Synthmaster Problems....

[tonytungsten]

I am having some exxxxxxtremely annoying issues with this synth, which really pains me because i am trying to master this synth and make it my go-to. One glaring issue i am having right now is that i am copying the patch FX Tri-Pipe by Insigna to study. I have copied every parameter, and i mean eeevvvry parameter exactly the same as the original but my patch sounds a lot duller in comparison. One thing i am noticing is when i copy the parameters for the easy controls, the settings to not match up at all. In the original they are set to (+) modulation as are mine but for example my delay wont start affecting the sound till the knob is at 50% and passed that the delay cascades like crazy, whereas in the original the delay begins affecting the sound withing the first 50%. Does this have anything to do with the way the Dry/Wet settings are set prior to assigning the easy controls? Could somebody else please try to copy this patch and get back to me cuz i am literally dieing right now haha. I can't figure this out and i feel like i've wasted so much time programming on a faulty synth. another thing that happened when i was building this sound is that the original sound completely disapeared and all that was left was reverb, regardless of the dry/wet setting. did not work again till i reopened synthmaster. And when i try to map an ADSR envelope to the frequency of the multiband eq in order to sweep the band, synthmaster crashes, as soon as i select the envelope as a modulator. Your help is greatly appreciated, i want this to be my favorite synth again... I am pretty sure i am using the latest update 2.6.3, is there a way i can tell from the GUI? and i am using the current generation 15 macbook bro, fully loaded.

P.S. I am absolutely positive i have copied all parameters the exact same. such a pain....

Your assistance is GGGGRRRREEEEAAAAAATTTLLLLYYYYY appreciated

[tonytungsten]

Oh and when i assign easy controls the parameter name does not show up under the control and synthmaster wont let me type anything in the field.

[FLWrd]

First: there is a forum for this: http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=98

Second: there can always be bugs in a product. If you can find a way to reproduce (such as the ADSR-multiband-eq example) and report them, they can get fixed. BTW, I have noticed the easy controls bug too (I'm OSX/Logic user too), but never reported it...

Third: I'm afraid not many people are willing to try to copy each and every parameter of patch. Even if they did, it would not help. There is no additional way to verify that what either of you have done would be right.

What you could try, though, is compare your saved patch with the library patch. You'll need some binary editor to do so, The file format seems to be: a header, and then the parameter name followed by a binary value (a couple of hundred times). Unfortunately, the parameter names are difficult to interpret, but you could get an idea of the degree to which you've approximated the original patch.

[bluedad]

moved to KV331 forum

[tonytungsten]

Thanks FLWrd. im thinking i'll just have to live with it and keep on with other patches and sound design. Maybe later i'll be able to make the sound without copying all of the parameters. Not feeling the need to look into the binary. About reporting problems how would i go about this? what file(s) would i need to send?

[djsubject]

if you post your version of the preset that you copied then we can see if you missed a hidden layer of parameters or if it is a Bug then the Developer will be able to fix it!

Subz

[kv331]

That's happening because the easy controls on the source preset are unipolar (between 0 and 1). In later versions we switched to bipolar (between -1 and +1) easy controls.

Until I fix this, as a "workaround", if you are recreating a preset that Insigna did for instance, add 64 (0.5) to his easy parameter values.