Hexeract - What happened?

[Jonathan10]

The bizarre thing about Hexeract is that there are a couple presets that are first rate and hold up against any Kontakt library. The thing is creating anything with it is a pain in the ass. If the developer could through in a bunch more presets to hold off paying customers until thing becomes more usable would go a long way.

[tatanka]

Seems a big update now really not far away:

We‘re beyond feature lock and are currently testing a release candidate but there were so many changes (in both new features as well as internal engine improvements) that this takes a considerable more amount of time (and trust me we also want to put this out ASAP and move on with the next projects).

But the theory that the coder left HEXERACT is definitely not true, in contrary I have put nearly as much time in this update as I have for the initial release.

Maybe my info about Auddict searching for someone for develloping was misleading, so sorry for that, was not meant to go in that direction.

[teilo]

Wonder why the thing got trashed. I mean, it's not exactly my cup of tea either, but, there were sounds in the sound demos i would only have expected from a hardware synth. Think punchy and beefy. Maybe soft synth people are not into punchy and beefy? Sometimes appears to me, especially when i hear that soft, weak, clean sound of some of the more recent soft synths.

Lol... just browsing through this thread, and this is grand: http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic ... 9#p7054599

The self entitlement these days. And the expectations that devs are omni present on forums.

Straw man much? The reason it got trashed is not because of the sound it is capable of. Read the comments.

Who cares about the demo, when you can't get the thing to play even a simple patch without crackling and artifacts, and that on a maxed out Macbook Pro (touchbar)? Or serious CPU usage problems caused by the GUI just being open, or a GUI that just won't work properly. On a quick look-see it seems great. Then you try to actually use it, and you give up.

It is not "self entitlement" to expect something you paid for to perform as advertised.

[Sono_Elements]

From what I've heard in the YouTube videos, it sounds really good. But I can't stand the interface, I'm uncomfortable just by looking at it.

[tonedef71]

Hexeract Major Update: 1.1.0 Out Now
Wave-shaping, MPE, New FX (and more) Bug/Crash Fixes http://www.hexeractsynth.com

Including Brand New Hexeract-III Presets

Hexeract 1.1.0 boasts, on average, a 50% CPU usage reduction, up to as much as 80%, with various new features and presets included.

Longer in-the-making than predicted, but for good reason; Hexeract v1.1.0 includes wave-shaping and MPE-compatibility. Use a ROLI or other MPE controller and assign gestures (slide, press, glide etc) to Hex parameters. An MPE modulator tab has been added to facilitate control via an MPE controller.

A MIDI Routing tab has been added, allowing the user to route the arpeggiator to only select oscillators, assign MIDI channels select oscillators and adjust whether the keyboards in the KEYS tab control all, or select oscillators. This feature is mainly aimed at iOS users (iPad version coming soon).

Other features include an envelope tab with more stage parameters (e.g. attack curve), a fantastic sounding overdrive FX module and master convolution reverb. Various UI improvements have also been added.

UPDATE:

Patched Hexeract Update! 1.1.0

A Few Nasties Snuck in at the Last Second!

A couple of annoying bugs snuck in at the last second, including an issue that prevented multiple instances from running in Cubase, and a startlog.txt being written automatically to the desktop.

[SoundIT]

I've spent this $100 and I have unclickable buttons when Hexeract is loaded as VST (Cakewalk). Support haven't answer for two days now.

[SampleScience]

I'm very close to buying Hexeract, but it doesn't seem to be in the KVR database. I'm looking for reviews, so far I've found these:

https://www.bfreemusic.com/news/2018/10 ... dict-bcnb7
https://www.strongmocha.com/2018/09/23/ ... ct-review/

One says it's no good the other one says the opposite.

I'm interested in reading detailed reviews from other people, even thoughI might buy it anyways. I want to know how it performs on other's people DAWs.

[wagtunes]

I'm very close to buying Hexeract, but it doesn't seem to be in the KVR database. I'm looking for reviews, so far I've found these:

https://www.bfreemusic.com/news/2018/10 ... dict-bcnb7
https://www.strongmocha.com/2018/09/23/ ... ct-review/

One says it's no good the other one says the opposite.

I'm interested in reading detailed reviews from other people, even thoughI might buy it anyways. I want to know how it performs on other's people DAWs.

I can't let this pass. Please trust me on this. Don't even consider getting this piece of crap. it is the ONLY VST I have ever purchased in my life (I own over a hundred) where I asked for a refund. it's that bad.

Just a brief example. If you import a sample (assuming it plays at all) it will not sustain. There is nothing built into this to support loop points. Even after this was "supposedly" fixed, it still doesn't work and ended up breaking sample support altogether.

The synth itself is limited, has a horrible interface, and aside from the presets (some of them do sound good, which is why I bought it when no demo was available...stupid me) getting anything out of this on your own that sounds decent is a laborious process.

Look, you're gonna do what you want to do and neither I nor anybody else can stop you. But if you DO buy this thing, remember that I warned you.

And that's all I'm saying on the matter.

[Gamma-UT]

I'm very close to buying Hexeract, but it doesn't seem to be in the KVR database. I'm looking for reviews, so far I've found these:

https://www.bfreemusic.com/news/2018/10 ... dict-bcnb7
https://www.strongmocha.com/2018/09/23/ ... ct-review/

One says it's no good the other one says the opposite.

I'm interested in reading detailed reviews from other people, even thoughI might buy it anyways. I want to know how it performs on other's people DAWs.

Just looking at the domains, I can guess which one is the positive review.

Hint: StrongMocha is not good at declaring commercial interests.

[SampleScience]

I'm very close to buying Hexeract, but it doesn't seem to be in the KVR database. I'm looking for reviews, so far I've found these:

https://www.bfreemusic.com/news/2018/10 ... dict-bcnb7
https://www.strongmocha.com/2018/09/23/ ... ct-review/

One says it's no good the other one says the opposite.

I'm interested in reading detailed reviews from other people, even thoughI might buy it anyways. I want to know how it performs on other's people DAWs.

I can't let this pass. Please trust me on this. Don't even consider getting this piece of crap. it is the ONLY VST I have ever purchased in my life (I own over a hundred) where I asked for a refund. it's that bad.

Just a brief example. If you import a sample (assuming it plays at all) it will not sustain. There is nothing built into this to support loop points. Even after this was "supposedly" fixed, it still doesn't work and ended up breaking sample support altogether.

The synth itself is limited, has a horrible interface, and aside from the presets (some of them do sound good, which is why I bought it when no demo was available...stupid me) getting anything out of this on your own that sounds decent is a laborious process.

Look, you're gonna do what you want to do and neither I nor anybody else can stop you. But if you DO buy this thing, remember that I warned you.

And that's all I'm saying on the matter.

Thanks for the feedback! I'm using FL Studio 20 as my main DAW, which DAW so you use?

In one of the review the reviewer use FL Studio as well and it seems to have loads of problems and be barely usable. It's not looking good for me who's interested in trying it.

I wish there was a demo.

[wagtunes]

I'm very close to buying Hexeract, but it doesn't seem to be in the KVR database. I'm looking for reviews, so far I've found these:

https://www.bfreemusic.com/news/2018/10 ... dict-bcnb7
https://www.strongmocha.com/2018/09/23/ ... ct-review/

One says it's no good the other one says the opposite.

I'm interested in reading detailed reviews from other people, even thoughI might buy it anyways. I want to know how it performs on other's people DAWs.

I can't let this pass. Please trust me on this. Don't even consider getting this piece of crap. it is the ONLY VST I have ever purchased in my life (I own over a hundred) where I asked for a refund. it's that bad.

Just a brief example. If you import a sample (assuming it plays at all) it will not sustain. There is nothing built into this to support loop points. Even after this was "supposedly" fixed, it still doesn't work and ended up breaking sample support altogether.

The synth itself is limited, has a horrible interface, and aside from the presets (some of them do sound good, which is why I bought it when no demo was available...stupid me) getting anything out of this on your own that sounds decent is a laborious process.

Look, you're gonna do what you want to do and neither I nor anybody else can stop you. But if you DO buy this thing, remember that I warned you.

And that's all I'm saying on the matter.

Thanks for the feedback! I'm using FL Studio 20 as my main DAW, which DAW so you use?

In one of the review the reviewer use FL Studio as well and it seems to have loads of problems and be barely usable. It's not looking good for me who's interested in trying it.

I wish there was a demo.

I use Cubase. Trust me, it isn't any better there.

[SampleScience]

Just looking at the domains, I can guess which one is the positive review.

Hint: StrongMocha is not good at declaring commercial interests.

Are they somekind of affialiated website?

[SampleScience]

I use Cubase. Trust me, it isn't any better there.

There's a lot of topics on the HISE forums with devs having problems with their Hise plugins and Cubase, so I can't say I'm surprised.

[DJErmac]

I'm a Cubase user and I own Hexeract. I really like this synth and don't regret my purchase, but it's very unstable under Cubase. It crashes Cubase very often during preset browsing, and sometimes crashes it even during export. Sorry to confirm.

[AKMusic]

Although their website doesn't reflect this yet, Hexeract v1.1.1 is out now.
Just received an email with the update this morning directly from Enisa at Auddict.
Here are the fixes:

Hexeract V1.1.1 Includes the following:

- More user presets - raises the current number to over 500
- Fixed arpeggiator/stuck note issue
- Fixed Logic / Sonar UI Freezing Issues
- Fixed crashes when closing HEXERACT on REASON 10
- Fixed UI freezing when loading more than 10 instances in Cubase


So in effect, the Hexeract Synth Project HAS NOT been abandoned...