KVR Audio

Echoes in the Attic · Post by **Echoes in the Attic** » Fri Nov 19, 2010 7:25 pm

Does sound a fair bit like gladiator, but I find that's the case with many specific vendors products, like the Arturia synths have a similar quality, the u-he synths, the korg ones, camel, even gforce a bit. Every developer seems to have a unique flavor the runs through their synths. This one does a distinctly G2-esque sound already, but with the dual filters and the straight forward fm between oscs, and loading your own samples and resynthesiszing, I think it will let you take it in a pretty different direction. Not to mention mono legato...

GeorgeZ · Post by **GeorgeZ** » Fri Nov 19, 2010 7:44 pm

Ye, it seems a little less brittle at the top end (as opposed to G2 which is very fizzy in higher freqs... mind, it's not a bad thing as such).

GreyLord · Post by **GreyLord** » Fri Nov 19, 2010 11:22 pm

Mmmm... tasty!; liked the pads and strange sounds the most.

so far, my next purchase

djanthonyw · Post by **djanthonyw** » Sat Nov 20, 2010 2:21 am

I says that it will come with 4 skins but I only see 2. I hope there's at least one skin that's not cheesy 3D.

core · Post by **core** » Sat Nov 20, 2010 12:18 pm

djanthonyw wrote:I says that it will come with 4 skins but I only see 2. I hope there's at least one skin that's not cheesy 3D.

Looks like they're all 3d, just difference in color schemes. Btw, there are three on the product page. The two black ones look more similar but one has a touch of orange, the other has red. The red one also uses less color, which I like better.

diggywidit · Post by **diggywidit** » Sat Nov 20, 2010 3:03 pm

This is just one person's opinion. Every person has a right to his or her opinion.

IMO, the audio demo was not impressive at all for my needs: I listened twice. It has a lot of saw sounds I've heard before, whistles, video game sounds, warbles, various sound effects, etc - basically not much I could use for my music, actually nothing at all.

However, this synth still could be a gem. IMO another demo should be made, but taking a different approach. How about concentrating on categories of sounds that are essential to almost all music?
1. Leads: show me a number of unique, wonderful sounding leads. (My yamaha
xs 61 has at least 50 great leads.)
2. Pads: want to hear at least 5 haunting, addictive pads.
3 Synth strings: like to hear at least 3 or 4 beautiful, lush synth strings
4. Electric pianos: Like to hear, 4 o 5 beautiful sounding electric pianos
5. Bases: have to hear a lot of bases, unique ones. I think the demo did have one or two. Need to hear a lot more.
6. synth brass, or variations of brass sounds.
7. Other synth sounds that are useful for basic tracks in a song
8. Choirs: Can it do choirs? Realistic, ear-catching, choirs.

After obtaining some of the above, then you can apply some of the creative effects, for example, a beautiful unique lead with a slight wah-wah or warble, and of course a nice echo, or chorus, or delay.

For my needs straight out whistles, video game sounds, and sound effects are not useful. I will be looking forward to more demos of this new synth.

Orbit-50 · Post by **Orbit-50** » Sat Nov 20, 2010 4:42 pm

@diggywidit
Excellent post. Just show beatiful bread and butter sounds. Then offer "nut job" soundsets for those who would actually want that stuff.

./-.

olepro · Post by **olepro** » Sat Nov 20, 2010 5:11 pm

diggywidit wrote:This is just one person's opinion. Every person has a right to his or her opinion.

IMO, the audio demo was not impressive at all for my needs: I listened twice. It has a lot of saw sounds I've heard before, whistles, video game sounds, warbles, various sound effects, etc - basically not much I could use for my music, actually nothing at all.

For my needs straight out whistles, video game sounds, and sound effects are not useful. I will be looking forward to more demos of this new synth.

How on earth can you say that !

It's like saying: There is none of this food i like, standing in front of the worlds biggest buffet...

dhalfen · Post by **dhalfen** » Sat Nov 20, 2010 5:15 pm

olepro wrote:How on earth can you say that !

It's like saying: There is none of this food i like, standing in front of the worlds biggest buffet...

+1

Kinda like blaming a cow for not giving goat's milk.

(Note: ElectraX promises many kinds of "milk."

)

diggywidit · Post by **diggywidit** » Sat Nov 20, 2010 5:53 pm

dhalfen wrote:
olepro wrote:How on earth can you say that !

It's like saying: There is none of this food i like, standing in front of the worlds biggest buffet...
+1

Kinda like blaming a cow for not giving goat's milk.

(Note: ElectraX promises many kinds of "milk." )

More background: Pads: from the demo, I heard little of the tonal sound quality of Omnisphere, or Zebra, nothing even close to my Yamaha XS.
Leads: Nothing even close to my Yamaha XS or Omnisphere, or KarmaFX.
Where are the lush, beautiful strings or choirs? Ever hear Omnisphere choirs? They are outstanding. The strings on my Yamaha XS also outstanding, as are the bases. Sylenth also has a lot of beautiful sounds. Knock me out with haunting, beautiful patches that I can use in my stage musicals, or in the studio. There isn't a whole lot of use for warbles, or video game sounds in my music. It's just my opinion, which is dictated by my needs.

I'm hoping this synth can compete with Zebra, or omnisphere. Time will tell. The sound geniuses out there will no doubt come up with great stuff, assumming this synth has all the capability as advertised.

zerocrossing · Post by **zerocrossing** » Sat Nov 20, 2010 5:57 pm

Sounds pretty good to me. A bit warmer than Gladiator 2.. but that might be the headphones I'm using or their production. I happen to dig their sounds and pretty much all their sound design.

Happy Frog · Post by **Happy Frog** » Sun Nov 21, 2010 4:30 am

A recent thread got me thinking about layered or layering Kicks, something I am not good at. I think I would dig a set or some included sounds that do a few of those, you know the usual, 808, 909, Linn, DMX, etc… one of each. No, seriously though I would love to hear a designer layer some kicks, low, mid, high, and sub. I think this synth has the ability to do four layers. That would be fantastic, I think.

GeorgeZ · Post by **GeorgeZ** » Sun Nov 21, 2010 9:15 am

dhalfen wrote:
olepro wrote:How on earth can you say that !

It's like saying: There is none of this food i like, standing in front of the worlds biggest buffet...
+1

Kinda like blaming a cow for not giving goat's milk.

(Note: ElectraX promises many kinds of "milk." )

...I don't like milk, not even the flavoured ones

@zerocrossing ...nah mate, you're hearing right, it's definitely a bit warmer than Glad2. Gladiator is pure digital crisp to the extent that the top end can get piercing and brittle (which, as I noted earlier in this thread, isn't necessarily a bad thing).

Teksonik · Post by **Teksonik** » Sun Nov 21, 2010 11:40 am

diggywidit wrote:
For my needs straight out whistles, video game sounds, and sound effects are not useful. I will be looking forward to more demos of this new synth.

Sounds like you need to wait for the ElectraX demo itself and not worry about Audio demos.............That's the only way you'll learn if this synth is right for you and is in fact exactly what I'm doing..............

Teksonik · Post by **Teksonik** » Sun Nov 21, 2010 11:43 am

diggywidit wrote:I'm hoping this synth can compete with Zebra, or omnisphere. Time will tell.

It's quite possible that ElectraX has no desire to compete with any other synth but instead strives to explore new sonic frontiers.........if that is indeed the case then I welcome it with open arms.............

Available soon: Tone2 ElectraX