KVR Audio

stardustmedia · Post by **stardustmedia** » Thu Oct 15, 2015 10:04 am

Hi

I wonder if Ohm Force is going to update its effects? Are they still developing at all?

Tested their effects a long time ago, and I liked them very much, but I couldn't afford them at that time. Somehow I came across their page, and saw that the effects still look the same.

I could live with the ugly GUI, since the sound is quite unique. My main concern is to spend money for a company that has stopped to develop their effects. Are they just concentrating on their DAW? Or stopped everything all together?

Cheers

Robmobius · Post by **Robmobius** » Thu Oct 15, 2015 10:48 am

I've wondered the same thing. Their stuff is pretty old at this stage.

I wish they'd update Ohmicide and Ohmboyz. Although I still consider Ohmicide one of the better distortion units around. Pity about the ghastly interface.

bungle · Post by **bungle** » Thu Oct 15, 2015 6:39 pm

It is probably quite hard to pick yourselves up after failing so badly with your headline product (Ohm studio)

dayjob · Post by **dayjob** » Thu Oct 15, 2015 6:48 pm

bungle wrote:It is probably quite hard to pick yourselves up after failing so badly with your headline product (Ohm studio)

is it a failure? looked like it worked pretty well but i have no idea what the market is like for such a product.

i love their plug ins though and use them all the time. to my ears they've always sounded better than most of what's out there. GUIs could be improved here or there but all the functions are there and lot's of modulation etc.. the delay is amazing. their stuff just sounds so good. it has a certain presence that stands out.

i hope they push through and update/release new stuff.

VitaminD · Post by **VitaminD** » Thu Oct 15, 2015 6:56 pm

I would say it was a commercial failure.. it never caught on.

An update to their effects lineup would be fantastic though.. GUI scalability, oversampling, improved filters would be my desire.

murnau · Post by **murnau** » Thu Oct 15, 2015 7:06 pm

Yep, they should concentrate on their plugins range. Ohm Studio? Sorry..

Robmobius · Post by **Robmobius** » Fri Oct 16, 2015 12:05 am

bungle wrote:It is probably quite hard to pick yourselves up after failing so badly with your headline product (Ohm studio)

I had no interest in something like this... I guess others felt the same.

Plugin updates and something new (plugins, not 'weird' DAW thingey) - yes please!

V0RT3X · Post by **V0RT3X** » Fri Oct 16, 2015 12:11 am

I want to see some updates to Ohmicide and Quad Frohmage. These are the only two i really like..

3ee · Post by **3ee** » Fri Oct 16, 2015 12:15 am

I would also want to see plugin update and development from Ohmforce! ..might buy back Ohmicide!

..and who knows?!...

Robmobius · Post by **Robmobius** » Fri Oct 16, 2015 12:24 am

V0RT3X wrote:I want to see some updates to Ohmicide and Quad Frohmage. These are the only two i really like..

Yes mate!! Quadformage has so much potential. Filters need an update as usability. But it could be a beast!

stardustmedia · Post by **stardustmedia** » Fri Oct 16, 2015 6:52 am

Robmobius wrote:Yes mate!! Quadformage has so much potential. Filters need an update as usability. But it could be a beast!

Usability, that's what I remember having troubles with some of their plugins. I wasn't able to understand the workflow with them in a couple short tests. The presets gave a great idea, I just had a hard time to design own cool sounding presets.

That was also supporting my no-go, that was primarily the price. I didn't want to spend money for plugins I wasn't able to understand right from the beginning.

Not sure if the sound itself needs an overhaul, surely I'd like to see a GUI overhaul, that makes working with it much easier.

pc2000 · Post by **pc2000** » Fri Oct 16, 2015 10:25 am

bungle wrote:It is probably quite hard to pick yourselves up after failing so badly with your headline product (Ohm studio)

I think they failed to make the right moves and didn't keep the momentum going when the product was first being talked about. They had a similar thing going on like Bitwig. I think the cloud aspect where you automatically have to make an account and be connected to an online community was a turnoff. Collaborating with random strangers, Isn't the greatest concept when it comes to copyrights and other issues that surely would popup like a zit. Forgot all about the product!

Robmobius · Post by **Robmobius** » Fri Oct 16, 2015 10:33 am

stardustmedia wrote: Usability, that's what I remember having troubles with some of their plugins. I wasn't able to understand the workflow with them in a couple short tests. The presets gave a great idea, I just had a hard time to design own cool sounding presets.

That was also supporting my no-go, that was primarily the price. I didn't want to spend money for plugins I wasn't able to understand right from the beginning.

That's very true... I've had Ohmicide for years and it took me ages to figure it out. But as you said, the usability is really poor and unintuitive. Even now I could program my own sounds but jaysus it's so tedious. Like yourself I just do the whole preset run...

Or slap on Decapitator.

At 99e I think it's a overpriced because of the GUI and lack of updates, etc.

spirit · Post by **spirit** » Fri Oct 16, 2015 10:34 am

It's an incredibly stupid idea. And the crap website reinforces that feeling that it's a dead abandoned product.

Robmobius · Post by **Robmobius** » Fri Oct 16, 2015 10:40 am

spirit wrote:It's an incredibly stupid idea. And the crap website reinforces that feeling that it's a dead abandoned product.

Well... You said what I was thinking. But didn't have the balls to post.

What's up with Ohm Force?