SynthMaster v2.9.8 released with 50 new cinematic presets by DeJaVu Sound

[zvenx]

..........I have high hopes for SM3, but he will need really good beta testers to roll it out smoothly than all the other synths previously.

100% Agreed.
rsp

[claudedefaren]

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[claudedefaren]

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[kv331]

That's nice, but irrelevant. We're talking about an abandoned support forum. Every time SMOne crashes (which is about half the time I risk opening it) I let it send a crash report directly to the company.

Could you possibly PM me your email so I can figure out which crash report belonged to you? Thank you

[zvenx]

I also sent you some Bug reports Bulent a week or two ago, not sure if they had crash logs. Never heard back from you.

rsp

[kv331]

I also sent you some Bug reports Bulent a week or two ago, not sure if they had crash logs. Never heard back from you.

Hi Richard,

Thanks for the bug reports. I'm already aware of the incorrectly downloading SM1 preset banks in SM2, and that issue is fixed in version 2.9.9.

[zvenx]

I also sent you some Bug reports Bulent a week or two ago, not sure if they had crash logs. Never heard back from you.

Hi Richard,

Thanks for the bug reports. I'm already aware of the incorrectly downloading SM1 preset banks in SM2, and that issue is fixed in version 2.9.9.

Thanks. got your email.
rsp

[mabian]

I have to agree in general with the mood of the latest posts. I got Synthmaster 2 as a gift years ago and I was very happy because of its potential and sound quality - not so much for the GUI but I could live with it.
I then got increasingly let down by the number of updates, the hot-fixes right after their release, and some other longstanding issues, some of them reported by me, hardly addresses over time.

So I lost trust and I no longer feel confident in using it. I was tempted by some sale crossgrades to synthmaster one, but I resisted because now I'm on other products... I'll be curious to try 2.9.9, but if it still has issues (that I usually find after few hours of using it) I will be finally abandoning it.

- Mario

[Gercek_KV331]

We don't need more skins, we need the main ones to be better.

You nailed it exactly.

You know what, it's late at night and apparently I've got nothing better to do, so here we go. I'll preface this with the fact that I really loved using Synthmaster at one point, and frankly I love Satyatune's GUI work in general. I've bought skins for Hive and Dune and they're fantastic.

This is what I mean by unpolished UI:

Open these two pictures of the layers and flip between them. Notice the differences:




Obvious is the LFO controls, but also the "Voices" label in the oscillator section moves. So do the labels for the filter Distortion controls.

Same on the FX page, the controls and labels don't have consistent position:
https://i.imgur.com/HdX77rC.png
https://i.imgur.com/mPgXLxb.png

Let's take a look at the "Default" GUI's.

Distortion 1 and 2 have completely different filter label names and styles:
https://i.imgur.com/mIGXVhi.png
https://i.imgur.com/ytUSBh8.png
Also, less noticeable is that the Osc1 label moves position between Layer 1 and 2.

Oh, and there are STILL red lines in the scaled default skins.

Here's a fun one, check out the differences in the Phaser controls:
https://i.imgur.com/3G0JWox.png
https://i.imgur.com/J8gvsTd.png

Side note: The second equalizer effect is improperly named. You have "Equalizer 1" and "Equalizer". In the Satya skins the two of them display as "Equalizer 1" and "EQ" respectively.

Why do the non-green default skins still have green text and background coloring in places?
https://i.imgur.com/ebczNET.png
https://i.imgur.com/lHb6Gzy.png

And some of the text on Evil Silverado is near unreadable:
https://i.imgur.com/SqR2OHm.png

Back to Tranquil Blue: text, especially numbers, doesn't scale well and doesn't fit squarely within the labels:
https://i.imgur.com/bNSjELF.png

Why are some labels properly shaded while others are left as blank colors?
https://i.imgur.com/Iw2pUGY.png

And the brand-new Skin isn't clean either. Check out the Ensemble Effect:
https://i.imgur.com/qxsZmdK.png
https://i.imgur.com/IWIYVks.png

The white skin also has the same problem as on the Tranquil Blue effect page.

There's TONS OF THIS STUFF. I just covered the very obvious ones. Seriously, I rather like the existing skins, provided they get polished. Take some time to go deep and fix these things.

Hi AjYoung,

I am checking this issues for now. And working on them.

All the best
Gercek

[Gercek_KV331]

You haven't exactly been active in this 107 page that. The lack of activity in your dedicated Official Support Forum on KVR suggests you have left KVR. As does "I'd prefer to discuss them in our facebook users group." Let's not even mention the number of bug reports in the support forum here that have not been acknowledged or addressed.

Hi claudedefaren,

You are right, as a product manager of KV331 Audio I will be here more than before. You can contact me directly and write me your issues.

All the best.

[zzz00m]

You are right, as a product manager of KV331 Audio I will be here more than before. You can contact me directly and write me your issues.

All the best.

Great news! Thanks!

[zvenx]

Indeed.
I do hope you guys do or start to do more extensive Beta testing.
rsp

[claudedefaren]

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[AJYoung]

Hi AjYoung,

I am checking this issues for now. And working on them.

All the best
Gercek

Awesome! That's wonderful to hear
Hope it all goes well!

[Gercek_KV331]

Indeed.
I do hope you guys do or start to do more extensive Beta testing.
rsp

You are definitely right. We are planning so for SynthMaster 2.9.9 and 3.0.