind if the budget is a bit stretched at the moment that you can buy via breaking up the $149 into 4 monthly payments instead ... costs $5 extra to do this but over 4 months its - $42 first month and then $37 next 3 months I actually like options like this .. esp for hobbyists and the like where you are not making money from music and dont have the larger amount at the ready

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