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DJ Warmonger · Post by **DJ Warmonger** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 6:46 am

Vanguard was a great synth suited for basses... but not much else. Modulation possibilities are very limited. Recently I replaced it with Serum.

spaceman · Post by **spaceman** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 8:01 am

Naenyn wrote:I submitted a ticket to ReFx's support system a couple months back about Vanguard. Dustyn responded with the following:

Dustyn wrote:Vanguard2 is still in the works, however no word on a release date yet. Stay tuned to our email newsletters and Facebook page!

I guess Tone2 are busy at the moment

layzer · Post by **layzer** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 3:06 pm

DJ Warmonger wrote:Vanguard was a great synth suited for basses... but not much else. Modulation possibilities are very limited. Recently I replaced it with Serum.

basses? are you sure you are talking about vanguard? i never used it for basses, it always does plucky arps or trance gate sounds in my tracks.

too bad those new synths suck up half your cpu. are you having fun freezing tracks?

arkmabat · Post by **arkmabat** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 3:34 pm

Darude was really into Vanguard. His most famous sound was just a sample in FastTracker II though.

DrGonzo · Post by **DrGonzo** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 4:00 pm

I wonder what really happened with Vanguard.

I remember a couple of years ago, Mike wrote on their forum (yeah, it was _that_ long ago) that an update was imminent and the new version wasn't backward compatible with the upcoming v2. After that Mike and another coder had an insane argument here at KvR and since then - zero.

It would be really cool if reFX is teaming up with Tone2 to get it done. But I doubt it - it seems reFX and Tone2 went their separate ways years ago.

/C

Teksonik · Post by **Teksonik** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 4:14 pm

DrGonzo wrote:. After that Mike and another coder had an insane argument here at KvR and since then - zero.

Wasn't that coder Markus from Tone 2 ?

DrGonzo · Post by **DrGonzo** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 4:16 pm

Teksonik wrote:
DrGonzo wrote:. After that Mike and another coder had an insane argument here at KvR and since then - zero.
Wasn't that coder Markus from Tone 2 ?

I think it was acidose - but I really can't remember for sure. 100% it wasn't Marcus though.

/C

DHR53 · Post by **DHR53** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 4:28 pm

Vanguard was my most used synth for filler stuff and the TONS of presets I had by a lot of great designers... when I went to 64 bit though, that era came to an end. I now use Synplant as my low cpu filler synth as it's 64 bit. I was hoping ReFx was going to come through with the update but they're obviously focusing on the "cash-cow" Nexus, which I can think of a number of synths I'd rather have. With great free presets.

YMMV.

VitaminD · Post by **VitaminD** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 4:37 pm

Looking forward to a 64-bit build! I was an original beta tester of this one 10 years ago.. it makes some really nice sounds!

penguinfromdeep · Post by **penguinfromdeep** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 4:47 pm

DrGonzo wrote: I think it was acidose - but I really can't remember for sure. 100% it wasn't Marcus though.

It was aciddose, I remember those times, there were some crazy stories flying about!

Teksonik · Post by **Teksonik** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 4:59 pm

DrGonzo wrote:100% it wasn't Marcus though.

Then why did Markus split from ReFx and form Tone 2 ?

I think that's we won't see Vanguard 2............

TrekStar · Post by **TrekStar** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 5:04 pm

...still use Vanguard for Trance gate sounds...
fast and easy to use!
anyway new filters would be cool...

TrekStar · Post by **TrekStar** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 5:05 pm

layzer wrote:
DJ Warmonger wrote:Vanguard was a great synth suited for basses... but not much else. Modulation possibilities are very limited. Recently I replaced it with Serum.
basses? are you sure you are talking about vanguard? i never used it for basses, it always does plucky arps or trance gate sounds in my tracks.

too bad those new synths suck up half your cpu. are you having fun freezing tracks?

+1

ksandvik · Post by **ksandvik** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 5:56 pm

Vanguard is/was for me a cheap but good substitution for a Virus. I wish it was 64-bit as I can't use it for any production work just now due to all my main DAWs being 64-bit only. It certainly had a unique and raw quality that made the SW sound different from the rest.

llze · Post by **llze** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 6:13 pm

sounds pretty compressed already from the source imo
Used it in the beginning, good to learn but prefer others.

Anyone Use Vanguard By reFx? (Same Guys Who Make Nexus)