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osiris · Post by **osiris** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 10:51 pm

A-Synth!!!!

vata44 · Post by **vata44** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 12:10 am

they suck... ugh.

LBN · Post by **LBN** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 1:34 am

Normally I'm excited about freebies like these but Model-E blows so hard it's classified as a Category 5.

audiojunkie · Post by **audiojunkie** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 1:42 am

LBN wrote:Normally I'm excited about freebies like these but Model-E blows so hard it's classified as a Category 5.

--Sean

VitaminD · Post by **VitaminD** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 2:17 am

There seems to be a denormal or some other glitch... cpu spikes periodically using this...

Thanks to Steiny though for releasing these... and even including 64-bit ports too!

hebb · Post by **hebb** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 2:37 am

who cares! there's better freeware.

VitaminD · Post by **VitaminD** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 2:53 am

hebb wrote:who cares! there's better freeware.

Perhaps some positive encouragement will get them to release some of their other older products.. like D'Cota or A1

pandashake · Post by **pandashake** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 3:04 am

VitaminD wrote:Perhaps some positive encouragement will get them to release some of their other older products.. like D'Cota or A1

+1

HunterKiller · Post by **HunterKiller** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 3:50 am

Are they they ones messing up XPhrase or is it Wizoo/Digidesign?

Muzik 4 Machines · Post by **Muzik 4 Machines** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 4:01 am

i used vb1 quite a lot in the days, into amplitube 1 it had a real nice bass sound

4damind · Post by **4damind** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 9:06 am

LOL. the panorama knobs of the E makes funny things

Seems this knob has a own life

chokehold · Post by **chokehold** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 9:37 am

Hm.
Downloaded, installed, tried. Not impressed.
They're pretty sh!tty, to be honest.

They seem to be free, didn't find any copy protection. Just download and install.

The VB-1 does odd things, like for example it occasionally plays two (wtf?!) fret/picking sounds, when the (not overlapping) notes are only doing a 1/2 note step (which would be ONE fret on a real bass, not two).
And I guess it's because of that bug that you can't play any fast legatos with it, it just zips and crackles all the time.
In overall, it sounds pretty synth-y, not like a real bass. But it does have a unique flavour to it.

The E ... dunno. Do I really have to go up as far as C4 on the Keyboard, before even the default setting sounds any good? Lots of zips and crackles there as well. The filter sounds way too unagressive, the lower right Sustain knob doesn't seem to do anything, and the overall sound is just "cheap plastic", no matter how long I fark around with it.
At least VB-1 has some frickin' factory presets...

For the sake of nostalgia, these might be worth downloading. If you have no "shared past" with these - don't bother.
I didn't believe the spiteful posts, so I tried them myself. Now I'm writing a spiteful post. Go figure.

GaryG · Post by **GaryG** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 9:47 am

I think the E may have some worth... sits between 'chip' sounds and todays more analogue than analogue approach. Sometimes a light sound (heavily effected

) can add... garnish to a mix.

Though you can get the sound with a zillion freebies today too so down to aesthetics and all that if you use it.

But, hey, go Steinberg. Woo!

chokehold · Post by **chokehold** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 9:47 am

For more old Steinberg stuff, you might wanna visit ftp://ftp.steinberg.de/Download/Legacy_Plugins/

GaryG · Post by **GaryG** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 9:55 am

chokehold wrote:For more old Steinberg stuff, you might wanna visit ftp://ftp.steinberg.de/Download/Legacy_Plugins/

Neon and Quadrafuzz FTW!

How about the reverb (can't remember the name...) that came with the very first Cubasis' etc? That had serious quality issues that would be lapped up today.

Steinberg Re-releases two classic VSTi's