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FathomSynth · Post by **FathomSynth** » Wed Apr 05, 2017 3:39 pm

Welcome to the Fathom Synth Official Development Thread

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Fathom is an advanced modular synth with VST for Windows 32, 64 and Mac OSX AU/VST.

Company Website
http://www.fathomsynth.com

Latest Version Update
https://www.fathomsynth.com/updates

Computer Music Magazine December 2021

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Computer Music Magazine April 2019 page 64

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"This leviathan of a synth offers up an infinitely deep sonic playground that puts many a paid-for plugin to shame. Fully modulator and flexible, Fathom CM has enough features to leave even seasoned synthesists gasping for air. Despite its bottomless potential, Fathom CM is really easy to ‘fathom’ with a sleek and intuitive interface that gives immediate and impressive results."

New Fathom Demo 2019
https://static.kvraudio.com/files/3302/ ... _earth.mp3
https://static.kvraudio.com/files/3302/sorcerer.mp3

Fathom Makes the Front Cover of Computer Music Magazine April 2019
https://www.fathomsynth.com/home#/press/

Fathom Hits #3 on BPB Top 50 Free VST of 2017
https://bedroomproducersblog.com/2017/1 ... gins-2017/

Fathom Hits #5 on MusicTech 10 Best Freeware Synths for Summer 2018
https://www.musictech.net/2018/06/10-be ... or-summer/

Fathom Fractal Reverb Demo

https://static.kvraudio.com/files/3302/stab.mp3
https://static.kvraudio.com/files/3302/reverb.mp3
https://static.kvraudio.com/files/3302/fractal3.mp3

Fathom Professional Sound Banks
https://www.fathomsynth.com/banks

Fathom 3D Animated Wave Graphs
https://youtu.be/tdJIRzarWQM
Fathom Version History

Version 3.08.2 Fixed Intel AVX2 in Fathom Vector VST3
Version 3.07.0 Spectral Modulation and Modulated Envelope Segments
Version 3.06.0 Bug Fixes
Version 3.04.0 LFO Legato Mode and Real Frequency Keyboard Tracking
Version 3.03.0 Fathom Vector GUI Designer
Version 3.02.0 Software upgrade settings page
Version 3.01.0 Fathom FX
Version 3.00.0 Fathom Vector Intel AVX Parallel Processing
Version 2.33.0 Tonal FM
Version 2.32.0 Serum Wave Table Import/Export
Version 2.31.0 CPU Efficiency Improvements
Version 2.30.0 Variable Biquad Filter
Version 2.29.0 Log Scale Frequency Dials
Version 2.28.0 Bug Fixes
Version 2.27.0 Interface Screenshots
Version 2.26.0 Bug Fixes
Version 2.25.6 Drag and Drop Modulators
Version 2.24.0 Reaper Efficiency
Version 2.23.0 Fractal Reverb
Version 2.22.0 Smooth Preset Loading
Version 2.21.0 Microtuning
Version 2.20.0 Solidtrax Bass
Version 2.19.0 Reduced RAM
Version 2.18.0 Easy LFO and Easy ADSR Modulators
Version 2.17.0 Mixer
Version 2.16.0 Newtonian Mechanical Filter
Version 2.15.0 Wave Table 3D Animated Graphs
Version 2.14.0 Bug Fixes
Version 2.13.0 Beta for Reaper
Version 2.12.0 New GUI and CPU Performance.
Version 2.11.0 Gaussian Filter.
Version 2.10.7 Bug fixes.
Version 2.9.05 Bug fixes.
Version 2.8.00 Bug fixes for the OSC contest.
Version 2.7.00 Dial movement CPU improvements.
Version 2.6.00 Oscillator Partials increased from 128 to 400.
Version 2.5.00 Bug Fix Release.
Version 2.4.00 Zero Delay Filter.
Version 2.3.00 Wave table phase and pulse width modulation.
Version 2.2.00 Mac OSX Validation Additional Fixes.
Version 2.1.00 Mac OSX Validation Fixes.
Version 2.0.00 Random Sample and Hold Modulator.
Version 1.0.18 LFO Draw and Mac OSX Polyphonic.
Version 1.0.17 Mac OSX Beta.
Version 1.0.16 Resizable GUI.
Version 1.0.15 Eight Channel Phasor.
Version 1.0.14 Polar morph filter bug fixes.
Version 1.0.13 Note velocity and after touch modulators.
Version 1.0.12 Bug fixes and balanced audio release.
Version 1.0.11 Bezier curve oscillator.
Version 1.0.10 Keyboard tracking on all filters.
Version 1.0.9 Bezier curve modulator envelopes.
Version 1.0.8 Host Automation.
Version 1.0.6 WAV import drag and drop.
Version 1.0.5 Wave Table Oscillator.

recursive one · Post by **recursive one** » Wed Apr 05, 2017 3:55 pm

The demosongs sound nice!

Win/Mac? 32/64 bit?

I think you could get more responces if you post this in the instruments section.

wagtunes · Post by **wagtunes** » Wed Apr 05, 2017 4:00 pm

Modular synths are my middle name. How do I sign up?

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Wed Apr 05, 2017 4:04 pm

Just $45 for a fully modular synth

Hopefully released soon, this could be one of the bargains of the year

wagtunes · Post by **wagtunes** » Wed Apr 05, 2017 4:08 pm

Numanoid wrote:Just $45 for a fully modular synth

Hopefully released soon, this could be one of the bargains of the year

I got MUX for $61 and KarmaFX for $72, both fully modular so $45 isn't crazy. Depends on what it offers. MUX, with all it has, is insane for that little amount of money. KarmaFX is also a great deal.

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Wed Apr 05, 2017 4:16 pm

n/m wrong thread

FathomSynth · Post by **FathomSynth** » Wed Apr 05, 2017 4:43 pm

Thanks everyone for your reply.

You don't need to sign up to beta test. Just go to the company website and download the free monophonic version of the synth and start using it.

The website includes instructions for reporting bugs, which I will be fixing on a daily basis.

Company website: www.fathomsynth.com
Direct bug report email: support@fathomsynth.com

Currently the synth is only a VST plugin for any Windows 64 Bit OS.

I will try to move the post to instruments.

Thanks!
Everett

thecontrolcentre · Post by **thecontrolcentre** » Wed Apr 05, 2017 4:57 pm

Cool. I'm in ...

FathomSynth · Post by **FathomSynth** » Wed Apr 05, 2017 5:12 pm

Thanks! There are instructions for beta testers on the web site.
We will also be looking for some good preset sound designers shortly.

bite_me · Post by **bite_me** » Thu Apr 06, 2017 4:51 pm

Hey Fathomsynth.
Tested your synth but didn´t like the sound of it. Sounds so dull and resonant.
The concept is cool though. Keep it on - perhaps I get back to it.

FathomSynth · Post by **FathomSynth** » Sat Apr 08, 2017 9:07 am

Thanks for trying it. I welcome all comments, even criticism, since that’s the only way the synth will improve, and I’m determined to make Fathom one of the best EDM synths on the planet. Still a long way to go. Spire and Sylenth are amazing. I haven’t had time to try Serum, Dune or Diva yet. Heard great things.

OK, try this. I posted a new demo song on the web site. Go to the “Listen” page, third one down after the video.

This is a better example on how to get dance track sounds out of Fathom.

I’ll post the new presets I made for this later.

HiEnergy · Post by **HiEnergy** » Sat Apr 08, 2017 9:30 am

Using this synth just for EDM would be a huge waste of its potential.

FathomSynth · Post by **FathomSynth** » Mon Apr 10, 2017 5:58 pm

Break Beat Soundpack:

The artist who did our EDM song demo generously agreed to provide all the presets used to create the song. It looks like some of these are just adjustments on the factory presets, but many are completely new.

Take a look at the preset Super Fat Lead. This is a good example of how to get a fat sound out of Fathom.

If you are an experienced sound designer, we are also looking for user sound-packs and demo songs to feature on our company web site, if any of you are interested.

wagtunes · Post by **wagtunes** » Mon Apr 10, 2017 6:02 pm

FathomSynth wrote:Break Beat Soundpack:

The artist who did our EDM song demo generously agreed to provide all the presets used to create the song. It looks like some of these are just adjustments on the factory presets, but many are completely new.

Take a look at the preset Super Fat Lead. This is a good example of how to get a fat sound out of Fathom.

If you are an experienced sound designer, we are also looking for user sound-packs and demo songs to feature on our company web site, if any of you are interested.

I would love to, but as I wrote to you (per your instructions) several days ago and never got a reply, the synth is unusable on my system. The sound constantly cuts in and out and at times freezes up the whole DAW for several seconds. I don't know if it's a memory problem, processing problem or what. But all of this was sent to you days ago.

Anyway, as I also said in the email, I'll wait till a more stable version comes out to resume testing.

FathomSynth · Post by **FathomSynth** » Mon Apr 10, 2017 9:34 pm

People, I so apologize for the email delay, I was stupidly checking my main email every day thinking that gmail would route the support email to the main one, (not).

I should respond now in 24 hours.

Yes, the note cutting problem on the MuLab DAW is serious and has to be fixed NOW. I'll be doing that today. I will let you know as soon as the release is available.

Has anyone seen the note cutting problem in any DAW's other than MuLab?

Also, please, everyone email me which DAW you are using, even if everything is working, so I can get an idea of what coverage we have and which DAW's I need to add to our system test list.

2 bug reports for 250 downloads seems incredibly low (even by my quality standard). Are people trying the synth and just not liking it, and then not using it? If you decide to use the synth regularly for your music email me so I know what the real user count is. If you think it "sucks", tell me, since this will control where I focus. I have over 30 years experience fixing software bugs (so I can take it).

For those of you who need to start using the poly version I will create a page on the web site only for KVR users who can get the pro poly version for $15 instead of $45. We need to charge a little for the first poly release if I am to work full time to add the next batch of critical features, listed in the next post.

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