KVR Audio

.jon · Post by **.jon** » Fri Apr 07, 2017 7:16 pm

wagtunes wrote: Reaktor Blocks also sucks the life out of my I7 16 gig PC. One instance can be as much as 50%. That is NOT a viable solution.

As far as Aalto goes, don't even get me started on some of the most ghastly interfaces ever seen to man. I'd rather walk on barbed wire than use one of their synths.

A 10 module setup like the Shared System would take much, much less than 50%, my patches are typically 25-30% on an old i5- but I rarely have any musical use for more than one modular synth in a song tbh. Or in some cases not much use for other instruments. Certainly viable.

Madrona interfaces are some of the best on the market as what comes to usability, just pure joy to design sounds with.

Winstontaneous · Post by **Winstontaneous** » Fri Apr 07, 2017 7:24 pm

.jon wrote:
wagtunes wrote: As far as Aalto goes, don't even get me started on some of the most ghastly interfaces ever seen to man. I'd rather walk on barbed wire than use one of their synths.
Madrona interfaces are some of the best on the market as what comes to usability, just pure joy to design sounds with.

I'm with you on this .jon. IMO Madrona has the most sensible/usable interface of any software (semi)modular I've used aside from VAZ. Way better than a zillion fake wires obscuring controls - I love u-he, but Ace & Bazille are pitiful in this regard (I own and adore both). It's also great to be able to turn numbers/animations on & off. And the Madrona audio path layout reflects signal flow, not altogether common in the software world.

VariKusBrainZ · Post by **VariKusBrainZ** » Fri Apr 07, 2017 8:36 pm

wagtunes wrote: Reaktor Blocks also sucks the life out of my I7 16 gig PC. One instance can be as much as 50%. That is NOT a viable solution.

Just curious but what OS, what ensemble, how many voices (I assume monophonic unless youre using the poly blocks), what sound card sample rate and what Reaktor sample rate?

I have a similar system and get way lower CPU consumption.

Im guessing youre looking at the Reaktor CPU load and not the OS reported CPU.

SODDI · Post by **SODDI** » Fri Apr 07, 2017 8:38 pm

wagtunes · Post by **wagtunes** » Fri Apr 07, 2017 8:40 pm

VariKusBrainZ wrote:
wagtunes wrote: Reaktor Blocks also sucks the life out of my I7 16 gig PC. One instance can be as much as 50%. That is NOT a viable solution.
Just curious but what OS, what ensemble, how many voices (I assume monophonic unless youre using the poly blocks), what sound card sample rate and what Reaktor sample rate?

I have a similar system and get way lower CPU consumption.

Im guessing youre looking at the Reaktor CPU load and not the OS reported CPU.

Yes, I'm looking at what Reaktor is reporting to me.

Windows 7 6 bit. I7, 16 gig RAM. Steinberg UR 28M soundcard.

What ensemble? The big fat one with like 16 gazillion modules. You know, the one that does everything but cook your dinner. Yeah, these things sound great but if you're limited to one instance before you PC starts choking, what's the point? Yeah, I could record the part and freeze the channel. Shouldn't have to do that on my rig when I can run 43 instances of Omnisphere before my PC starts spitting up pea soup.

wagtunes · Post by **wagtunes** » Fri Apr 07, 2017 8:41 pm

SODDI wrote:

WTF is this?

SODDI · Post by **SODDI** » Fri Apr 07, 2017 8:50 pm

wagtunes wrote:[WTF is this?

One of the more recent iterations of the Buchla - probably a 200e without the Thunderbird controller.

Don Buchla worked on refining his machines until the day he died -which was just last September.

Hence "modern".

Terrafractyl · Post by **Terrafractyl** » Fri Apr 07, 2017 8:53 pm

wowsers making synth presets for a living, and you don't know what a Buchla is?!

Only almost as influential to the synth world as, you know that Moog guy..

Aalto is pretty much one of the only worthy emulation of some of Don Buchla's amazing modules.

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Fri Apr 07, 2017 8:53 pm

Plus several Blocks are based on Buchla synths (eg most of the Wired ones, Eliane)

Terrafractyl · Post by **Terrafractyl** » Fri Apr 07, 2017 8:55 pm

You could also say that pretty much most of what Make Noise make is also an emulation of Buchla.

VariKusBrainZ · Post by **VariKusBrainZ** » Fri Apr 07, 2017 8:59 pm

wagtunes wrote:
SODDI wrote:
WTF is this?

Youve been into analog synths since the 70s and you dont recognise a Buchla

goldenanalog · Post by **goldenanalog** » Fri Apr 07, 2017 9:02 pm

wagtunes wrote:
SODDI wrote:
WTF is this?

Maybe a smarta$$ answer might be:

What Boeing's cockpit conceptualizing for their forthcoming 797 Dreamliner currently looks like - they've come 'full circle' including plans for 'old school' type features, including an autopilot programmed with patch cables -

Donald Trump approves - make airplanes great again -

Seriously: a gorgeous beast - pure hardware synth porn -

But what sort of practical GUI/hardware interface would you use to manage all that?

My thinking is that you might be better off just leaving it in hardware form -

justin3am · Post by **justin3am** » Fri Apr 07, 2017 9:05 pm

wagtunes wrote:
SODDI wrote:picture of 24 space 200e
WTF is this?

That is a synthesizer.

dark water · Post by **dark water** » Fri Apr 07, 2017 9:13 pm

Now admittedly it's not bleedingly modern, but the JoMoX SunSyn from 10 years ago would be an excellent synth to recreate in software form.
It was flipping brilliant (and also somewhat temperamental) as a hardware synth. I'd be delighted if someone like XILS or U-he got to grips with it...

spunkmuffin · Post by **spunkmuffin** » Fri Apr 07, 2017 9:18 pm

justin3am wrote:
wagtunes wrote:
SODDI wrote:picture of 24 space 200e
WTF is this?
That is a synthesizer.

Poor Wags.

What modern synthesizer would you like to see emulated in software?