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chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Sun Dec 20, 2015 5:03 pm

zlatan wrote:
bftucker wrote: Dune 1 is a great but quite different synth and there are many free patches for it scattered around
What makes Dune 1 so different ?
Just curious ... I stopped using Dune 1 after Dune 2 came out.

Dune 2 has improved oscillators, improved unison, improved filters, a more comprehensive voice architecture, improved mod matrix, and and and. The sound is quite different too, although they sort of share the same character. And there's something odd going on in the high frequencies with Dune 1 anyway, you can see that when using a spectrometer. That's probably why some people always criticized a certain lack of high end on Dune 1. As far as i could see, that's not present in Dune 2 anymore. Don't quite dig the sound though personally.

HcDoom · Post by **HcDoom** » Sun Dec 20, 2015 5:04 pm

Wow, soundflower looks very classy and wonderful, my default skin from now on. Top notch!!!

Yorrrrrr · Post by **Yorrrrrr** » Sun Dec 20, 2015 6:10 pm

HcDoom wrote:Wow, soundflower looks very classy and wonderful, my default skin from now on. Top notch!!!

Yes. It is beautiful, perfect for an incredible synth like DUNE 2.

I think Lance Thackeray (Serum GUI artist) has also been working in a DUNE 2 skin (though, he's been for quite a while now..): http://pureav.deviantart.com/art/DUNE-2 ... -535276697

core · Post by **core** » Sun Dec 20, 2015 7:00 pm

Yorrrrrr wrote:
HcDoom wrote:Wow, soundflower looks very classy and wonderful, my default skin from now on. Top notch!!!
Yes. It is beautiful, perfect for an incredible synth like DUNE 2.

I think Lance Thackeray (Serum GUI artist) has also been working in a DUNE 2 skin (though, he's been for quite a while now..): http://pureav.deviantart.com/art/DUNE-2 ... -535276697

Those keys look lovely, very much like the Kontrol S-series indeed. Would be great to have a Dune 2 skin by this guy, I really like his work on Serum.

Richard_Synapse · Post by **Richard_Synapse** » Sun Dec 20, 2015 7:50 pm

pheeleep wrote:For someone that does not own Dune 1, it is more advantageous to buy Dune 1 and then upgrade to Dune 2. It's only $9 more doing it that way ($108 total), but it's well worth having Dune 1 for only $9 more. I love Dune 1. I don't have Dune 2. I wasn't going to get anything more this year, but $49 to upgrade to Dune 2 with 750 presets, the added features, etc.. makes it very hard to resist. I wonder how long the sale goes.

The sale lasts until Jan-10, 2016.

Note the $49 upgrade offer is only for existing DUNE 1 customers (and requires login), we have added a note to the shop page to make this more clear

Richard

EnGee · Post by **EnGee** » Sun Dec 20, 2015 7:59 pm

Krakatau wrote:
EnGee wrote:
HcDoom wrote:The GUI colour variations is very nice indeed. All the colours are nice,
I', for one, think that the colors in Dune 2 are ugly ...but no negative influence in workflow, that all what counts at least

Well, we have different tastes

I find the metallic touch very pleasing and beautiful to my eyes. I really have no desire to change the skin

it's very well done IMO

pheeleep · Post by **pheeleep** » Sun Dec 20, 2015 8:02 pm

Richard_Synapse wrote:
pheeleep wrote:For someone that does not own Dune 1, it is more advantageous to buy Dune 1 and then upgrade to Dune 2. It's only $9 more doing it that way ($108 total), but it's well worth having Dune 1 for only $9 more. I love Dune 1. I don't have Dune 2. I wasn't going to get anything more this year, but $49 to upgrade to Dune 2 with 750 presets, the added features, etc.. makes it very hard to resist. I wonder how long the sale goes.
The sale lasts until Jan-10, 2016.

Note the $49 upgrade offer is only for existing DUNE 1 customers (and requires login), we have added a note to the shop page to make this more clear

Richard

Hello Richard

But if someone buys Dune 1 right now, can they not register it and then upgrade to Dune 2, paying a total of $108? I will edit my comments made above if this is incorrect, but I am not 100% sure what you mean. Thanks for providing the deadline of the sale. All the best.

Krakatau · Post by **Krakatau** » Sun Dec 20, 2015 8:38 pm

EnGee wrote:
Krakatau wrote:
EnGee wrote:
HcDoom wrote:The GUI colour variations is very nice indeed. All the colours are nice,
I', for one, think that the colors in Dune 2 are ugly ...but no negative influence in workflow, that all what counts at least
Well, we have different tastes I find the metallic touch very pleasing and beautiful to my eyes. I really have no desire to change the skin it's very well done IMO

Technically i either don't need to change the colors and very likely, the factory skins are very well conceived in the way it doesn't distract the sound designer

As far as i remember, it was the same issue with absynth5 when released, the GUI isn't much esthetic for some compared to the preceding one, but at least more easy to understand

So no worries...

liquidsound · Post by **liquidsound** » Sun Dec 20, 2015 8:59 pm

pheeleep wrote:
Richard_Synapse wrote:
pheeleep wrote:For someone that does not own Dune 1, it is more advantageous to buy Dune 1 and then upgrade to Dune 2. It's only $9 more doing it that way ($108 total), but it's well worth having Dune 1 for only $9 more. I love Dune 1. I don't have Dune 2. I wasn't going to get anything more this year, but $49 to upgrade to Dune 2 with 750 presets, the added features, etc.. makes it very hard to resist. I wonder how long the sale goes.
The sale lasts until Jan-10, 2016.

Note the $49 upgrade offer is only for existing DUNE 1 customers (and requires login), we have added a note to the shop page to make this more clear

Richard
Hello Richard

But if someone buys Dune 1 right now, can they not register it and then upgrade to Dune 2, paying a total of $108? I will edit my comments made above if this is incorrect, but I am not 100% sure what you mean. Thanks for providing the deadline of the sale. All the best.

I think the "existing" is the key word there.

pheeleep · Post by **pheeleep** » Sun Dec 20, 2015 9:50 pm

pheeleep wrote:
core wrote:DUNE 2 (and the first DUNE) are now on sale. DUNE 2 is just $99
http://www.synapse-audio.com/shop.html

Edit, as I misunderstood the terms

pheeleep · Post by **pheeleep** » Sun Dec 20, 2015 9:52 pm

bftucker wrote:
pheeleep wrote:
core wrote:DUNE 2 (and the first DUNE) are now on sale. DUNE 2 is just $99
http://www.synapse-audio.com/shop.html
For someone that does not own Dune 1, it is more advantageous to buy Dune 1 and then upgrade to Dune 2. It's only $9 more doing it that way ($108 total), but it's well worth having Dune 1 for only $9 more. I love Dune 1. I don't have Dune 2. I wasn't going to get anything more this year, but $49 to upgrade to Dune 2 with 750 presets, the added features, etc.. makes it very hard to resist. I wonder how long the sale goes.
Good suggestion...I agree that anyone buying Dune2 should do it this way. Dune 1 is a great but quite different synth and there are many free patches for it scattered around

It turns out I was wrong and that you have to have owned Dune 1 prior to this sale. I have edited my comments in my post (and I just updated to Dune2 myself using my years old Dune 1 license

)

zlatan · Post by **zlatan** » Sun Dec 20, 2015 10:27 pm

chk071 wrote: Dune 2 has improved oscillators, improved unison, improved filters, a more comprehensive voice architecture, improved mod matrix, and and and. The sound is quite different too, although they sort of share the same character. And there's something odd going on in the high frequencies with Dune 1 anyway, you can see that when using a spectrometer. That's probably why some people always criticized a certain lack of high end on Dune 1. As far as i could see, that's not present in Dune 2 anymore. Don't quite dig the sound though personally.

I know all this , I guess people misunderstood my statement.
I have both Dune 1 + 2 and don't see a reason to use Dune 1 anymore.
So my question was what's so different/nice about Dune 1 that one still would like to use it ?

EnGee · Post by **EnGee** » Sun Dec 20, 2015 11:10 pm

Krakatau wrote:
EnGee wrote:
Krakatau wrote:
EnGee wrote:
HcDoom wrote:The GUI colour variations is very nice indeed. All the colours are nice,
I', for one, think that the colors in Dune 2 are ugly ...but no negative influence in workflow, that all what counts at least
Well, we have different tastes I find the metallic touch very pleasing and beautiful to my eyes. I really have no desire to change the skin it's very well done IMO
Technically i either don't need to change the colors and very likely, the factory skins are very well conceived in the way it doesn't distract the sound designer

As far as i remember, it was the same issue with absynth5 when released, the GUI isn't much esthetic for some compared to the preceding one, but at least more easy to understand

So no worries...

I think I understand what you mean. The previous version has some special feeling to it, like in Absynth 1 or 2.

Well, I like Dune 2 and I feel it like a sedan Japanese car. Comfortable and practical, nothing fancy or 'special' in design, but this simple (or conservative) approach is also beautiful IMO.

Oh well, glad that it is skinnable, so users have a choice

Ok, back to the manual that I started reading it yesterday. The thing is Dune 2 is much more than I expected! The possibilities for sound design are a lot. I was comparing just little bit between Dune 2 and Synthmaster (quality set to best) yesterday. They are very near in their approach, I couldn't say definitely which one is better sounding for me. The cpu usage also depends on presets. Anyway, I think I slightly prefer Dune 2, but I need to spend more time with both to see. Both synths are great synths IMO, and I'm glad to have them

4damind · Post by **4damind** » Sun Dec 20, 2015 11:59 pm

I think the design of Dune2 is very unique. There are not so many synth with a similar layering/unison feature like Dune2.
The GUI design/colors are of course a matter of taste. I use the default gray color theme and I like it. I've also tested this Sandflower theme.. yes, it looks nice and it's different but I'm happy with the default theme.

For me is Dune2 some of this desert island synth.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Mon Dec 21, 2015 2:20 am

zlatan wrote:
chk071 wrote: Dune 2 has improved oscillators, improved unison, improved filters, a more comprehensive voice architecture, improved mod matrix, and and and. The sound is quite different too, although they sort of share the same character. And there's something odd going on in the high frequencies with Dune 1 anyway, you can see that when using a spectrometer. That's probably why some people always criticized a certain lack of high end on Dune 1. As far as i could see, that's not present in Dune 2 anymore. Don't quite dig the sound though personally.
I know all this , I guess people misunderstood my statement.
I have both Dune 1 + 2 and don't see a reason to use Dune 1 anymore.
So my question was what's so different/nice about Dune 1 that one still would like to use it ?

I see. Not much i guess.

DUNE 2 is out now!!