KVR Audio

Doc Brown · Post by **Doc Brown** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 10:10 pm

Is there going to be a payed version? If so I'm signing up. I love this synth it sounds awesome!

Teksonik · Post by **Teksonik** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 10:49 pm

martin_l wrote:
Teksonik wrote: Does Martin have any release date in mind ?
Well. Here's the problem. In 1 1/2 weeks time, I will start travelling for 4 weeks, with no access to my computer. I _hope_ I can release at least a final beta before I am going. But I also have huge amount of real-life work to finish before that.

I will try my best,

Martin

Don't hurry Martin We can wait if needed. Thanks for all your hard work.

jbuonacc · Post by **jbuonacc** » Wed Apr 22, 2015 1:35 am

ENV1 wrote:... The real latest (and final) one is here: http://www.pixhost.org/show/1145/264834 ... enshot.png

holy cow, that looks great!

really dig the changes.

nineofkings · Post by **nineofkings** » Wed Apr 22, 2015 4:47 am

jbuonacc wrote:
ENV1 wrote:... The real latest (and final) one is here: http://www.pixhost.org/show/1145/264834 ... enshot.png
holy cow, that looks great!

really dig the changes.

Wow! This looks amazing! Almost as pretty as it sounds.

martin_l · Post by **martin_l** » Sun Apr 26, 2015 8:26 pm

New beta (with new GUI by ENV1):

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/e5oop1vf8vpl ... eezxa?dl=0

New things:
- new GUI implemented
- stepped sliders for quantized controls
- some bug fixes
Todo:
- slight adjustments in ADSR behavior
- small improvements to digital readout font
- MANUAL!!
As usual, please, let me know if something is not working, or behaving strangely.

Just to prevent confusion: there is no updated AU version, as I had to abandon the AU development for the moment.

Cheers,
Martin

murnau · Post by **murnau** » Sun Apr 26, 2015 8:29 pm

Thank you for the new version Martin!

EvilDragon · Post by **EvilDragon** » Sun Apr 26, 2015 8:39 pm

LOVE the GUI!

DrewDale · Post by **DrewDale** » Sun Apr 26, 2015 8:41 pm

Cheers Martin

Thanks also for including my patches on your dropbox

Respect.

Stunning new GUI, cheers ENV1

martin_l · Post by **martin_l** » Sun Apr 26, 2015 8:42 pm

EvilDragon wrote:LOVE the GUI!

A BIG thanks to ENV1 for his help with the new GUI !!! It is a huge improvement over my own attempts.

Martin

DrewDale · Post by **DrewDale** » Sun Apr 26, 2015 8:49 pm

Hmmm. Only able to load 32 patches, rotating banks doesn't work no more.

martin_l · Post by **martin_l** » Sun Apr 26, 2015 8:52 pm

DrewDale wrote:Hmmm. Only able to load 32 patches, rotating banks doesn't work no more.

which system and which host?

Lesha · Post by **Lesha** » Sun Apr 26, 2015 9:16 pm

Thanks Martin.
I apologize if it was mentioned here, I noticed there are no oversampling settings. Are the values fixed now, and what are they?
I found "Downsampler Filter Stages" very useful in the SE version.

arkmabat · Post by **arkmabat** » Sun Apr 26, 2015 9:40 pm

4 years in the works isn't new...

martin_l · Post by **martin_l** » Sun Apr 26, 2015 9:51 pm

lesha wrote:Thanks Martin.
I apologize if it was mentioned here, I noticed there are no oversampling settings. Are the values fixed now, and what are they?
I found "Downsampler Filter Stages" very useful in the SE version.

You are right. These settings disappeared.

Just a bit of background here: The pg-8x (in the old and new versions) uses two levels of oversampling:

The first level applies to basically the whole synth, apart from the high pass filter, and the chorus. This oversampling rate affects the high frequency behaviour of the filter, and the ration is set automatically such that the effective sampling rate is above 176.400 kHz, i.e. at rates of 44.1 kHz or 48 kHz, the oversampling os 4-fold, at 88.2 kHz and 96 kHz, 2-fold, and at native samplerates of 176.4 kHz or above, no oversampling (at this level) is done.

The second level of oversampling applies to the DCO's and is to minimize aliasing (especially when using Sync or Xmod), as I force all frequencies to be commensurate with that oversampling rate. Hence, it does not affect the sound, but how accurate the pitch is reproduced. This was the rate which was adjustable in the SE version. Now, I implemented only the automatic setting, where the oversampling ratio is determined by the pitch of the note.

As for the downsampler filter stages, I implemented the switch in order to save CPU time. Lower settings lead to a brighter sound with lower CPU usage, but also more aliasing. Now, I replaced the whole downsampling filter by a different algorithm (butterworth) which is steeper as my old filter (hence allows for higher cutoff, and hence slightly brighter sound), and at the same time, I implemented a vectorized (SSE) version, which should be more efficient, and not requiring the reduced filter stages.

Therefore, I did not see the need for these settings anymore.

Cheers,
Martin

layzer · Post by **layzer** » Sun Apr 26, 2015 9:56 pm

love it! i knew you could "do it"

always loved pg8x for those warm roland pads. now it looks how it sounds. thank you ML & ENV1!

PG8X (inspired by the JX8P): new beta version uploaded