KVR Audio

Crackbaby · Post by **Crackbaby** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 11:13 am

It got my vote!

zorniko · Post by **zorniko** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 12:48 pm

karrikuh wrote:Hi all, thanks for electing Charlatan for the latest OSC!

Just want to let you know that version 1.1 is out which fixes parameter automation in Cubase and Orion (the latter would crash when attempting to select a parameter).

I suggest that you add site link to your signature - it will be much easier to find the synth...
Btw, congratulations

bjporter · Post by **bjporter** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 2:53 pm

I confirm this update gives Cubase 6, 64bit automation now!!!

Thanks for your hard work!!

PeWe · Post by **PeWe** » Sat Oct 08, 2011 2:48 pm

karrikuh wrote:Hi all, thanks for electing Charlatan for the latest OSC!

Just want to let you know that version 1.1 is out which fixes parameter automation in Cubase and Orion (the latter would crash when attempting to select a parameter).

Hi !

Great synth,- I'm using v1.1 since yesterday, but don't get MIDI Prg.-Changes working in Cantabile lite (latest build)w/ any MIDI keyboard controller over USB and physical MIDI,- p.ex. Kurzweil PC361 or Roland/Edirol PCR300.
These keyboards work w/ other VSTi and realtime MIDI Prg.-Changes here.

Any thoughts ?
Can't find any adjustments I probably missed.

thx

PeWe

IrionDaRonin · Post by **IrionDaRonin** » Sat Oct 08, 2011 3:18 pm

Hi there folks!

Do you want to win some nice prizes?
Do you want to learn about synthesis by yourself and asking to the others for tips?
Do you want to finish a track in one month with only one synth?

Come to our OSC contests! It runs every month and are open for anyone.

One Synth Challenge is about to make a track only with the synth selected and free effects.
Enjoy the nice ambient in our posts and ask for help, tips, suggestions for your songs to improve your skills.

This month is to make a track with the nice synth Charlatan.

Charlatan OSC 33

Take a look, read the rules and participate!

Have a good day

Atom Csjahek · Post by **Atom Csjahek** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 8:12 pm

karrikuh wrote:
Atom Csjahek wrote:2/ use the host's BPM as LFO's clock (for slower or synced cycles)
This is planned.

Thanks!

K-Bee · Post by **K-Bee** » Fri Oct 14, 2011 9:08 am

Holy F***
I just downloaded Charlatan a few days ago! This rivals synth one as the most capable free VA yet. Instantly programmable as well. Just some tweaking of the presets give amazing results. Nothing complicated here, just hugely rewarding stuff.
Phat Basses are amazingly easy to do on this too. Threw this together and let Charlatan take care of the bottom end.
http://soundcloud.com/kbeesmusic/k-bee-movin-on

This synth is a brilliant effort! I'm in awe!

vata44 · Post by **vata44** » Sat Oct 15, 2011 3:52 am

Is it me or does the Filter "Step" when the cutoff is moved fast?

Also, any way we could get bpm synced LFO's? Two LFO's would also be awesome... maybe in a bigger Charlatan version? hehe

Thank you for this though!

Bananovitch · Post by **Bananovitch** » Wed Oct 26, 2011 10:35 pm

There are maybe not too many features but the sound is awesome. great job!

Mac of BIOnighT · Post by **Mac of BIOnighT** » Wed Oct 26, 2011 10:51 pm

Still invisible in Cubase sx, what might the reason be?

alvfaria · Post by **alvfaria** » Wed Nov 02, 2011 4:50 pm

My humble contribution...
2 Banks for Charlatan (in FXB format)

+ One cutie cover and one custom icon

Here's the link

http://www.box.net/shared/2g06u9xskii6t9ximldr

Please, do some feedback!!!

Mutant · Post by **Mutant** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 12:47 am

alvfaria wrote:My humble contribution...

Thank you

z.prime · Post by **z.prime** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 2:03 am

karrikuh wrote:Hi all, thanks for electing Charlatan for the latest OSC!

Hey, by the way, thanks for making the synth - I had a lot of fun using it. And I like the red, too.

Do you have plans for enhancements at some point in the future? I know a couple were mentioned; using it for a whole song, I thought of a few "minor" ones that would be great. Or a second generation synth ready for a future OSC: "Deception"! Hah!

karrikuh · Post by **karrikuh** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 7:23 am

z.prime wrote: Do you have plans for enhancements at some point in the future? I know a couple were mentioned; using it for a whole song, I thought of a few "minor" ones that would be great. Or a second generation synth ready for a future OSC: "Deception"! Hah!

At the moment, the only major feature I plan to add is MIDI sync of the LFO. I'm always happy to hear about feature requests, though. There will also be a new release with minor fixes/improvements soon.

During the past few weeks, I have started a complete rewrite of the synth engine using hand-optimized SSE code. When using full polyphony, this yields a reduction of CPU usage by more than 50% ! However, it's far from finished and will probably take a few months until ready for release.

I have also ideas for a new synth project based on digital synthesis methods (FM and phase distortion) which would complement Charlatan nicely. Not sure when it's gonna happen, though...

nasenmann · Post by **nasenmann** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 12:43 pm

karrikuh wrote: During the past few weeks, I have started a complete rewrite of the synth engine using hand-optimized SSE code. When using full polyphony, this yields a reduction of CPU usage by more than 50% !

awesome. this is the stuff that turns free synths into legendary workhorses. i'll be able to spam as many instances as with synth1

Charlatan v1.4.1 - free VA synth (Win VSTi 32-/64-bit)