Syntronik [update March 2018: New T-03 Bonus Content & 4-for-1 bass synth promo] available
- KVRAF
- 5506 posts since 23 Aug, 2014 from Boston/Cambridge
Well, I think Syntronik is very much the product it was promised to be. An exquisite sample set with that original "Drift" engine plus great effects, resulting in a vast, full sound. Very different from what Arturia, u-He or UVI deliver. Wouldn't want to be without this, certainly at the price IK is asking for this elaborate sonic canvas.
- KVRian
- 1013 posts since 12 Sep, 2005
I agree, mainly because I can pull in everything from sampletank and create some very usable hybrid instruments. Alone Syntronik is good, with everything else in Sampletank, it is amazing.Fleer wrote:Well, I think Syntronik is very much the product it was promised to be. An exquisite sample set with that original "Drift" engine plus great effects, resulting in a vast, full sound. Very different from what Arturia, u-He or UVI deliver. Wouldn't want to be without this, certainly at the price IK is asking for this elaborate sonic canvas.
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- KVRAF
- 2087 posts since 24 Jun, 2006 from London, England
For me: Fantastic sounds, terrible filters, and ok effects
However, the latter two things are mitigated for me by having a cracking filter VST (Cytomic's The Drop) and having decent alternatives to all the effects featured.
So yeah, I'm gonna use it as a great big sample pack of synth sounds that'll be modulated with all the other stuff I have ony my system
However, the latter two things are mitigated for me by having a cracking filter VST (Cytomic's The Drop) and having decent alternatives to all the effects featured.
So yeah, I'm gonna use it as a great big sample pack of synth sounds that'll be modulated with all the other stuff I have ony my system
- KVRAF
- 2772 posts since 22 May, 2017
More like an extremely outdated nerdism.DarkStar wrote:^^^
That must be an Americanism?
- KVRAF
- 11093 posts since 16 Mar, 2003 from Porto - Portugal
I'm tired of debugging ST3 since it was launched. I wasted a lot of time previously with version 3.6, and the technical assistance didn't help (actually, it was me who teached them a way to solve the problem). Now this. It seems ST3 doesn't like my systems (yes, the problems appear in more then one) so I simply will return ST3 into oblivions until IK Multimedia come up with a decent working instrument.spacekid wrote:Mine doesn't rescan. Sounds like a bug. You have Osc 2 in sampletank in the new drop down menu on the edit page, plus all the new filters are now in sampletank plus the effects. I've spent more time in sampletank with the new library then in Syntronik. It's almost all there minus the skin ..in edit.fmr wrote: Another thing, that reminded me why I had put ST3 more or less aside. If we load a patch, we cannot change the sound (the sample set). At first I thought that this was because of Syntronic, but even if I load an instrument from the factory liobrary, or an imported one, I have the same problem. So, even in ST3, we can just "tweak" existing instruments - a really dumb thing. With a synth engine that is minimally competent, we should expect IK Multimedia to want users to aim more than just some dumb tweakings.
I am glad I passed on Syntronics. The sounds I loaded have nothing special, and the fact I cannot take advantage of them inside ST3, as I can with the UVI libraries inside Falcon is a BIG minus.
I guess they have to rethink ST3 from the ground up to allow for some serious editing from scratch.
Regarding the new things, yes, the new filters are there in a dropdown menu, and when I click in the sample dropdwon I have a selection of 1 or 2, but at the right (in the box named Element/Articulation, where I supposedly could choose the sample in use) I have no selection except what is loaded by the instrument.
So, this is a no go for me, until IK Multimedia allows me to choose whatever samples are there in the library from this menu, even if I load an empty instrument. This is the minimum to ask for, IMO (unless I am missing something, but if I am, I will gladly be enlightened)
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- KVRist
- 479 posts since 13 May, 2012 from Minnesota
I don't have any AV enabled and this drive also has my Kontakt libraries on it also. They load a little slow also. I'm checking for errors and attempting to repair bad sectors and if that doesn't work I might just throw a 1tB ssd in it. The drive is 5 years old.DarkStar wrote:^^^
Could your AntiVirus be scanning the files?
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- KVRAF
- 3735 posts since 17 Sep, 2016
I noticed the sample sizes for different presets can vary from a few MB to several hundred MB.Doc Brown wrote:I don't have any AV enabled and this drive also has my Kontakt libraries on it also. They load a little slow also. I'm checking for errors and attempting to repair bad sectors and if that doesn't work I might just throw a 1tB ssd in it. The drive is 5 years old.DarkStar wrote:^^^
Could your AntiVirus be scanning the files?
So the larger ones will take a bit longer to load up.
I'm running a WD 1TB 7200 RPM SATA for samples with a benchmarked sequential read speed over 200MB/s. It's not too painful, but the bigger sounds do take me several seconds to load. The random read speed is only a fraction of that, so make sure you are defragging it.
You can test your HDD speeds with this free tool: http://crystalmark.info/software/Crysta ... dex-e.html
Windows 10 and too many plugins
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- KVRAF
- 3735 posts since 17 Sep, 2016
+1Fleer wrote:Well, I think Syntronik is very much the product it was promised to be. An exquisite sample set with that original "Drift" engine plus great effects, resulting in a vast, full sound. Very different from what Arturia, u-He or UVI deliver. Wouldn't want to be without this, certainly at the price IK is asking for this elaborate sonic canvas.
Windows 10 and too many plugins
- KVRist
- 479 posts since 13 May, 2012 from Minnesota
Awesome. I appreciate the help. Downloading Crystal right now.zzz00m wrote:I noticed the sample sizes for different presets can vary from a few MB to several hundred MB.Doc Brown wrote:I don't have any AV enabled and this drive also has my Kontakt libraries on it also. They load a little slow also. I'm checking for errors and attempting to repair bad sectors and if that doesn't work I might just throw a 1tB ssd in it. The drive is 5 years old.DarkStar wrote:^^^
Could your AntiVirus be scanning the files?
So the larger ones will take a bit longer to load up.
I'm running a WD 1TB 7200 RPM SATA for samples with a benchmarked sequential read speed over 200MB/s. It's not too painful, but the bigger sounds do take me several seconds to load. The random read speed is only a fraction of that, so make sure you are defragging it.
You can test your HDD speeds with this free tool: http://crystalmark.info/software/Crysta ... dex-e.html
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 7864 posts since 20 Oct, 2009
Yes, Syntronik is 64-bit only.Lesha wrote:64 bit only?
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- KVRist
- 56 posts since 1 Nov, 2004
I was trying to download the free version to see what the hype is all about but the download speeds are real slow .....five hours? I have an account but either with or with out..... the download is slow (I have high speed) so I will pass cheers
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Peter - IK Multimedia Peter - IK Multimedia https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=217907
- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 7864 posts since 20 Oct, 2009
We use a CDN that has servers to serve the files quickly across the globe. I have been downloading Syntronik sound library installers today without issue and at fast speeds from a remote location (not that IK offices are not also remote, as we do not serve the files from our offices anyway). I would assume there's an issue somewhere between you and the servers. You may want to try the typical clear cache or try a different browser suggestions or restart the download to see if there was just some network issue between your location and the servers.traz wrote:I was trying to download the free version to see what the hype is all about but the download speeds are real slow .....five hours? I have an account but either with or with out..... the download is slow (I have high speed) so I will pass cheers
If the problem persists, you can reach out to IK Support at http://www.ikmultimedia.com/contact-support/mi/ or to your ISP. Thank you.
- KVRAF
- 1604 posts since 18 Feb, 2005 from Serbia
Am I the only one who thinks that lower octaves sound dull(er)?
Sorry if it has already been mentioned, but I just learned about this synth.
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Some presets do, some don't...
Sorry if it has already been mentioned, but I just learned about this synth.
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Some presets do, some don't...
It's easy if you know how
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- KVRAF
- 3735 posts since 17 Sep, 2016
Yes.Lesha wrote:Am I the only one who thinks that lower octaves sound dull(er)?
Sorry if it has already been mentioned, but I just learned about this synth.
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Some presets do, some don't...
Windows 10 and too many plugins