Sonic Academy new synth!

Phil Sonic Academy · Post by **Phil Sonic Academy** » Thu Nov 28, 2019 10:38 am

New skin is Slate only..

I am working on a vintage style skin too... if you have any ideas re: skins I’m happy to work on some stuff.

Mushy Mushy · Post by **Mushy Mushy** » Thu Nov 28, 2019 10:40 am

Phil Sonic Academy wrote: ↑
Thu Nov 28, 2019 10:38 am
New skin is Slate only..

I am working on a vintage style skin too... if you have any ideas re: skins I’m happy to work on some stuff.

I'd gladly pay extra for one that has devil horns on Stevens head. And even more for a game where we can throw darts at him

Whywhy · Post by **Whywhy** » Tue Dec 03, 2019 4:03 am

Hi Phil,
It could be great to have Polyphonic lfo, hopefully the g- env are poly, but every poly synth, poly not para

sorry I couldn't resist, like Ana2 need poly lfo's!
An ETA about mpe integration?

Caine123 · Post by **Caine123** » Tue Dec 03, 2019 4:38 am

hi guys im new to ANA 2 cause of the great sale, really like the sound of this but changing presets is not fluid, could this be improved?

Phil Sonic Academy · Post by **Phil Sonic Academy** » Tue Dec 03, 2019 5:24 am

how do you mean not fluid? is it taking a long time to change presets?

Caine123 · Post by **Caine123** » Tue Dec 03, 2019 5:28 am

Phil Sonic Academy wrote: ↑
Tue Dec 03, 2019 5:24 am
how do you mean not fluid? is it taking a long time to change presets?

yeah

are there maybe plans to add to the sampler more options like granular synthesis etc.? doesnt have to, but just askin ;D- love the sampler so far.

tdm71 · Post by **tdm71** » Tue Dec 03, 2019 5:30 am

Missed the Black Friday sale. Any plans for Christmas?

tony10000 · Post by **tony10000** » Tue Dec 03, 2019 6:22 am

Phil Sonic Academy wrote: ↑
Tue Dec 03, 2019 5:24 am
how do you mean not fluid? is it taking a long time to change presets?

I reported the sluggishness in changing patches on the SA forum some time ago:

https://forums.sonicacademy.com/t/ana-2 ... ms/34805/6

sircuit · Post by **sircuit** » Tue Dec 03, 2019 6:40 am

Phil Sonic Academy wrote: ↑
Tue Dec 03, 2019 5:24 am
how do you mean not fluid? is it taking a long time to change presets?

Although I have no issues with (speed of) loading new presets, there are some quirks that could be addressed in the future updates:
- the drop-down browser for the preset packs (the little triangle above the button "save") - I click on it and nothing happens. sometimes it works, most of the times it doesn't.
- the sampler knobs (start, loop start, loop end) seem to be inexplicably tied together and they all move by adjusting just one of them (!)
- the various pop-up windows that appear inside the GUI (WT Browser, Matrix, Arp etc.) they all have that close button but the experience is inconsistent due to them having different sizes. A method of closing by clicking for instance anywhere in the blank area on header of the window would be awesome (rick click to close, or doubleclick to close... something that doesn't require finding the X)

Apart from these, the synth is a beauty.

bite_me · Post by **bite_me** » Wed Dec 04, 2019 9:54 pm

Ana 2 is very sluggish while loading wavetables.
Win7x64, i5quad, 20Gb Ram

Dencheg · Post by **Dencheg** » Thu Dec 05, 2019 3:58 pm

I wouldn't say very, just noticeably sluggish with 3D wavetables.
Meanwhile, I wish there was a color indication for effectively inactive (due to any reason, either voice count or volume) oscillators or sample slots

Phil Sonic Academy · Post by **Phil Sonic Academy** » Thu Dec 05, 2019 4:49 pm

Dencheg wrote: ↑
Thu Dec 05, 2019 3:58 pm
I wouldn't say very, just noticeably sluggish with 3D wavetables.
Meanwhile, I wish there was a color indication for effectively inactive (due to any reason, either voice count or volume) oscillators or sample slots

I like the not in use oscs being indicated.. good idea! Will add it to the feature list. Thanks!

Dencheg · Post by **Dencheg** » Fri Dec 06, 2019 12:14 pm

Hey Phil! I'd also propose both color and symbolic indication, as several of my friends are colorblind

bite_me · Post by **bite_me** » Fri Dec 06, 2019 11:10 pm

Sometimes wavetables take minutes to load. So I would call it verrry sluggish.

BUT! That´s the only flaw. It´s such an incredible instrument. Sticks out off the mass.
It eats CPU but it deserves that. And the 49€ deal was crazy.
Thanx for that.

Dencheg · Post by **Dencheg** » Sun Dec 08, 2019 3:58 pm

bite_me wrote: ↑
Fri Dec 06, 2019 11:10 pm
Sometimes wavetables take minutes to load. So I would call it verrry sluggish.

BUT! That´s the only flaw. It´s such an incredible instrument. Sticks out off the mass.
It eats CPU but it deserves that. And the 49€ deal was crazy.
Thanx for that.

Can you give an example (preset name)? From the patches I've tried, some load up to two seconds (usually faster). Still slower compared to Dune 3 (and on par with Massive X), but really minutes?