KVR Audio

himalaya · Post by **himalaya** » Wed Nov 03, 2010 6:53 pm

pdxindy wrote: No, give me a variety of high quality synth engines... with multiple osc's, filters etc etc etc...

Sure! I give you ElectraX!

Really and honestly, think of the layers as extra oscillators.

jens · Post by **jens** » Wed Nov 03, 2010 6:54 pm

Looks almost like a must have to me...

But am I the only one who is reminded of this when looking at the GUI:

Personally I don't need 3D GUIs, but I think if you decide to use them you should take care to do it properly - this one is competition for Polyana.

himalaya · Post by **himalaya** » Wed Nov 03, 2010 6:56 pm

penguinfromdeep wrote:Looks overly complicated for me

To the contrary, ElectraX is very easy to use.

But I should really shut up now. I lost my internet for two days, and just got it back again, so this explains my over the top posting in this thread. I think I was starved of being online.

zvenx · Post by **zvenx** » Wed Nov 03, 2010 6:56 pm

just another ordinary day at kvr......
different strokes for different folks.
I am mostly interested in hearing it and the price...
so far from only what i have read I am very interested (and that I love the sound of Gladiator 2)

rsp

mäxchen · Post by **mäxchen** » Wed Nov 03, 2010 7:05 pm

there are alot of question (copy protection and so on) but nobody from tone2 answered. is this a topic for this new synth or only a commercial?

jsp1979 · Post by **jsp1979** » Wed Nov 03, 2010 7:11 pm

ElectraX....it's like synthesis on Ex-Lax!

exh · Post by **exh** » Wed Nov 03, 2010 7:12 pm

jens wrote:But am I the only one who is reminded of this when looking at the GUI:

I think I had a similar reaction, I find it aesthetically appealing but not necessarily productive. However, the web site says it comes with a variety of skins, and at least one of them looked a lot less pixel-intensive and usable to me.

Teksonik · Post by **Teksonik** » Wed Nov 03, 2010 7:18 pm

So people are complaining because it has too many features?

penguinfromdeep · Post by **penguinfromdeep** » Wed Nov 03, 2010 7:20 pm

Yeah, not everybody likes or needs all the bells and whistles, it can be distracting. And it makes you wonder why you need to cram all of that in, why not concentrate on just making the best sound there is instead of trying to do everything but not really going deep into anything .. Hehe, of course I don't say it's the case here

Ninety9 · Post by **Ninety9** » Wed Nov 03, 2010 7:32 pm

Teksonik wrote:So people are complaining because it has too many features?

The internet wouldn't be the internet if people weren't complaining

pdxindy · Post by **pdxindy** » Wed Nov 03, 2010 7:36 pm

himalaya wrote:
pdxindy wrote: No, give me a variety of high quality synth engines... with multiple osc's, filters etc etc etc...
Sure! I give you ElectraX! Really and honestly, think of the layers as extra oscillators.

hehe... we are in a beat sync'ed... lfo lfo lfo lfo

Echoes in the Attic · Post by **Echoes in the Attic** » Wed Nov 03, 2010 7:37 pm

I don't think anyone's complaining, feature set looks perfect. There's a tendecny lately for synths to basically have multiple full synths in one via different parts/layers. Just a discussion on the usefulness of that. Same can be seen in things like Omnisphere, Largo, Albino. Many of us don't care about multiple layers, but so do, so the conclusion is of course: Good to include for people who like it!

Someone doing sound design must know something about the sample loading feature: Is it either vocoder/resynthesis of samples? Or can you load the sample just as a sample? Can it pitch without the length changing (ie. timestretch?) or any kind of granular like functionality?

MaxSynths · Post by **MaxSynths** » Wed Nov 03, 2010 7:37 pm

exh wrote:
jens wrote:But am I the only one who is reminded of this when looking at the GUI:
I think I had a similar reaction, I find it aesthetically appealing but not necessarily productive.

Guys don't be fooled by the first impression. As I've seen the GUI the first time I was a bit confused, then it took me 5 minutes to understand the workflow and start programming sounds. It can produce incredible complicated sounds and realtime performances (when you start layering things using the arpegiatiors) but it's one of the most simple synths to program and understand.

pdxindy · Post by **pdxindy** » Wed Nov 03, 2010 7:38 pm

Teksonik wrote:So people are complaining because it has too many features?

naaaa.... put all the features you want in...

V'ger · Post by **V'ger** » Wed Nov 03, 2010 7:42 pm

jens wrote:Personally I don't need 3D GUIs, but I think if you decide to use them you should take care to do it properly - this one is competition for Polyana.

No doubt the easiest knobs to work with is modern stuff like Zebra, hardware looking knobs with a small notch (esp on black) is nice for the demo pic, but not to work with..

Available soon: Tone2 ElectraX