KVR Audio

cyberheater · Post by **cyberheater** » Wed May 02, 2012 2:38 pm

I'm thinking of buying this but the last thread dissolved into a Saurus vs Diva contest.

What do you think of Saurus and how does it stack up to other similarly priced software?

LeVzi · Post by **LeVzi** » Wed May 02, 2012 2:48 pm

Download the demo, see for yourself

Well worth checking out.

zvenx · Post by **zvenx** » Wed May 02, 2012 2:50 pm

LeVzi wrote:Download the demo, see for yourself Well worth checking out.

+1

rsp

Ingonator · Post by **Ingonator** » Wed May 02, 2012 2:57 pm

Hi,

as i already mentioned in the Saurus thread i like Saurus very much. It got a great combination of sound, features GUI and CPU use.

BTW i just got ElectraX with the expansions too.

Ingo

cyberheater · Post by **cyberheater** » Wed May 02, 2012 3:02 pm

Thanks for the comments guys. I did download the demo but I'd like to know how it stacks up against other synths for around the same money.

I quite liked it. There are plenty of presets as well which is great.

zvenx · Post by **zvenx** » Wed May 02, 2012 3:05 pm

what are the similarly priced synths?
rsp

Ingonator · Post by **Ingonator** » Wed May 02, 2012 3:09 pm

cyberheater wrote:Thanks for the comments guys. I did download the demo but I'd like to know how it stacks up against other synths for around the same money.

I quite liked it. There are plenty of presets as well which is great.

This is not an emulation of an specific synth (while the 12 dB seem to be close to the MS-20) so it's best to use it for what it is.
Anyway this is capable of either very warm and analog sounding up to harsh and more digital sounds. The oscillator section is very interesting as for any waveform you could use the "PW" knob which in some cases results in a kind of "wavetable morph".
I don't know exactly about the demo but the manual should be in the installation directory (called "Saurus.pdf").

Ingo

PietW. · Post by **PietW.** » Wed May 02, 2012 3:37 pm

cyberheater wrote:I'm thinking of buying this but the last thread dissolved into a Saurus vs Diva contest.

What do you think of Saurus and how does it stack up to other similarly priced software?

If you are really good "analog sound" want, DIVA is the first choice. Test first demos.

Ingonator · Post by **Ingonator** » Wed May 02, 2012 3:43 pm

cyberheater wrote:I'm thinking of buying this but the last thread dissolved into a Saurus vs Diva contest.

PietW. wrote: If you are really good "analog sound" want, DIVA is the first choice. Test first demos.

There we have it again...

Ingo

Bronto Scorpio · Post by **Bronto Scorpio** » Wed May 02, 2012 3:45 pm

zvenx wrote:
LeVzi wrote:Download the demo, see for yourself Well worth checking out.
+1

rsp

+1
It's quite nice imo! It doesn't blow me away or something but for that price you get a quite good sounding synth which covers most basic synth sounds and a little bit more

Regarding similar priced synths:

If I had to choose a synth for 99$ I'd get something different though. Saurus sounds OK-ish to me but nothing more (That's entirely subjective of course!!!).

U-He ACE and Vember Audio Surge are really great for example!
ACE would probably make more sense since it can sound more analog-ish than Surge (I guess you are after analog-ish sounds)

Cheers
Dennis

Sequent · Post by **Sequent** » Wed May 02, 2012 3:55 pm

Saurus seems like a pretty good choice. Obviously Diva is another choice. It all depends on your needs, your budget, your computer spec, and what you already have.

I would say the main thing also is whether you like the sound and whether you like the workflow. If all of those things click with you then definitely go for it. The best synth in the world isn't going to do you any good if you don't feel comfortable working with it and if you don't like the sound.

As I said, Diva is another choice and there are many other choices. I think it's good that we have a variety of software options available. Just like Roland is not the only game in town as far as hardware is concerned, and neither is Korg, etc., etc.

Personally, I held off and as far as Tone2, I think I'm going to save up and sometime go for Elektra because I like the sound and I like what it has to offer. But that is only in my case... for analog I have well... the real thing.

Ingonator · Post by **Ingonator** » Wed May 02, 2012 3:57 pm

I am currently working on sounds for an upcoming expansion for Saurus.
For those who ask: No i was no beta tester for the first release, i got Saurus with the official release.

Here is a Soundcloud set of the demos i made so far, the last two were only published at the Tone2 forum so far:
http://soundcloud.com/ingoweidner/sets/saurus-demos

The last song uses only my own sounds for Saurus, also for the Drums.

In the first songs there is a little crackling which could not be heard in the original WAV files.

More demos will follow.

Ingo

PietW. · Post by **PietW.** » Wed May 02, 2012 4:01 pm

Bronto Scorpio wrote:
zvenx wrote:
LeVzi wrote:Download the demo, see for yourself Well worth checking out.
+1

It's quite nice imo! It doesn't blow me away or something but for that price you get a quite good sounding synth which covers most basic synth sounds and a little bit more

Regarding similar priced synths:

If I had to choose a synth for 99$ I'd get something different though. Saurus sounds OK-ish to me but nothing more (That's entirely subjective of course!!!).

U-He ACE and Vember Audio Surge are really great for example!
ACE would probably make more sense since it can sound more analog-ish than Surge (I guess you are after analog-ish sounds)

Cheers
Dennis

+1

zvenx · Post by **zvenx** » Wed May 02, 2012 4:07 pm

Ingo, sorry but I dont' like the oxygene sound demo at all, it sounds like you took off all the lower frequency.

rsp

Ingonator · Post by **Ingonator** » Wed May 02, 2012 4:30 pm

zvenx wrote:Ingo, sorry but I dont' like the oxygene sound demo at all, it sounds like you took off all the lower frequency.

rsp

No i didn't, i just used a Compressor. I am also not observing that lack of low end (at least not in the way you describe), especially for the bass sound.
For the Abacab track i used both an EQ (Stillwell VibeEQ) and a Compressor (Stillwell Bombardier Buss Compressor).

It's also possible that the WAV file sounds a bit better in comparison to the Soundcloud file.

In the 5th demo i made a oomparison of Saurus without and with an EQ, only in the range around 110 Hz (Low Shelf). Something like a "Bass Boost" feature (like an EQ just for low frequencies) in Saurus would be great somehow. In some cases the built-in psycho acoustic processing (= "Boost" On/Off) gives some nice results too.

Ingo

Any Tone 2 Saurus users?