KVR Audio

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Fri Mar 06, 2015 5:15 pm

There is (or was) a second hand license for Polyplex for about $50 in the market place today.

So if you are waiting for a 50% off sale....

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Fri Mar 06, 2015 10:53 pm

Check your service centres - Rounds has an update, 150 new presets including some by Plaid (whoever they are).

djshire · Post by **djshire** » Sat Mar 07, 2015 3:15 pm

aMUSEd wrote:Check your service centres - Rounds has an update, 150 new presets including some by Plaid (whoever they are).

I think they're Canadian

Vectorman · Post by **Vectorman** » Sat Mar 07, 2015 4:11 pm

olja wrote:My first thought was that Kontour in a way seems like the Massive 2 people have been requesting, with all the bizarre amount of modulation posibilities inside, only perhaps more user-friendly and with more visual feedback and smart connection features.

It could be interesting in its own right, but a Massive 2.0 it is surely not. I do wish NI would take a break from rolling out more and more shuttlecraft long enough to finally update the mothership.

On a positive note, from the above pic it looks like new synths may now be shipping with a touque and a pound of backbacon.

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Sat Mar 07, 2015 4:28 pm

aMUSEd wrote:150 new presets including some by Plaid (whoever they are).

Nice:), Among Warp finest artists

dredd i knight · Post by **dredd i knight** » Sat Mar 07, 2015 4:40 pm

Paid: British electronica outfit who have skills... And have much respect from those who know their work...

TwoToneshuzz · Post by **TwoToneshuzz** » Sat Mar 07, 2015 5:00 pm

I think the Canadian reference must be to aMUSEd's spelling "centres" , instead of centers..

Those boys in the photo's are examples of the northern muskrat clan...

Taoist · Post by **Taoist** » Tue Mar 10, 2015 8:37 pm

New update to Rounds in the Service Center. New presets by Plaid included. As a lover of Rounds in particular..... I am pretty damn excited.

Taoist · Post by **Taoist** » Tue Mar 10, 2015 8:39 pm

Taoist wrote:New update to Rounds in the Service Center. New presets by Plaid included. As a lover of Rounds in particular..... I am pretty damn excited.

I see I showed up late to this party....... as usual.....

Guess I'll check out the update that everybody has already known about when I get home.

Deep Purple · Post by **Deep Purple** » Tue Mar 10, 2015 8:50 pm

I am really impressed with Rounds so far. I like the analog elements to it a lot.

Taoist · Post by **Taoist** » Tue Mar 10, 2015 9:15 pm

Deep Purple wrote:I am really impressed with Rounds so far. I like the analog elements to it a lot.

Absolutely! The digital sound is top notch as well. I have really been amazed by how good this thing can sound in mixes and it definitely has its own very nice flavor that doesn't resemble any other synth I have ever used. Ive been surprised that sound designers have not jumped on this thing because I honestly feel that it has been far far underestimated. So, Im excited to listen to some new sounds in it whenever I can get the heck out of this office.

ians · Post by **ians** » Sat Mar 14, 2015 9:38 am

I have to say the more I play with Kontour the more I like it. It feels more like a physical modelling synth to me. The sounds are really alive. Once you start playing with the modulation possibilities you can get some amazing movement into it.

NI should make more of it

The only downside as mentioned before is having to load Reaktor first. I hope in Reaktor 6 there is some option to set them free as individual plugins

Mace404 · Post by **Mace404** » Sat Mar 14, 2015 10:39 am

I load them in Komplete Kontrol and save it as a FX chain in Reaper.
Can then load it like a normal plugin and you have the better preset browser.

cocoazenith · Post by **cocoazenith** » Thu Jul 23, 2015 9:10 am

I am left in awe at Polyplex and Rounds. Haven't tried Kontour yet.
It's amazing what can be achieved with Reaktor these days...

recursive one · Post by **recursive one** » Thu Jul 23, 2015 10:24 am

I am really impressed by the sound of Rounds and Kontour - very warm and organic. Subjectively the sound quality of these synths is on par with Monark, but the character is completely different.

The GUIs are a bit of counter-intuitive though, especially the sequencer part in Rounds. After getting through the manual, I could figure out how it works, but still I have the impression that all the same functionality could be presented in more user-friendly form.

Now I'd like to see a more traditional poly VA made by NI with use of their latest advances in sound modelling.

New NI Synths are out - Rounds/Polyplex/Kontour