SPC ArcSyn

[fisherKing]

a lot of great sounds in the patchpool set. but, as someone who does (mostly) 'commercial pop/hiphop'...not a lot of presets i can use. still, shows the possibilities with arcsyn, and i WILL use some presets; just think there's too many 'non-musical' sounds, (arcsyn excels in that area). overall, the set is a worthwhile addition to a great, dense, odd, adventurous new plugin.

[SciFiArtMan]

Isn't this thread supposed to be about ARCSYN!?

But I have to mention what a great patch set this Patchpool Arrows is! Besides 100+ killer patches, Simon includes a detailed PDF table with individual patch info with insight into how the patch is technically making the sounds, patch genre, and what audio demos the sound was used in, and other comments - an invaluable resource!

Pretty delicious icing on this patch bank cake!

[fisherKing]

Isn't this thread supposed to be about ARCSYN!?

But I have to mention what a great patch set this Patchpool Arrows is! Besides 100+ killer patches, Simon includes a detailed PDF table with individual patch info with insight into how the patch is technically making the sounds, patch genre, and what audio demos the sound was used in, and other comments - an invaluable resource!

Pretty delicious icing on this patch bank cake!

so, posting about a preset pack, and posting examples (as simon has done) is a problem? or did you mean my (basically positive) review of the preset pack? am confused...

[SciFiArtMan]

Just a snarky, sarcastic comment about my perception that beyond the promo of Simon's gold, there seems precious little yammering about ArcSyn itself in this thread. And to me, this is one synth that could benefit from some insightful discourse on other's discoveries, wanderings, randomizations. I can't say much because I still haven't done more than just kick the tires and look under the hood. It's like there's all the wind in the world to gripe about the look of it, but nothing much more say about the wonderful new sonic tool to make music with! And to me, regardless of it's "look", it's a pretty rare event that a new, affordable synth comes along that creates sounds as unique as this one! I see ArcSyn mentioned in all sorts of threads, and across the interwebs, but this thread seems like a tumbleweed factory, beyond Simon's interesting demos. I just hope the positivity of ArcSyn can eventually outweigh all the negative barking. And now I see I'm stepping in my own puddle...

But seriously, ArcSyn is one cool synth, and Arrows brings out many of its best qualities, IMO. Now it's time for me to jump into the deep-end and get wet with sonic wonder!

[fisherKing]

Just a snarky, sarcastic comment about my perception that beyond the promo of Simon's gold, there seems precious little yammering about ArcSyn itself in this thread. And to me, this is one synth that could benefit from some insightful discourse on other's discoveries, wanderings, randomizations. I can't say much because I still haven't done more than just kick the tires and look under the hood. It's like there's all the wind in the world to gripe about the look of it, but nothing much more say about the wonderful new sonic tool to make music with! And to me, regardless of it's "look", it's a pretty rare event that a new, affordable synth comes along that creates sounds as unique as this one! I see ArcSyn mentioned in all sorts of threads, and across the interwebs, but this thread seems like a tumbleweed factory, beyond Simon's interesting demos. I just hope the positivity of ArcSyn can eventually outweigh all the negative barking. And now I see I'm stepping in my own puddle...

But seriously, ArcSyn is one cool synth, and Arrows brings out many of it's best qualities, IMO. Now it's time to jump into the deep end and get wet with sonic wonder!

arcsyn is amazing, have been raving about it here, and my demo is on the arcsyn soundcloud page. am a huge fan... my point is, if someone can promote their soundset here (which is fine with me), i should be able to talk about it. and btw, i did not find your earlier post to be snarky, sarcastic.

[wagtunes]

Let me say something positive about ArcSyn for a change.

It is without any doubt, so far, synth of the year as far as sound generation goes. And my gut tells me it's going to be part of a lot of musicians arsenals.

Eventually, I am going to have to break down and get it and learn to work with the GUI as it is.

A synth has to be very special for me to want to do that.

This one is.

[spirit]

As the new soundset shows, this is not so much a sweet bread and butter machine. It's weird and nasty. Lots of scope here to explore. I suspect this may become the signature synth for some niche sub-genre due to its vicious sonic powers.

[urlwolf]

Which uhe synth complements arcSyn best? I bought Bitwig and have a 50 off coupon to spend on uhe before tomorrow.
Looking at Ace and Hive, maybe zebra. I have beatzille.
Bitwig mod blocks can do audio rate modulation. You get plenty of mono lfos. So raw feature count doesn't matter.

[Sampleconstruct]

As the new soundset shows, this is not so much a sweet bread and butter machine. It's weird and nasty. Lots of scope here to explore. I suspect this may become the signature synth for some niche sub-genre due to its vicious sonic powers.

Bread&Butter so depends on the genre one is working in, e.g. for a dubstep producer, a wobble-mania-sound is bread and butter, I wouldn't touch it in my life.

ArcSyn actually does more conventional pads, brass sounds, bass sound, plucks etc. very well, it just depends where a designer puts his focus on. One essential thing missing in ArcSyn for creating expressively playable B&B sounds - e.g. synth brass and bells - is the lack of envelope times being available as modulation targets, which is more an old school approach. Modulating attack/decay/release times with things like velocity and key follow is vitally important if you want to create more conventional yet non-static sounds which react to the way you're playing a keyboard or other Midi controller. But still, this synth is capable of a very broad range of sounds from A -> Z and beyond.

[sugo]

Which uhe synth complements arcSyn best? I bought Bitwig and have a 50 off coupon to spend on uhe before tomorrow.
Looking at Ace and Hive, maybe zebra. I have beatzille.
Bitwig mod blocks can do audio rate modulation. You get plenty of mono lfos. So raw feature count doesn't matter.

Zebra 3 is not far away and could be updated from 2 for only $30!

[sugo]

But i think closest to arcsyn will be hive

[murnau]

Which uhe synth complements arcSyn best? I bought Bitwig and have a 50 off coupon to spend on uhe before tomorrow.
Looking at Ace and Hive, maybe zebra. I have beatzille.
Bitwig mod blocks can do audio rate modulation. You get plenty of mono lfos. So raw feature count doesn't matter.

Zebra 3 is not far away and could be updated from 2 for only $30!

Or free if you own ZebraHZ as well!

[jc_vt]

Not sure what to think. I downloaded the demo for Mac, tried both AU and VST, no presets included, and crashed Live 9.6 when I tried moving controls....

[spirit]

As the new soundset shows, this is not so much a sweet bread and butter machine. It's weird and nasty. Lots of scope here to explore. I suspect this may become the signature synth for some niche sub-genre due to its vicious sonic powers.

Bread&Butter so depends on the genre one is working in, e.g. for a dubstep producer, a wobble-mania-sound is bread and butter, I wouldn't touch it in my life.

ArcSyn actually does more conventional pads, brass sounds, bass sound, plucks etc. very well, it just depends where a designer puts his focus on.

True, but try to get galaxy radio from a Juno. The fact that ArcSyn has 12 different types of noise (for example) will tend to pull the thoughts away from simple standard sounds.

[tommyzai]

Wow! Many pages and many heated comments — the developer clearly created something noteworthy! I dig Gater Pro, and I look forward to checking out ArcSyn.