Tracktion F’em $24 at JRR plus other 24 year discounts

[kevin H]

https://www.jrrshop.com/tracktion?dir=desc&order=special_from_date

[pseudopop]

Biotek 2 for $24. Just sayin'.

[kevin H]

Yea got Biotek 2 as I had F’em already

[MusicMan]

I picked up Boz Transgressor 2 earlier for $21.36 or something which is about as cheap as it gets.

Biotek did catch my eye too.. I got F'Em on that deep sale a while back and really like that, which is why Biotek seems appealing!

[daveiv]

F.'em vs FM8?

[MusicMan]

2 minutes ago, daveiv said:

F.'em vs FM8?

If FM8 is still $10 then both! ?

I prefer the effects and UI in F'Em. Both very capable synths, so either choice, or both is good though.

[daveiv]

5 minutes ago, MusicMan said:

If FM8 is still $10 then both! ?

I prefer the effects and UI in F'Em. Both very capable synths, so either choice, or both is good though.

Don't do this to me.

[pseudopop]

1 minute ago, daveiv said:

Don't do this to me.

You're on the enabler forum. Here's the link so you can purchase FM8: https://www.pluginboutique.com/product/1-Instruments/4-Synth/8001-FM8

[MusicMan]

1 minute ago, pseudopop said:

You're on the enabler forum. Here's the link so you can purchase FM8: https://www.pluginboutique.com/product/1-Instruments/4-Synth/8001-FM8

Better not mention that it also comes with a freebie too ?

[pseudopop]

1 minute ago, MusicMan said:

Better not mention that it also comes with a freebie too ?

Shoot! Forgot that one. The freebie is either free Space by Karanyi Sounds or Huracan by MNTRA instruments.

So basically buying FM8 is like earning money!

[daveiv]

And then there is this synthesizer "BioTek" that I have no clue about.

[Promidi]

1 hour ago, daveiv said:

F.'em vs FM8?

FM8 does not crash.  F'em can (confirmed by tracktion support).

F'em is scalable. FM8 is not

Choose your poison.....

[Fleer]

I highly prefer F.’em for its sounds. And Biotek 2 is one of the only “organic” synths in the market. Moreover, a brainchild of the infamous Wolfram Franke. 

[pseudopop]

@daveiv If you have some version of Komplete you may already own the FM8, so check that first.

[abacab]

5 hours ago, daveiv said:

And then there is this synthesizer "BioTek" that I have no clue about.

By the same developer as F'em.

Biotek is a blend of sampling and synthesis, with an X-Y morphing between layers. V2 adds some features.

Original release trailer:

 

[abacab]

Biotek 2 Arachnid expansion $30 now at JRR

https://www.jrrshop.com/tracktion-arachnid-edm-expansion-pack-for-biotek

 

Edited September 2, 2022 by abacab

[abacab]

In fact, all Biotek 2 expansions are on sale at JRR for $30

https://www.jrrshop.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=biotek&order=relevance&dir=desc

[daveiv]

1 hour ago, abacab said:

By the same developer as F'em.

Biotek is a blend of sampling and synthesis, with an X-Y morphing between layers. V2 adds some features.

Original release trailer:

I have watched a few videos about BioTek. Apparently my brain is in battery saver mode, I still don't understand what's going on.

Judging from the presets, I'm getting Roland D-50 and Korg Wavestation vibes.

[abacab]

26 minutes ago, daveiv said:

I have watched a few videos about BioTek. Apparently my brain is in battery saver mode, I still don't understand what's going on.

Judging from the presets, I'm getting Roland D-50 and Korg Wavestation vibes.

It's much deeper than vintage Roland or Korg synths. It's a rather complex soft synth on a new level, with up to 12 layers, that each have up to 4 oscillators. So it's almost like 12 synths in one.

The 4 oscillators on each layer can independently be any of these types: sample, sine, triangle, pulse, saw, white noise, pink noise, granular, spinal saw. Each layer has 2 filters, 4 effects, 8 LFO's, 4 envelopes, plus its own arpeggiator and modulation matrix.

The samples can come from the stock Biotek library, or you can import your own. Many of the factory presets use samples of nature sounds, blended with the synth oscillators to create cinematic soundscapes. But as you can see from the Arachnid expansion demo, it can do EDM as well, or just about anything you can think of.

It's enough to make your brain (or your PC) explode, especially if you dive into the countless modulations possible with 48 oscillators, 24 filters, 48 effects, 96 LFO's, 48 envelopes, 2 arpeggiators, & 12 mod matrices. Not to mention that you can automate nearly everything, including the x-y morphing between layers.

Realistically though, the majority of the factory presets only use 1 to 4 layers, sometimes a few more, and don't use all the resources available at the same time. But the possibilities are there...

Edited September 2, 2022 by abacab

[daveiv]

21 minutes ago, abacab said:

It's much deeper than vintage Roland or Korg synths. It's a rather complex soft synth on a new level, with up to 12 layers, that each have up to 4 oscillators. So it's almost like 12 synths in one.

The 4 oscillators on each layer can independently be any of these types: sample, sine, triangle, pulse, saw, white noise, pink noise, granular, spinal saw. Each layer has 2 filters, 4 effects, 8 LFO's, 4 envelopes, plus its own arpeggiator and modulation matrix.

The samples can come from the stock Biotek library, or you can import your own. Many of the factory presets use samples of nature sounds, blended with the synth oscillators to create cinematic soundscapes. But as you can see from the Arachnid expansion demo, it can do EDM as well, or just about anything you can think of.

It's enough to make your brain (or your PC) explode, especially if you dive into the countless modulations possible with 48 oscillators, 24 filters, 48 effects, 12 arpeggiators, and 12 mod matrices. Not to mention that you can automate nearly everything, including the x-y morphing between layers.

Plot thickens...

Last week I was just a humble guy trying to add some lush synth textures to a standard rock band setup. FM8 at $10 was a good steal for that.

Today I'm messing around with a 48-oscillator galore of sound synthesis, and an 11-operator FM workstation.

Meanwhile, you did a better job than the entire Tracktion marketing team right there.