Luxonix Purity reduced to $49.00!

[HaganeSteel]

listened to the demos, not impressed at all. Not sure what people are hearing. Is it just that it loads fast?

It's hard to respond to this because it is what it is and if it's not your thing, it's not your thing.

Purity doesn't try to be anything other than the software answer to synths like the Sonic Cell.

The demos aren't impressive in the grand scheme of things (even though I think Jaehyoung Suh is an excellent musician) because they only show off the more basic presets and Motive sounds.

This is one of those synths with all those secret powers that no one will know about until they get really deep into the thing.

But its real strength is in being the best sketch pad I've ever used. Even though the thing wasn't working right yesterday, I still made a song, because playing around with it, trying to get it to work right, ultimately led to me going, "That's a cool arp" and then finishing it.

Tone2's Firebird taught me a lot of how to make trance music, and this synth taught me how to make electronic K-pop because those Motive presets not only show you how to use the sequencer, but they can also teach you the kinds of chords that are most commonly used, like minor 6th chords.

I love this thing.

But if you don't need a sketch pad, skip it.

Unless you want a 16 layer pad or lead machine. But I don't know how this stacks up to other more dedicated VAs, so yeah. Someone else can chime in and correct me.

[fluffy_little_something]

Working fine so far. Some of the presets are very nice, some not so much.
The synth as such sounds good, certainly better than most Synthedit synths, actually it sounds much better than I expected for that price Just programmed a very warm sizzling pad, the CPU meter is hardly moving No aliasing or other noise as far as I can tell.
The effects are simple with just a few knobs each, no endless fiddling, I like that.
Also the graphical envelopes, simple but effective

It may not sound like the U-NO-LX, but it sounds very practical and usable.

What I also like is that it is very intuitive. Have not checked the manual once so far...

[HaganeSteel]

Working fine so far. Some of the presets are very nice, some not so much.
The synth as such sounds good, certainly better than most Synthedit synths, actually it sounds much better than I expected for that price Just programmed a very warm sizzling pad, the CPU meter is hardly moving No aliasing or other noise as far as I can tell.
The effects are simple with just a few knobs each, no endless fiddling, I like that.
Also the graphical envelopes, simple but effective

It may not sound like the U-NO-LX, but it sounds very practical and usable.

What I also like is that it is very intuitive. Have not checked the manual once so far...

Yep. You nailed it.

My fanboyism over this has a lot to do with how easy it is to use.

Purity sounds about the same as the M1, but cleaner and easier - newer - and this makes it more usable for me.

It's no Yamaha Motif, but at the end of the day, it's extremely smart in its design.

Also, there is a Motive preset called Double Dragon and is clearly a reference to the video game.

There is a drum kit called Escaflowring that is clearly a reference to the anime.

So that's what I hear in this synth: Personality. It oozes with personality, and the personality happens to be very similar to my own.

[Arglebargle]

Hmm, I guess the product really isn't for me. I never sketch out songs, I try to get the "final" sounds as soon as possible.

[fluffy_little_something]

So that's what I hear in this synth: Personality. It oozes with personality, and the personality happens to be very similar to my own.

Same here Unlike with most other synths this has so many good presets. Even if one is not 100% happy with them, one click on the Edit button and one can adapt them as one pleases.

At first I thought that it sounds a bit weak, but I noticed that the presets often have the amp velocity set very high. I am not used to playing brutishly, but when turning it back to 40% or so, there is much more power And if that ain't enough, just add one of the included compressors

The resonance knob is quite effective, just 10% or less and it changes the sound as much as 20% or more with other synths.
Same goes for the equalizer, very simple and effective, especially the Mid knob.

I also like the As Played option in the arp section, that is very rare and useful.

[HaganeSteel]

I know, those presets. I told you!

Dude, I am having so much fun screwing around with this thing.

It's seriously like my Roland, minus the headaches, and plus grainier string sounds that I need.

But I noticed something very important that people need to be aware of:

The muted drum sounds I was encountering only occur on MIDI channel 1. And this only occurs with drum sounds - other sounds are fine.

MIDI channels 2-16 do not have any bugs.

I'm going to report this to Sky Cha right away.

All this means is that you should avoid putting your drum kit on MIDI channel 1. Easy enough.

[fluffy_little_something]

Do you happen to know where user patches are stored under Windows? I need to know so I can include them in my regular backups

[HaganeSteel]

I believe that it's Program Files/LUXONIX/Purity. The files are 120 User 1.usr, 122 User 2, 123 User 3 and 124 User 4.

Could be wrong, though.

It doesn't seem like Purity can import/export .fxb? Haven't fiddled much around with that.

[fluffy_little_something]

Found it, hm, I guess it makes sense to backup the entire Purity folder as I have spotted configuration files and stuff in there as well.

Yes, seems like he has used proprietary file formats like .usr

[HaganeSteel]

Yeah, that's what I would do. Just backup the whole thing.

I can ask Sky Cha about this later, though, and probably get a more in depth answer.

But according to a post by a Yeap, who is the programmer, the *.usr files are the user patches, and that might be all you need to backup.

http://luxonix.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=1959

[fluffy_little_something]

Thanks Maybe I should register on that board after all, yet another account...

[HaganeSteel]

It's worth it.

If you haven't already, after you register your forum account, send Luxonix an email with the following information:

http://luxonix.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=1636

Once you do that, your account gets permission to access the download section, so in case you do lose Purity, it's always there for you to download again.

[Teksonik]

Hmm, I guess the product really isn't for me. I never sketch out songs, I try to get the "final" sounds as soon as possible.

Oh stop.......this synth is just as capable of getting to the "final" sounds as any other.....don't let one users perception of it dissuade you....

[HaganeSteel]

Hmm, I guess the product really isn't for me. I never sketch out songs, I try to get the "final" sounds as soon as possible.

Oh stop.......this synth is just as capable of getting to the "final" sounds as any other.....don't let one users perception of it dissuade you....

Yeah, I didn't want to say anything for fear of being accused of being a salesperson (:hihi:), but Tek's right.

I want to say that this is a synth where you either know you want it or you don't, but after seeing so many people recently who have tried it and really liked it, I don't feel that way anymore.

It's just a lot more powerful than we all gave it credit for at first.

I fanboy pretty hard over the Hyper Canvas and M1 too, and gave the same amount of support to DimPro.

Edit: Since we're on the topic, I'll add my 2 cents by saying that because of its well programmed presets and ease of use (tweaking a preset is really easy), Purity is more capable of getting that "finished" sound than every other synth I use besides the Hyper Canvas, and in which case, it breaks even on preset quality and then leaves it in the dust because Purity so much more flexible and has so many more sounds in it.

But that wasn't really Argle's argument in the first place.

His argument was that he didn't care for the sound, and that's perfectly reasonable.

And that's why I didn't argue. I'm not here to convince anyone to buy this, I'm here to fanboy over it and help with questions/problems in the process, because I understand that Luxonix is very short on manpower right now.

[BBFG#]

No argument here either. Seems like a good product for the money. Although, if they don't intend to update to x64, it seems to be the appropriate price.

Sounds very solid to me, just didn't grab me is all.