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ontrackp · Post by **ontrackp** » Fri Oct 11, 2013 12:28 am

I'm playing around with the various synths to see which one feels like it would be the most fun to use, and Aalto only plays in mono -- is anyone else experiencing this? Thanks.

bftucker · Post by **bftucker** » Fri Oct 11, 2013 1:03 am

ontrackp wrote:Aalto only plays in mono -- is anyone else experiencing this? Thanks.

Yes...everyone. "Next-level monosynth from Madrona Labs, with patchable modulation, unusual features and astounding analogue-style sound" YW

Kondarivan · Post by **Kondarivan** » Fri Oct 11, 2013 11:22 am

ontrackp wrote:I'm playing around with the various synths to see which one feels like it would be the most fun to use, and Aalto only plays in mono -- is anyone else experiencing this? Thanks.

Yeah, you'll have to layer that. But Alto is still a great synth...

Blaakk · Post by **Blaakk** » Fri Oct 11, 2013 3:00 pm

bjporter wrote:A few things OSC taught me (of many, including the ones Mulperi said):

1) The opportunity and motive to actually finish songs... perhaps before OSC I had 14+ hours of misc demos, and maybe 1 song (my own song, not something done for or with others). That's a good mindset to have...............

Perfectionism (which I guess is subtly related to fear) has always been my main problem. But the 3 OSCs I have attempted I have completed fairly quickly (this month's took about 10 hours). I'm certainly improving, and stuff like this definitely helps. But the main reason for me participating is for the limitations, to help improve my sound design (and composing I guess). The 'friendly competition' also helps, but I'm not at all in this for the prizes, although they would of course be a nice bonus.

I'm a huge advocate of deliberately limiting oneself to be able to get the most out of minimal tools. My last blog post was on this topic (http://www.music4yourproject.com/1/post ... e-box.html) for those who are interested. (I'm trying to figure out how to stop the blog sidebar from overlapping. Just now discovered it... WYSIWYG editor was showing it to be ok).

Anyway moving on.... I buy CM nearly every month. Have done for nearly a decade. Pretty much taught me the majority of what I know. Funnily, I just started a track consisting of only CM plugins the day before I started the MonoFury OSC. Wasn't limiting enough though, reminding me that I should return to the OSC!

I'd probably use SynthMasterCM, but it's killing Reaper quite quickly for some reason (it's the only synth I've come across that does!) Probably use Aalto instead. It seems very unique!

Edit: SynthMaster is fine today. :/
Edit No. 2: No it's not. Crashed when turning on the distortion. Apparently it crashes every DAW with the x64 plugin, yet the x86 is meant to be ok.

shortmanb · Post by **shortmanb** » Fri Oct 11, 2013 4:59 pm

Alchemy CM for me.

V'ger · Post by **V'ger** » Fri Oct 11, 2013 8:44 pm

shortmanb wrote:Alchemy CM for me.

RULES:
Submissions MUST comply with ALL the rules HERE
+ Use any one CM synth from any issue (except Z3TA+ which was a giveaway, not a CM synth)
+ No sample based synths allowed (single-cycle samples for wavetable synthesis are Ok)
+ CM effects (from any issue) are allowed as long they comply with the OSC rules
+ The name of the synth used must be declared when announcing your entry
+ Entries must be submitted before 1st November (KVR time)

V'ger · Post by **V'ger** » Fri Oct 11, 2013 8:50 pm

Blaakk wrote:I'd probably use SynthMasterCM, but it's killing Reaper quite quickly for some reason (it's the only synth I've come across that does!) Probably use Aalto instead. It seems very unique!

Edit: SynthMaster is fine today. :/
Edit No. 2: No it's not. Crashed when turning on the distortion. Apparently it crashes every DAW with the x64 plugin, yet the x86 is meant to be ok.

Don't forget you can always run plugins in 'buggy mode' or even as a separate or dedicated process which should sort you out. Just right-click the VST name in the FX menu when loading for the relevant menu.

shortmanb · Post by **shortmanb** » Sat Oct 12, 2013 12:40 am

Can external filter plugin's be used to filter the tone of the sound? Like my stock DAW eq or filter can be applied to the sound?

arkmabat · Post by **arkmabat** » Sat Oct 12, 2013 1:06 am

chk071 wrote:Just order it here: http://de.zinio.com/www/ You get the digital copy, then you can register on the Computer Music vault site, where you can download the whole contents of the DVD. It should include all plugins.

Issue #182 has the oldest plugs availible in the online vault afaik, so if you get that issue and a current issue then you'll have a good selection of plugs.

dakkra · Post by **dakkra** » Sat Oct 12, 2013 1:36 am

SynthmasterCM didn't have a noise oscillator that I could find. Kinda hard to do general percussion without that feature. I went with DuneCM instead. Though, not quite as good as SynthmasterCM

z.prime · Post by **z.prime** » Sat Oct 12, 2013 1:39 am

shortmanb wrote:Can external filter plugin's be used to filter the tone of the sound? Like my stock DAW eq or filter can be applied to the sound?

Yes. No problem with EQ or filter - just no commercial plugins outside of your DAW's native ones, freeware ones are okay, too.

stunkit · Post by **stunkit** » Sat Oct 12, 2013 9:28 am

Thank to e@rs and bjporter finally I got the plugins.

What I wanted to say is that I adore those developers who spread their plugins just as .dll bundle (32\64 etc) (optional manuals and presets)

And I hate when there is full screen installer, tones of different folders you need to point and checkboxes, bla bla. When I install such plugins I always have feeling that they make my system dirty, a specially on Windows... Why creating Start menu folder? Why placing documentation in Program Files directory? Why placing presets in 'My Documents' folder. I have no idea what they are putting into my system. Do they really think I have 'My Music' or 'My Videos' nearby their YetAnotherAwesomeVSTi preset folder? Man, I tired manually manage all my plugins and presets, moving them to separate folders by type or manufacturer %) e.g. I have different VST folder than default, sep. presets folder, etc.
Great butthurt while installing all dat plugins.

I think regular plugin has to have sep folder, pres folder [manual, install notes], and list of dlls by technology. Just to copy them where I want, and not to play with installers every time I reinstall Windows.

So I like plane developers far more. Cheers guys, real gems!

ps: Does anybody know if Cubase (Windows) need to store 32 and 64 bit [vst2 \ vst3] (I hate dat situation in windows, what a facepalm) plugins in separate folders as it need different processing or whatever?

pps: and yeah, bjporter really knows what's what synth percussion!

ontrackp · Post by **ontrackp** » Sat Oct 12, 2013 1:10 pm

bftucker wrote:
ontrackp wrote:Aalto only plays in mono -- is anyone else experiencing this? Thanks.
Yes...everyone. "Next-level monosynth from Madrona Labs, with patchable modulation, unusual features and astounding analogue-style sound" YW

If it is a mono synth by design perhaps they should remove the parameter control for number of voices, rather than have it on the interface but inactive.

Thanks for the clarification.

ontrackp · Post by **ontrackp** » Sat Oct 12, 2013 1:13 pm

dakkra wrote:SynthmasterCM didn't have a noise oscillator that I could find. Kinda hard to do general percussion without that feature. I went with DuneCM instead. Though, not quite as good as SynthmasterCM

The modulation oscillators can be set to noise, so you can FM (and maybe PM) a voice oscillator to create a noise effect. I've been using this to make drums but it's challenging......

kv331 · Post by **kv331** » Sat Oct 12, 2013 6:09 pm

Blaakk wrote: I'd probably use SynthMasterCM, but it's killing Reaper quite quickly for some reason (it's the only synth I've come across that does!) Probably use Aalto instead. It seems very unique!

Edit: SynthMaster is fine today. :/
Edit No. 2: No it's not. Crashed when turning on the distortion. Apparently it crashes every DAW with the x64 plugin, yet the x86 is meant to be ok.

Make sure you dont turn on the Distortion for the filter with the x64 version. OR, use the 32bit version and it wont crash.

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