How bad are some KVR reviews.? Vote No!

[kevvvvv]

Some of the user reviews I read are sooooo bad.

Anyone can tell the reviewer has:

> hardly looked at the plug

> reworded the press release

> got little hard substance, and mucho subjective trash

> been paid to make a link somehow

Too many for my liking

I'd love to see more KVR folk reading them and voting NO if they think the review is somehow false, or poor in hands-on content.

Vote No.

OTOH

I love some of the reviews where a guy - who isn't necessarily a great writer at all - describes things they uncovered, things they thought were really cool, and worth telling about.

Even if they're "professionally" incomplete views, they are so useful and interesting.

They always get my YES

[Numanoid]

> been paid to make a link somehow

+1 That seems to be a rather common practice and accepted.

I seldom read reviews, few provide any insight.

It would be good if the Review tab was removed from the "What's New @ KVR Audio" section.

[robogone]

Most of the reviews lack any real insight or objective commentary. I've read some in the past but they have rarely been helpful.

[Compyfox]

Most of the reviews get a 9/10 or 10/10 these days.

I don't take them serious at all.

[kevvvvv]

Compyfox

I don't take them serious at all.

Hmmm ... bit broad, is that.

Agreed - that v few are up to a professional review.

But in some of them, you feel there's a genuine muso in there, trying to "give his mates" a heads-up.

And I like this.

It's useful.

This is how the good side of KVR shows itself.

It always was about us, the genuine musos - the lifers - giving their useful view.

It's the part of KVR I've always loved, and have strong feelings for - no matter how many others may troll or spam.

[HaganeSteel]

I gave the Hyper Canvas a 9/10 and I still use it 5 years later.

It's important to understand that the Hyper Canvas gets a 9/10 only because it competes with soundfonts and Omnisynth 2, both of which have more problems in my experience.

I blasted MOTU Symphonic Instrument and gave it a 5/10. I really hated that thing. I was so mad about how much money I spent on it and how much it just didn't work. I actually went back recently and read that review and I think I was a little too mad.

I still think 5/10 was a bit generous.

The only review I'd probably take back is Ravity. I was comparing it to my Roland too much during a time where I was extremely unhappy with the string sounds on my XP.

I really liked making sounds on that thing, though...

[Diego_C]

- A review is a free service, people spend time to do it, much more than what you think it takes, a reminder to the reviewer's website is, in this totally free internet world, at least the minimum act of kindness paid to people spending time trying to do things of use for other people, even more if it is for free.
- if you don't like it simply don't spend time on it.
- people are watching/clicking links of boobies, that take to other websites, or the latest rock star-pop star-actor-politician-tv star idiocy about his next dress or her next bra, or how they care about charity (after being rich), and even tracked by cookies, and most of the time no one complains about it, so why complain about clicking to read a review (bad or good that it may be)?
Once all this stuff was only on magazines to be paid for many quids or bucks and even going by car to buy it (so money for fuel as well), now it's free and just a click away from your eyes...some gratitude about how things are pretty more easily available nowadays to the most may show a bit more the human side and not only the "spoiled cutomer" side many of us.
- If you don't like how they are done DO ONE YOURSELF THE WAY YOU LIKE IT.

Someone many years ago said to me if you don't like it, do it yourself and/or change it in a proactive way,it helps to grow up instead of judging or complaining only. And this is right for all the things we don't like the way they are in our lives.

Greetings

[chk071]

Some of the user reviews I read are sooooo bad.

Anyone can tell the reviewer has:

> hardly looked at the plug

> reworded the press release

> got little hard substance, and mucho subjective trash

> been paid to make a link somehow

Too many for my liking

Agreed. I'm happy some people do write reviews though... for many, many synths, there is not one review available. Nothing beats demoing something you want to purchase of course, but for a first glance, it's hepful to have reviews, especially considering that there are some rare pearls there, it's just that the majority of reviews isn't so good.

[vurt]

Some of the user reviews I read are sooooo bad.

Anyone can tell the reviewer has:

> hardly looked at the plug

> reworded the press release

> got little hard substance, and mucho subjective trash

> been paid to make a link somehow

Too many for my liking

I'd love to see more KVR folk reading them and voting NO if they think the review is somehow false, or poor in hands-on content.

Vote No.

OTOH

I love some of the reviews where a guy - who isn't necessarily a great writer at all - describes things they uncovered, things they thought were really cool, and worth telling about.

Even if they're "professionally" incomplete views, they are so useful and interesting.

They always get my YES

i find your review of the reviews lacking in any meaningful detail.
therefore im voting "no, this review isnt helpful".

[kevvvvv]

vurt ... I avoided naming names.

You get what I mean or you don't

[Tricky-Loops]

I only read them if there are <= 8 from 10 points. Then I can expect something interesting to read!

Same as Computer Music Magazine. If there are less then 4 stars, I read it, and if there are only 3 points, I know that 1/2 year must have passed because that's a very rare event.

[BDeep]

I agree that sometimes the review section gets abused. It's good to use the NO button in those cases.

I don't agree with every other negative comment in this thread. The fact that somebody takes some (serious) time to inform YOU what they think of that product so YOU can make a better decision if a product is right for you, is something that should be applauded.

They're called user reviews. Since we all are different individuals (thank goodness) it's only natural that not every review fits your style/needs/whatever. Just ignore if you don't like it. Or even better, write another review to reflect your thoughts.

Re: the scoring, IMHO that should go anyway.

[Tricky-Loops]

The problem with reviews is:

If something is so good that I would give more than 8/10, I don't want to write anything.... (I don't want to write only good things.)

If something is so bad that I would give less than 6/10, I don't want to write anything... (I don't want to write only bad things.)

And for 7/10 I don't know what I should write at all...

[ccDuckett]

I've generally found older reviews to be more honest- actually following
the guidelines as suggested, and being more descriptive of the reviewer's
use-case scenario. There have been cases where the gushiness was
understandable (discovery of something amazing for the price, does something
nothing else does, etc.), but overall the recent trend has been what the
OP describes- if I see certain names and "9/10" "10/10", I'm not reading it.
The whole point for me of reading reviews is finding out what people in the
real world think of a product, and well-written reviews are very valuable
that way.. whether it's something new that I might not have time to demo
properly, or something old and relatively undiscussed otherwise that's
unearthed by someone else, I have found the reviews section useful.

Developers should have a vested interest in objective reviews; first, they
are a source of customer feedback that can help improve their product, and
secondly, non-objective reviews tend to lend the smell of desperation and lack
of ethical business practices; they insult the intelligence of potential
customers. I don't care if your product is in actuality the greatest thing
since sliced beats, if you think it's OK to deploy puff-muppets, then I don't
want to do business with you. Likewise with reviewers; at least wait until
you're a celebrity of some stature, before you decide that credibility issues
aren't worth caring about.

[xoxos]

But in some of them, you feel there's a genuine muso in there, trying to "give his mates" a heads-up.

And I like this.

how touched am i to even see someone on kvr discuss genuinity, instead of saying i threatened hovmod's children.

you really did not know that spectrasonics was about to release?