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MIDICH1 - Sun May 06, 2012 11:38 am
Just got this in Computer Music. $15 for the mag at Fry's and worth every penny. No effects, but didn't notice as the sounds are rich. Pounded out a glidy 2-note lead and saved it (there are two banks of inits for saving your own presets) in about 5 minutes.
A lot of fun and sounds terrific.
Mushy Mushy - Sun May 06, 2012 11:42 am
It's £2.99 here
chk071 - Sun May 06, 2012 11:51 am
MIDICH1 wrote:
Pounded out a glidy 2-note lead and saved it (there are two banks of inits for saving your own presets) in about 5 minutes.
That's why i like it very much too, no fiddling around, just straight to business GUI.
Kriminal - Sun May 06, 2012 11:53 am
Mushy Mushy wrote:
It's £2.99 here
where???
Mushy Mushy - Sun May 06, 2012 11:55 am
Kriminal wrote:
Mushy Mushy wrote:
It's £2.99 here
where???
Via newsstand at the app store. I think the content "disc" has been made downloadable now.
AstralExistence - Sun May 06, 2012 12:49 pm
really??? where???
GeorgeZ - Sun May 06, 2012 10:05 pm
Mushy Mushy wrote:
Kriminal wrote:
Mushy Mushy wrote:
It's £2.99 here
where???
Via newsstand at the app store. I think the content "disc" has been made downloadable now.
CM did hint that it may happen in the very near future, but not yet.
JJBiener - Sun May 06, 2012 10:10 pm
MIDICH1 wrote:
Just got this in Computer Music. $15 for the mag at Fry's and worth every penny. No effects, but didn't notice as the sounds are rich. Pounded out a glidy 2-note lead and saved it (there are two banks of inits for saving your own presets) in about 5 minutes.
A lot of fun and sounds terrific.
A lot of fun and sounds terrific.
Is this available in the US now?
braj - Sun May 06, 2012 10:10 pm
After I factor in the cost of gas and time to search out a store that has it in stock, it increases in price considerably. I will be really happy when the digital version becomes available.
DarkStar - Mon May 07, 2012 12:47 am
Keep your petrol costs down:
http://www.myfavouritemagazines.co.uk/music/computer-music-magazine-back-issues/computer-music-may-12/
aMUSEd - Mon May 07, 2012 12:55 am
So apart from no fx what's the diff between the full and CM versions?
nix808 - Mon May 07, 2012 1:07 am
there r only 12 slots in the mod-matrix
digitalboytn - Mon May 07, 2012 1:48 am
Is Dune CM x64 ? That would be a bonus...
Kriminal - Mon May 07, 2012 2:00 am
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=4896547&highlight=#4896547
tells you whats what
Mushy Mushy - Mon May 07, 2012 3:28 am
GeorgeZ wrote:
Mushy Mushy wrote:
Kriminal wrote:
Mushy Mushy wrote:
It's £2.99 here
where???
Via newsstand at the app store. I think the content "disc" has been made downloadable now.
CM did hint that it may happen in the very near future, but not yet.
http://www.musicradar.com/futuremusic/future-music-issue-251-on-sale-now-534524
"Future Music Issue 251 On Sale Now
And don't forget: Our Newsstand digital edition now includes VIDEO and SAMPLES download!"
Ooops - Mon May 07, 2012 3:51 am
COmputer Music has plans to make the DVD content available to digital subscribers. But they have no t said when this will happen. Future Music DVDs are usually much simpler affairs : videos, samples, but no software. I suppose that's why they already include the content.
On the other Hand, CM DVDs usually have over 7Gb of content.
Mushy Mushy - Mon May 07, 2012 3:54 am
Ooops wrote:
COmputer Music has plans to make the DVD content available to digital subscribers. But they have no t said when this will happen. Future Music DVDs are usually much simpler affairs : videos, samples, but no software. I suppose that's why they already include the content.
On the other Hand, CM DVDs usually have over 7Gb of content.
All very valid points. Thx. On the other Hand, CM DVDs usually have over 7Gb of content.
braj - Mon May 07, 2012 3:55 am
I would hope you could selectively download the content, not have to download a whole image every month.
Mushy Mushy - Mon May 07, 2012 3:59 am
braj wrote:
I would hope you could selectively download the content, not have to download a whole image every month.
If it's anything like the SOS app, it's AMAZING. The content is embedded in the magazine (ie, you just click and it plays it) 
MIDICH1 - Mon May 07, 2012 6:24 am
Yes, Fry's is a US store (though I'm not sure it's nation wide)
JJBiener wrote:
MIDICH1 wrote:
Just got this in Computer Music. $15 for the mag at Fry's and worth every penny. No effects, but didn't notice as the sounds are rich. Pounded out a glidy 2-note lead and saved it (there are two banks of inits for saving your own presets) in about 5 minutes.
A lot of fun and sounds terrific.
A lot of fun and sounds terrific.
Is this available in the US now?
zerocrossing - Mon May 07, 2012 6:36 am
I have no doubt it's worth getting the magazine just for this plug in, but sadly the places that used to sell CM around here are gone. I guess I could order it from somewhere... I do miss bookstores, but I guess it was partially my fault for buying stuff on Amazon. The fact that you don't get the DVD content if you buy the on-line version is silly.
Anyway, I've tried the demo of the full version and I feel that's worth the price they charge anyway. I just have so many similar instruments. Nothing about it super popped out for me as "I have to have this!" Very nice sounding synth though.
BERFAB - Mon May 07, 2012 6:39 am
Dune CM doesn't appear to be x64. But I really like it anyway. If I upgrade, is the full version x64?
bronxsound - Mon May 07, 2012 6:50 am
Dune is a very nice VSTi. Non biased comment
And yes it is in x64
http://www.synapse-audio.com/dune.html
fisherKing - Mon May 07, 2012 6:56 am
i'm just getting in to dune; on some level, i want it to replace sylenth1 (which is still 32bit on the mac, and hasn't been updated since the early 1900's...); they're similar in ways, but different enough that i am really using both.
dune has a warm, rich sound; great for arps, synths, pads, etc. the GUI is great (the effects, and the full soundsets, are worth upgrading to IMHO). it can get nastier (the distortion and eq effects help).
BERFAB - Mon May 07, 2012 7:10 am
bronxsound wrote:
Dune is a very nice VSTi. Non biased comment And yes it is in x64
http://www.synapse-audio.com/dune.html
And yes it is in x64
http://www.synapse-audio.com/dune.html
Thanks. Before I commit the cash, is there any upgrade path for DuneCM users?
Or any other specials, for that matter?
Cheers
-B
Kriminal - Mon May 07, 2012 7:16 am
You just missed an easter sale
no sure about upgrading, does the mag say anything?
braj - Mon May 07, 2012 7:20 am
I didn't see anything in the mag, but if you ask nice maybe Richard at Synapses will extend the Easter deal to you.
I need to delve into Dune more, it is definitely a wonderful synth and a no-brainer to get the CM version.
BERFAB - Mon May 07, 2012 10:05 am
I don't want to go begging with the dev. He deserves to set his price.
I can probably limp along with Dune CM until the next sale. But I thought most of the big ticket plugs used the CM version as an excuse for special 'upgrade' promos. I've purchased a few items like that, which, I assume is the desired response.
Regardless, DuneCM is a very nice Easter egg all by itself.
Cheers
-B
ouroboros - Mon May 07, 2012 10:34 am
MIDICH1 wrote:
Just got this in Computer Music. $15 for the mag at Fry's and worth every penny. No effects, but didn't notice as the sounds are rich. Pounded out a glidy 2-note lead and saved it (there are two banks of inits for saving your own presets) in about 5 minutes.
A lot of fun and sounds terrific.
A lot of fun and sounds terrific.
To be honest I did not want to like this synth and wasn't sure why it was released.
I figured between Sylenth and Synth 1, it's all covered...
I picked up the mag to try it out and had my mind changed.
My initial impression was that it has a more refined, smoother sound than the other two I mentioned - nto as gristly way up top in the highs. The unison(s) is great. I find gui very logical, easy to use, and therefore inviting, and it has been very cpu efficient. One thing I wish it could do, though I may just be missing it is adjust pulse width directly, instead of using an envelope. Overall It strikes me as a really friendly synth.
So I'm late to the party, but it has made me think hard about purchasing the full version to use as my workhorse, "put it in everything" synth. Dune is definitely worth it, and DuneCM a steal. It's easy power
Kriminal - Mon May 07, 2012 11:03 am
ouroboros wrote:
One thing I wish it could do, though I may just be missing it is adjust pulse width directly, instead of using an envelope.
50% is a square wave
you can also change the setting for each layer in the MM, no need to even go near an envelope
Nielzie - Mon May 07, 2012 11:04 am
Yep, as a full version user I can say that DUNE is a really fine synth. Very straight forward to use, but the Mod Matrix makes it a really deep synth, with so many modulation possibilities. Once you dive in there.. it's great
Very good usable arp in there too. The effects are nice but imho not the most convincing, but they don't need to be with so many great vst effects available on the market. Unison is where this synth really shines, for thick bright sounds.
And DUNE has to my eras a very pleasent, smooth, charasteristic sound. Pretty different to Sylenth imo, so they compliment each other very well.
Kriminal - Mon May 07, 2012 11:05 am
ouroboros wrote:
One thing I wish it could do, though I may just be missing it is adjust pulse width directly, instead of using an envelope.
50% is a square wave
you can also change the setting for each layer in the MM, no need to even go near an envelope
ouroboros - Mon May 07, 2012 11:10 am
Kriminal wrote:
ouroboros wrote:
One thing I wish it could do, though I may just be missing it is adjust pulse width directly, instead of using an envelope.
50% is a square wave
you can also change the setting for each layer in the MM, no need to even go near an envelope
sorry, i meant 1 & 2 independently. Is that possible or does the pw adjust both at once? Kriminal - Mon May 07, 2012 11:15 am
Ah i see....its possible in the MM using some trickery, which is a pain. I asked for seperate pw since day one.
mcnoone - Mon May 07, 2012 11:47 am
Kriminal wrote:
Ah i see....its possible in the MM using some trickery, which is a pain. I asked for seperate pw since day one.
Yea. You just need to up the voices to 2, then set the modmatrix slot to "const" target the PW, and adjust it to some different value, then set the voice choice to 2. So voice 1 will be whatever the knob is set to, and voice 2 will be set to whatever the modmatrix amount is, in accordance with the pw knobs setting of course.
Old Crab - Mon May 07, 2012 3:08 pm
zerocrossing wrote:
I have no doubt it's worth getting the magazine just for this plug in, but sadly the places that used to sell CM around here are gone.
I would try guitar stores. If yoou have a Guitar Center there's a good chance they would have it. fisherKing - Mon May 07, 2012 3:58 pm
ouroboros wrote:
To be honest I did not want to like this synth and wasn't sure why it was released.
I figured between Sylenth and Synth 1, it's all covered...
I picked up the mag to try it out and had my mind changed.
My initial impression was that it has a more refined, smoother sound than the other two I mentioned - nto as gristly way up top in the highs. The unison(s) is great. I find gui very logical, easy to use, and therefore inviting, and it has been very cpu efficient. One thing I wish it could do, though I may just be missing it is adjust pulse width directly, instead of using an envelope. Overall It strikes me as a really friendly synth.
So I'm late to the party, but it has made me think hard about purchasing the full version to use as my workhorse, "put it in everything" synth. Dune is definitely worth it, and DuneCM a steal. It's easy power
good review, i agree about the sound. and like how it sits between MY other main plugs (sylenth1 and zebra).
my ONLY wish: i want to lock away the keyboard, so every time i open an instance of dune, the effects are there.
i must be missing something, i don't understand these little keyboards on synth plugins...
PlasticSoul - Mon May 07, 2012 5:04 pm
Dune CM can be a great bass machine.
Kriminal - Tue May 08, 2012 9:17 am
mcnoone wrote:
Kriminal wrote:
Ah i see....its possible in the MM using some trickery, which is a pain. I asked for seperate pw since day one.
Yea. You just need to up the voices to 2, then set the modmatrix slot to "const" target the PW, and adjust it to some different value, then set the voice choice to 2. So voice 1 will be whatever the knob is set to, and voice 2 will be set to whatever the modmatrix amount is, in accordance with the pw knobs setting of course.
yes, that gives each layer a seperate PW, but not each OSC, which is why i think a PW knob should be on each OSC.
mcnoone - Tue May 08, 2012 2:40 pm
Kriminal wrote:
mcnoone wrote:
Kriminal wrote:
Ah i see....its possible in the MM using some trickery, which is a pain. I asked for seperate pw since day one.
Yea. You just need to up the voices to 2, then set the modmatrix slot to "const" target the PW, and adjust it to some different value, then set the voice choice to 2. So voice 1 will be whatever the knob is set to, and voice 2 will be set to whatever the modmatrix amount is, in accordance with the pw knobs setting of course.
yes, that gives each layer a seperate PW, but not each OSC, which is why i think a PW knob should be on each OSC.
Matrix slot=Const
Target=Osc Mix
Amount=100
Voice=2
Now if you set the PW as noted in previous post. It will be on osc2, and voice 1 on osc1.
Examigan - Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:31 am
Bumping this older thread, as I just got the latest CM with the disk, and it has Dune CM on there...can't wait to check it out. Bad part is I am not at home yet, so it will be a while..
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