Sonic Academy ANA 2

[zvenx]

I assume you know I was being sarcastic.
rsp

[Spring Goose]

I assume you know I was being sarcastic.
rsp

What! I answered your question for you!

[surreal]

Nice one! Glad you are digging it. We have good trance heritage at Sonic Academy with me (Coast 2 Coast) Chris (Agnelli and Nelson) and Nate (who also works at KVR now) as Protoculture and Shadow Chronicles.

I always had trance as a major pillar when designing ANA 2. We spent a lot of time on make a really good super saw with minimal phasing.

Let me know if there are any psy sounds you are struggling to create and I can have a go for you

Hi Phil! I would like you please to help me with the main sounds of astrix beyond the senses and also binary finary.. the 1999 kaycee version.. it is on YouTube. .. I am also lookimg for those classic vox stabs of the trance era like in binary finary and Sunbeam Outside world.. if you could guide in in the making of those sounds that would be awesome if you can please?

Hi Phil sorry to bother you, I just wanted to hear if you will have time to check these requests omce you have sorted out the niggles presently in Ana2

Kind Regards

If you could link me youtube videos with time stamps of the sounds it would be easier to pick out which sounds you are interested in and i will see if i can make them.

Sure Phil! Here we go!

https://youtu.be/TqgW95bTpzc

Binary Finary- 1999 Kaycee RMX

the bass in the beginning as well as the vox stabs from 0:58 seconds

https://youtu.be/i7gjDDkn8uM

Sunbeam- Outside World

The low voxy stabs in the beginning at 15 secs as well at 30 secs... the off beat detuned bass is also stellar!!

https://youtu.be/Id7wGYfyOTg

Macklemore- And We danced (unknown House RMX)

the voxy stab with portamento starting @ 30 secs and the echo response lead @ 41 secs

https://youtu.be/gIBiG6fNEZM

Astrix- beyond the senses

the low drone at the beginning
the bass kicks in at 01:37 and the second part bass @ 2:31
there is also an arp at 01:39 and a phased portamento lead at 2:48

These sounds I am not certain if they could be reproduced in ANA2... If they can, I would love to learn how!

[Scrubbing Monkeys]

There is an issue where my controller's mod wheel affects OSC 2 WT morph. It happen on Presets containg a 3d WT on OSC 2. Oddly...adjusting the modwheel on the gui does not do this but my controller's MW animates the gui MW.
This happens in both Reaper and Mulab. I was not able to test multiple controllers

Steps to recreate.

Start from init
Add a 3D WT to OSC 2
Move MW on controller
The OSC 2 morph parameter should animate

[recursive one]

Love the synth but I'm still getting wrong waveforms loading into osc1 after I restart the project, the latest update was specifically intended to fix that but it still happens.

Windows 7, studio one 3.5

[Echoes in the Attic]

This issue with the presets being messed up is really annoying. The presets are different all the time. Seems like the filters are messing things up, but not as simple as just a cutoff being low or something. Changing the filter types often make it audible, but not as the preset was intended. And closing and opening again and then going to that preset sounds normal again and all the settings are the same. An then other presets will be messed up. I can't find anything predictable or figure a common thing that is messed up. No midi signal or parameters being unintentionally out of place that I can see.

Yeah its a really weird one...

would you be up for a screenshare so i can have a look and see if i can spot anything?

Happy to. PM me and we can work out a time.
Cheers

Ready any time...

[Muziksculp]

ANA2 Ultra Bundle from Slate Digital.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy-xFEdz-dw&t=6s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grOObc5rixo&t=7s

[sircuit]

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Can you make ANA2 HiDPI aware on Windows 10 please?

I tested Cubase, Bitwig and Live and they all display the 2x GUI only when I push the zoom to 125%. But then the GUI becomes bigger than the available display area.

I am using 150% system scaling. ANA2 should be fairly small at 100% GUI, but instead it follows the system scaling so I can't use the high quality graphics.

Probably this will also fix the tiny triangle that opens the presets menu (the one at the left side of preset name display) that basically never works (it only works once, first time I add ANA2 to the project)

Thanx!

Edit: aaaah, another good synth bytes the dust (not sure if is the lastest .98 update or was buggy all this time). In old pojects, when I open them, ANA2 plays correctly. However, if I open it's window, it switches to that dreaded default preset. Basically I can't do anything to any ANA2 sounds anymore unless I have some macros accessible (anything not involving opening the GUI). Starting to understand why people prefer plugins that work, even though they offer less features. Already recording Avenger, may aswell record ANA2 to audio

[HZA]

Damn. I'm so sad about the Ana 2 Ultra bundle.

The skins are fun (even if I could live without) but the presets are sounding amazing. This said there is absolutely no point for me to take a subscription with them.
I already paid for Ana2 and some preset banks, I already have the whole Kilohearts ecosystem and I already have way too many mixing plugins, so I'll never ever get that sub, but that means I'll also never get those presets.

It's just a sad way of doing business and dropping previously existing customers and creating frustrations toward a product.

Peace.

[Jazzguitar]

I wanted to share this. It's a cover of a song by The Cure that I was working on and I only got to the first preset in ANA2 before I found the perfect lead patch for it. And that was after using the same patch in another song I've been working on, where it sounds quite different (a more up-tempo song with a fuller arrangement).

The drums are Ujam's BM Vice, the bass is Ujam's VB Rowdy, the pad is HY-Poly (HY Pad 6) and the lead is ANA2. There are no external effects being used, not even EQ. Everything is exactly how it comes out of the plugin. I did a bit of work on both the drums and bass but the two synths are just raw presets. I was already happy with it but ANA2 has taken it to a whole new level.

http://novakill.com/stuff/AllCatsAreGrey_WiP.mp3

Excellent! sound great, evocative atmosphere, the steady drum beat make a real base to synth work. Thanks for sharing it.

[Scrubbing Monkeys]

Hey guys I shared this earlier in the sound design forum. I converted some SQ80 single cycles into wavetables for Ana 2 2.098, added some IR reverbs and made a few presets with them. Its in this topic.

viewtopic.php?f=257&t=566247

[stinger12345]

Is it crazy to consider Ana 2 a "newer" Sylenth?

[Scrubbing Monkeys]

Is it crazy to consider Ana 2 a "newer" Sylenth?

In alot of ways similar for sure. The sound is good. Fun and easy to tweak. Good factory presets for EDM and Trance. Basically one page.

[BONES]

Is it crazy to consider Ana 2 a "newer" Sylenth?

Yes, it is. Sylenth 1 is the most over-rated VSTi ever, ANA 2 might just be the most under-rated.

Can you make ANA2 HiDPI aware on Windows 10 please? I tested Cubase, Bitwig and Live and they all display the 2x GUI only when I push the zoom to 125%. But then the GUI becomes bigger than the available display area.

That might be a problem with your PC. I have no such problems on my Surface Pro, which also runs with 150% scaling. Admittedly, I am on Studio One but I have plenty of other plugins that don't scale properly so I doubt it's S1 that's making it OK.

However, if I open it's window, it switches to that dreaded default preset.

"Dreaded"!?! That's one of the most amazing synth patches I've ever heard. I've used it in more than 30 songs.

[liquidsound]

Is it crazy to consider Ana 2 a "newer" Sylenth?

Yes, it is. Sylenth 1 is the most over-rated VSTi ever, ANA 2 might just be the most under-rated.

Correct!