New Pigments 2 Thread (On Topic Discussion Only, Please)

[clipnotic]

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[planetearth]

A single Pigments 2 patch, engine 1 using a simple wavetable, engine 2 using a multi-sampled synth pad with x-fade looping. Automating the 4 assigned Macros and the modulation wheel in Logic X.
https://youtu.be/RSiWxjiV6X0

Nice sounds, Simon!

On a side note, I don't know why some idiot would "downvote" someone posting an example of making your own sounds in Pigments -- especially since that's "on topic" and there was nothing contentious or controversial about it. It's just an example of some nice programming in Pigments, FFS! But three people did it for this post. What the hell is wrong with some of you?

Steve

[Tj Shredder]

I guess its not the post but the sounds. As this is a matter of taste, it doesn’t mean too much... I’ll go and up vote...; - )

[Sampleconstruct]

A single Pigments 2 patch, engine 1 using a simple wavetable, engine 2 using a multi-sampled synth pad with x-fade looping. Automating the 4 assigned Macros and the modulation wheel in Logic X.
https://youtu.be/RSiWxjiV6X0

Nice sounds, Simon!

On a side note, I don't know why some idiot would "downvote" someone posting an example of making your own sounds in Pigments -- especially since that's "on topic" and there was nothing contentious or controversial about it. It's just an example of some nice programming in Pigments, FFS! But three people did it for this post. What the hell is wrong with some of you?

Steve

Thanks Steve. I don't care about those votes at all, still I believe introducing the voting feature on KVR was a very bad idea because many people seem to care wether their or somebody elses post is up- or down-voted so the whole atmosphere got even more biased and worse overall.

[rezoneight]

Do you program your own software or are you using the work of other peoples?

How stupid can you be to not write your own software for everything, every time you need to do something? See what I did there?

[muki]

On a side note, I don't know why some idiot would "downvote" someone posting an example […]

from my own experience:
it is quite easy to accidentally vote
for example with a trackpad:
when you grab the page for scrolling but the trackpad
errtically counts it as click and the mouse cursor happens to be over one of the vote icons...

[BONES]

One of many reasons that trackpads are shit.

I wrote a book about programming sounds

You know what they say - "those who can, do and those who can't write books". Because I could explain the process of patching a synth in a single page, maybe a single paragraph. It's not hard, it's not complex, it's not some dark art. It is the most straightforward thing imaginable.

I have over 800 GB samples and thousands of sounds and soundbanks for many VST synths and if I want to find a sound I search for a similar and edit it, takes minutes.

Maybe to search by name but to find a sound that fits into a mix is a process that takes time. Give me 4 or 5 starting points and I'll get there faster than you every time.

Do you program your own software or are you using the work of other peoples?

I have done in the past but it never felt like something I needed to be doing as a performer, writer or producer. OTOH, patching a synth is very much something any performer or producer needs to know if they want to be taken seriously.

[LoveEnigma18]

A single Pigments 2 patch, engine 1 using a simple wavetable, engine 2 using a multi-sampled synth pad with x-fade looping. Automating the 4 assigned Macros and the modulation wheel in Logic X.
https://youtu.be/RSiWxjiV6X0

Nice sounds, Simon!

On a side note, I don't know why some idiot would "downvote" someone posting an example of making your own sounds in Pigments -- especially since that's "on topic" and there was nothing contentious or controversial about it. It's just an example of some nice programming in Pigments, FFS! But three people did it for this post. What the hell is wrong with some of you?

Steve

Thanks Steve. I don't care about those votes at all, still I believe introducing the voting feature on KVR was a very bad idea because many people seem to care wether their or somebody elses post is up- or down-voted so the whole atmosphere got even more biased and worse overall.

I agree. Instead, I would have just liked a "like/upvote" button. No "dislike/downvote" button at all.

Image-Line forums had same issues and later they removed the dislike button. The atmosphere is much better now.

If you want to like something, upvote it. Else, just move on. Simple.

Sorry for going off-topic.

[planetearth]

I guess its not the post but the sounds. As this is a matter of taste, it doesn’t mean too much... I’ll go and up vote...; - )

That may be all it is, but still, if you don't like the sounds, just move on! Or leave a comment on YouTube, where the sounds are. Why bother coming all the way back here just to take a (virtual) shot at someone? They're synth sounds. They're not political statements. If you don't like them, move on. How petty do you have to be to go through the rest of the trouble to make sure the person who posted them (a professional sound designer, no less) knows they're not liked? Not as good as your professionally created sounds?! Fine! Get over yourself and move on!

Thanks Steve. I don't care about those votes at all, still I believe introducing the voting feature on KVR was a very bad idea because many people seem to care wether their or somebody elses post is up- or down-voted so the whole atmosphere got even more biased and worse overall.

I'm with you there, Simon. But for some reason, this just bothered me. Especially since there was nothing controversial or "opinionated" in your post, and from what I've seen, you've always tried to help people here. It just seemed completely unwarranted.

from my own experience:
it is quite easy to accidentally vote
for example with a trackpad:
when you grab the page for scrolling but the trackpad
errtically counts it as click and the mouse cursor happens to be over one of the vote icons...

Indeed, it is easy to vote accidentally -- I've done it a few times on my own posts when trying to edit them. But if it were that easy to downvote something accidentally, it seems there would be a lot more posts with many "down" votes. Besides, even if you accidentally downvote a post here, you can just as easily click it again to "un-vote". (On a related note: My high school English teacher would throw a fit if she saw me using "downvote" and "un-vote" as actual words.) This just seemed to be a petty attack on someone for no reason at all.

Steve

[planetearth]

I agree. Instead, I would have just liked a "like/upvote" button. No "dislike/downvote" button at all.

Image-Line forums had same issues and later they removed the dislike button. The atmosphere is much better now.

If you want to like something, upvote it. Else, just move on. Simple.

Sorry for going off-topic.

Exactly!

Steve

[BONES]

What makes an up-vote any more useful than a down-vote?

[enCiphered]

Nothing. Most people just can't take criticism. A dislike or downvote is nothing else than honest critique. A review, an opinion about something you don´t like. Nothing wrong with that.

Downvoting will prove me right

[clipnotic]

Downvotes are much better entertainment, than upvotes!

[muki]

[…]. Besides, even if you accidentally downvote a post here, you can just as easily click it again to "un-vote". [.…]

yes...but...:
with "accidentally" i also mean, that you don't even realize it, that you have voted

[pdxindy]

On a side note, I don't know why some idiot would "downvote" someone posting an example […]

from my own experience:
it is quite easy to accidentally vote
for example with a trackpad:
when you grab the page for scrolling but the trackpad
errtically counts it as click and the mouse cursor happens to be over one of the vote icons...

If you accidentally vote... click it again to un-vote