KVR Audio

Sound Author · Post by **Sound Author** » Wed May 06, 2015 4:12 pm

martin_l wrote:
Sound Author wrote:As much as I love PG8X, I've been experiencing frequent crashes

Anybody else experiencing that?
Can you, please, send me more details, such as:

which System, processor, OS, DAW, etc. are you using?
Where do the crashes occur? At startup? At specific parameter changes? Randomly?

How are the crashes? Computer hangs? Daw hangs? Window with some error message?

The more information I get, the easier it will be for me to try to fix things.

Thanks,
Martin

Hey Martin,

I'm a Windows 8 user on an HP Pavillion. I use Mixcraft as a DAW mostly. PG8X seems to function fine when it's the star of the show, but when I layer it with other freeware synths like Charlatan and Synth1, things start to get interesting. Understandably, the CPU hit will be larger when you layer several instruments together, but for some reason, PG8X freezes my DAW completely when layered with two or more instruments. Sometimes this happens when I just try to open the wrapper. Boom. Frozen.

So, it's not really a complaint about PG8X itself, as much as its willingness to play nice with the other kids. However, now that I think of it, Charlatan 2.0 was released very recently and the crashes might have something to do with that. But still, PG8X stops everything (sometimes) in busy projects with lots of layering going on. Not the end of the world, I can just save frequently and be more careful. My potato-top doesn't help matters either

reSEQUENCer · Post by **reSEQUENCer** » Fri May 08, 2015 6:16 am

I really like it! Reminds me of my old MKS-70.

MadBrain · Post by **MadBrain** » Fri May 08, 2015 8:57 am

For some reason, PG8X seems to eat MIDI events (seems to be acting as a MIDI processing VST but not outputting any events). This prevents layering multiple synths in a single track in Reaper specifically (unless you only have 1 instance of PG8X in the track and it's the last synth).

Much thanks for the synth though. In particular, the JX sound is spot on!

Mace404 · Post by **Mace404** » Fri May 08, 2015 12:13 pm

MadBrain wrote:For some reason, PG8X seems to eat MIDI events (seems to be acting as a MIDI processing VST but not outputting any events). This prevents layering multiple synths in a single track in Reaper specifically (unless you only have 1 instance of PG8X in the track and it's the last synth).

Much thanks for the synth though. In particular, the JX sound is spot on!

In Reaper you can overrule that behavior using a right click on the IO button and choose merge midi bus (instead of replace).

electro · Post by **electro** » Fri May 08, 2015 1:55 pm

Can polyphony be moved from submenu to main page?

sampliist · Post by **sampliist** » Sun May 10, 2015 4:32 pm

Fantastic work!!

At first I was not impressed by the "noize" sounding init patch... But after downloading some presets I am stunned.. Possibly new favorite VST.

req: Program Change for patch control.. Didn't seem to work for me in Cubase.

thanks

edit note

E Bass preset you can really notice the clicking sound "bug" some others have mentioned.

EvilDragon · Post by **EvilDragon** » Sun May 10, 2015 4:55 pm

Program Change works over here in Reaper...

You have to enable it in Settings panel to work, though.

phdsg vn chfhn · Post by **phdsg vn chfhn** » Sun May 10, 2015 5:15 pm

little nitpick:
mousewheeling over the red "set programm" buttons is a bit irritating.
it's passing wheel-up/down events as clicks, which in my case led to some unwanted "init" and "random" patches

initially it felt like wheeling over prev/next was doing program-changes accordingly,
until i figured it clicks whatever you're hovering, no matter which direction you wheel.

and another tiny thing:
the octave sliders come to rest at slightly different positions when double-clicking vs. moving the slider to 8'

edit:
oops, forgot to mention: win7-x64, reaper-x64 (pre5)

sampliist · Post by **sampliist** » Sun May 10, 2015 6:20 pm

I do have one quick question..

When the plugin updates will my presets (in Cubase) be compatible with the new version? (as in presets I save as VST format)

thx

Afro88 · Post by **Afro88** » Sun May 10, 2015 6:33 pm

Really great plug! Thank you for giving it away for free. I don't own a JX8P, but I've been lusting after one for a while now so I'm quite familiar with it's sound. Let's just say this plug is totally satisfying my GAS

It sounds great.

So, I use my System 1 to control the TAL U-NO-LX2 and it maps to nearly all of the functions I want my hands on. Works great. But the PG8X's architecture is too involved for me to use the System 1 as a proper controller. I'd love to know - what's everyone using as a controller for the PG8X?

stardustmedia · Post by **stardustmedia** » Tue May 12, 2015 6:58 am

If you want to use my patches and distribute them in future, here go:

http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic ... 5#p6129794

As long as my credentials for my studio stay "sdm" you're free to use them.

psmacmur · Post by **psmacmur** » Tue May 12, 2015 3:28 pm

Afro88 wrote:Really great plug! Thank you for giving it away for free. I don't own a JX8P, but I've been lusting after one for a while now so I'm quite familiar with it's sound. Let's just say this plug is totally satisfying my GAS It sounds great.

So, I use my System 1 to control the TAL U-NO-LX2 and it maps to nearly all of the functions I want my hands on. Works great. But the PG8X's architecture is too involved for me to use the System 1 as a proper controller. I'd love to know - what's everyone using as a controller for the PG8X?

A mouse

layzer · Post by **layzer** » Tue May 12, 2015 9:30 pm

psmacmur wrote:
Afro88 wrote:Really great plug! Thank you for giving it away for free. I don't own a JX8P, but I've been lusting after one for a while now so I'm quite familiar with it's sound. Let's just say this plug is totally satisfying my GAS It sounds great.

So, I use my System 1 to control the TAL U-NO-LX2 and it maps to nearly all of the functions I want my hands on. Works great. But the PG8X's architecture is too involved for me to use the System 1 as a proper controller. I'd love to know - what's everyone using as a controller for the PG8X?
A mouse

the great mighty logitech wireless M305 mouse does the trick for me as well

Afro88 · Post by **Afro88** » Wed May 13, 2015 5:41 am

psmacmur wrote:
Afro88 wrote:Really great plug! Thank you for giving it away for free. I don't own a JX8P, but I've been lusting after one for a while now so I'm quite familiar with it's sound. Let's just say this plug is totally satisfying my GAS It sounds great.

So, I use my System 1 to control the TAL U-NO-LX2 and it maps to nearly all of the functions I want my hands on. Works great. But the PG8X's architecture is too involved for me to use the System 1 as a proper controller. I'd love to know - what's everyone using as a controller for the PG8X?
A mouse

Ha

Wish the PG800 sent midi...

stardustmedia · Post by **stardustmedia** » Wed May 13, 2015 8:25 am

I wish I could control my DAW and plugs with this

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