KVR Audio

twolegstoneworks · Post by **twolegstoneworks** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 12:56 pm

I wonder if Tremor will incorporate some wavetable sequencing abilities?

zerocrossing · Post by **zerocrossing** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 7:41 pm

Bronto Scorpio wrote:
todd_r wrote:Any audio demos yet?
Amberience made these two, really cool, audio demos
Amberience wrote:And I did post these a week or so ago, most people missed them:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/630473/demons.mp3
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/630473/tration.mp3
Cheers
Dennis

Those do sound very good. FXspansion does know how to do that overdriven filter thing really well. Right now I achieve this sort of sound by using Amplitube SVX with a bypassed cabinet section. To to put this effect on a single drum can be clumsy and can rack up CPU if I want different setting for different drums and using it as a send effect just wont do.

I'd like to hear some more audio demos where the filter isn't so driven and can open up a bit. If it's anything like the gain setup in DCAM I bet you'll be able to get some really juicy phat sounding drums. Ah, forget that, just get me a software demo!

hatethatiloveyou · Post by **hatethatiloveyou** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 8:20 pm

tldr when does it come out

Nig · Post by **Nig** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 8:41 pm

This looks very promising, I've been searching a drum synth lately...

botkiller · Post by **botkiller** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 1:37 am

I'm happy to say I've contributed sound design to Tremor, and it's totally awesome. One of the best drum synths I've ever used.

keel · Post by **keel** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 2:22 am

I am not impressed by those audio demos. Not at all.

hatethatiloveyou · Post by **hatethatiloveyou** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 3:17 am

what are the advantages over µtonic

Peevy2000 · Post by **Peevy2000** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 12:17 pm

keel wrote:I am not impressed by those audio demos. Not at all.

The demos aren't too bad IMO but I'd like to hear something beefier & with more umph to it.

botkiller · Post by **botkiller** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 2:43 am

hatethatiloveyou wrote:what are the advantages over µtonic

The mod matrix. Being able to route the LFO/velocity/fast&slow envelope, and other operators to nearly everything in the synth makes for either very "real" drum sounds, or very insane drum design.

It's not just a 16 step sequencer with some sounds, it's a really programmable and tweakable drum synth.

At least, IMHO. It was really fun to sound design with.

V'ger · Post by **V'ger** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 2:50 pm

keel wrote:I am not impressed by those audio demos. Not at all.

+1

Seems unlikely this is representative of the final product though..

botkiller · Post by **botkiller** » Mon Dec 19, 2011 5:25 pm

Get the demo and play with it when it comes out - it'll be worth it.

BERFAB · Post by **BERFAB** » Mon Dec 19, 2011 5:47 pm

Don't know if this has been mentioned already, but the latest ComputerMusic gives a brief 'exclusive' report on the impending release of Fxpansion's latest.

It's in the opening pages of the mag if you're looking for it.

cheers
-B

zerocrossing · Post by **zerocrossing** » Mon Dec 19, 2011 7:30 pm

V'ger wrote:
keel wrote:I am not impressed by those audio demos. Not at all.
+1

Seems unlikely this is representative of the final product though..

If it's anything like DCAM, and I imagine it probably is, it suffers from the "crank the gain" mentality of FXspansion. When I first listened to the demos of DCAM I thought it sounded kind of harsh and compressed, but someone here pointed out that what's considered normal gain going into the filters is actually really hot. He was right. When you back off the gain, sometimes quite a bit, you'll notice that the filters come to life and you can get some pretty nice "beef" out of them. I suspect it'll be the same with Tremor.

IMO, I think a lot of this misconception would change if they just had their UI more accurately reflect the gain state of the synth. But then again, no one would accuse FXpansion of knowing anything about user interface design.

botkiller · Post by **botkiller** » Mon Dec 19, 2011 9:14 pm

zerocrossing wrote:
V'ger wrote:
keel wrote:I am not impressed by those audio demos. Not at all.
+1

Seems unlikely this is representative of the final product though..
If it's anything like DCAM, and I imagine it probably is, it suffers from the "crank the gain" mentality of FXspansion. When I first listened to the demos of DCAM I thought it sounded kind of harsh and compressed, but someone here pointed out that what's considered normal gain going into the filters is actually really hot. He was right. When you back off the gain, sometimes quite a bit, you'll notice that the filters come to life and you can get some pretty nice "beef" out of them. I suspect it'll be the same with Tremor.

IMO, I think a lot of this misconception would change if they just had their UI more accurately reflect the gain state of the synth. But then again, no one would accuse FXpansion of knowing anything about user interface design.

the filters operate just fine, gainstage or not. And the "crank the gain" mentality is one found in most synthesizers, BTW - it comes down to sound design. Turn the gain down or not, it sounds good.

Amberience · Post by **Amberience** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 10:18 am

zerocrossing wrote:But then again, no one would accuse FXpansion of knowing anything about user interface design.

You do realise that you harp on and on this point pretty much every time there is a thread about FXpansion, right?? It's getting tiresome.

And you'll find with Synth Squad, (and pretty much all synths out there in fact) that the factory content is often produced by 3rd parties, so the "crank the gain" mentality you're talking about... well.. it just doesn't exist.

Fxpansion have a NEW drum synth on the way!