KVR Audio

tylr · Post by **tylr** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 6:50 am

Hey first post here. I somehow stumbled upon this thread when looking for a Oberheim VSTi, and grabbed the most recent build. I just want to say you're doing fantastic work man, this sounds great.

I have a couple small gripes with it, or features that I'd like to see, but for now I'll keep them to myself; There is something to be said for limitations.

Once I've worked with it a bit more, and get more familiar with it, maybe I'll give a constructive critique or suggest features that I think are critical. For now I'm just saying thanks.

Touch The Universe · Post by **Touch The Universe** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 6:57 am

Was the gui for this finished yet, just noticed a lot of people saying it looks great and sounds great, so just thought I'd ask, I downloaded from the 1st post and the gui is white but on more recent posts I am seeing a blue gui? Presets? Thanks again, sounds good

Frantz · Post by **Frantz** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 7:01 am

mysticvibes wrote:Was the gui for this finished yet, just noticed a lot of people saying it looks great and sounds great, so just thought I'd ask

Yes, the GUI is ready. Here is the latest version:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/fhw ... y/Obxd.zip

Touch The Universe · Post by **Touch The Universe** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 7:04 am

danke schoen

2DaT · Post by **2DaT** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 7:28 am

Frantz wrote:Congratulations and thank you to 2DAT and Layzer!
Obxd is an instant classic.

Feedback after a brief session using the new GUI.

Possible Bug

If you just turn the PW knob in the Oscillators section, the Pulse sound is always audible. However, if you modulate it with the LFO like this screenshot, you can make the Pulse sound disappear.

Not a bug. A feature

EvilDragon · Post by **EvilDragon** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 7:53 am

Frantz wrote:Shift - For fine adjustments.
Cltrl + Click - Reset to default value. This functionality is currently missing.

Yes. Except I would like a double-click to reset to default value instead. It's faster and doesn't need an extra hand to do it.

Ingonator · Post by **Ingonator** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 9:09 am

2DaT wrote:Gui, rescale of lfo pitch knob, denormal fix .
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/fhw ... y/Obxd.zip

Cool, wiill have a look ASAP.

UPDATE:

Just ahad a try. Looks great and sounds great.

A few things i found:

- Is it possible to make Unison usable with polyphonic sounds? So far it seems to work monophonic
- As already mentioned it would be great to reset values to default with CTRL + Left-Click

Is it possible to have two switches for key tracking with 50% and 100% ?
(e.g. labeled "Half" and "Full"). Even better would be a knob to adjust filter key tracking.

UPDATE:
JUst tested with external FXs like the free TAL Chorus-LX and also ValhallaVintageVerb and OBXD sounds even better with those. Wil also try with the Arts Acoustic Big Rock Phaser soon (after creating a proper Synth Strings patch for this).

Ingo

fluffy_little_something · Thu Jan 16, 2014 3:25 pm

Yes, the unison button could be turned into a knob. Off at zero, and as you turn it clockwise, you would step through various modes, that are displayed on the display:

1x8 voices
2x4 voices
4x2 voices
1x7 voices
1x6 voices
3x2 voices
2x3 voices
1x5 voices
1x4 voices
2x2 voices
1x3 voices
1x2 voices

These modes would override/turn off the single voice dropdown menu of course.

I am also in favor of a bend range knob as 2 notes is often too little, while an entire octave is often too much, which makes it hard to get a, say, 5 or 7 note interval.

I find the default VAM mode for mono odd, it seems to work only downwards. Would it not be better to turn the priority thingy off completely, and on in both directions when VAM is turned on, which is indeed the case.

Frantz · Post by **Frantz** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 5:14 pm

2DaT wrote:
Frantz wrote: Possible Bug

If you just turn the PW knob in the Oscillators section, the Pulse sound is always audible. However, if you modulate it with the LFO like this screenshot, you can make the Pulse sound disappear.

Not a bug. A feature

I can live with this if I have to but I am not sure of the value of this "feature." It means I have to be very careful to avoid sound drop outs when using PWM.

I think when PWM is enabled the current pulse width setting is:

Pulse Width = PW knob + (LFO value * PWM knob)

The "fix" would to be prevent the value from going out of range:

Pulse Width = MAX(PW knob + (LFO value * PWM knob), 127)

EvilDragon · Post by **EvilDragon** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 5:22 pm

Extremely thin pulsewidths always make the sound disappear into DC.

fluffy_little_something · Thu Jan 16, 2014 5:23 pm

You can use those dropouts for sound effects or rhythmic stuff

Frantz · Post by **Frantz** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 5:25 pm

fluffy_little_something wrote:You can use those dropouts for sound effects or rhythmic stuff

A poor man's trance gate.

fluffy_little_something · Thu Jan 16, 2014 5:28 pm

Frantz wrote:
fluffy_little_something wrote:You can use those dropouts for sound effects or rhythmic stuff
A poor man's trance gate.

Exactly, I do it all the time when I am cowering under the bridge with my notebook in my arms

Frantz · Post by **Frantz** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 5:38 pm

EvilDragon wrote:Extremely thin pulsewidths always make the sound disappear into DC.

Yes, I know this happens on some synths. However, I can't recall a synth where the range of possible pulse widths is different when PWM is enabled.

Imagine if you had to use an LFO to open a filter completely because the Cutoff knob had a shorter range. The situation with PWM here is similar.

fluffy_little_something · Thu Jan 16, 2014 5:44 pm

How as it on the hardware?

Obxd synthesizer