Softube Modular
- KVRian
- 652 posts since 2 Mar, 2015 from UK
I like the new one it's got an interesting character bought it straight away.
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- KVRist
- 90 posts since 25 Sep, 2010 from Tokyo
Is Softube Modular compatible with macOS 10.13? I tried installing the demo but couldn't get it to work in Logic, the plugin didn't seem to be recognized.
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- KVRist
- 339 posts since 25 Oct, 2004
I had the same issue. In fact none of my Softube plugins showed up in Logic (but did everywhere else - Reason, Numerology, Kore) ...until I shut down the computer completely and restarted. Strange as I never had to do this previously.thomaskyhn wrote:Is Softube Modular compatible with macOS 10.13? I tried installing the demo but couldn't get it to work in Logic, the plugin didn't seem to be recognized.
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- KVRist
- 122 posts since 30 Sep, 2013 from Czech Republic
“Softube Modular the Tutorials part 12: the Buchla 259e unit” is available now:
2 hours and 40 minutes (and 54 seconds
) full of explanations, demonstrations and experiments. Probably the most comprehensive guide to this twisted, crazy and complex west coast module you will find on the web (so far, 3 March 2018).

Content and Timeline:
0:00:00 Introduction
0:00:40 Buchla and Moog, West and East
0:01:22 Are They Crazy In California?
0:02:10 Basic Structure
0:03:33 The Principal Oscillator
0:03:38 Frequencies and Pitch
0:04:23 FM and CV Modulation, Similarities and Differences
0:14:08 MIDI
0:26:30 Green and Red Wave Shapes
0:28:30 Morphing Wave Shapes
0:29:39 Warping Waves
0:31:00 Modulating Morph and Warp
0:42:08 The Wave Shapes In Detail
1:24:35 The Waves a, b and c or: “How to Drink the Attic”
1:28:20 The Memory Skew Mode
1:50:05 The Modulation Oscillator
1:50:54 Modulation Shapes and Frequencies
1:55:25 The Pitch Track Mode
2:05:00 Modulating the Modulations
2:15:52 The Modulation Types
2:17:27 The Modulation Index
2:19:45 Softsync
2:26:45 Hardsync
2:29:34 MIDI Sync
2:31:23 AC Coupled Outputs and DC Coupled Outputs
2:34:55 Buchla 259e, The Hardware and the Software: Differences
2:37:25 Some Words at the End
2:40:54 The End
2 hours and 40 minutes (and 54 seconds

Content and Timeline:
0:00:00 Introduction
0:00:40 Buchla and Moog, West and East
0:01:22 Are They Crazy In California?
0:02:10 Basic Structure
0:03:33 The Principal Oscillator
0:03:38 Frequencies and Pitch
0:04:23 FM and CV Modulation, Similarities and Differences
0:14:08 MIDI
0:26:30 Green and Red Wave Shapes
0:28:30 Morphing Wave Shapes
0:29:39 Warping Waves
0:31:00 Modulating Morph and Warp
0:42:08 The Wave Shapes In Detail
1:24:35 The Waves a, b and c or: “How to Drink the Attic”
1:28:20 The Memory Skew Mode
1:50:05 The Modulation Oscillator
1:50:54 Modulation Shapes and Frequencies
1:55:25 The Pitch Track Mode
2:05:00 Modulating the Modulations
2:15:52 The Modulation Types
2:17:27 The Modulation Index
2:19:45 Softsync
2:26:45 Hardsync
2:29:34 MIDI Sync
2:31:23 AC Coupled Outputs and DC Coupled Outputs
2:34:55 Buchla 259e, The Hardware and the Software: Differences
2:37:25 Some Words at the End
2:40:54 The End
- KVRian
- 1094 posts since 13 Mar, 2008 from Arnhem, Netherlands
Sorry for reviving this thread, but....
Seeing as Softube's got all the Modular stuff on sale at the mo.
What are the must-get modules and which ones are skippable?
Seeing as Softube's got all the Modular stuff on sale at the mo.
What are the must-get modules and which ones are skippable?
- Beware the Quoth
- 35432 posts since 4 Sep, 2001 from R'lyeh Oceanic Amusement Park and Funfair
Not enough choice for me to see much in the way of alternatives, so I suspect most people Pokemon them.evilantal wrote:Sorry for reviving this thread, but....
Seeing as Softube's got all the Modular stuff on sale at the mo.
What are the must-get modules and which ones are skippable?
An idiot on Set Theory:
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
- KVRian
- 1498 posts since 21 Nov, 2005 from The Netherlands
" Prices are subject to change without notice. " 
- KVRian
- 1094 posts since 13 Mar, 2008 from Arnhem, Netherlands
Haha....when they've raked in enough from the sale presumably
$37.99 (at Audiodeluxe) for the base plugin is hard to pass up, though...
$37.99 (at Audiodeluxe) for the base plugin is hard to pass up, though...
- KVRAF
- 2236 posts since 23 May, 2005 from West Country, UK
It's a gateway drugevilantal wrote:Haha....when they've raked in enough from the sale presumably
$37.99 (at Audiodeluxe) for the base plugin is hard to pass up, though...
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- KVRAF
- 8094 posts since 16 Oct, 2006
Been playing with the demo all day, it's addictive so I started adding modules to my cart at Audio Deluxe and Plugin Boutique to compare prices and here's what I got
As well as the Modular I added the Heartbeat in both online stores..anyways I'm debating on Softube or Reaktor blocks. Quite a price difference when you compare £'s with the $ here.

Rob

Rob
- KVRAF
- 2747 posts since 28 Feb, 2015
@rob_lee
I PM'd you with an offer selling my license of Modular plus 7 expansions, as well as Heartbeat.
I PM'd you with an offer selling my license of Modular plus 7 expansions, as well as Heartbeat.
Mac Mini M4 Pro | 14 Cores (10P/4E) | 48GB RAM | Studio One | Reason | Bitwig Studio | Logic Pro | FL Studio | Cubase Pro | Waveform | Reaper | Renoise | ~1000 VSTs/AUs | ~350 REs
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- KVRist
- 261 posts since 2 May, 2014
Sale is until 30th june according to softube emails. I've bought most on previous sales and it's a nice package. Don't use it everyday, but once I start it up I always enjoy it and can loose hours creating all kinds of sounds ranging from basic to crazy endless drones and noises. So I consider it a money well spent. Still learning some of the modules (4ms PEG for example), but buchla and vactrol lpg are my favorites.
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- KVRAF
- 9144 posts since 7 Oct, 2005
I bought only the basic Modular and Korgasmatron II (as I'm fan of Korg filters!). Together were for $74 which is a great price IMO. I think it will take long time before I look at other modules, but maybe next discount!
The nice surprise is that I don't have to use iLok! So, I chose Gobbler method instead. It seems friendlier than iLok as I just spotted one service running in the background. I don't know about how many authorisations are possible though!
The CPU usage is high but when I switched to High Performance power option, my Ryzen 1600X handled it very well
The nice surprise is that I don't have to use iLok! So, I chose Gobbler method instead. It seems friendlier than iLok as I just spotted one service running in the background. I don't know about how many authorisations are possible though!
The CPU usage is high but when I switched to High Performance power option, my Ryzen 1600X handled it very well
Using: Cubase Pro 15, Reason 13, Tascam US-4x4HR, MODX6, DM12D, LaunchKey 49, Yamaha guitar(Pacifica 612v) and bass (BB234) and some virtual instruments and synths.
