KVR :: Effects » Linplug Relectro - your opinion / experiences ? [View Original Topic]
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Oliver Schmitt - Tue Nov 08, 2011 2:16 pm
hi! i bought this tool some weeks ago - i expected to bring out some cool shapes in my sound design / loops etc.....but in the end....hm - what can i say - the result is most of the time not what i expected...until now this tool brings my sound not really forward...

or may be i just need to spend much more time with this tool...

what are your experiences with this tool ? any tips for a beginner like me ? Smile

thanx & all the best,
olli
cryophonik - Tue Nov 08, 2011 2:26 pm
I tried the demo and really wanted to like it, but just found it...meh. Here's what I wrote in another thread:

cryophonik wrote:
Well, I had high hopes for Relectro and didn't want to believe all the negative comments here, but I had a go with the demo last night and I sorta have to agree with the majority - it's "OK". I found that it is most effective on single or minimal percussion lines (e.g., hihats, congas and other hand drums), slightly better on top loops, and pretty much ranged from meh to overboard/unmusical on full drum loops. Whether I was flipping through presets or tweaking away in real-time, the results I got all seemed to be within a pretty limited range of filtered blips and bleeps with some delay. In other words, I felt like the plugin's "sweet spot" was very narrow. I haven't given up yet, though - I'll give it another spin this weekend without the context of high expectations, which may have had something to do with my disappointment.


http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=329078

And, just to follow up, I did try it again and I'm just not digging it. YMMV, of course.
gpunk - Wed Nov 09, 2011 1:31 am
The lack of anything new for a long time from Linplug gave me high hopes for this plugin
It is a shame to say this but it is a complete wasted effort as far as i am concerned
I really hope Peter can get back to his old ways but right now i have XT2 flashbacks and images of how the greats can fall apart as time goes on Sad
Gamma-UT - Wed Nov 09, 2011 2:07 am
Oliver Schmitt wrote:
hi! i bought this tool some weeks ago - i expected to bring out some cool shapes in my sound design / loops etc.....but in the end....hm - what can i say - the result is most of the time not what i expected...until now this tool brings my sound not really forward...

or may be i just need to spend much more time with this tool...

what are your experiences with this tool ? any tips for a beginner like me ? Smile

thanx & all the best,
olli


I'd say try to use loops (at least at first) that aren't too dense to start with: that provides more scope for using the input delay. Quite sparse hi hat or hand percussion loops can work well. If using a full drum, it's worth playing with the Leak and Amount controllers a lot and also with the MIDI, LFO and step modulators so that you can mix the raw loop with the heavily processed sound on a beat-by-beat basis (although it would be handy to have some kind of swing/shuffle function to alter the timing of when it moves from step to step).

You have to play it like an instrument to get the most out of it; just using it static on a loop doesn't generally result in worthwhile results.
mellotronaut - Wed Nov 09, 2011 2:15 am
i tried Relectro together with Audiodamage's BigSeq2 (first BS2 then Relectro) and i got great results with percussive and with tonal material.
re_mute - Wed Nov 09, 2011 2:27 am
gpunk wrote:
The lack of anything new for a long time from Linplug gave me high hopes for this plugin
It is a shame to say this but it is a complete wasted effort as far as i am concerned
I really hope Peter can get back to his old ways but right now i have XT2 flashbacks and images of how the greats can fall apart as time goes on Sad


Agreed, but I seem to remember Peter saying their Morph synth was the their best selling product, so I'm obviously out of touch - for me, everything they make seems to be outshone by other companies attention to detail, speed in updating in response to user requests and general overall quality.

Relectro, in particular, is just embarassinly bad - I mean, at the very least they have all those effects in Albino, why not put them in this?
Oliver Schmitt - Wed Nov 09, 2011 5:36 pm
thanx, guys! i also read the other thread now. as frank (Xenox.AFL) told - may be i should spend more time with this tool. little percussive stuff seems to be interesting...but it's really hard to get some useful sounds out of it...

best,
olli
Oliver Schmitt - Sat May 05, 2012 5:28 am
i must say - if you invest some time - it's an quite interesting tool...some stuff is done with it on my actual release clicks & fx vol.1

http://www.sounds-of-revolution.com/sample-packs/36/CLICKS+AND+FX+Vol_1.htm

this tool works cool to create those little details in my loops Smile

best,
olli
Xenox.AFL - Mon May 28, 2012 12:55 pm
That's true, Oliver, i use if very often, too....

Some examples of my work are one of the demo songs i did with that plugin incl. some examples what reLECTRO can do with your source...

http://soundcloud.com/xenox-afl/fn-relectronix-linplug

Frank
hivkorn - Mon May 28, 2012 1:14 pm
I love this plugin on insert when i use D16 nithonat/drumazon/nepheton .the factory preset suck.
It work very well on voice too (listen to my song 'dark memories' to ear it on voice)
Xenox.AFL - Mon May 28, 2012 1:20 pm
hivkorn wrote:
the factory preset suck.


Pah, i like my 10 presets! Wink
Post a link where i can listen to your track...

Frank
hivkorn - Mon May 28, 2012 1:26 pm
http://jonalynkrauth.bandcamp.com/track/dark-memories


I don t say every preset suck Smile there a few i like, the hit hat one ...but you re right suck is not the better word , i don t know how to say but i mean i don t use it because they are useless for my genre of music.

Relectro is a great plugin , but it need time to learn it ...

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