KVRDC 2014 - What Kind Of Instrument Would You Like To See?

2195 posts · Thu Apr 17, 2014 3:08 pm

As the title says.

Im sure this could be interesting and maybe even give an idea or two to potential entrants.

(I myself dont really have a clear idea yet, but will give it some thought over the coming days.)

Fire away!

7882 posts · Thu Apr 17, 2014 3:16 pm

-many presets, for the love of God, if I have to patch it myself...

-arpeggiator presets

1217 posts · Thu Apr 17, 2014 3:35 pm

Physically modelled flute.

295 posts · Thu Apr 17, 2014 4:45 pm

ras.s wrote:Physically modelled flute.

I like that idea :love:

.

9509 posts · Thu Apr 17, 2014 4:50 pm

A brass synth with convincing brass emulations (not a Kontakt library)... :love:

1682 posts · Thu Apr 17, 2014 4:59 pm

A new kind of transient designer, or a cool nu-thinking take on that kind of plug-in.

Synth-wise, I don't know, to be honest there's soooo many good ones available already. Maybe something with a unique approach to -stereo- or unison/detuning ? <----Like in the Dune neighborhood, or just that's the first one that comes to mind as being outstanding/recent in that way.

Or a synth with sequenced/programmable time-changing filters onboard ? Maybe something like a cross between an arp, and a gate ? But whatever it is, it needs to be user friendly, so we can just get it rawking fast and put it to use even if it doesn't do everything (and it shouldn't try to be everything to everyone ha-ha). Also, it should have some good amp sims/distortion onboard, maybe even in the osc/filter path, as opposed to just being an effect at the end of the chain etc.

961 posts · Thu Apr 17, 2014 5:48 pm

Lead or pad is the question and if it is a lead synth I would want it to have more of an electric feel to it. Think intro to Children of the Sun. If paddish is the thing then I want choirs and vox humana stuff.

5919 posts · Thu Apr 17, 2014 6:57 pm

An easy to use light cpu 4osc fm synth, like ableton's operator. Available as win/mac VST.

1470 posts · Thu Apr 17, 2014 7:27 pm

RunBeerRun wrote:-many presets, for the love of God, if I have to patch it myself...

-arpeggiator presets

This.

I wish for a very light on CPU synth with a killer in depth arpeggiator, delay, reverb, chorus and distortion effects onboard and a hefty bank of presets, tailored for the more aggressive genres (ebm/industrial, for ex). That would be my dream synth

4458 posts · Thu Apr 17, 2014 7:38 pm

I'm good, actually. I have more soft synths and effects than I actually use.

Though I'd be happy to try out any Mac AU that is physical modeling :-)

5427 posts · Thu Apr 17, 2014 10:07 pm

whet wrote:
ras.s wrote:Physically modelled flute.

I like that idea .

me too...

546 posts · Thu Apr 17, 2014 10:10 pm

A one-page synth with 4 multi-stage envelopes (loop part -sustain- can be a wave, so there's your LFO), drawable waveforms, and two filters. The filters' cutoff and reso can be adjusted by dragging a handle on the rendering of the curve, exactly like straightliner does. A mod matrix like Dionysos (all sources by all destinations, in one page). it doesn't matter if you need 1200x900 pixels for the interface.

This would be a modern-day GUI. Designed for the mouse. No pots if you can avoid them. And an XY pad.

1871 posts · Thu Apr 17, 2014 10:17 pm

Anything that could be modulated with audio,preferably realtime.

3265 posts · Thu Apr 17, 2014 11:31 pm

To quote Errol Morris, something "Fast, Cheap and Out of Control".

1470 posts · Fri Apr 18, 2014 1:44 am

Ah, one suggestion to the participating devs: please make sure your plugin's GUI is skinnable (and easy to do it). I can totally understand why some of you will not have the time to invest in graphics, so help us to help you