SEKTOR by Initial Audio
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 851 posts since 26 Jan, 2014 from United States of America
Hey there
I dont see any threads about Sector- I must of overlook it somehow. Did we already discuss it? Is it worth to buy? Anybody using it? Thank you. https://initialaudio.com/product/sektor/
I dont see any threads about Sector- I must of overlook it somehow. Did we already discuss it? Is it worth to buy? Anybody using it? Thank you. https://initialaudio.com/product/sektor/
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 851 posts since 26 Jan, 2014 from United States of America
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- KVRist
- 118 posts since 25 Jul, 2010 from united states
Its really buggy in Ableton, but sounds ok and the workflow is nice like most synths i guess..
Nit a show stopper though
Nit a show stopper though
Ableton Live 10, Korg Monologue. Various vst's and effects
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- KVRAF
- 5664 posts since 7 Feb, 2013
I downloaded the demo (yes, all 3.7 gb of it!) and played with it a bit the other day. To me it looks, sounds and feels very similar to Serum, the same hard/harsh sound. It misses the Serum's variety of osc warp modes (it only has FM between the oscs ) and filters (only basic LP/BP/HP which sound pretty bland and boring to me). It has interesting per-oscillator unison where you can independently set the osc parameters for each unsion voice - somehow similar to Dune's differential unison but applied to oscillators and not to the whole synth. Also it has another interesting fetaure - you may set custom curves defining how the synth will react to velocity, AT, MW and keytrack (iirk in Serum this is only possible for velocity). It also supports MPE.
I didn't notice any bugs (Win7, latest Studio One 64 bit).
It definitely seems an OK synth but I don't think it different enough from what I already have. For people having MPE controllers the MPE support may be a big advantage over Serum though.
I didn't notice any bugs (Win7, latest Studio One 64 bit).
It definitely seems an OK synth but I don't think it different enough from what I already have. For people having MPE controllers the MPE support may be a big advantage over Serum though.
You may think you can fly ... but you better not try
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- KVRAF
- 4026 posts since 2 Jul, 2005
The MPE support and the way that's integrated into the mod section are the best thing about it. Otherwise it's a pretty generic wavetable synth. I almost grabbed it since it fixes most of the crappy things about synthmaster/ synthmaster one and their MPE support, but I figure Equator, Strobe 2 and Cypher 2 will be my go to synths for playing with MPE. Unless you have a desperate need for a MPE wavetable synth it's got nothing to make it stand out.
Don't F**K with Mr. Zero.
- GRRRRRRR!
- 15844 posts since 14 Jun, 2001 from Somewhere else, on principle
How about the sound quality? The demos I listened to seem very impressive in that regard and I love what I've seen of the workflow on video. It's $79 at the moment (Plugin Boutique) and it looks very tempting to me. I'm definitely going to download the demo and try it out over the weekend. (The fact the the record store I co-owned in the 1990's was called Sektor 7 has no influence on my interest in this synth. Honest.)
NOVAkILL : Asus RoG Flow Z13, Core i9, 16GB RAM, Win11 | EVO 16 | Studio One | bx_oberhausen, GR-8, JP6K, Union, Hexeract, Olga, TRK-01, SEM, BA-1, Thorn, Prestige, Spire, Legend-HZ, ANA-2, VG Iron 2 | Uno Pro, Rocket.
- KVRist
- 69 posts since 7 Jun, 2018 from Ukraine. Kharkiv.
I have this synthesizer. Good sound, good modulation capabilities. The only drawback are the Sektor filters. The synthesizer works stably in the Reaper. It is worth the designated amount of money. There is a bug in the synthesizer - the instability of the Delay settings.
- KVRist
- 69 posts since 7 Jun, 2018 from Ukraine. Kharkiv.
These are examples of the formation of sound.
Everything is done in Sektor.
https://soundcloud.com/user-484756306/kraftwerk-sound
https://soundcloud.com/user-484756306/t ... -of-winter
Everything is done in Sektor.
https://soundcloud.com/user-484756306/kraftwerk-sound
https://soundcloud.com/user-484756306/t ... -of-winter
- KVRAF
- 8814 posts since 6 Jan, 2017 from Outer Space
Was there an update??? When I got it MPE was broken, not working at all, and the devs showed no interest to fix it ever. They did not even bother to look into the issue...Ah_Dziz wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2018 6:45 pm The MPE support and the way that's integrated into the mod section are the best thing about it. Otherwise it's a pretty generic wavetable synth. I almost grabbed it since it fixes most of the crappy things about synthmaster/ synthmaster one and their MPE support, but I figure Equator, Strobe 2 and Cypher 2 will be my go to synths for playing with MPE. Unless you have a desperate need for a MPE wavetable synth it's got nothing to make it stand out.
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- KVRian
- 1403 posts since 10 Jul, 2018
Now Serum has MPE support... how do they compare in terms of MPE and Seaboard playability?
Tempted to get this while it's on sale and Serum isn't, but from reviews and the zillion Serum presets I've gotten with sample packs, Serum seems like the better choice for me... unless its MPE is significantly worse or more limited.
Tempted to get this while it's on sale and Serum isn't, but from reviews and the zillion Serum presets I've gotten with sample packs, Serum seems like the better choice for me... unless its MPE is significantly worse or more limited.
- KVRAF
- 8814 posts since 6 Jan, 2017 from Outer Space
- GRRRRRRR!
- 15844 posts since 14 Jun, 2001 from Somewhere else, on principle
After trying the demo of this and Syntronik, I bought this. I have already managed to get some sounds from it that are too full-on to be useful, which is gratifying. It's startling how easy it is to get this thing to misbehave. I love it!
NOVAkILL : Asus RoG Flow Z13, Core i9, 16GB RAM, Win11 | EVO 16 | Studio One | bx_oberhausen, GR-8, JP6K, Union, Hexeract, Olga, TRK-01, SEM, BA-1, Thorn, Prestige, Spire, Legend-HZ, ANA-2, VG Iron 2 | Uno Pro, Rocket.
- KVRAF
- 2392 posts since 29 Jun, 2005 from La La Land
This thing is not normal I tell you!
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Alienware i7 R3 loaded with billions of DAWS and plugins.
Alienware i7 R3 loaded with billions of DAWS and plugins.