KVR Audio

Igor Amos · Post by **Igor Amos** » Sun Nov 29, 2015 9:31 pm

Just had to express how blown away I am by the demo. I know I've heard that a lot of folks prefer Aalto but I don't think I've been so excited about a synth before in terms of complex interesting results like this. Just had to say.

Can wait to understand it more...

Anyone else like this thing?

cron · Post by **cron** » Sun Nov 29, 2015 9:47 pm

It's an absolutely wonderful synth. Been meaning to get into making my own sound sources for ages, but the ones that come with it are just so good. Gonna get some vocal madness going at some point though. Thinking about singing a load of vowels (or synchronised words) and multichannelling them up for use in Kaivo. The rabbit hole grows and grows...

May I also recommend that you read the manual (if you haven't already). I've read a fair few manuals in my time, and IMO Kaivo has the single finest manual I've ever read. I even recommend it to people who don't own the synth because there's a ton of interesting stuff about aesthetics and ways of thinking about sound in there that you can apply pretty much anywhere.

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Sun Nov 29, 2015 9:58 pm

Yep Kaivo and Aalto manuals are fantastic, masterclasses in sound design.

Grizzellda · Post by **Grizzellda** » Sun Nov 29, 2015 10:10 pm

cron wrote:May I also recommend that you read the manual (if you haven't already). I've read a fair few manuals in my time, and IMO Kaivo has the single finest manual I've ever read. I even recommend it to people who don't own the synth because there's a ton of interesting stuff about aesthetics and ways of thinking about sound in there that you can apply pretty much anywhere.

Heh, heh...nice of you to mention this cron, because speaking as someone who is quite the "manual geek" I appreciate your friendly advice and will give it a read at some point. Heck, I have wanted Madrona Labs synths anyhow...Randy is a pretty unique developer I think...well ain't he?

BasariStudios · Post by **BasariStudios** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 12:30 am

Besides being a good and unique developer Randy is one of the best guys around.

Igor Amos · Post by **Igor Amos** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 12:38 am

I'm hoping and waiting for a sale so I can grab all 3 (Kaivo, Aalto and Virta)...

V0RT3X · Post by **V0RT3X** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 3:19 am

wagtunes · Post by **wagtunes** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 4:05 am

Their synths sound great but I just could never get into those interfaces. Like something out of a grade B sci fi movie.

Ridan · Post by **Ridan** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 4:13 am

wagtunes wrote:Their synths sound great but I just could never get into those interfaces. Like something out of a grade B sci fi movie.

..but that's the best kind of sci-fi movie!

wagtunes · Post by **wagtunes** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 4:20 am

Ridan wrote:
wagtunes wrote:Their synths sound great but I just could never get into those interfaces. Like something out of a grade B sci fi movie.
..but that's the best kind of sci-fi movie!

When you're drunk, high or have nothing better to do and just need a good laugh.

zerocrossing · Post by **zerocrossing** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 4:25 am

Love Aalto, couldn't get into Kaivo. I forget now why not. Maybe it just seemed too tied to a very specific sonic character.

pdxindy · Post by **pdxindy** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 5:02 am

zerocrossing wrote:Love Aalto, couldn't get into Kaivo. I forget now why not. Maybe it just seemed too tied to a very specific sonic character.

I spent about 3 hours making sounds with Kaivo and I didn't get any results that I was particularly pleased with.

liquidsound · Post by **liquidsound** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 5:12 am

pdxindy wrote:
zerocrossing wrote:Love Aalto, couldn't get into Kaivo. I forget now why not. Maybe it just seemed too tied to a very specific sonic character.
I spent about 3 hours making sounds with Kaivo and I didn't get any results that I was particularly pleased with.

That's quite unusual from you!

zerocrossing · Post by **zerocrossing** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 5:26 am

pdxindy wrote:
zerocrossing wrote:Love Aalto, couldn't get into Kaivo. I forget now why not. Maybe it just seemed too tied to a very specific sonic character.
I spent about 3 hours making sounds with Kaivo and I didn't get any results that I was particularly pleased with.

Yeah, that seems about right. Maybe I just never got the hang of it.

Igor Amos · Post by **Igor Amos** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 3:15 pm

pdxindy wrote:
zerocrossing wrote:Love Aalto, couldn't get into Kaivo. I forget now why not. Maybe it just seemed too tied to a very specific sonic character.
I spent about 3 hours making sounds with Kaivo and I didn't get any results that I was particularly pleased with.

I haven't even gotten that far! Just using the presets and doing slight tweaks! It was the inverse for me, couldn't get anything I liked from Aalto, but didn't peruse each and every preset. I only have the free version of Aalto and demo for Kaivo.

And, I also love the interface a lot...

omg! Kaivo (Madrona Labs)