KVR Audio

hcv242 · Post by **hcv242** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 10:08 am

lovely sounds... though the gui is a turn off...

wikter · Post by **wikter** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 7:07 am

The limited amount of controls per page is a weak point... 5 pages for OSC's, 4 for filters... welll it's a bit annoying.

wikter · Post by **wikter** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 7:23 am

Hehe... what about an mgui frontside for SQ80?

monopoli · Post by **monopoli** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 7:44 am

sigikull wrote:Any other problems?

Well, the gui still jumps up and down in Tracktion, making it sadly almost unusable. I'm not 100% sure I have the latest version so I just downloaded it again and check.

wikter · Post by **wikter** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 8:00 am

Sorry.. no VST controls. No possibility to control using Mgui.

Megakazbek · Post by **Megakazbek** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 5:54 pm

It wouldbe good to be able to map GUI knobs and selection of parameters page to MIDI controllers. That way ALL synthesis parameters could be controlled from external MIDI controller, making editing as convenient as on hardware synth.

MaliceX · Post by **MaliceX** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 6:29 am

That's true, also with MIDI Learn, it'll be even more convenient.
But for the first hurdle to jump first that needs to be done, this would improve control dramatically.

sigikull · Post by **sigikull** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 10:38 am

Hi everyone!
Finally the new SQ8L version 0.9 beta is read for download at
http://www.buchty.net/ensoniq/index.html

It's been quite a while since the last update. But I believe it's been
worth the wait because the new version has many improvements.
I hope it's more stable, the new voice management should work far better, the
oscillators are much closer to the original and it's loud now!
Sorry, the GUI hasn't been changed much; I'm saving that for a future update.

As for some of the previous posts:
- MIDI learn is good idea, I'll think about it for future versions.
- I tested SQ8L with Tracktion (Demo version) and it seemed to work fine
(correct me if wrong).
- I like the idea of quick browsing through sound library files without
having to load them first. I'll think about implementing this.
- The sustain pedal should work now.

Have fun!
Sigi

geoslake · Post by **geoslake** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 10:48 am

i'm in love with this synth !
the gui is much nicer now (i hated the keyboard)

What still annoys me : in FLS (at least), i use my pc keyboard to trigger sounds, and as soon as i tweak a knob, it seems the pc keyboard is captured, and is not directed to keys triggering anymore. Would be nice if we could change this.

Also, still no realtime filter changes (while key still down)

thanks so much for this sigikull

DuX · Post by **DuX** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 10:57 am

Many, many thanks for the update! I used to love this synth... well I still do, actually

. The GUI works the same as the original btw. - it's PITA, but most synths at the time had PITA GUI's and we had to cope with it as you couldn't just write an e-mail to Ensoniq and say: can you add more controls to the UI?

You should try using Korg Wavestation SE... now that's a total PITA UI, used to have one, a million of pages and only a few buttons and a 2x20 characters LCD screen.

Cheers!

PTV · Post by **PTV** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 11:01 am

Great synth, thanks for the update!

olepro · Post by **olepro** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 12:11 pm

easymode wrote:i'm in love with this synth !
the gui is much nicer now (i hated the keyboard)

What still annoys me : in FLS (at least), i use my pc keyboard to trigger sounds, and as soon as i tweak a knob, it seems the pc keyboard is captured, and is not directed to keys triggering anymore. Would be nice if we could change this.

Also, still no realtime filter changes (while key still down)

thanks so much for this sigikull

Try to map a knob to cc 74 : Brightness, that should do it.

The following midi controllers are now recognized (see also
below under "Synthesis"):
7 (07 hex) : Master volume
10 (0A hex) : Panning
11 (0B hex) : Expression
64 (40 hex) : Hold/Sustain pedal
74 (4A hex) : Brightness

core · Post by **core** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 12:17 pm

Thanks for the update, I like this plugin lots!

geoslake · Post by **geoslake** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 12:20 pm

olepro wrote:
easymode wrote:i'm in love with this synth !
the gui is much nicer now (i hated the keyboard)

What still annoys me : in FLS (at least), i use my pc keyboard to trigger sounds, and as soon as i tweak a knob, it seems the pc keyboard is captured, and is not directed to keys triggering anymore. Would be nice if we could change this.

Also, still no realtime filter changes (while key still down)

thanks so much for this sigikull
Try to map a knob to cc 74 : Brightness, that should do it.

The following midi controllers are now recognized (see also
below under "Synthesis"):
7 (07 hex) : Master volume
10 (0A hex) : Panning
11 (0B hex) : Expression
64 (40 hex) : Hold/Sustain pedal
74 (4A hex) : Brightness

Thanks, it indeed works, but its still very annoying (have to create a midi plug in fls, configure channels etc).

BFunKu · Post by **BFunKu** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 5:59 pm

WTF??? Where did the Keyboard Go??? I might have to pass on this update?
Why don't just make both a Keyboard Version and a Non-Keyboard Version it would be f**king easy and take a whole 2 Seconds to do?

Shit, I would even make a Decent Keyboard for them.

SQ80 emulating VSTi available