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MaxSynths - Fri Feb 24, 2012 7:15 am

A new VST synthesizer with a nice analog flavor is available at www.maxynths.com: Latte VSTi

DESCRIPTION:

Latte is inspired by the old synthesizers from the past and is able to produce powerful synth sounds, fat basses, expressive leads, crazy sounds and more. Despite the synth layout looks very simple the modulation options allows to shape the sound in a lot of different ways. One of the most interesting features is the possibility to use the polyphonic aftertouch as a modulation source to create the typical expressive sounds which has been a trademark for the well known synth gurus of the past.

The Saw/Pulse oscillator of Latte, characterized by a powerful and warm sound, has been created specially with the aim to recreate a realistic vintage sound.

FEATURES:

- 2 Oscillators with custom Saw and Pulse waveforms and noise generator (White and Pink noise)
- 12dB Low Pass/High Pass state variable filter
- 2 LFOs with assignable destinations
- Assignable envelope generator
- Extensive options for external modulation with routable Channel or Poly Aftertouch
- FX section with Chorus and Delay
- 16 voice polyphonic
- Low CPU usage

Latte is currently available in two versions: the regular commercial plugin and a free version: Latte Free is a fully functional version with the same features of the full version. The only restriction is the polyphony which is limited to 4 voices (16 in the full version). Other than that you can use it without any restriction.

AUDIO DEMOS:

http://www.maxsynths.com/MP3/Latte/LatteSong1.mp3
Low frequencies demo:
http://www.maxsynths.com/MP3/Latte/LatteSong2.mp3
http://www.maxsynths.com/MP3/Latte/Latte_Demo1.mp3
http://www.maxsynths.com/MP3/Latte/Latte_Demo2.mp3
LFO madness:
http://www.maxsynths.com/MP3/Latte/Latte_Demo3.mp3
Poly Aftertouch controlling vibrato on single notes:
http://www.maxsynths.com/MP3/Latte/PolyAT1.mp3
Poly Aftertouch to filter cutoff:
http://www.maxsynths.com/MP3/Latte/PolyAT2.mp3

Visit MaxSynths for more informations and to download the free version Wink

Cheers,
Max

K-Bee - Fri Feb 24, 2012 7:32 am

Wake up and smell the ......latte! HiHi

Interesting - will try it out, thanks Smile

MaxSynths - Fri Feb 24, 2012 7:37 am

BL_Zebub - Fri Feb 24, 2012 7:38 am

Hey Maxsynths... nice sound.. like it!!!!!!

Once my wallet stops hurting, I want to get your synths... your stuff, I have enjoyed listening to the demo sounds!

MaxSynths - Fri Feb 24, 2012 7:55 am

Thank you BL_Zebub! You are welcome Wink

U-o - Fri Feb 24, 2012 8:54 am

Easy to use, light on CPU, sounds good but has little big GUI for me.

Numanoid - Fri Feb 24, 2012 9:09 am

Thanks a lot, this was a great surprise Smile

I like the layout a lot, very intuitive, midi-learn is always nice.

The filters are crisp and responsive!

The only thing I would have wanted to add is an arpeggiator.

mztk - Fri Feb 24, 2012 11:35 am

i take it there is a skinny free version?(puke)
can i get a turbo-charged-6am-bus station version, glass of
water on the side, with a couple of ciggies? i'll have a shot
of brandy in it as well please. (where's the loo?)

MaxSynths - Fri Feb 24, 2012 1:04 pm

@Numanoid: thanks for the nice comment Wink

Concerning the arpeggiator: I was thinking to add something like the sequencer in Crisalys but I choosed to keep it simple. BTW I'll take your suggestion into consideration!

filkertom - Fri Feb 24, 2012 1:12 pm

Many thanks -- I'll check it out!

V'ger - Fri Feb 24, 2012 1:59 pm

Thanks! Sounds good and GUI is very stylish and clear. Incredibly low CPU usage for a Synthedit synth, well done. Thumbs Up!

MaxSynths - Fri Feb 24, 2012 2:03 pm

Thank you V'ger! Wink

brok landers - Fri Feb 24, 2012 4:12 pm

MaxSynths wrote:

A new VST synthesizer with a nice analog flavor is available at www.maxynths.com: Latte VSTi

Cheers,
Max

now why do i know these knobs... Smile

nice gui!

MaxSynths - Fri Feb 24, 2012 4:41 pm

@brok landers: Mate... now this is embarassing! Really! Embarassed

I had that knob in the Knobman folder and I was sure it was something done by me Surprised

Usually I design some graphic in the spare time to be used later, in future projects... I've searched everywhere and finally I've discovered that that knob has been downloaded from here

Shame on me really! I must apologize Sad

brok landers - Fri Feb 24, 2012 4:48 pm

MaxSynths wrote:

@brok landers: Mate... now this is embarassing! Really! Embarassed

I had that knob in the Knobman folder and I was sure it was something done by me Surprised

what!? nononoooo, it wasn't meant that way... relax, man, i made the knobs free to be used, don't worry... glad you used them! Smile

really no need to apologize at all...

MaxSynths - Fri Feb 24, 2012 4:52 pm

Oh well, thanks Wink

By the way I feel a bit stupid to have made this mistake Shrug

brok landers - Fri Feb 24, 2012 7:40 pm

MaxSynths wrote:

Oh well, thanks Wink

By the way I feel a bit stupid to have made this mistake Shrug

which mistake? mate, it's all good. again, i made the knobs to be dowloaded and used actually. i'm happy you actually used them. again, don't worry in any way.

IrionDaRonin - Fri Feb 24, 2012 7:44 pm

Thank you Max.

I will test it right now.
But as i can see, it seems a nice synth for using in OSC contest someday.

Have a good day Smile

MaxSynths - Sat Feb 25, 2012 4:49 am

@Brok: well, thank you again! I'll add a line in the credits Wink

IrionDaRonin wrote:

But as i can see, it seems a nice synth for using in OSC contest someday.

I hope so! Very Happy

Cheers,
Max

Nielzie - Sun Apr 29, 2012 2:05 pm

Really nice little synth!

Wok and you seem to be doing some quite impressive things in SE lately. Smile

As a novice SE user myself I'm wondering how you come up with such strong oscs and juicy filters Surprised

MaxSynths - Mon Apr 30, 2012 5:59 am

Thank you Nielze Thumbs Up!

Concerning the oscillators and filters: Latte started as an experiment with the aim to reproduce a "particular" sound. I think the "secret" (from a SE developer perspective) lies in some little tweaks and care for details... Wink

Thank you again for your support and have fun with it! Very Happy

SampleScience - Mon Apr 30, 2012 11:18 am

Would it be possible to have a smaller GUI version? Judging from the free version it's a good synth but I can't see the whole GUI in my host (I use a laptop).

thanks!

Spitfire31 - Mon Apr 30, 2012 12:27 pm

How mindblowingly exciting! hyper

Another SE virtual analog… Zzzzzzzzz

/Joachim

Nielzie - Wed May 02, 2012 5:07 am

Spitfire31 wrote:

If it were easy, anybody could do it!

Exactly!

MaxSynths - Wed May 02, 2012 5:22 am

SampleScience wrote:

Would it be possible to have a smaller GUI version? Judging from the free version it's a good synth but I can't see the whole GUI in my host (I use a laptop).

I fear that it's not possible... To resize the GUI would be a huge work and for today standards the size is ok (this is funny: looking at the GUI with my girlfriend' PC I had the impression that it looks very small! Very Happy

).

BTW I can understand your problem, but I think that big size GUIs are the future because wide monitors and high resolutions are widely spread today!

izonin - Wed May 02, 2012 5:39 am

Do I hear Vadim's filter in there? This is a nice tendency. In a couple of years all softsynths will be freeware.

SampleScience - Wed May 02, 2012 5:35 pm

MaxSynths wrote:

SampleScience wrote:

Would it be possible to have a smaller GUI version? Judging from the free version it's a good synth but I can't see the whole GUI in my host (I use a laptop).

).

BTW I can understand your problem, but I think that big size GUIs are the future because wide monitors and high resolutions are widely spread today!

Yeah, you're right. I guess I should tweak my screen resolution so the text appear ultra small & my VSTs just right! To be honest I can't see the whole GUI in FL Studio but in Acid it's fits just right! Thank you for the free version!

glokraw - Wed May 02, 2012 7:12 pm

MaxSynths wrote:

Oh well

This is instrument is great fun, lots of energy in the sounds.
Thanks for sharing it Cool

brok landers - Wed May 02, 2012 11:15 pm

izonin wrote:

>snip< This is a nice tendency. In a couple of years all softsynths will be freeware.

a very sad tendency and hopefully not true at all. i'd rather skip 99% of all the free bullcrap availlable, just to get _one_ synth from a developer who really knows his shit.... AND I GLADLY PAY FOR THAT. AND A GOOD PRICE, TOO.
sorry for the yellin', just wanted to make sure i am heard by everyone. Wink

btw, this doesn't go against you max. just to clear that out right before anyone could interpret it that way.

MaxSynths - Thu May 03, 2012 2:40 am

@SampleScience: you mean you see the gui size different in FLS and in Acid? Confused

@Glokraw: you are welcome! Have fun with it Wink

@Brok: no problem here mate Wink

In this case I decided to release a free version with a small polyphony limit instead of a full working demo with silly random noise. I thought this can be useful for people which just want to have some fun with it sporadically and at the same time it's a good way to fully evaluate the instrument for those which decide to support me buying the full version Thumbs Up!

izonin - Thu May 03, 2012 3:32 am

brok landers wrote:

izonin wrote:

>snip< This is a nice tendency. In a couple of years all softsynths will be freeware.

btw, this doesn't go against you max. just to clear that out right before anyone could interpret it that way.

At least for Windows, I think it's already happening. With progs like SE and SM, it only takes hours to port a Reaktor ensemble to VST.

Nielzie - Thu May 03, 2012 10:25 am

izonin wrote:

At least for Windows, I think it's already happening. With progs like SE and SM, it only takes hours to port a Reaktor ensemble to VST.

I have no idea what you mean there. How could SE port a Reaktor ensemble to VST? SE can't import Reaktor project files or vice versa. Besides, their internal and third party modules are completely different, so manually "copying" one to another (if even possible) would make a very different sounding plugin.

And even then it would take more than just "hours". You make it sound very easy Shit!

MaxSynths - Thu May 03, 2012 11:47 am

Nielzie wrote:

How could SE port a Reaktor ensemble to VST? SE can't import Reaktor project files or vice versa. Besides, their internal and third party modules are completely different, so manually "copying" one to another (if even possible) would make a very different sounding plugin.

Yes, the only way is to replicate the ensemble using both SE and custom modules.
And yes the final result could be very different unless someone wants to invest a lot of time to create an exact copy.

Quote:

And even then it would take more than just "hours". You make it sound very easy Shit!

Very very true! Very Happy

izonin - Thu May 03, 2012 11:53 am

Nielzie wrote:

izonin wrote:

At least for Windows, I think it's already happening. With progs like SE and SM, it only takes hours to port a Reaktor ensemble to VST.

I've personally ported whole ensembles (yes, manually, brick by brick from Core cells) in just a few hours. The only difference in the end, is that in Reaktor you have an option for double precision.

SampleScience - Thu May 03, 2012 1:28 pm

MaxSynths wrote:

@SampleScience: you mean you see the gui size different in FLS and in Acid? Confused

Sorry for the confusion, I have Acid Music on a desktop computer with a different screen res than my laptop, on which I have FL Studio.

MaxSynths - Thu May 03, 2012 3:35 pm

SampleScience wrote:

MaxSynths wrote:

@SampleScience: you mean you see the gui size different in FLS and in Acid? Confused

Sorry for the confusion, I have Acid Music on a desktop computer with a different screen res than my laptop, on which I have FL Studio.

Oh this makes sense! Laughing

(I've heard some weird reports about the last FLS beta concerning GUIs, so I thought this was a similar situation HiHi

MaxSynths - Wed Sep 05, 2012 8:57 am

A free bank by Dimitri Schkoda is available for Latte and Latte free. Thank you for sharing Dimitri Wink

http://www.maxsynths.com/vsti_latte.html

Numanoid - Wed Sep 05, 2012 9:32 am

MaxSynths wrote:

A free bank by Dimitri Schkoda is available for Latte and Latte free. Thank you for sharing Dimitri Wink

http://www.maxsynths.com/vsti_latte.html

Thanks a lot! Checking out the sounds, like Ekobass, I disagree with anyone saying that Latte is not capable of fat sounds Cool

MaxSynths - Wed Sep 05, 2012 9:47 am

Numanoid wrote:

MaxSynths wrote:

A free bank by Dimitri Schkoda is available for Latte and Latte free. Thank you for sharing Dimitri Wink

http://www.maxsynths.com/vsti_latte.html

Thanks a lot! Checking out the sounds, like Ekobass, I disagree with anyone saying that Latte is not capable of fat sounds Cool

Enjoy it!

As for the fat sound... as I said on the other thread the overall eq response tends to put some emphasis on the low frequencies (a lot of people noted this peculiarity) so it's a bit odd for me too to read that it can't produce fat sounds.

Mac of BIOnighT - Wed Sep 05, 2012 3:41 pm

The spacey/odd sounds at the beginning of track 1 here http://www.macvibes.com/CDPLAYINGFORKEEPSE.html were made with just one instance of Latte (I mean the intro in complete track, not the excerpt). I love using it for weird sounds, its modulation possibilities are just great Smile

MaxSynths - Fri Sep 07, 2012 6:53 am

Mac of BIOnighT wrote:

Mac, it sounds fantastic Love

Thanks for sharing!
Downloading the album right now Very Happy

(P.S.: Ehm... I'll reply to the private mails soon Embarassed

)

Cheers,
Max

cymazic - Fri Sep 07, 2012 1:02 pm

[quote="Mac of BIOnighT"]The spacey/odd sounds at the beginning of track 1 here http://www.macvibes.com/CDPLAYINGFORKEEPSE.html were made with just one instance of Latte (I mean the intro in complete track, not the excerpt). I love using it for weird sounds, its modulation possibilities are just great Smile

[/quote]

Just listened to the clips and am downloading the album as I type. Thanks very much Mac. Its been a LONG time since I used to listen to a lot of synthy stuff , and playing your clips has reminded me of many great evenings listening to Michael Garrison / Klaus Schulze /Tangerine Dream et al back in "the day" (that was a good long day)

Keenly anticipating this download to finish , thanks again for the kind freebie
Maz

MaxSynths - Fri Sep 07, 2012 1:42 pm

@cymazic: take some time to download the other albums too: http://www.macvibes.com/MUSICE.html Believe me, there's a lot of interesting stuff and it's worth the download time Thumbs Up!

jdt - Fri Sep 07, 2012 2:07 pm

MaxSynths wrote:

@SampleScience: you mean you see the gui size different in FLS and in Acid? Confused

@Glokraw: you are welcome! Have fun with it Wink

@Brok: no problem here mate Wink

Good show Max! I HATE the random noise in demos. Fully working with limited Poly (or other features) is the way to go. Thumbs Up!

If I can't play around for a minute or two without annoying noise or dropouts, I won't even bother with the demo. I'd rather have Nag Screens, and I'm not fond of those either. Mad

MaxSynths - Fri Sep 07, 2012 2:14 pm

You're welcome jdt, have fun with it Wink

jdt - Fri Sep 07, 2012 2:20 pm

Sweet Synth! GUI looks good here in FL Studio. The Arpeggiator in FL's Channel Settings opened up some interesting possibilities right away. Nice presets, Max!

Mac of BIOnighT - Fri Sep 07, 2012 2:39 pm

cymazic wrote:

Keenly anticipating this download to finish , thanks again for the kind freebie
Maz

Very kind of you, thank you very much indeed Smile

Hope you won't be disappointed Smile

JDT, play around with the controls, it's a lot of fun!

Max - no hurry Wink

MaxSynths - Fri Sep 07, 2012 4:02 pm

@jdt: thank you, glad you like it Wink

@Mac: si si pian pianino... HiHi

edison_carter - Sat Dec 01, 2012 3:13 pm

hmm. Can't seem to get free version to detect in Reaper (x64). Haven't tried 32bit, tho, as I always use 64. Multiple detection attempts (forcing from the preferences, or restarting Reaper), no dice.

fyi!

MaxSynths - Sat Dec 01, 2012 3:30 pm

@edison_carter: Latte currently is a 32bit plugin, maybe is this the problem? Do you have problems with other 32 bit plugins?

edison_carter - Sat Dec 01, 2012 4:37 pm

MaxSynths wrote:

@edison_carter: Latte currently is a 32bit plugin, maybe is this the problem? Do you have problems with other 32 bit plugins?

Not really. I mean, Reaper uses a 32-bit bridging scheme that works pretty well for me 95% of the time... you can generally easily use 32-bit plugs in 64-bit Reaper. There are some 32-bit plugs that just barely work or make the DAW crash, but very few that I own. What's weird about this one is, Reaper doesn't even detect it on the plugin scan. Usually, even plugs that end up not working for me when I instantiate them, are at least detected.

I also tried moving the lattefree.dll around to see if that mattered; that is, I had it originally in the LatteFree folder in my vstplugins directory, then I tried taking it out of the LatteFree folder and putting it in the root of the vstplugins directory. Nope.

MaxSynths - Sat Dec 01, 2012 4:38 pm

This is weird Confused

I try to figure out what's going on and I let you know...

edison_carter - Wed Dec 05, 2012 7:42 pm

MaxSynths wrote:

This is weird Confused

I try to figure out what's going on and I let you know...

please do! I would love to try it out - and polyphonic AT! Woohoo!

thx!

MaxSynths - Thu Dec 06, 2012 2:50 pm

edison_carter wrote:

MaxSynths wrote:

This is weird Confused

I try to figure out what's going on and I let you know...

please do! I would love to try it out - and polyphonic AT! Woohoo!

thx!

Didn't found a solution yet... I'll send a mail to Reaper's developer.
Can you send me a PM with your system specifications please (CPU, OS and RAM)?

Cheers,
Max

MaxSynths - Thu Dec 06, 2012 3:26 pm

Mail sent to Cockos Thumbs Up!

MaxSynths - Fri Dec 07, 2012 11:30 am

@Edison: Justin from Cockos replied to my mail.
This is his reply, try to follow these suggestions and let me know if this solve the problem. Also it would be of some help if you can test with the 32 bit version of Reaper.

Quote:

Do you know if the 32-bit version of REAPER works with that plug-in on that machine? It is possible that some other library (such as a particular version of the MSVC runtime) is not present on the machine, and if that was the case the 32-bit version of REAPER would also not load the plug-in.

The user should also clear the VST plug-in cache in REAPER (remove the relevant line in reaper-vstplugins.ini or reaper-vstplugins64.ini, or clear it within REAPER) when testing this.

edison_carter - Fri Dec 07, 2012 5:12 pm

MaxSynths wrote:

Quote:

Hm. I have not tried 32-bit Reaper, I just always use 64. I'll give 32 a whirl and see what happens, for testing purposes, but if it only worked in 32, it's unlikely I'd use it. : ) Also: I've cleared the plug-in cache a bunch of times, did multiple system and host reboots/restarts(even though you shouldn't need to do that - Reaper is designed so you can scan in new plugins that are deposited in your VST folder even without restarting the host, woo!)

thx again

e

edison_carter - Sat Dec 08, 2012 10:48 am

edison_carter wrote:

MaxSynths wrote:

Quote:

Ok - did some testing. I installed newest Reaper 32-bit (4.31), and I was able to get it to detect Latte, and it worked a-ok. However, in 64bit, there's still no reference to it anywhere in the reaper-vstplugins64.ini file, even after forcing a plugin redetection. Since I'm not an expert on how the 32-bit bridging host work in 64bit Reaper, you'd have to ask Justin again.

thx!

MaxSynths - Sat Dec 08, 2012 1:49 pm

Thank you very much Edison for testing with the 32 bit version! I think this is an important clue Wink

Let's see what Justin have to say (stay tuned Thumbs Up!

)

Cheers,
Max

EDIT: if you have some spare time do you mind to try with my other synths (you can find the demos on my site) and see if they are detected? It would be very strange if this issue only happens with Latte, since my recent plugins (Crisalys, WTS-1 and some of the freebies) has been developed with the same version of SE.

BTW I strongly suspect the problem is on the Reaper side Confused

MaxSynths - Sat Dec 08, 2012 6:29 pm

Mmmmm I got this reply from Justin:

Quote:

If their reaper-vstplugins64.ini file does not reference the DLL name, it is likely that the 64 bit version of REAPER is not configured to scan a folder which contains that DLL...

Now, I'm sure you are doing everything in the right way, BTW I have to ask you if you are sure that Reaper is scanning the right folder (Ok ok, don't shot me Laughing

).

Ok let's try something different. Can someone else with a 64bit system give a quick test with the latest version of Reaper, please?? (Scott are you there? Very Happy

)

edison_carter - Sun Dec 09, 2012 8:31 am

MaxSynths wrote:

Mmmmm I got this reply from Justin:

Quote:

If their reaper-vstplugins64.ini file does not reference the DLL name, it is likely that the 64 bit version of REAPER is not configured to scan a folder which contains that DLL...

Now, I'm sure you are doing everything in the right way, BTW I have to ask you if you are sure that Reaper is scanning the right folder (Ok ok, don't shot me Laughing

Yes, it's definitely scanning the correct folder - in Reaper config settings you can specify the path to your VST folder. If it wasn't scanning the correct folder, presumably it would not scan any of my other VST's, either.

I haven't tried taking all the Latte presets from its folder and dumping those in the root of the VST folder along with the Latte .dll, but I don't see why that would matter since it definitely worked in 32 bit.

Also - I just tried your WTS-1 demo - that one is detected and looks like it works fine in x64 Reaper.

MaxSynths - Mon Dec 10, 2012 5:17 am

edison_carter wrote:

Also - I just tried your WTS-1 demo - that one is detected and looks like it works fine in x64 Reaper.

Ok this is interesting. I said that WTS-1 and Latte has been created with the same version of SE, but I've checked and I've found that for WTS-1 I used a previous version. Last try: download the Crisalys demo. This has been created with the same version of SE used for Latte and I believe Reaper 64bit will be unable to find it during scan.

I think you found "something" (but I continue to believe the problem is on the Reaper side).

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