Vengeance Producer Suite: Metrum. DrumSynth
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- KVRist
- 247 posts since 1 May, 2006
I ordered Metrum a couple of weeks ago. I can't get it to function on my WinXP Ableton Live production computer. Tried to get a refund. They want me to send my dongle to them before they will refund me...
Unusable $200 software. Worst customer support I've ever experienced and I've purchased thousands in music production software. Left me hanging for two weeks and didn't respond until I bugged them again.
Danger, Will Robinson.
Unusable $200 software. Worst customer support I've ever experienced and I've purchased thousands in music production software. Left me hanging for two weeks and didn't respond until I bugged them again.
Danger, Will Robinson.
- KVRAF
- 2250 posts since 2 Feb, 2009 from Germany
What? They want your own personal dongle?wesleymayhem wrote:I ordered Metrum a couple of weeks ago. I can't get it to function on my WinXP Ableton Live production computer. Tried to get a refund. They want me to send my dongle to them before they will refund me...
Unusable $200 software. Worst customer support I've ever experienced and I've purchased thousands in music production software. Left me hanging for two weeks and didn't respond until I bugged them again.
Danger, Will Robinson.
If her software not work, they should give the money back, erase your buyed license and done...
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- KVRist
- 247 posts since 1 May, 2006
They are sending me a dongle from Germany. I will transfer the license to it and send it back. Then, they will refund me. Unreal how they are sacrificing a potential long-term customer for 200 bucks.
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- KVRist
- 192 posts since 28 Sep, 2009
just on the subject of protection all syncrosoft and ilok have been cracked hell waves has being cracked for mac all the plugins every single one...so its useless protection they have to think of something else i have a dongle myself but sometimes it can be a pain but i would use anything to use my cubase bottom line its the same as the games on pc assassinsa creed 2 uses always on protection which means you must have the game connected to the ubisoft server at all times to play the game it was cracked the first day and the server crashed so people who payed for the game could not play it(me ) but people with the crack could play it fine...all im saying is we really need to rethink protection i mean is it really doing anything only causeing US the customers problems sorry i am totally anti warez but its something to think about!im a pc user myself so i have no idea how the protection differs from pc to mac!
- KVRAF
- 2250 posts since 2 Feb, 2009 from Germany
Then i missunderstand that with the donglewesleymayhem wrote:They are sending me a dongle from Germany. I will transfer the license to it and send it back. Then, they will refund me. Unreal how they are sacrificing a potential long-term customer for 200 bucks.
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- KVRist
- 428 posts since 2 Mar, 2007 from UK
Is your DAW online? I have an offline DAW and I had problems with syncrosofts license management because I needed to update the protection software and then transfer my dongle to an online computer to download the license.wesleymayhem wrote:I ordered Metrum a couple of weeks ago. I can't get it to function on my WinXP Ableton Live production computer. Tried to get a refund. They want me to send my dongle to them before they will refund me...
Unusable $200 software. Worst customer support I've ever experienced and I've purchased thousands in music production software. Left me hanging for two weeks and didn't respond until I bugged them again.
Danger, Will Robinson.
I realise it is probably way too late to offer advice but I only just read your post!
Incidentally, I bought Metrum and I haven't used it much but I see good potential for it. The way I see it it is as a framework for layering samples and sine transients that is expensive but if I were to buy the vengeance sample packs to do the same job it would probably work out equally expensive with less flexibility as they would already be layered up and processed to the max with gated reverb and stereo imaging on many of the samples.
I would rather build up my own layered samples and choose the effects and mix of the component parts myself.
For the people who suggest it is the anti-thesis of 'proper' layering and synthesis and that buying this plugin will somehow stop people from creating original drums and/or learning anything about drum synthesis, you must realise that is not true. Metrum has a sine oscillator with envelopes you can control and you can modulate the pitch and amplitude of on a scale with real information about timings in milliseconds and frequency in Hz. The envelopes are similar in terms of the information you can see to absynth (which also allows for the layering of samples).
I know people here love to flame vengeance and refx and I get it (- they are over-priced ROMplers full of noob-attracting pheromones), but respected artists like sub focus admit to using vengeance samples. He also uses NI's Massive extensively even though he is a professional, is highly skilled and not nooby in the least .
I realise I may get slighty flame-grilled for this post but I am gonna stick my neck out and say metrum is a good tool and although the pitch envelope only goes down to 40hz (which is pretty poor ) it should appeal to professionals and even *gulp* sound designers as a flexible and intuitave way to organise and play with their drum sounds.
I wouldn't have bought it for myself at full price because it is way too expensive but I think it would make a good christmas present .
I think KVRers will appreciate the irony of how I came to afford such a lavish and opulent toy - I used my winnings from the Camel Audio Alchemy (awesome synth) sound design competition!
To be honest I wouldn't have bought it if it weren't for my unexpected income but transient design is an area that I'm interested in so I had often wondered about this plugin.
Sorry about the rambling but basically I think - it is what it is - a sine oscillator plus ROMpler bundled with some Vengeance samples. I think it is expensive but offers more value than buying Vengeance sample packs alone for my money.
Flame on!
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- KVRer
- 2 posts since 12 Oct, 2010
as far as i can see a demo is now available for all their products (though offcause it requires the usb dongle, doh!).. still noone tried it? just curious, and since im very new to the whole music scene, and iim interested in making mainly trance productions, i thought this could be an pretty nice way to get a look at how you make an effektive kick (and finding techniques you can apply elsewhere?)
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- KVRist
- 428 posts since 2 Mar, 2007 from UK
If you are into trance it should be right up your alley, most the kicks they do are very housey, trancey etc. and they are good quality IMO.slein wrote:as far as i can see a demo is now available for all their products (though offcause it requires the usb dongle, doh!).. still noone tried it? just curious, and since im very new to the whole music scene, and iim interested in making mainly trance productions, i thought this could be an pretty nice way to get a look at how you make an effektive kick (and finding techniques you can apply elsewhere?)
- KVRAF
- 4807 posts since 10 Feb, 2006 from Stockholm, Sweden
I'm into a bit of all styles. As far as metrum goes... Nah I still prefer Kicklab XXL, Microtonic, Attack, and ofcourse Drumaxx for my kicks.
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- KVRer
- 2 posts since 12 Oct, 2010
thats what ive heard, and im gonna try tthe demo, buuut its a bit pricey to say the least..! :pgdev1981 wrote:If you are into trance it should be right up your alley, most the kicks they do are very housey, trancey etc. and they are good quality IMO.
earlier in the post someone mentioned they didnt like the kicks in drumaxx (think ive seen this elsewhere as well..) and a reply that said it was being worked on in a beta, has anything been changed on this front? 'caus drumaxx is definitely a vst im gonna try as well, the physically modelling idea looks really interesting!!jobromedia wrote:I'm into a bit of all styles. As far as metrum goes... Nah I still prefer Kicklab XXL, Microtonic, Attack, and ofcourse Drumaxx for my kicks.
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- KVRist
- 149 posts since 22 Aug, 2009
Hi All,
Save yourself £35 a buy Metrum off me for £100. I just havent used it, got greedy really!
http://www.vengeance-sound.com/eng/VPSMetrum.html
Let me know if you're interested - Ill even throw in the iLok dongle!!
Ben
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Save yourself £35 a buy Metrum off me for £100. I just havent used it, got greedy really!
http://www.vengeance-sound.com/eng/VPSMetrum.html
Let me know if you're interested - Ill even throw in the iLok dongle!!
Ben
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We'll be the pirate twins again.. europa...
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- KVRist
- 428 posts since 2 Mar, 2007 from UK
It uses a Syncrosoft Dongle, is iLok compatible?benburling wrote: Let me know if you're interested - Ill even throw in the iLok dongle!!
Just wondering
- KVRAF
- 2177 posts since 12 Nov, 2009
nope
Finally!
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- KVRAF
- 5716 posts since 8 Jun, 2009
That's right. Metrum is mainly about workflow for layering kicks: the question is whether you lay out the money on this or rig something up in a sampler such as Kontakt or a Live Rack + a synth. You get most bang for the buck from using modulation on the layers, but that's nothing you can't do in a regular sampler.Caine123 wrote:so as i understood it right, this is just for kicks?
no hihats or snares?