KVR Audio

ATN69 · Post by **ATN69** » Mon May 18, 2020 10:13 am

I could not resist Expanse for $49. It sounds nice. I had Viking 2 since before and I must say like Blamsoft stuff. I hope the day will come when I can change size of the rack and by that getting larger GUI's. I think it will happen eventually.

antic604 · Post by **antic604** » Mon May 18, 2020 10:21 am

ATN69 wrote: Mon May 18, 2020 10:13 amI hope the day will come when I can change size of the rack and by that getting larger GUI's. I think it will happen eventually.

It was confirmed here & elsewhere by Mattias (Reason's product manager) they're working on GPU-accelerated high-res GUI, so it's just a matter of time

colonel_mustard · Post by **colonel_mustard** » Mon May 18, 2020 10:46 am

Huh. I was looking forward to May Madness, but I'm not sure I'll pick up anything. Already have Suite and the Synapse Audio stuff (which I'd want if I didn't have - it's good!) and feel that the bases are mostly covered.

Will probably demo the Delta, though:
https://www.reasonstudios.com/shop/rack ... -computer/

Might demo these while I'm there too:
https://www.reasonstudios.com/shop/rack ... um-module/
https://www.reasonstudios.com/shop/rack ... converter/

PX7 should be included in the Suite imho. There's an FM gap, but €50 on sale still seems a lot for this one. Might try out the RYM2612:
https://www.reasonstudios.com/shop/rack ... nthesizer/

That's amazing news about the GUI!

antic604 · Post by **antic604** » Mon May 18, 2020 11:56 am

colonel_mustard wrote: Mon May 18, 2020 10:46 amPX7 should be included in the Suite imho. There's an FM gap, but €50 on sale still seems a lot for this one.

Wow, I wasn't even aware PX7 isn't in Suite! Weird. In that case you might consider this one instead, unless you really need that DX7 patch compatibility:

https://www.reasonstudios.com/shop/rack ... nthesizer/

colonel_mustard · Post by **colonel_mustard** » Mon May 18, 2020 12:32 pm

Yes, of course, the Primal Audio FM4. I trialled it a while back and for some reason it didn't take. I think I had ideas of sharing patches with the iPad app, but that's abandoned now.

Just had a go on the Inphonik Sega FM synth and it seems really nice. Reckon I could squeeze a few compelling sounds out of it anyway. Will probably dive in there before the month's up, or it'll be the one that got away.

Their S950 DAC emu is a good one too, and comes with an above-average refill. Possibly maybe. Probably... Well, possibly

cowby · Post by **cowby** » Mon May 18, 2020 1:37 pm

sorry to ask a semi off-topic question here: Will they have similar sales on Black Friday/Cyber Monday ?

antic604 · Post by **antic604** » Mon May 18, 2020 1:40 pm

cowby wrote: Mon May 18, 2020 1:37 pmsorry to ask a semi off-topic question here: Will they have similar sales on Black Friday/Cyber Monday?

Yes. Usually they've also been having a sale mid/end August.

zoidkirb · Post by **zoidkirb** » Mon May 18, 2020 9:28 pm

Picked up Autosub.
It's a one trick pony: nice , clean, 'audible' sub on any size speaker.

starflakeprj · Post by **starflakeprj** » Mon May 18, 2020 9:55 pm

I have everything already...

Well, maybe not everything, but rather close to everything. Possibly 80% of all rack extensions available or so.

But ok, just a few maybes'...(mostly because they are kind of cheap, definitely not because I need them in anyway).

Autosub
https://www.reasonstudios.com/shop/rack ... n/autosub/
SidMaster
https://www.reasonstudios.com/shop/rack ... sidmaster/
Jackbox 7R-808 Analog Drum Module
https://www.reasonstudios.com/shop/rack ... um-module/
Jackbox 7R-909 Analog Drum Module
https://www.reasonstudios.com/shop/rack ... um-module/
JackBox L1MDrum
https://www.reasonstudios.com/shop/rack ... x-l1mdrum/
Villanelle Killer Wah
https://www.reasonstudios.com/shop/rack ... iller-wah/
Psyclone Dual Rotary Speaker
https://www.reasonstudios.com/shop/rack ... y-speaker/
The Synthwave Plugin
https://www.reasonstudios.com/shop/rack ... ve-plugin/

Saukar30 · Post by **Saukar30** » Mon May 18, 2020 10:08 pm

Im thinking about Sequences. It looks a little more versatile than Polystep.

https://www.reasonstudios.com/shop/rack ... sequences/

My only problem is that there is no way to switch patterns by MIDI key while using the Rack, only in Reason itself.

colonel_mustard · Post by **colonel_mustard** » Mon May 18, 2020 10:29 pm

Spent €25 on Inphonik's RYM2612:
https://www.reasonstudios.com/shop/rack ... nthesizer/

It's a nice 4-op FM synth with some heartening attention to detail gone into it, and there's the added bonus of being able to drag over presets from their SEGA Genesis/Megadrive music player:
https://www.inphonik.com/products/rymca ... gm-player/

The video game community already compiled everything here:
https://project2612.org/list.php

So it's just a case of knowing where to look:
https://www.factmag.com/2017/06/25/best ... dden-gems/

Psuper · Post by **Psuper** » Tue May 19, 2020 3:19 am

I haven't bought any REs in ages, unfortunately the RE innovation from 3rd party devs went stale a few years ago and the spark is gone.

Doesn't mean I won't buy anything, I still look on occasion but already bought the REs I wanted when they were hot, and nothing jumps out at me anymore at any price.

Having said that, there's a few REs I use all the time, and you can't get them elsewhere.

jeffb01 · Post by **jeffb01** » Tue May 19, 2020 3:41 am

Saukar30 wrote: Mon May 18, 2020 10:08 pm Im thinking about Sequences. It looks a little more versatile than Polystep.

https://www.reasonstudios.com/shop/rack ... sequences/

My only problem is that there is no way to switch patterns by MIDI key while using the Rack, only in Reason itself.

That's not true. I checked in Logic and Bitwig, and they both work. In logic, it's a midi automation called "Sequences: Pattern Select"

edit: oh, maybe I misunderstood what you meant by midi key...

jeffb01 · Post by **jeffb01** » Tue May 19, 2020 3:46 am

btw, I picked up a few players (sequences and the euclidean one). I think layers is cool and at a good price, but I have it as it comes with suite...

antic604 · Post by **antic604** » Tue May 19, 2020 5:39 am

zoidkirb wrote: Mon May 18, 2020 9:28 pm Picked up Autosub.
It's a one trick pony: nice , clean, 'audible' sub on any size speaker.

The other trick it does is floating knobs & faders

Not buying until they fix this.

[for Reason users] May Madness sale is on, what have you bought / buying? :)