KVR Audio

lafours · Post by **lafours** » Thu May 26, 2005 8:36 pm

Just trying the demo for this plug and it is ....Insane! The best vst eq I have ever heard.

Does this pluggo thing you run with it crap on your systems performance? How many instances should I be able to run on a p4 3.2 machine with a ton of ram?

Thanks

bmanic · Post by **bmanic** » Thu May 26, 2005 8:47 pm

It is pretty CPU heavy but apparently it's not because of pluggo. It is a bit of a shame that this plugin isn't coded in c++ but at this quality, I really don't care how it was made. Also, be aware that it introduces a 31 sample latency too but this is of course no problem if your host has PDC. I suggest you try out the demo long enough to see if it works on your system.

- bManic

Left Headphone · Post by **Left Headphone** » Thu May 26, 2005 8:48 pm

Its a little to top heavy for me (p4 3.0E). I may buy the Blue Tubes Bundle when i can find $400 freakin bucks...

Ocean Zen · Post by **Ocean Zen** » Thu May 26, 2005 10:18 pm

I find it quite heavy on my cpu but it is worth it,

I recently had word that they ARE working on optimizing for PC users, so a future update will help.

lafours · Post by **lafours** » Thu May 26, 2005 10:53 pm

thanks,

I use Nuendo 3 so I am all set with the PDC..

I just might purchase Glisseq instead for now....I realy like it alot...sounds wonderful and is easy to use and seems nice on the cpu. I tried harmoneq but it didnt seem all that great at first try....

It's nice to know that native plugs are getting so good.. for some reason I feel like I would regret a UAD-1 purchase down the road ... as code gets better and proccessors get faster theres no reason not to invest in native.

brianbrian · Post by **brianbrian** » Fri May 27, 2005 12:15 am

It might take around 6-7% per instance on your CPU. Try the demo though, obviously. In fact, the devlopers have "unofficially" said that there is a new optimized PC alpha version that can be nearly 4x more efficient.

If it can get down to even 4% per instance on a 2Ghz machine...that is just obscene for the quality!

bduffy · Post by **bduffy** » Fri May 27, 2005 12:30 am

I just tried the demo too (P4 3.0ghz, Nuendo 3) - did you guys find the animtion chunky on the dials, etc?

rbet · Post by **rbet** » Fri May 27, 2005 1:51 am

does FL have PDC?

Alan · Post by **Alan** » Fri May 27, 2005 7:11 am

lafours wrote:Does this pluggo thing you run with it crap on your systems performance?

Iv'e been playing with the demo for a while now on my internet whore guinea pig PC,and while iv'e experienced nothing major performance-wise I have been getting odd little freeze ups now and then,but since the nature of the machine I'm testing it on is what it is,it's hard to be sure if I can pin any of that down on the Pluggo run time.But I am leary of installing a run-time on my DAW though,one is enough(DX)to deal with.If it weren't for the Pluggo run-time requirement I would have bought it already,but as good as Hydratone it is I'm not risking the flawless performance of my DAW.I'd like to know exactly how this run-time interacts with your OS and if it changes anything and how far does it thread itself into the Windows OS,especially if I want to uninstall it.If it's a complete uninstall I might try it on my DAW but I'll have to know more,much more than "it's running ok on my machine".I'm having a hard time trusting a company that's mainly Mac based when it comes to their Windows offerings.

dharmawan · Post by **dharmawan** » Fri May 27, 2005 7:17 am

any idea of when that 4x optimized pc version will be available for beta test / demo download? i found the current pc demo to be very slow

Left Headphone · Post by **Left Headphone** » Fri May 27, 2005 7:46 am

rbet wrote:does FL have PDC?

No! I could be wrong...

Frippertronix · Post by **Frippertronix** » Sat May 28, 2005 2:08 am

dharmawan wrote:any idea of when that 4x optimized pc version will be available for beta test / demo download? i found the current pc demo to be very slow

These guys are pretty swamped so I wouldn't hold my breath. They are rushing to get the betas of Colortone and Angeltone up.

JeffSanders · Post by **JeffSanders** » Sat May 28, 2005 9:29 pm

They consider this done (except for a freezeup bug they're fixing) and are on to working on their future releases. We'll be lucky to see a PC optimisation within the next year. In fact, in order to fix this freezeup bug, they're going to have to make it more CPU-intensive!

Hydratone does have a clunky interface. But like most of you say, the sound is worth it. Hydratone, Valvetone and Voxengo's PSLight and AnalogFlux suite are the only native plugs I use since going with the UAD's!

Alan · Post by **Alan** » Sun May 29, 2005 12:56 am

JeffSanders wrote:They consider this done (except for a freezeup bug they're fixing) and are on to working on their future releases. We'll be lucky to see a PC optimisation within the next year. In fact, in order to fix this freezeup bug, they're going to have to make it more CPU-intensive!

That coupled with no knowledge of how Pluggo threads itself into my system or if it changes anything pretty much points me in another direction unfortunately.It's a shame because Hydratone does sound nice.

Alan · Post by **Alan** » Sun May 29, 2005 12:59 am

JeffSanders wrote:a freezeup bug they're fixing

The freezups I'm getting are in Windows in general so I'm suspecting this problem lies with the Pluggo Run-Time.I'm guessing of course but it seems more than a coincidence.

Hydratone questions..any users please chime in