KVR Audio

martin_l · Post by **martin_l** » Tue Feb 03, 2015 3:02 pm

squidlr wrote:
martin_l wrote:
squidlr wrote:Probably it's already mentioned in this huge thread, didn't have time to read thru - PG-8X forgets loaded presets once you save a project including PG-8X in Logic Pro X, so you have to load the presets back each time you open project in Logic.
I assume you are talking about the AU..?
I don't have Logic, I will try to test later with GarageBand, which hopefully will behave similarly.

Cheers,
Martin
Yes, the AU version - seems like the above problem is apparent in Garageband too.

OK. I will investigate tonight.

Martin

squidlr · Post by **squidlr** » Tue Feb 03, 2015 3:05 pm

DrewDale wrote:32 patches here http://www.kvraudio.com/product/pg-8x-b ... /downloads in syx & PG-8X file format

These patches are phat!!! Thx

DrewDale · Post by **DrewDale** » Tue Feb 03, 2015 4:22 pm

squidlr wrote: These patches are phat!!! Thx

Cheers

AdmiralQuality · Post by **AdmiralQuality** » Tue Feb 03, 2015 7:05 pm

layzer wrote:on my musicroom xp x32 system that has a spidif connection that forces the daw to 48khz, loading up PG8X causes the output on other
vst's to crackle. .....WEIRD! on my xp x32 HP Elitebook it seems fine at 41khz. so there may be a issue with running it a 48khz sample rate.

edit: confirmed... just switched EXT2 on the notebook to 48khz and it did the same thing as the musicroom PC.

I just tried it at 48 kHz (x64 version, in Reaper x64, Win 7 64 Pro, through an Edirol UA-1000 USB 2.0 audio interface) and it was fine (including the sound from other VSTs). It's probably just available CPU power and/or differences between your two systems.

ZonderP · Post by **ZonderP** » Tue Feb 03, 2015 8:51 pm

Fantastic sound, crystal clear, punchy, phat, warm!
Thank you very much, Martin.
Only thing that makes me wonder is why only one preset and not 32, 64 or 128 are exposed to the host.
And why it should not be possible to load fxb banks with the VST version?

AdmiralQuality · Post by **AdmiralQuality** » Tue Feb 03, 2015 9:06 pm

ZonderP wrote:Fantastic sound, crystal clear, punchy, phat, warm!
Thank you very much, Martin.
Only thing that makes me wonder is why only one preset and not 32, 64 or 128 are exposed to the host.
And why it should not be possible to load fxb banks with the VST version?

Because that's how he chose to do it, basing it on some other non-compliant products. (I tried!)

ZonderP · Post by **ZonderP** » Tue Feb 03, 2015 10:36 pm

That is sad...
Nonetheless the synth itself is a Lamborghini (except its doors open to the ground

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AdmiralQuality · Post by **AdmiralQuality** » Tue Feb 03, 2015 10:39 pm

ZonderP wrote:That is sad...
Nonetheless the synth itself is a Lamborghini (except its doors open to the ground )

Yes, I think he's done a very good job with it, otherwise. It's a very faithful sounding reproduction of the original JX-8P.

martin_l · Post by **martin_l** » Tue Feb 03, 2015 10:58 pm

ZonderP wrote:That is sad...
Nonetheless the synth itself is a Lamborghini (except its doors open to the ground )

Thanks for your kind words.

The reason, I decided to take this "non standard" approach is, that I wanted to give users the option to use it in the "hardware style", i.e. you need to write presets to make the synth remember them. Most hardware behaves like that, and also many other plugins, in particular emulations of hardware.

Based on the previous discussions, I now implemented both (keeper and restorer) modes. In the "MIDI" panel (name of that panel not yet finalized), you can choose whether changes are automatically written to the current preset, or whether they need to be written. This behaviour would have been inconsistent with the normal way, exposing all presets to the host (thanks for pointing this out, AdmiralQuality).

Personally, I don't see any disadvantage of exposing only one preset to the host. Presets can be changed via MIDI (programme change) or via the readout display (Note to myself: write the manual!!). Writing the native pg8xbank files also is performing the same task as writing fxb's through the host. The only difference is that it is done through the plugin.

The doors might open in a different way, but I would say, they do the job. If there is anything which really disturbs the workflow (other than just being slightly different that other VST's), please let me know.

Cheers,
Martin

PS. Now off to fixing the denormal issue...

martin_l · Post by **martin_l** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 12:43 am

New Windows betas (*04-02*):

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/e5oop1vf8vpl ... eezxa?dl=0

Denormal bug (on Windows VST) should (hopefully) be fixed...
Please, let me know....

Martin

layzer · Post by **layzer** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 1:23 am

martin_l wrote:New Windows betas (*04-02*):

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/e5oop1vf8vpl ... eezxa?dl=0

Denormal bug (on Windows VST) should (hopefully) be fixed...
Please, let me know....

Martin

whatever you denormalized, it appears to have fixed the crackling. thanks Martin! now if only Jorgen could address issues with the new multicore ENERGYXT2 3.0 as quick as you, my music creating world would be perfect!

Mutant · Post by **Mutant** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 2:36 am

Yes it is fixed.
Thank you very much !

martin_l · Post by **martin_l** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 8:43 am

Mutant wrote:Yes it is fixed.
Thank you very much !

That's good news. Thanks for letting me know.

Martin

EvilDragon · Post by **EvilDragon** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 8:54 am

I see no problem with exposing just one preset to the host. u-he plugins are just fine with the same approach, since they have their own file browsers.

bailees7irish · Post by **bailees7irish** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 8:57 am

EvilDragon wrote:I see no problem with exposing just one preset to the host. u-he plugins are just fine with the same approach, since they have their own file browsers.

U-he has a better patch management system.

PG8X (inspired by the JX8P): new beta version uploaded