KVR Audio

Mac of BIOnighT · Post by **Mac of BIOnighT** » Mon Nov 21, 2011 8:55 pm

Thank you again for this!

zorniko · Post by **zorniko** » Tue Nov 22, 2011 1:26 am

karrikuh wrote:New release 1.1.3

Trekman10 · Post by **Trekman10** » Tue Nov 22, 2011 9:38 pm

Shame it is windows only. Does it work with MULAB?

loopdon · Post by **loopdon** » Sat Nov 26, 2011 5:12 pm

What a fantastic synth this is! So glad i tried it !

afreshcupofjoe · Post by **afreshcupofjoe** » Sun Nov 27, 2011 12:55 am

This synth is absolutely killer. Love the sound, love the GUI, love the feature set. Everything just works how it should. Lots of character for amazingly low CPU cycles. Very impressive little synthesizer.

The only things I would add is I would like to see the tune knob on osc 2 have a wider range. Two octaves would be nice. And as other have mentioned, it's kind of odd not being able to use the LFO and the envelope to mod the filter at the same time. This is such a standard feature on most classic synths, I really miss it.

Other than that, as simple as it is, Charlatan sounds as good or better than the best free VAs out there. It somehow sounds "fat" without getting that typical aggressive, muddy, or "plastic" sound IMO. Amazing work! Thanks!

Mac of BIOnighT · Post by **Mac of BIOnighT** » Sun Nov 27, 2011 3:48 am

The first 3.30 minutes are made with Charlatan only, then other instruments come in, but Charlatan was the first source of inspiration

http://www.macvibes.com/TEMPORSOUNDS/HO ... OnighT.mp3

Do not judge the instrument from this, though, it's a synth and you can (should/are supposed to) make your own sounds, so just give it a try, you'll like it

afreshcupofjoe · Post by **afreshcupofjoe** » Sun Nov 27, 2011 4:33 am

Mac of BIOnighT wrote:The first 3.30 minutes are made with Charlatan only, then other instruments come in, but Charlatan was the first source of inspiration

http://www.macvibes.com/TEMPORSOUNDS/HO ... OnighT.mp3

Do not judge the instrument from this, though, it's a synth and you can (should/are supposed to) make your own sounds, so just give it a try, you'll like it

Sounds gorgeous.

Mac of BIOnighT · Post by **Mac of BIOnighT** » Sun Nov 27, 2011 4:57 am

Yep, it's a very nice synth

nineofkings · Post by **nineofkings** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 11:57 pm

Feature request: Can this synth have free-running oscillators? The oscillators always seem to be in phase, which makes some sounds less powerful or weird-sounding.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 12:09 am

Mac of BIOnighT wrote:The first 3.30 minutes are made with Charlatan only, then other instruments come in, but Charlatan was the first source of inspiration

http://www.macvibes.com/TEMPORSOUNDS/HO ... OnighT.mp3

Do not judge the instrument from this, though, it's a synth and you can (should/are supposed to) make your own sounds, so just give it a try, you'll like it

Nice stuff dude, just my music.

And yeah, this plugin sounds v good.

Mac of BIOnighT · Post by **Mac of BIOnighT** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 1:39 am

Thanks, very kind of you, glad you like it

karrikuh · Post by **karrikuh** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 7:23 am

nineofkings wrote:Feature request: Can this synth have free-running oscillators? The oscillators always seem to be in phase, which makes some sounds less powerful or weird-sounding.

In the latest version 1.1.3, oscillator phases of different voices in poly mode are decoupled. However, when Osc 1 and 2 frequencies of the same voice differ by some multiple of an octave and no or the same pitch mod is applied to both, they keep a fixed phase relationship. This is intentional as it keeps the sound consistent across notes. Also, it allows you to create new waveforms by employing ringmod. It's also the same behavior you find with sub oscillators found in hardware synths. If you want to decouple phase of osc1 and 2, just introduce a very slight detuning.

karrikuh · Post by **karrikuh** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 7:29 am

afreshcupofjoe wrote:The only things I would add is I would like to see the tune knob on osc 2 have a wider range. Two octaves would be nice.

I agree. I'm thinking about a new "+2 octaves" switch for Osc2.

afreshcupofjoe wrote:Other than that, as simple as it is, Charlatan sounds as good or better than the best free VAs out there. It somehow sounds "fat" without getting that typical aggressive, muddy, or "plastic" sound IMO. Amazing work! Thanks!

Nice to hear, thanks!

Rural Health Punk · Post by **Rural Health Punk** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 8:49 am

Would really want to explore this synth more but it seems theres a bug when I'm using it in FL Studio. The presets just change to init on its own

miedex · Post by **miedex** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 10:27 pm

edit:nevermind

Charlatan v1.4.1 - free VA synth (Win VSTi 32-/64-bit)