Any MetaSynth or XX users out there?
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 94 posts since 3 Sep, 2011
I've been given an opportunity to get Metasynth at a relatively very low entry price. If you had to peg my style, it would be best described as ambient/rock electronic music.
I've been playing with the demo along with their companion compositional tool Xx. It would be about $249 for the bundle - not cheap but that's a huge discount.
I did this last fall but passed...really didn't feel I could evaluate it in a short time. Now I have a limited window again...
still find it massively interesting but not terribly intuitive...feels like you could spend six months with it and still not scratch the surface. BUt its capable of some astounding sound exploration.
So any feedback would be quite helpful since I have a limited amount of time to make my decision.
I've been playing with the demo along with their companion compositional tool Xx. It would be about $249 for the bundle - not cheap but that's a huge discount.
I did this last fall but passed...really didn't feel I could evaluate it in a short time. Now I have a limited window again...
still find it massively interesting but not terribly intuitive...feels like you could spend six months with it and still not scratch the surface. BUt its capable of some astounding sound exploration.
So any feedback would be quite helpful since I have a limited amount of time to make my decision.
- KVRAF
- 35297 posts since 14 Sep, 2002 from In teh net
XX was a bit disappointing for me as I thought it would support microtunings seeing as the sequencer in Metasynth itself does. I thought wrongly it was Metasynth's sequencers "big brother" but in this respect it is more limited. Hopefully that will come at some point soonish. On the other hand it does have some useful algorithmic tools and plays with plugins too which is useful.
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 94 posts since 3 Sep, 2011
Speaking of tuning, is there any way to pull more scales into Xx? It's missing several basic modes like Dorian, Locrian, Phrygian, etc....also the demo seems to crash a lot.
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- KVRAF
- 3231 posts since 18 May, 2003 from Sweden
System specs, please?imprint wrote:...also the demo [of Xx] seems to crash a lot.
/Joachim
If it were easy, anybody could do it!
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 94 posts since 3 Sep, 2011
Mac Mini Server, Corei7 4gb RAM OSX Mountain Lion
Certain AU modules such as U-he Podolski crash when launched (there is a note on this issue with random AU on the U&! FAQ pages and should note that U-he's Diva does not seem to have the same problem.)
Moreover, using the compositional algorithm tools with any AU on one or more of the tracks seems to trigger a crash as well.
Certain AU modules such as U-he Podolski crash when launched (there is a note on this issue with random AU on the U&! FAQ pages and should note that U-he's Diva does not seem to have the same problem.)
Moreover, using the compositional algorithm tools with any AU on one or more of the tracks seems to trigger a crash as well.
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- KVRAF
- 3231 posts since 18 May, 2003 from Sweden
Thanks for the info, Imprint!
I've just downloaded the Xx demo and will start exploring it in the coming weeks, as time permits, on a MB Pro Early 2011 (i7 2.2), 16 GB RAM and OS 10.6.8.
I also noted in the Xx readme that it supports a maximum of 48 AUs and needs Carbon GUIs. I have 330 AUs in my folder, so we'll see what happens…
/Joachim
I've just downloaded the Xx demo and will start exploring it in the coming weeks, as time permits, on a MB Pro Early 2011 (i7 2.2), 16 GB RAM and OS 10.6.8.
I also noted in the Xx readme that it supports a maximum of 48 AUs and needs Carbon GUIs. I have 330 AUs in my folder, so we'll see what happens…
/Joachim
If it were easy, anybody could do it!
- KVRAF
- 25458 posts since 3 Feb, 2005 from in the wilds
You gotta decide if it is for you... Every 18 months or so I think, oh, Metasynth looks so cool... then I try it out and come back to Live, Alchemy and my other synths and tools...
- KVRAF
- 2231 posts since 23 May, 2005 from West Country, UK
Related I think to the Carbon issue:
I still have some old NI plugs: B4, Elektrik/Acoustic Piano, Pro-53 (yay!!) and every time I fire up the XX demo it seems to scan these and flag them up with a warning message about being short on memory. I have seen this before - the first time a new Live 9 beta is installed and scans the plugin folders.
Live 9 beta only does it the once though, XX does it every time.
I still have some old NI plugs: B4, Elektrik/Acoustic Piano, Pro-53 (yay!!) and every time I fire up the XX demo it seems to scan these and flag them up with a warning message about being short on memory. I have seen this before - the first time a new Live 9 beta is installed and scans the plugin folders.
Live 9 beta only does it the once though, XX does it every time.
- KVRAF
- 2231 posts since 23 May, 2005 from West Country, UK
Me too. It is always the workflow issues that have me doubting, and also the worry that I don't have the time for something so vast .... this time I think I might just go for it though (but I am unconvinced about XX).pdxindy wrote:You gotta decide if it is for you... Every 18 months or so I think, oh, Metasynth looks so cool... then I try it out and come back to Live, Alchemy and my other synths and tools...
- KVRAF
- 35297 posts since 14 Sep, 2002 from In teh net
The most irritating limitation is the lack of an undo history. But you can get some great effects with it.
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gabebrunogarza1021 gabebrunogarza1021 https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=152167
- Banned
- 221 posts since 26 May, 2007
Unless I'm missing something here, why wouldn't you just choose Custom Scale and create your own scales?imprint wrote:Speaking of tuning, is there any way to pull more scales into Xx? It's missing several basic modes like Dorian, Locrian, Phrygian, etc....also the demo seems to crash a lot.
- KVRAF
- 25852 posts since 20 Jan, 2008 from a star near where you are
If you can forward $599 to me, I'll be happy to help you check it outimprint wrote:So any feedback would be quite helpful since I have a limited amount of time to make my decision.
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 94 posts since 3 Sep, 2011
Just wondered if there was a way to shortcut it...I like using different modes and would rather not have to key them in individually.gabebrunogarza1021 wrote:Unless I'm missing something here, why wouldn't you just choose Custom Scale and create your own scales?imprint wrote:Speaking of tuning, is there any way to pull more scales into Xx? It's missing several basic modes like Dorian, Locrian, Phrygian, etc....also the demo seems to crash a lot.
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- KVRist
- 78 posts since 13 Aug, 2009
Try setting the MIDI delay in the prefs to 0. On faster machines that seems to solve many problems. Unfortunately, AU-compatibility is a tricky thing. What some people do, is turn off AUs in Xx and use MIDI IAC to communicate to AUs running in a host if you need to use AUs in Xx.imprint wrote:Mac Mini Server, Corei7 4gb RAM OSX Mountain Lion
Certain AU modules such as U-he Podolski crash when launched (there is a note on this issue with random AU on the U&! FAQ pages and should note that U-he's Diva does not seem to have the same problem.)
Moreover, using the compositional algorithm tools with any AU on one or more of the tracks seems to trigger a crash as well.
Best,
Edward