Bazille 1.0 released :-)

[ZeePok]

Right click on the HQ knob and select locked... you can lock it in the state you want

Didn't know that ...

Thank you!

[nevernamed]

The filters on this thing sound bloody great! At times it reminds me of Waldorf hybrids. Are they modeled filters (similar approach as Diva?)? I notice the cpu usage is similar to Diva hence the question (maybe a little less hungry).

Also the introductory pricing is until 15th of October. Does that mean the introductory price will apply on the 15th for the whole day and the new pricing will start at midnight 16th of October?

[Andurian]

Thought I'd add that this sounds *so* beautiful. It's a real joy to hear. The presets are all over the place, showing off the versatility of the synth, and most are quite excellent.

On the downside, It's a bit of a CPU hog - nothing my system can't handle, but it might be a problem when I'm trying to run more than one copy at once, or with a variety of other things in my DAW. It's on 1.0, though, so I can hope for more CPU efficiency in the future.

I bought it as an impulse purchase (the whole "will never go on sale again" thing is a strong motivator!), and didn't have many expectations going in. All in all, I was quite impressed.

[Urs]

The filters on this thing sound bloody great! At times it reminds me of Waldorf hybrids. Are they modeled filters (similar approach as Diva?)? I notice the cpu usage is similar to Diva hence the question (maybe a little less hungry).

The filters are much less CPU hungry than Divas. There was no need to model the amplifier within the filter and as it hadn't had to behave exactly like some vintage synth, we took a few shortcuts, i.e. it isn't correct from the EE point of view. It does however feature a vast amount of non-linearities paired with zero delay feedback and I think a few other tricks have more than made up for being *unreal* (literally!).

Diva's CPU hunger stems from the principle that everything that has a wire input needs to be calculated in one giant algorithm. The fitlers are part of this, but they're only like 20% of the whole thing.

Also the introductory pricing is until 15th of October. Does that mean the introductory price will apply on the 15th for the whole day and the new pricing will start at midnight 16th of October?

Whole day in all time zones. It'll be some time (afternoon?) on the 16th in Europe when we do the switch.

- Urs

[exmatproton]

The filters on this thing sound bloody great! At times it reminds me of Waldorf hybrids. Are they modeled filters (similar approach as Diva?)? I notice the cpu usage is similar to Diva hence the question (maybe a little less hungry).

The filters are much less CPU hungry than Divas. There was no need to model the amplifier within the filter and as it hadn't had to behave exactly like some vintage synth, we took a few shortcuts, i.e. it isn't correct from the EE point of view. It does however feature a vast amount of non-linearities paired with zero delay feedback and I think a few other tricks have more than made up for being *unreal* (literally!).

Diva's CPU hunger stems from the principle that everything that has a wire input needs to be calculated in one giant algorithm. The fitlers are part of this, but they're only like 20% of the whole thing.

Also the introductory pricing is until 15th of October. Does that mean the introductory price will apply on the 15th for the whole day and the new pricing will start at midnight 16th of October?

Whole day in all time zones. It'll be some time (afternoon?) on the 16th in Europe when we do the switch.

- Urs

Great stuff!

I am not sure if this is asked already, but...

What about that nice dark theme shown in the render?? I really like that one! The original is really boring and too bright. Even when the brightness is set to the lowest level

[Howard]

Post a screenshot here, exmatproton? On my computers, Bazille looks exactly like the posted images.

[firepile]

Any chance of getting the distortion module in bazille as a small freebie stand-alone vst plug-in for christmas? would be handy, the pre and post tilt eq's are great for shaping the sound.

Would also love to see Bazille's distortion module as a stand alone effect, it is very nice!

Would make a nice Uhbik...

[exmatproton]

Post a screenshot here, exmatproton? On my computers, Bazille looks exactly like the posted images.

I mean this (i know it is just a render, but it would be sooo awesome):

[nevernamed]

The filters on this thing sound bloody great! At times it reminds me of Waldorf hybrids. Are they modeled filters (similar approach as Diva?)? I notice the cpu usage is similar to Diva hence the question (maybe a little less hungry).

The filters are much less CPU hungry than Divas. There was no need to model the amplifier within the filter and as it hadn't had to behave exactly like some vintage synth, we took a few shortcuts, i.e. it isn't correct from the EE point of view. It does however feature a vast amount of non-linearities paired with zero delay feedback and I think a few other tricks have more than made up for being *unreal* (literally!).

Diva's CPU hunger stems from the principle that everything that has a wire input needs to be calculated in one giant algorithm. The fitlers are part of this, but they're only like 20% of the whole thing.

Also the introductory pricing is until 15th of October. Does that mean the introductory price will apply on the 15th for the whole day and the new pricing will start at midnight 16th of October?

Whole day in all time zones. It'll be some time (afternoon?) on the 16th in Europe when we do the switch.

- Urs

Thanks for the quick reply. Understood. It sounds surprisingly analogue a lot of the time. The introductory pricing being applicable across all time zones makes this a sure thing for me.

[havran]

Urs and company, Bazille sounds delicious. Thank you for making it!

Also, I'm happy to find that it runs pretty well on my AMD FX-4100 CPU (CPUmark score of 4040), even with several voices in high-quality mode.

Thanks also to the preset makers! I only started playing with the demo last night and haven't gone through all of them, but I spent some time after midnight playing "Call of the Ancients" by J Caverly, which reminds me of something by Mike Oldfield, and "Ancient Bell" by Bronto Scorpio, which was an immediate favorite.

Looking forward to patching cables like Ernestine to see who I might ring up.

Best wishes to all,

Kevin

[havran]

May I ask which presets were used in the intro video (the one with the radar scope)?

[JC_]

..I spent some time after midnight playing "Call of the Ancients" by J Caverly, which reminds me of something by Mike Oldfield

Hey, glad you like the patch! I hadn't heard of Mike Oldfield, I'll have to check out his music.

[havran]

..I spent some time after midnight playing "Call of the Ancients" by J Caverly, which reminds me of something by Mike Oldfield

Hey, glad you like the patch! I hadn't heard of Mike Oldfield, I'll have to check out his music.

I'm happy to have made the introduction!

[tedlogan]

Soon after I bought Bazille, I suddenly got interested in maybe acquiring hardware modules to start my own modular setup which I would expand over time. The prices are certainly steep, but not exclusive. I thought maybe I could buy a module every few months and build one up over time. Did some light research, listened to some modules, considered space, money, time etc. Fell in love with the idea.

Then I wound up where I am right now at this very moment:

Currently watching the documentary I Dream of Wires, with Bazille being fiddled with at the same time (my own patches, random patching via Push, as well as some of the great factory patches + modwheel). Bazille sounds incredibly good . Fits right in with all the fantastic stuff coming from the film, like it could be one of the hardware modulars. I recognise that it is nothing like operating your own unique hardware setup, with physical knobs and the tactility etc.

Now I'm just thinking - why bother with the hardware?

Bazille is bloody excellent. When I first got Zebra 2, I was very excited, coming from Live's Analog and Operator. Now, coming from Zebra 2, I'm extremely excited with Bazille. Is there something wrong with me that such a thing as modular synthesis evokes such wonder?

In short, it's truly awesome.

Thanks u-he, I think it's worth a lot more than a mere $89/$129.

[Gone soft]

Is there something wrong with me that such a thing as modular synthesis evokes such wonder?

I think it's called passion, and I think it's all good.