@wagtuneswagtunes wrote:Okay, I don't mean to be a downer on this because it looks really cool, but it's a kick. I didn't hear any sound (the kicks) that I can't make in any synth or by using Battery 4 or any other drum library. And we're not talking about a whole drum set. We're talking about a kick.
I know there are very specialized plugins like EQs, Compressors, Reverbs, etc. But seriously, it's a kick drum. The price on this thing would have to be so ridiculously low to even consider getting it. I mean who in their right mind (just pulling a price out of thin air) would pay $99 just to make a kick drum? Even $49.
What am I missing here? What makes this so special? Or is this going to be a very low priced item (would have to be under $30 for me) that makes it a no brainer to get?
Because I am just not seeing it.
Is it just me? If it is, what am I missing?
I don't understand your negative comments.
About "usefulness".
If D16 and its partners have chosen to spent some time (and money) designing this synth, there must be some reason. They probably know their customer better than you. And if it doesn't work or if nobody buys it. Don't worry it will disappear in no time. It seems that you are obviously not the target.
You need to have spent at least a few hours enjoying some music in a club on a big system to understand how much a kick is important in a lot of electronic music. If, like a lot of people, you just listen to music on the sound system of your laptop, or enjoying a style of music where the kick drum is used as a cosmetic background, that's of course something that you can not understand. And talking about options. What's the point to buy another synth when you already have one ? Maybe just to find another way to have fun making music...
About the price.
What's the point of your "questions" (in an announcement thread above all) ? In music, the price has never been related to the "usefulness" or the quality of a product. Logic and its arsenal can be bought for a couple of hundreds and you need 2 or 3 times this same amount just to buy some violin library (which are also totally useless for some people).
No offense, but I find this kind of post, in an announcement thread, totally inelegant to say the least...
When I received the announcement mail, this morning, I thought "A kick plugin ? I don't need another one, I already have almost all of them plus a couple of hardware kick drum only, that cost much more than a plugin". (Not mentioning that I know how to program a synth.)
After watching the video, I will probably buy it as soon as it is released. Just to have another flavour
It will probably be priced too high for the things I might think to do with it, but I haven't felt such g.a.s in a while 
