Free 4 download: Obertone Filterbank

[landstrum77]

well after a few more days of using this filter im hooked. i put it up againtst filters that arent free and this thing rocks,thick sound,i just hope that it gets released somehow,a few of my friends have tried it also and flipped! thxx!

But you have it allready

I have worked with it too, and I don't mind the non-gui thing. It is sound first and foremost isn't it?

This is one of the best FX that found my folder recently. Thanks Michael


(and as for non-gui; the MDA series is like that too, and we use that too, or well at least it shows in quite a few of my own tunes)

i wasnt complaining ,yes i do have it already,i was just praising it as you read,and other people have talked about it also,i was just trying to tell the developer i appreciate the work he did.and if it did get a proper release this would be one filter to be reckoned with!..oh yeh,mystahr-plz2stfu!

[DMuzik]

I´ve set up a poll to see how many would be willing to pay for a commercial release. Maybe if enough people show their interest, reFX will reconsider

[mystahr]

oh yeh,mystahr-plz2stfu!

I have not a clue what you are saying there, but no worries on this end.

I read Michaels story why there will not be a GUI and I guess it is as it is.

And we get an amazing FX for free

[TheRain]

Ah, here is an interesting phenomenon...

I should have to say that coding a VSTi is probably a lot more difficult than coding most of the VST effects out there. So it makes sense that many people don't see a simple effect as being worth $50+ USD when they are paying $100 for a VSTi with much more utility.

There is a growing number of high quality FREE effects plugins out there...

Meanwhile, it's somewhat ammusing to me to see developers complaining a bit... and then watch all of these consumers claim that they would buy the plugins in order to appease these developers. Haha.... I hate to say it, but these are merely empty promises.

Another ammusing thing is how %90 of the plugins out there right now sound like !@#$ anyhow.

You want to see sales? Quit churning out 2 osc --> Filter ---> VCA architecture synths that don't even sound as good as many digital synths from the 80's. Even innovation is not good enough... because it has to have GOOD sound quality and bring something sonically new to the table. It's a very competetive market right now, and becoming more and more so. Companies with huge resources like Korg and Yamaha are entering the scene.... The small shops that have been making sales may not enjoy that luxury for much longer.

You might get pissed at these remarks from a lowly consumer. I'm a hobbiest developer actually, but that doesn't make much difference. The writing is on the wall as far as I'm concerned.

Another sad fact about a filterbank plug in is the market is pretty saturated as it is. You've got Quadfrohmage, Antares filter and now Nitro... but really there are probably like 20 others free and non-free that I'm not thinking of. Even if your plugin blows the socks off people... how can they justify paying $50+ USD when they can get something with similar functionality for free? Most of these people aren't generating any money from what they are doing anyway!! They can't keep blowing cash on music tools when they can't even produce quality music.

So there you go... one man's admitidly bleak view of the future.

[Lorenz @ XARC Mastering]

VERY nice and Analog sounding filter!
Keep on the good work ReFx, and don´t give up.

Regards,
Lorenz @ XARC Mastering

[VanLichten]

This Thing rocks...really great sound and possibilities.
Thanks a lot to REFX- but i would consider selling it to CM for PR purposes, they will love it.

Richard

[LBN]

Companies with huge resources like Korg and Yamaha are entering the scene.... The small shops that have been making sales may not enjoy that luxury for much longer.

With the offerings from the named companies so far I don't think the small shops have anything to worry about. However, they do have [relatively] huge resources and have the ability of being able to lose money on some products for a while until they develop a killer VSTi.

[Cybotron]

I just have played a few minutes around with the filterbank yet and to me it seems to be the best sounding virtual Filter I've heard till today.

Please keep on developing this little masterwork - I'm shure there is a market for this Plug in, because there is still nothing out there in the VST world, that comes close to a Hardware Filterbank like the Sherman.

Cybotron

[landstrum77]

I just have played a few minutes around with the filterbank yet and to me it seems to be the best sounding virtual Filter I've heard till today.

Please keep on developing this little masterwork - I'm shure there is a market for this Plug in, because there is still nothing out there in the VST world, that comes close to a Hardware Filterbank like the Sherman.

Cybotron

i couldnt of said it better myself,as i also posted in the refx thread,this thing is untouchable,blows away alot of other filters that ive bought-this filter is pretty amazing!

[ascdi]

sounds pretty cool. sliders are labeled kinda weird in renoise, but hey.

[pummel]

this is an interesting thread.

i guess part of it is, everyone has a host and all hosts have post effects. however, host FX do not respond to midi notes (well, mine do not). So ive always got an EQ filter, but not a tracking filter. then there is the preset management issue (unless youve got chainer or EXT).

i am of the opinion that there *is* a market for a the "right", comprehensive, FX only plug. Although, it would have to be really well executed -- audio plus midi in, super sound, low cpu, multiple band limited FX, exceptional preset management, etc. Something like Ozone for synths, maybe.

[blortblort]

just checked www.obertone.com and the link to filterbank is down...but I'm still interested...is it available elsewhere? did a perfunctory search and it all points back to only obertone.com...

[a1audio.de]

same here ...
link seems to be broken

[Urs]

I should have to say that coding a VSTi is probably a lot more difficult than coding most of the VST effects out there.

It really only seems that way. A synth needs some little more administration (starting voices, releasing voices, stealing voices), but in the end the dsp algorithms are really the same stuff. The voice organization stuff is not much more than 2 days of work.

In fact I get more requests for effects than for synths. Many people are really saturated with tone generators, and they'd love to mangle other sources (drumloops, guitars...) with creative effects. So, I did an effect, and sales are okay. But admittedly, I wasn't too confident, so I bundled it with a synth (which is valid, because they complement each other).

Cheers,

Urs

[Jaidy]

What gives the link is not good, ...

Now 2 minutes later its working.

Very odd indeed!

Must get some sleep.