KVR :: Instruments » HGFortune: Altair 4 The SciFi Sounds Lab - Out NOW! [View Original Topic]
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Fortune - Wed Mar 30, 2011 3:42 am
Altair 4 - The SciFi Sounds Lab
for Wobbles, Drones and more
This lab is more of experimental type mainly for spacey & wobbly stuff, drones and scapes i.e FX-sounds, and it is quite good at doing bell like sounds
In a way it has some similarities to 'circuit bent' musical tools or noise boxes but with some more and fairly sophisticated controls - but not too much.
You can do a lot of crazy stuff with it
updated last public beta is here for dowload (little manual included & diff. patches)
http://www.mediafire.com/?sp55d1chb45j36j
a little demo video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RY4HWdZYoM
As it is still unnamed yet you may come up with suggestions - preferably with Lab or Box at the end.
The winner will have free choice for one VSTi Plugin from my range
2nd and 3rd choice will get registered version of this one.
And yes you may send patches too ... more than 20 useful patches will be honoured with a Pro version of this plugin.
have fun and please comment
thanks
HG
S-N-S - Wed Mar 30, 2011 5:17 am
for some reason it freezes studio one pro 1.6.4
it works perfectly in renoise 2.7 beta
TFF - Wed Mar 30, 2011 5:46 am
20 patches, eh? You'll be hearing from me soon.
ravasb - Wed Mar 30, 2011 6:33 am
How about "Knightmare"?
Knights are "dubbed." The drones are dark and scary.
MWSOS - Wed Mar 30, 2011 6:35 am
ravasb wrote:
How about "Knightmare"?
Knights are "dubbed." The drones are dark and scary.
Knights are "dubbed." The drones are dark and scary.
Nice one ravasb!
HG might have to redo the GUI with chainmail though
Martin
Fortune - Wed Mar 30, 2011 7:04 am
MWSOS wrote:
ravasb wrote:
How about "Knightmare"?
Knights are "dubbed." The drones are dark and scary.
Knights are "dubbed." The drones are dark and scary.
Nice one ravasb!
HG might have to redo the GUI with chainmail though
Martin
hihi ... clad in iron ...
anyway the GUI wasn't done by me but by Anemovatis
see here: http://www.anemovatis.com
Fortune - Wed Mar 30, 2011 7:05 am
TFF wrote:
20 patches, eh? You'll be hearing from me soon.
great !
Fortune - Wed Mar 30, 2011 7:12 am
ravasb wrote:
How about "Knightmare"?
Knights are "dubbed." The drones are dark and scary.
Knights are "dubbed." The drones are dark and scary.
Originally I was thinking of a name in German "Das Dräuen" roughly to be translated with scary looming but even this translation doesn't reflect the meaning of "Dräuen" as it is also hinting at pending dark doom ... so this won't be a feasable name for outside german speaking countries
HG
jsp1979 - Wed Mar 30, 2011 7:13 am
How about "Pandora's Box" for the name?
I'm sure I'll think of more...
Fortune - Wed Mar 30, 2011 8:24 am
Wow, the 1st bunch of exciting patches has already arrived
keep em coming ....
HG
Bobbotov - Wed Mar 30, 2011 8:50 am
S-N-S wrote:
for some reason it freezes studio one pro 1.6.4
it works perfectly in renoise 2.7 beta
it works perfectly in renoise 2.7 beta
It freezes up in Sonar 7 despite it passing VST scan okay. Works in standalone though.
Fortune - Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:05 am
Bobbotov wrote:
S-N-S wrote:
for some reason it freezes studio one pro 1.6.4
it works perfectly in renoise 2.7 beta
it works perfectly in renoise 2.7 beta
It freezes up in Sonar 7 despite it passing VST scan okay. Works in standalone though.
sorry, to hear about that. Are there any related messages or is it just freezing?
Bobbotov - Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:16 am
Fortune wrote:
Bobbotov wrote:
S-N-S wrote:
for some reason it freezes studio one pro 1.6.4
it works perfectly in renoise 2.7 beta
it works perfectly in renoise 2.7 beta
It freezes up in Sonar 7 despite it passing VST scan okay. Works in standalone though.
sorry, to hear about that. Are there any related messages or is it just freezing?
It freezes upon loading and just hangs. No error message. I tried it a couple of times and I have to manually shut down Sonar. Too bad as it is very cool and I would really like to lay out a few tracks. But, like I said it works in standalone via SaviHost no problem.
I have never had this problem with any of your synths before and I have tried many of them.
Fortune - Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:29 am
Bobbotov wrote:
It freezes upon loading and just hangs. No error message. I tried it a couple of times and I have to manually shut down Sonar. Too bad as it is very cool and I would really like to lay out a few tracks. But, like I said it works in standalone via SaviHost no problem.
I have never had this problem with any of your synths before and I have tried many of them.
That's quite strange as there is really nothing that exotic inside to provoke such a behaviour ... runs here in several hosts like Cubase LE, Cantabile, MiniHost, VSTHost ...
Anyway I'll look for a possible suspect ...
cheers
HG
S-N-S - Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:55 am
Fortune wrote:
Bobbotov wrote:
S-N-S wrote:
for some reason it freezes studio one pro 1.6.4
it works perfectly in renoise 2.7 beta
it works perfectly in renoise 2.7 beta
It freezes up in Sonar 7 despite it passing VST scan okay. Works in standalone though.
sorry, to hear about that. Are there any related messages or is it just
freezing?
it just freeze and i have to ctrl-alt-delete
stanlea - Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:59 am
Freezebox ?
Fortune - Wed Mar 30, 2011 12:22 pm
well, around 70 new patches by now - keep em coming ...
cheers
HG
jsp1979 - Wed Mar 30, 2011 12:27 pm
Another name idea:
The SFX Squeezebox
You know, like:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squeezebox
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49H0IfoILwQ
EDIT: Squeezebox is apparently one word.
Fortune - Wed Mar 30, 2011 8:50 pm
updated beta with more patches inside (about 70 new)
Edit: obsolete
HG
Fortune - Thu Mar 31, 2011 7:27 am
S-N-S wrote:
Fortune wrote:
Bobbotov wrote:
S-N-S wrote:
for some reason it freezes studio one pro 1.6.4
it works perfectly in renoise 2.7 beta
it works perfectly in renoise 2.7 beta
It freezes up in Sonar 7 despite it passing VST scan okay. Works in standalone though.
sorry, to hear about that. Are there any related messages or is it just
freezing?
it just freeze and i have to ctrl-alt-delete
seems we are tracking down the culprit for malfunction in these hosts ...
"Edit": got that nasty sucker
was related to the Hold Button
as fast solution there will be a substitute that only will hold one key istead of many.
stay tuned
HG
edteneyck - Thu Mar 31, 2011 8:52 am
How about Symbiont Box?
Fortune - Thu Mar 31, 2011 9:11 am
ok, here is the bugfix (Sonar 7 no longer freezes or crashs)
http://www.mediafire.com/?5uwud3kj0wk9opa
Change: Hold does hold last played note only now - manual updated accordingly.
hth
HG
edteneyck - Thu Mar 31, 2011 2:38 pm
This can create some interesting spacey sounds! I like it.
Fortune - Thu Mar 31, 2011 11:44 pm
edteneyck wrote:
This can create some interesting spacey sounds! I like it.
thanks and btw. great patches
if there are more please keep em coming
HG
Fortune - Thu Mar 31, 2011 11:47 pm
As of name suggestions well nothing really convincing up to now except one proposition via mail with using 'lab' instead of 'box'
so my idea up to now is:
SciFiSoundsLab or SciFiSoundsBox
me preferring the 1st one
any more ideas ...
HG
werd - Fri Apr 01, 2011 12:19 am
perhaps ZyfyZound Box or Zyfy Zound Zxob
stanlea - Fri Apr 01, 2011 3:05 am
or
bend-in-a-box
or
Pelzebox
(here a picture of Pelzebock :
bmot - Fri Apr 01, 2011 3:30 am
some quick ideas, nothing too original i'm afraid:
noiselab / noiselabpro
soundbox
EFXlab or FXlab
spacelab
dronelab (maybe that exists already though, sounds familiar)
cleverbox
audiobox
re-evolver /revolver
bonglab ("bong" as in the sound a bell makes, and something to help you get monged)
bongbox
opus_diaboli - Fri Apr 01, 2011 6:15 am
BlissBox.
Well, I don't really like the suffix "box" at the end.
ravasb - Fri Apr 01, 2011 8:19 am
Labradrone Retriever
Fortune - Fri Apr 01, 2011 10:21 pm
As of name suggestions up to now
jsp1979 wrote:
That one is too oldfashioned
edteneyck wrote:
How about Symbiont Box?
not really catchy enough - your patches are far better
werd wrote:
perhaps ZyfyZound Box or Zyfy Zound Zxob
names too much distorted ...
stanlea wrote:
or
bend-in-a-box
or
Pelzebox
bend-in-a-box
or
Pelzebox
You can do better than these
chas48155 wrote:
some quick ideas, nothing too original i'm afraid:
noiselab / noiselabpro
soundbox
EFXlab or FXlab
spacelab
dronelab (maybe that exists already though, sounds familiar)
cleverbox
audiobox
re-evolver /revolver
bonglab ("bong" as in the sound a bell makes, and something to help you get monged)
bongbox
noiselab / noiselabpro
soundbox
EFXlab or FXlab
spacelab
dronelab (maybe that exists already though, sounds familiar)
cleverbox
audiobox
re-evolver /revolver
bonglab ("bong" as in the sound a bell makes, and something to help you get monged)
bongbox
as you said: nothing too original i'm afraid
opus_diaboli wrote:
BlissBox.
Well, I don't really like the suffix "box" at the end.
Well, I don't really like the suffix "box" at the end.
Could be Bliss Lab ... but this is still not catchy enough ...
ravasb wrote:
Labradrone Retriever
a little more distorted like Le Bra Drone Retriever would be more funny but the GUI is not matching as the bra is missing ;-(
During yesterday's research I did remember the movie Forbidden Planet from 1956 being the first movie with a complete electronic soundtrack using sounds that could have been done with this plug.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbidden_Planet
Soundtrack done by Louis and_Bebe Barron
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_and_Bebe_Barron
so we might have "???????" and as sublabel "The SciFi Sounds Lab"
HG
btw more great patches have come in ....
abstractcats - Fri Apr 01, 2011 10:56 pm
Just found this. I love the gui. I certainly do some sounds.
As for some name ideas?
AbstractionLab
StrangeLab
MysticBox
CryptoLab
BazaarLab
metalifuxx - Fri Apr 01, 2011 11:31 pm
FizzleSci
werd - Sat Apr 02, 2011 12:36 am
Miracle of Sound Box/Lab
Labyrinth or LabySinth Soundbox
gr Richard
cosmonauttransfer - Sat Apr 02, 2011 1:03 am
How about "The Id Box", so named after the film Forbidden Planet with its extensive spacey electronic score.
cosmonauttransfer - Sat Apr 02, 2011 1:12 am
Or Krell Lab, in keeping with the theme and the crazy sounds(I liked 50's Lab, very evocative)
tropicalontour - Sat Apr 02, 2011 1:45 am
BoxLab?
LabBox?
Schiffbauer - Sat Apr 02, 2011 1:57 am
I think "The SciFi SoundsLAB" will be the best name for this "originally"
Synth. It makes sciFi sounds & noises and everybody will reminiscent to
a old soundlaboratory of the 50/60ties....
ciao
armin
werd - Sat Apr 02, 2011 4:25 am
Kaleidoscope Sound Lab
Fortune - Sat Apr 02, 2011 4:30 am
werd wrote:
Kaleidoscope Sound Lab
nice, but, sorry, a Kaleidoscope VST plugin does already exist ...
HG
Fortune - Sat Apr 02, 2011 4:31 am
Schiffbauer wrote:
I think "The SciFi SoundsLAB" will be the best name for this "originally"
Synth. It makes sciFi sounds & noises and everybody will reminiscent to
a old soundlaboratory of the 50/60ties....
ciao
armin
Synth. It makes sciFi sounds & noises and everybody will reminiscent to
a old soundlaboratory of the 50/60ties....
ciao
armin
Yep, most suited ...
Bobbotov - Sat Apr 02, 2011 4:40 am
The Forbidden Planet reference is very apt. I had just done apiece called Krell Music using Hollow Sun's Oscillosine when HG Fortune released this instrument. Well, the two instruments complement each other perfectly.
If the name was "ID Machine," "Krell Lab," "Morbius Madness," "Altair 4," or something similar I think it would help customers understand immediately what to expect. And HG is right, this instrument does do a lot of the things the Barron's did with their circuitry albeit a lot easier.
I am writing a piece right now that uses both instruments and will post when finished.
opus_diaboli - Sat Apr 02, 2011 6:15 am
Some astronomical terms (all these terms are names of stars):
- Sirius Drone Station / Sirius DroneLab / ~ WaveLab
- Antares Drone Station / Antares DroneLab / ~ WaveLab
- DeltaCentauri WaveLab with DeltaCentauri as the main name (big letters) and "Wavelab" as an additional label with smaller letters
Or
- Sonic Transformer
- Wave Transformer
- Drone Transformer
- SonicShaper
Or
- Helios SoundLab (Helios = god in the Greek mythology)
- Hydra WaveLab / ~ DroneLab (Greek mythology, this snake thing with lots of heads
)
- Hyphnos ...
- Phobos DroneLab / ~ DroneStation
awol9000 - Sat Apr 02, 2011 8:48 am
anyway the GUI wasn't done by me but by Anemovatis
see here: http://www.anemovatis.com[/quote]
I really like the GUI.
scott_free - Sat Apr 02, 2011 9:19 am
Nice GUI and cool concept. Here are my suggestions:
Neutrino
Synapsis
Fortune - Sat Apr 02, 2011 1:58 pm
scott_free wrote:
Nice GUI and cool concept. Here are my suggestions:
Neutrino
Synapsis
Neutrino
Synapsis
well, Neutrino is not bad ... meanwhile I'd been thinking about this:
Altair 4 - The SciFi Sounds Lab
Could be as well:
Neutrino - The SciFi Sounds Lab
cheers
HG
Fortune - Sat Apr 02, 2011 1:59 pm
awol9000 wrote:
anyway the GUI wasn't done by me but by Anemovatis
see here: http://www.anemovatis.com
see here: http://www.anemovatis.com
I really like the GUI.[/quote]
Glad you like it, thanks!
HG
Fortune - Sat Apr 02, 2011 2:00 pm
Bobbotov wrote:
The Forbidden Planet reference is very apt. I had just done apiece called Krell Music using Hollow Sun's Oscillosine when HG Fortune released this instrument. Well, the two instruments complement each other perfectly.
If the name was "ID Machine," "Krell Lab," "Morbius Madness," "Altair 4," or something similar I think it would help customers understand immediately what to expect. And HG is right, this instrument does do a lot of the things the Barron's did with their circuitry albeit a lot easier.
I am writing a piece right now that uses both instruments and will post when finished.
If the name was "ID Machine," "Krell Lab," "Morbius Madness," "Altair 4," or something similar I think it would help customers understand immediately what to expect. And HG is right, this instrument does do a lot of the things the Barron's did with their circuitry albeit a lot easier.
I am writing a piece right now that uses both instruments and will post when finished.
Great, the track above is already really interesting ...
cheers
HG
metalifuxx - Sat Apr 02, 2011 3:19 pm
Bobbotov wrote:
If the name was.."Krell Lab,"...or something similar I think it would help customers understand immediately what to expect. .
FYI, Mötley Crüe and their fans would find that funny, as they might think that is a reference to cooking up crack cocaine. They used "krell" as a codename for coke or trying to obtain it while on tour.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=krell
Lichtreich - Sat Apr 02, 2011 3:50 pm
Bobbotov wrote:
If the name was "ID Machine," "Krell Lab," "Morbius Madness," "Altair 4," or something similar I think it would help customers understand immediately what to expect. And HG is right, this instrument does do a lot of the things the Barron's did with their circuitry albeit a lot easier.
.
He's right. Call it Altair One SciFi Lab... and develop the plugin up to V4.
robindrieghe - Sat Apr 02, 2011 5:12 pm
Spacelab
Fortunebox
Daydreamlab
memorybox
abstractcats - Sat Apr 02, 2011 5:14 pm
Also, http://www.krellonline.com/story.html > Krell Audio story goes:
The founder of Krell named the company after the Krell from the movie Forbidden Planet
abstractcats - Sat Apr 02, 2011 6:33 pm
Ok...how aboouuuut SCFICreationLab ?
orrrrrr......ummmmm....SciFi Sound-TasiasLab?
Hmmm OH! OH! OH! Mista' Kotter, how SciFiSoundDesignerLab !?!?
stanlea - Sun Apr 03, 2011 3:06 am
Wookiee's Lab ?
or better
Woozieekstation
Fortune - Sun Apr 03, 2011 8:21 am
Finally it came to: Altair 4 The SciFi Sounds Lab
here is a last public beta with different soundset and manual incl.
http://www.mediafire.com/?sp55d1chb45j36j
have fun
HG
HiEnergy - Sun Apr 03, 2011 11:16 am
Is there a deadline for delivering patches?
If I'm still in time, I'll create some sounds for Altair.
Bobbotov - Sun Apr 03, 2011 11:39 am
I made the following piece with Altair 4 SciFi Sounds Lab and Hollow Sun Oscillosine.
http://soundcloud.com/bobbotov/altair-4
Fortune - Sun Apr 03, 2011 12:08 pm
Bobbotov wrote:
I made the following piece with Altair 4 SciFi Sounds Lab and Hollow Sun Oscillosine.
http://soundcloud.com/bobbotov/altair-4
http://soundcloud.com/bobbotov/altair-4
thanks for sharing this one, great track !
HG
Fortune - Sun Apr 03, 2011 12:09 pm
HiEnergy wrote:
Is there a deadline for delivering patches?
If I'm still in time, I'll create some sounds for Altair.
If I'm still in time, I'll create some sounds for Altair.
please send till tuesday evening simply to be on the safe side. Thanks.
HG
Asuyuka - Sun Apr 03, 2011 7:15 pm
Sent a few patches along. Hope they're good.
Fortune - Mon Apr 04, 2011 10:14 am
Asuyuka wrote:
Sent a few patches along. Hope they're good.
ok, quite nice as a start. And, please, next time name the patches within the plugin itself -> button Patch Name. Just saving the patch on disk will not name the patch on VST level
cheers
HG
Asuyuka - Mon Apr 04, 2011 10:23 am
Fortune wrote:
Asuyuka wrote:
Sent a few patches along. Hope they're good.
ok, quite nice as a start. And, please, next time name the patches within the plugin itself -> button Patch Name. Just saving the patch on disk will not name the patch on VST level
cheers
HG
Right, sorry about that. Thanks for the hint.
(Playing with it some more; it's an interesting idea, to say the least
) Fortune - Mon Apr 04, 2011 9:43 pm
Asuyuka wrote:
(Playing with it some more; it's an interesting idea, to say the least
)your latest patches have improved and some will even make it into the internal bank
cheers
HG
Fortune - Tue Apr 05, 2011 10:27 pm
Still waiting for some stuff before official release can happen ...
hopefully only two more days to wait ... in worst case about a week
please stay tuned
HG
Asuyuka - Tue Apr 05, 2011 11:46 pm
Fortune wrote:
Asuyuka wrote:
(Playing with it some more; it's an interesting idea, to say the least
)your latest patches have improved and some will even make it into the internal bank
cheers
HG
Thanks
It clicked to me what does what and had fun from there XD (Yeah, I read manuals, just it takes a while before it actually makes sense ) Fortune - Wed Apr 06, 2011 9:26 am
Asuyuka wrote:
Thanks
It clicked to me what does what and had fun from there XD (Yeah, I read manuals, just it takes a while before it actually makes sense )yep, once you got familiar with it sounddesign will be fairly easy and lots of fun
the tech explanation doesn't really explain the actual behaviour that well, so one has to try it out and listen to what is actually happening. And, there are not too many controls at all - but these are quite efficient and versatile.
HG
S-N-S - Wed Apr 06, 2011 10:10 am
hi
just wanted to let you know that this now works in studio one pro 1.6.4 dont know why it didnt worked before
Fortune - Wed Apr 06, 2011 10:44 am
S-N-S wrote:
hi
just wanted to let you know that this now works in studio one pro 1.6.4 dont know why it didnt worked before
just wanted to let you know that this now works in studio one pro 1.6.4 dont know why it didnt worked before
thanks, that is good to know!
Anyway there was nothing known about issues with SE creations causing trouble with Studio One in general.
HG
Fortune - Wed Apr 06, 2011 9:24 pm
got this mail from Brusselles this morning:
Quote:
Hello Doctor Morbius,
I hope Your friend Robbie the robot is not too busy with whisky !!!
I was busy in the spacecraft but I do not have forgotten The Master of
Sound.!!!
Here You will find some little noises from the Monster !!!
link ...
Fortune - Fri Apr 08, 2011 7:23 am
finally a little demo video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RY4HWdZYoM
have fun
hg
edteneyck - Sat Apr 09, 2011 10:14 am
Very trippy and fitting video. I like it!
Fortune - Sat Apr 09, 2011 10:57 am
edteneyck wrote:
Very trippy and fitting video. I like it!
Thanks
HG
Fortune - Sat Apr 09, 2011 12:13 pm
Already we have the first commercial song by Arthur Loves Plastic (Bev Stanton) featuering Altair 4 The SciFi Sounds lab
http://www.tapegerm.com/jamroom/bands/4/info_4341.php
amazing how well it does fit into the song
Have fun
HG
Fortune - Wed Apr 13, 2011 2:36 am
Hi,
well, finally Altair 4 The SciFi Sounds Lab is out now!
have fun
HG
Fortune - Thu Apr 14, 2011 12:05 am
Any more comments on this one ???
cheers
HG
Fortune - Thu Apr 14, 2011 9:48 pm
Well, nearly a thousand downloads of all the free betas and over 1400 video views is quite amazing
HG
dusted william - Thu Apr 14, 2011 9:55 pm
it's awesome!
I totally picked it up.
What are the presets in the vid?
dw
Fortune - Fri Apr 15, 2011 3:58 am
dusted william wrote:
it's awesome!
I totally picked it up.
What are the presets in the vid?
dw
I totally picked it up.
What are the presets in the vid?
dw
well, Dimitri did that and probably he won't remember, or has tweaked the sounds a bit further ... within the Pro version there is a complete bank done by him.
hth
HG
Bobbotov - Fri Apr 15, 2011 4:17 am
I think it is a winner. I haven't bought the pro version yet but I will.
I have been experiencing crashes with the beta in Sonar 7 if I make any changes to parameters during playback. Not sure why it is doing that.
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