DMS-Ascension

[Tj Shredder]

Anyway, the more important question, who will be maintaining the product then? Will I get the future update through KVR marketplace?

I guess this depends on how that marketing will work out. If they sell more than 4 times as many copies with this price (likely they do), and some realize they get the full bundle cheaper if they first buy Ascension for cheap... It could create enough resources to keep going. Waves and Air are also still alive... (I wonder if PiB sells a single copy of Hybrid outside of their 1$ deals...)
Even I got thinking to grab it... Its as much as a soundpack, though I doubt I need it... Strategy could also be on their side to wait until all who really wanted it already grabbed it at a high price and now they deliver it to the GAS station...

[15cr34m]

On the one hand, I'm glad that Ascension is under the new ownership, because DMS promoted this synth not very well (and I'm glad for $19, primarily ). But on the other hand, WA Production is not the best developer, because almost all their products don't have any updates and the company itself has mediocre reputation.

[starflakeprj]

I don't think this is under new ownership. Dance Midi Samples still exist, and they are still having Ascension on their webpage for sale, and KVR Marketplace is also selling the DMS version. This seem to be just a promotion by WA, as some of the presets seems WA only. But I don't know, just a guess.

[SoundPorn]

To be fair i got a bunch of WA Prod plugins and i don't have any issues with them at all so theres no need to update something thats not broke

On the one hand, I'm glad that Ascension is under the new ownership, because DMS promoted this synth not very well (and I'm glad for $19, primarily ). But on the other hand, WA Production is not the best developer, because almost all their products don't have any updates and the company itself has mediocre reputation.

[wagtunes]

$19. Wow. You know, even though I don't really need this synth, it sounds good, it's nice and compact, easy to program, and might make me a few bucks making libraries for it.

I'll tell you this much. To me, it sounds just as good (better really) than Sylenth1 that sells for almost 10x as much.

I just might be picking this one up after all.

** EDIT ** I just calculated that with the virtual cash I have, I can get this for under $15.

[Examigan]

This is like an AIR sale where they drop the price to almost nothing. Either they really needed some $$ from this as they couldn't sell many licenses originally, or there is a new version on the horizon.

[wagtunes]

This is like an AIR sale where they drop the price to almost nothing. Either they really needed some $$ from this as they couldn't sell many licenses originally, or there is a new version on the horizon.

Whatever their reasons, for this price, even I had to grab it. I'll probably make 10x my money back with my first library. And given the market this is targeting, shouldn't be much trouble at all. My Serum library is my 2nd best seller next to Softube Modular, which still puzzles the hell out of me.

Anyway, probably my best purchase of the year.

[surreal]

What does it sound like in the bass and pad dept

[wagtunes]

What does it sound like in the bass and pad dept

Why not just download the demo and find out for yourself? Nobodies description is going to be YOUR ears.

[surreal]

True that Wags! However I am at work and I do trust your judgement!

[surreal]

What is the protection scheme 9f this plug, is it activated like Aurturia or is it a keyfile or serial?

[wagtunes]

What is the protection scheme 9f this plug, is it activated like Aurturia or is it a keyfile or serial?

It's a little convoluted.

After you purchase, Plugin Boutique gives you a serial number. But that alone won't activate it.

You have to go to a link that they give you that then takes you to the company site. There, you need to plug in your name and email, serial number and then machine ID that's found in settings in the plugin itself. After you enter all that in and verify that you're a human (debatable with some here) you can then download a key file. You then import this key file through settings and it will then tell you you're licensed.

The good thing is, after that, should anything happen and you have to reinstall, as long as you didn't lose your key file, you should be good to go.

On another note, and I can't believe this, the arpeggiator, which is pretty cool, does NOT allow you to import in your own MIDI files. The VST comes with proprietary MIDI files in DPA format. There seems to be no way to either edit these OR create your own.

I honestly don't understand such as basic omission. If you're going to allow for the import of MIDI files, why not allow the import of custom MIDI files. Being restricted to just the ones that come with Ascension makes everybody sound the same.

This was a HUGE oversight IMO.

Hopefully, they'll change this in the future or create some kind of editor. And no, the built in editor doesn't allow any modification of the loaded pattern.

Very disappointing. But I guess you can't expect much for $15.

[mgw38]

On another note, and I can't believe this, the arpeggiator, which is pretty cool, does NOT allow you to import in your own MIDI files. The VST comes with proprietary MIDI files in DPA format. There seems to be no way to either edit these OR create your own.

I honestly don't understand such as basic omission. If you're going to allow for the import of MIDI files, why not allow the import of custom MIDI files. Being restricted to just the ones that come with Ascension makes everybody sound the same.

This was a HUGE oversight IMO.

Just a guess but I think that was done on purpose. The synth was originally developed for DanceMidiSamples.com. They probably had the plan to package some of their midi packs as Ascension midi extensions.

[exponent1]

I bought the synth and downloaded the installed. I'm on Windows. When I try to extract the zip, it asks for a password. I've tried the Windows Logon password as well as the Plugin Boutique serial. Nothing works, I can't extract the zip.

Did anyone else face this issue? If yes, how did you resolve it?

[wagtunes]

On another note, and I can't believe this, the arpeggiator, which is pretty cool, does NOT allow you to import in your own MIDI files. The VST comes with proprietary MIDI files in DPA format. There seems to be no way to either edit these OR create your own.

I honestly don't understand such as basic omission. If you're going to allow for the import of MIDI files, why not allow the import of custom MIDI files. Being restricted to just the ones that come with Ascension makes everybody sound the same.

This was a HUGE oversight IMO.

Just a guess but I think that was done on purpose. The synth was originally developed for DanceMidiSamples.com. They probably had the plan to package some of their midi packs as Ascension midi extensions.

I found a workaround. It's a little convoluted but it works.

Essentially, there are two ways to load MIDI files into the arpeggiator.

The first way is to load directly from the arp menu. This option, however, only allows you to load their supplied dpa files. And there aren't many of these.

However, there is a second way which allows you to load in their production loops from their browser. Now, according to the manual, these loops are hard coded into the dll itself. Meaning there is no way to add anything to them. Or at least one would think. These production loops are in MIDI format.

Well, I tried something. I created a folder on my hard drive right underneath the W A Production Loops folder and put some loops of mine into it. I then went back to the plugin to see if it was there but nothing. So I unloaded the plugin and loaded it back in but still nothing. At this point I was ready to accept that these loops were hard coded in. But then, out of desperation, I exited out of my DAW altogether and started it back up again and reloaded a new instance of Ascension. The production folder I created was then there. I'm going to assume that each time I add something to this folder I'm going to have to exit my DAW in order for the new data to propagate. Annoying but not the end of the world.

So, with a few gymnastics, you CAN use your own MIDI files though there is nothing in the manual that says you can. My gut tells me that they probably don't want this and didn't realize it was possible. I only hope they don't figure it out and plug up this loophole.