Dilemma: Lfo Tool vs. Cableguys MIDI shaper/ Volume Shaper
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- KVRian
- 1119 posts since 29 Sep, 2013
This thread is getting dusty but I thought I'd jump in anyway. I've been a proponent of all of the Cableguys stuff for a while now (and still am). That said, I bought LFOtool yesterday because I liked the interface, the simplicity of using the filter, and I like a change of pace occasionally. I've been glad to have Midishaper, but I do find the interface a bit clunkier- specifically the columns of numbers. It's easy enough to understand but a little more candy would be nice too.
When Steve made LFOtool resizeable with the recent update, I decided it was worth $50 and went for it. I'm pleased so far.
Don't discount Volumeshaper. I love it. It's simple yet powerful, and quick to use. Surprisingly, I toss the free Pancake 2 on lots of tracks to get a little movement with little effort or CPU hit. I miss the button to narrow the waveform on the grid though. Please bring that back. Mix may do the same thing, but for me, narrowing the sweep range graphically on the grid is most intuitive, especially when comparing multiple instances.
When Steve made LFOtool resizeable with the recent update, I decided it was worth $50 and went for it. I'm pleased so far.
Don't discount Volumeshaper. I love it. It's simple yet powerful, and quick to use. Surprisingly, I toss the free Pancake 2 on lots of tracks to get a little movement with little effort or CPU hit. I miss the button to narrow the waveform on the grid though. Please bring that back. Mix may do the same thing, but for me, narrowing the sweep range graphically on the grid is most intuitive, especially when comparing multiple instances.
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- KVRian
- 1119 posts since 29 Sep, 2013
Sorry, double post due to slow server response.
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- KVRAF
- 9576 posts since 16 Dec, 2002
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- KVRAF
- 1818 posts since 25 Feb, 2005
LFO tool is a must have , Volumeshaper 4 has the Multiband option which can be really useful. Did I read somewhere that midi shaper is getting an update, it is clunky to use depending on host, nature of the beast.
Mac Studio
10.14.7.3
Cubase 13, Ableton Live 12
10.14.7.3
Cubase 13, Ableton Live 12
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- KVRian
- 1099 posts since 11 Aug, 2005 from Hamburg, Germany
Sorry for that I am replying so late only.. The narrow thingy is much more powerful now: Select all points (either via the right-click menu, or via holding SHIFT while moving the mouse in the wave area), then you can move/scale/narrow the modulation wave. Hold ALT while scaling the waveform to scale equally on both sides.rustman wrote: Don't discount Volumeshaper. I love it. It's simple yet powerful, and quick to use. Surprisingly, I toss the free Pancake 2 on lots of tracks to get a little movement with little effort or CPU hit. I miss the button to narrow the waveform on the grid though. Please bring that back. Mix may do the same thing, but for me, narrowing the sweep range graphically on the grid is most intuitive, especially when comparing multiple instances.
This works in all our plugins.
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- KVRian
- 1119 posts since 29 Sep, 2013
Thanks for that Jakob. I will check that out asap. Maybe I should read the tooltips, etc. Actually, I think it's a positive that I didn't have to study to use it.Jakob / Cableguys wrote:Sorry for that I am replying so late only.. The narrow thingy is much more powerful now: Select all points (either via the right-click menu, or via holding SHIFT while moving the mouse in the wave area), then you can move/scale/narrow the modulation wave. Hold ALT while scaling the waveform to scale equally on both sides.rustman wrote: Don't discount Volumeshaper. I love it. It's simple yet powerful, and quick to use. Surprisingly, I toss the free Pancake 2 on lots of tracks to get a little movement with little effort or CPU hit. I miss the button to narrow the waveform on the grid though. Please bring that back. Mix may do the same thing, but for me, narrowing the sweep range graphically on the grid is most intuitive, especially when comparing multiple instances.
This works in all our plugins.
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- KVRian
- 835 posts since 28 Apr, 2014 from Texas
Really like Pancake (thanks to rustman for that), thinking of picking up Volume Shaper rather than LFOTool since I already have Volcano so the filter isn't that useful to me. Got to love that it is multiband too!
SW: Cubase 9.5 | Komplete 11 | Omnisphere 2 | Perfect Storm 2.5 | Soundtoys 5
HW: Steinberg UR28M | Focal Alpha 50 | Fender Jazz Bass | Alesis VI25
HW: Steinberg UR28M | Focal Alpha 50 | Fender Jazz Bass | Alesis VI25
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- KVRist
- 161 posts since 22 Jun, 2014
Just bought Volume Shaper from PluginBoutique (50% off ). I use Ableton and I do simple volume adjustments within clips to get a rhythm from long sustained notes but it's fiddly and difficult to get the curve right. Volume shaper is so easy to use by comparison. I can't believe there were products like this out there with the added bonus of being able to make different curves based on frequency ranges.
Great, great product.
Great, great product.