KVR Audio

thecontrolcentre · Post by **thecontrolcentre** » Fri Apr 25, 2014 6:10 pm

Thanks for the update

fmr · Post by **fmr** » Mon Apr 28, 2014 6:11 pm

bchrisb wrote:Yes it is the same, here is the link too

Thanks. Downloaded. it. Will give it a try ASAP, and will report what I find. Regards

fmr · Post by **fmr** » Tue Apr 29, 2014 6:55 pm

There's definitely something weird going on with this synth. And is not hard to reproduce. Just play a basic traid repeatedly and you'll notice two things(I did, at least):

1. The sound changes EVERY time you play the chord, and sometimes only one note sound, sometimes, two, sometimes is the highest, other times is the lowest... a mess.

2. Sometimes, the envelopes trigger again on release (???). What's going on?

Sorry, but the current status makes this useless to me. I really think this synth has potential, but the synth engine has something broken (or my ears are broken, then). I thought it was the envelopes, but I think it's not that (or not "just" that).

Besides, in some patches, there's a flutter in the pitch in higher octaves. I presume this has something to do with FM/PM, but nevertheles, it shouldn't happen.

Hope you want and have the time to hunt and to try to fix these issues. Seems like many of them are related with limited polyphony.

idfpower · Post by **idfpower** » Tue Apr 29, 2014 7:06 pm

True, there are still some issues with the synth (sadly the CPU hit remains my main beef - 2, max 3 instances drive FL Studio to max CPU overload; it may work just fine on newer machines, but on my old P4 it's just nuts), but at least it's usable enough to be able to use it in a project. Expect an audio demo in a few days

fmr · Post by **fmr** » Tue Apr 29, 2014 7:22 pm

idfpower wrote:True, there are still some issues with the synth (sadly the CPU hit remains my main beef - 2, max 3 instances drive FL Studio to max CPU overload; it may work just fine on newer machines, but on my old P4 it's just nuts), but at least it's usable enough to be able to use it in a project. Expect an audio demo in a few days

It's usable, as long as you don't play chords. If you treat it like a mono synth, it's usable, yes.

Tricky-Loops · Post by **Tricky-Loops** » Tue Apr 29, 2014 7:32 pm

fmr wrote:
idfpower wrote:True, there are still some issues with the synth (sadly the CPU hit remains my main beef - 2, max 3 instances drive FL Studio to max CPU overload; it may work just fine on newer machines, but on my old P4 it's just nuts), but at least it's usable enough to be able to use it in a project. Expect an audio demo in a few days
It's usable, as long as you don't play chords. If you treat it like a mono synth, it's usable, yes.

Maybe the polyphony is the problem? Have you tested playing chords with only 1 voice?

idfpower · Post by **idfpower** » Tue Apr 29, 2014 7:43 pm

fmr wrote:It's usable, as long as you don't play chords. If you treat it like a mono synth, it's usable, yes.

Guilty: this is my "trick"

I use most of the synths I have primarely as monos - 'cause I know this way I can make them work - at least to some extent

So you're right

fmr · Post by **fmr** » Tue Apr 29, 2014 8:44 pm

Tricky-Loops wrote:Maybe the polyphony is the problem? Have you tested playing chords with only 1 voice?

I tried

, but there was some "chord muting"

Tricky-Loops · Post by **Tricky-Loops** » Tue Apr 29, 2014 9:01 pm

fmr wrote:
Tricky-Loops wrote:Maybe the polyphony is the problem? Have you tested playing chords with only 1 voice?
I tried , but there was some "chord muting"

Maybe it should be called "Chord Killer" instead of "Abstractor"...

But my impression is that with (many) Synthmaker synths playing chords is more difficult than with (most) Synthedit synths...there's always some strange phasing going on...

bchrisb · Post by **bchrisb** » Wed Apr 30, 2014 12:42 pm

Hey everybody,
i try to replicate the failure but i dont found anything suspicious.
Please consider that by all my synthis wth multistage envelope, the voice count change is not updated by playing a track in your host application.
Can you give me a correct example by which preset and midi file the failure is to hear?
I uploaded a MP3 file that shows a example with 1 till 8 voices. First you hear a other classic synthi and then my.

MP3 File

idfpower · Post by **idfpower** » Wed Apr 30, 2014 11:35 pm

Here's an audio demo for this synth (everything - except for drums - is "ABSTRACTOR" stock & raw: no preset tweaking, no external effects, no sound processing whatsoever):

https://soundcloud.com/telurica/abstractor-demo

BlackWinny · Post by **BlackWinny** » Sun May 11, 2014 8:28 pm

Hello !

I think that your problem to find a web server is definitively resolved!

Look here!

(it's just a first edition of the page, I'll enhance it within the next days)

Each time you have a new release... just send me the file(s), and I'll upload the update to make the page always Ok.

If you're Ok tell me (and so I'll send you my email address by an mp).

BlackWinny · Post by **BlackWinny** » Sun May 11, 2014 10:21 pm

A little improvement to do about the GUI:

When in VST mode, ok, it is easy to change the presets as usual with the DAW.

But in standalone mode, the place where are the visual controls to change the preset is very uneasy to find, lost among the knobs, very dark, and at a totally unusual place:

I suggest to replace that block by a thin header, an horizontal line of a few pixels with little buttons a bit in the spirit of tape-recorder at the top of the GUI. Another advantage is that it lightens that second line which is already loaded of knobs a bit squeezed.

Dazed Veins · Post by **Dazed Veins** » Sun May 11, 2014 10:30 pm

@idfpower
Best tune I heard today! Popcorn at its best

Diego_C · Post by **Diego_C** » Sun May 11, 2014 10:44 pm

Hi
in the 1.4 version I'm not able to localize where to set up audio and midi devices

no sound at all coming out, is it me or something wrong with the .exe file?

Abstractor 1.0, Free Synthi