Any alternatives to GRM Tools WARP, I need spectral tuning of partials
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- KVRian
- 1262 posts since 15 May, 2002 from Finland
So? GRM Tools costs an arm and a leg, no way I'm spending so much on software :P
But I have built a lot of instruments like a tubulophone, waterphone, kalimbas etc, and especially with the metal ones the overtone relationship does not follow the octave... So second fundamental might be at 2.4X or whatever.
I would like to be able to move certain areas of the spectrum of the samples around before I map them onto a sampler so the sounds would behave better with western-style 2* frequency based octaves :/
Anything at all? Something I haven't thought of that could be done with some different software?
But I have built a lot of instruments like a tubulophone, waterphone, kalimbas etc, and especially with the metal ones the overtone relationship does not follow the octave... So second fundamental might be at 2.4X or whatever.
I would like to be able to move certain areas of the spectrum of the samples around before I map them onto a sampler so the sounds would behave better with western-style 2* frequency based octaves :/
Anything at all? Something I haven't thought of that could be done with some different software?
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Sampleconstruct Sampleconstruct https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=191286
- KVRAF
- 16796 posts since 12 Oct, 2008 from Here and there
Metasynth's spectral engine is fantastic and let's you do exactly that, it does cost an arm and half a leg though...Taika-Kim wrote:So? GRM Tools costs an arm and a leg, no way I'm spending so much on software
But I have built a lot of instruments like a tubulophone, waterphone, kalimbas etc, and especially with the metal ones the overtone relationship does not follow the octave... So second fundamental might be at 2.4X or whatever.
I would like to be able to move certain areas of the spectrum of the samples around before I map them onto a sampler so the sounds would behave better with western-style 2* frequency based octaves :/
Anything at all? Something I haven't thought of that could be done with some different software?
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 1262 posts since 15 May, 2002 from Finland
And wasn't that for Mac only...? If I did this all the time, I might invest, but now it's only for sampling some instruments, so $300 for the spectral transform bundle is kind of steep... Especially now that I weight everything against Eurorack modules these days :D
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Sampleconstruct Sampleconstruct https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=191286
- KVRAF
- 16796 posts since 12 Oct, 2008 from Here and there
Have you tried Melodyne in polyphonic mode? It sometimes (not always) works well for tuning harmonics/spectrals.
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 1262 posts since 15 May, 2002 from Finland
Melodyne, wasn't that like 500 euros or something? Or do they have some more commonly priced version available these days?
SPEAR, no, haven't heard, let me see... Looks very promising, thanks!!
SPEAR, no, haven't heard, let me see... Looks very promising, thanks!!
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 1262 posts since 15 May, 2002 from Finland
Does anobyd have experience with both Alchemy and Photosounder? I just saw a video of Alchemy, and realized it has some kind of image import option also?
Since Photosounder is almost as expensive as Alchemy, is there really something exceptional to justify all the stuff that is missing in comparison?
Since Photosounder is almost as expensive as Alchemy, is there really something exceptional to justify all the stuff that is missing in comparison?
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- KVRian
- 1057 posts since 6 May, 2008 from Poland
Alchemy is $249 and Photosounder is $59? You have a pretty loose definition of "almost as expensive"Taika-Kim wrote:Since Photosounder is almost as expensive as Alchemy, is there really something exceptional to justify all the stuff that is missing in comparison?
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 1262 posts since 15 May, 2002 from Finland
I would technically need the commercial license, so the difference would only be around 50€... Well, been too busy with the new album, haven't had time to try either, or the new Iris for that matter, the demos are waiting... Been reading a bit about all these at work, and Photosounder looks intriguing.

