KVR Audio

jbuonacc · Post by **jbuonacc** » Tue Feb 23, 2016 8:29 pm

as far as i'm concerned, there doesn't need to be. still one of the best "analog" emulations out there, criminally underrated.

let me guess... you want them to add supersaws, unison, and wavetables?

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Tue Feb 23, 2016 8:49 pm

XILS 3 was very good, but they managed to update that to XILS 4

http://www.kvraudio.com/news/xils-lab-r ... ffer-26070

So why not PolyKB III ?

Some hands on suggestions:

Less CPU intensive
Resizeable GUI
Removal of dongle, use serial (like for PolyKBII Player)

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Tue Feb 23, 2016 8:56 pm

It is resizable. Or do you mean more size options? (It has 3 already)

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Tue Feb 23, 2016 9:00 pm

My PolyKBII Player GUI can't be resized, so I thought PolyKB II could not either.

Astralp · Post by **Astralp** » Tue Feb 23, 2016 9:06 pm

jbuonacc wrote:as far as i'm concerned, there doesn't need to be. still one of the best "analog" emulations out there, criminally underrated.

I agree it's the only VSTi I own that feels like I'm tweaking an Analog Synth, it's magnificent. I would love to see an update though with a a Mod Matrix and updated sequencer (it's a bit buggy yet very clever). Having said that a Mod Matrix may detract from it's originality in sound design, sometimes less is more.

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Tue Feb 23, 2016 9:22 pm

It is a beautiful instrument. Especially combined with Julian Ray's Kobold bank - which I think is indispensable if you have this plugin. I also find the sequencer fiddly to use though but apart from that it's my favourite XILS synth.

Lotuzia · Post by **Lotuzia** » Tue Feb 23, 2016 10:00 pm

Numanoid wrote:XILS 3 was very good, but they managed to update that to XILS 4

http://www.kvraudio.com/news/xils-lab-r ... ffer-26070

So why not PolyKB III ?

Some hands on suggestions:

Less CPU intensive
Resizeable GUI
Removal of dongle, use serial (like for PolyKBII Player)

Actually, Xils 4 is a double Xils 3 with interconnexions between the 2 synthesizers, recreating the protoptype EMS 1000. Both Xils 3 & 4 can still be purchased, and are continuously developped. The Xils 3 is in version 2.0 since last year iirc. (There was never a Xils 1 or Xils 2 btw, it was Xils 3 from the start)

Then, you don't need a physical dongle to use the PolyKB II. You can use the soft Ilok version, and even install it on two different computer (Soft Ilok is a kind of c/r protection, similar to NI C/R -as i see it-)

And, finally, you can upgrade your PKBII player to the full PKB II at anytime if you wish so.

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 6:50 pm

PolyKB II, NKS ready and half price at €74,5

I don't think it has been sold at such a low price before

jbuonacc · Post by **jbuonacc** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 7:53 pm

Numanoid wrote:PolyKB II, NKS ready and half price at €74,5

I don't think it has been sold at such a low price before

where are you seeing that price?

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 7:55 pm

My mind's eye is omnipresent

Especially when it comes to sale deals

http://www.native-instruments.com/en/sp ... polykb-ii/

http://www.native-instruments.com/en/sp ... ing-synths

jbuonacc · Post by **jbuonacc** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 8:13 pm

lol, yeah. just got the email from NI a few minutes ago.

fmr · Post by **fmr** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 8:43 pm

Numanoid wrote:My mind's eye is omnipresent Especially when it comes to sale deals

http://www.native-instruments.com/en/sp ... polykb-ii/

http://www.native-instruments.com/en/sp ... ing-synths

At that price, it's a bargain, IMO.

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 8:46 pm

Worth getting, lovely sounding synth and finally a way to manage the presets. Unfortunately categories need a bit of work, I noticed synth pads for example gives me lots of arps and sounds that are definitely not pads. I hope the addon banks will also get converted to NKS.

Julian Ray · Post by **Julian Ray** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 8:48 pm

aMUSEd wrote:It is a beautiful instrument. Especially combined with Julian Ray's Kobold bank - which I think is indispensable if you have this plugin...

Thanks Stephen

And the Bundle is on 25% discount right now: KOBOLD 1+2+3 (Bundle of 500 presets) = $30
The discount code is: KoboldKVR2016
http://www.julianraymusic.com/sound/pol ... php#bundle
Cheers

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 8:50 pm

Julian Ray wrote:
aMUSEd wrote:It is a beautiful instrument. Especially combined with Julian Ray's Kobold bank - which I think is indispensable if you have this plugin...
Thanks Stephen
And the Bundle is on 25% discount right now: KOBOLD 1+2+3 (Bundle of 500 presets) = $30
The discount code is: KoboldKVR2016
http://www.julianraymusic.com/sound/pol ... php#bundle
Cheers

This is exactly the addon bank I would like to see in NKS format now

XIls Lab PolyKB Released