synkrotron Posted September 27, 2019 Share Posted September 27, 2019 I'm still sat on the fence. I feel I don't use VA-2 enough to justify the upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleer Posted September 27, 2019 Share Posted September 27, 2019 Samey here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piotr Posted September 27, 2019 Share Posted September 27, 2019 54 minutes ago, synkrotron said: I'm still sat on the fence. I feel I don't use VA-2 enough to justify the upgrade. Don't think too much about justification as it would end you found it It was my case. Not used VA2 but well... Now I have better, newer version I will not use ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mesh Posted September 27, 2019 Share Posted September 27, 2019 4 minutes ago, Piotr said: Don't think too much about justification as it would end you found it It was my case. Not used VA2 but well... Now I have better, newer version I will not use ? Just curious, why won't you use it Piotr? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piotr Posted September 27, 2019 Share Posted September 27, 2019 2 minutes ago, Mesh said: Just curious, why won't you use it Piotr? I am not keyboard player and analog guy either so I just collected it with a deal to upgrade their whole bundle. I know, I know... But how can I stop it? ? But well, there are plenty of presets so who knows maybe one day I will discover sound which match perfectly to idea... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mesh Posted September 27, 2019 Share Posted September 27, 2019 2 minutes ago, Piotr said: I am not keyboard player and analog guy either so I just collected it with a deal to upgrade their whole bundle. I know, I know... But how can I stop it? ? But well, there are plenty of presets so who knows maybe one day I will discover sound which match perfectly to idea... Ah ok... I'm also not a keyboard player, but it's easy to use some of the sequences that come with it (they're very musical) and then build a tune around that. Basically use it as an inspirational tool. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zo Posted September 27, 2019 Share Posted September 27, 2019 (edited) Tried it yesturday , great but still to tiny ...a lot of work have been made and two osc will give it a second life but i think i m gonna skip this uipdate. ... nothing exiting enoughth to justify ...i think they should have taking the occasion to go from anotherframework and design ....an instruments isn t the addition of features but something you Play with ... , no play here for me like a lot of soft synths helas .... Edited September 27, 2019 by Zo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZincT Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 On 9/26/2019 at 1:03 PM, Mesh said: Got this last night and just played with some of the preset patches. Have to say I'm very happy with what I heard and totally worth the upgrade!! Ditto. I spent ages with it noodling away via MIDI Guitar. Did the "upgrade from Session" at T&S using my loyalty points to reduce it by 10 GBP ?? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mesh Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 9 hours ago, ZincT said: Ditto. I spent ages with it noodling away via MIDI Guitar. Did the "upgrade from Session" at T&S using my loyalty points to reduce it by 10 GBP ?? Interesting you mentioned MIDI Guitar for this as that's exactly what I'll be doing tonight. ? Do you use MG inside the Daw or outside via Loop BE? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZincT Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 (edited) On 9/28/2019 at 9:09 PM, Mesh said: Interesting you mentioned MIDI Guitar for this as that's exactly what I'll be doing tonight. ? Do you use MG inside the Daw or outside via Loop BE? Hey Mesh, yup it was a lot of fun. You can use it in a DAW but I just used it standalone as it can play VSTis from within the software. It also lets you scan just one vsti which is very handy when you know you have only added one plugin. That default patch (called "Play a Low Note")...play an open low E... instant Tom Sawyer, lol. Just need to add the guitar ? Enjoy! Edited September 30, 2019 by ZincT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Promidi Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 I could not resist changing the GUI already 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZincT Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 1 hour ago, Promidi said: I could not resist changing the GUI already Very nice colour scheme Promidi. How are you changing it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Promidi Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 10 minutes ago, ZincT said: Very nice colour scheme Promidi. How are you changing it? There is a folder C:\Program Files\Applied Acoustics Systems\Ultra Analog VA-3\Bitmaps that contains PNG files of the various elements of the Ultra Analog VA-3 GUI. You can edit them with a standard image editor that can edit PNG files with alpha. One thing to make sure when saving the images is that you save with the alpha channel (transparency channel). If you don't do this, you will get white rectangular place holders behind the image elements and it will look horrible. Those who have edited a Cakewalk by Bandlab theme with the theme editor will know what I mean here as you have to do the same with that as well. Of course, it goes with out saying that if you attempt this, do make a back up of the original bitmap folder. Also, if you make your own colour scheme, back that up as well. This is because, if Applied Acoustics Systems ever release an update for Ultra Analog VA-3, this bitmap folder will be over written and will revert to the original. Simply copy the contents of the backup folder to get your colour scheme back (With Ultra Analog VA-3 not running of course) 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZincT Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 @Promidi thanks for the information. I will give this a try. I assume AAS's other libraries use a similar scheme for storing program artwork? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Promidi Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 48 minutes ago, ZincT said: @Promidi thanks for the information. I will give this a try. I assume AAS's other libraries use a similar scheme for storing program artwork? Pretty much, yes The one for String-Studio VS-3 is in C:\Program Files\Applied Acoustics Systems\String Studio VS-3\Bitmaps All the others are in the following folder C:\Program Files (x86)\Applied Acoustics Systems\{product name}\Bitmaps 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZincT Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 16 minutes ago, Promidi said: Pretty much, yes The one for String-Studio VS-3 is in C:\Program Files\Applied Acoustics Systems\String Studio VS-3\Bitmaps All the others are in the following folder C:\Program Files (x86)\Applied Acoustics Systems\{product name}\Bitmaps Thanks, much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mánibranðr Studios Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 So I decided to pick up on the combined upgrade and intro discount, and wow holy shit this is pretty amazing. I am pretty blown away with how the rhythm patches can do arps or pads and percussive lines at the same time with a single chord input. The amount of things you can do with this is nothing short of impressive! I think this will be a great plugin to do a 1-synth challenge on. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleer Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 Did you have version 2, Freyja? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mánibranðr Studios Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 3 hours ago, Fleer said: Did you have version 2, Freyja? I had the Sessions 2, yes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleer Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 Finally got that VA-3 update. Yay for me. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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