KVR Audio

andypryce · Post by **andypryce** » Wed May 20, 2020 6:44 pm

Any release date?

Calenberger · Post by **Calenberger** » Wed May 20, 2020 6:46 pm

andypryce wrote: Wed May 20, 2020 6:44 pm Any release date?

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andypryce · Post by **andypryce** » Wed May 20, 2020 7:00 pm

Calenberger wrote: Wed May 20, 2020 6:46 pm
andypryce wrote: Wed May 20, 2020 6:44 pm Any release date?
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Calenberger · Post by **Calenberger** » Wed May 20, 2020 7:02 pm

andypryce wrote: Wed May 20, 2020 7:00 pm
Calenberger wrote: Wed May 20, 2020 6:46 pm
andypryce wrote: Wed May 20, 2020 6:44 pm Any release date?
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There's soooo much to discover besides emulations of ancient gadgets!

BONES · Post by **BONES** » Wed May 20, 2020 10:24 pm

e-crooner wrote: Wed May 20, 2020 2:27 pm"cringeworthy by today's standards"
I just don't share that view at all. For instance the pad in the intro (Jupiter 8?) still sounds beautiful to me. The bass too, it sounds fine to me.

You mean the chord stab right at the start? That's the cringeworthy bit for sure. The bass sound is anodyne, at best. Catchy riff but that's about the extent of it.

The sounds came from the same synths which developers today are trying hard to recreate in software, ideally sounding exactly like the originals 40 years ago, because that still appeals to people.

It all comes back to what I said about people being stupid.

even tape is being emulated because of its sound.

Not exactly, a certain element of what happened to your sound when you recorded it to tape has been emulated but it's mostly Emperor's New Clothes stuff anyway.

Overall the sound quality has improved little since the 80s, despite the shift from analog to digital.

If that were true we wouldn't feel we have to add tape saturation back in to make it sound more "natural", would we?

Regarding connections, I still love the music I loved 40 or 30 years ago.

So do I. My all-time favourite album is from 1980 and to this day I still listen to it fairly regularly. Of course, it is something else I can guarantee you've never heard of but that is of no consequence. But my Top 10 albums would contain records from every decade since then. I don't allow myself to be stuck in the past, it's counter-productive. Imagine if Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones had been stuck 40 years in their past - Thriller would have featured a brass section and upright bass, not a Jupiter 8 and a MiniMoog.

But musically I find some older Jackson stuff very appealing, not because of Jackson, but because of the composers, musicians, arrangers, producers etc.

That's because none of those guys were stuck in the past. They were looking to create the next big thing, not to recreate some old thing from their childhood.

wagtunes · Post by **wagtunes** » Wed May 20, 2020 10:28 pm

When Bones is right, Bones is right. Those guys were cutting edge, always pushing the envelope. Most people today are just copy machines, myself included.

BONES · Post by **BONES** » Wed May 20, 2020 10:36 pm

There is finally a teaser video up on Synapse's Facebook page. So that means you can now see what it looks like and what it's called -

It's a screen grab from the video and the colours are a bit weird. There is also an effect on it that makes it look sparkly. In the video you also get a close-up shot of the back panel, which clearly shows the step sequencer, so there is no point keeping that from you any longer, either.

wagtunes · Post by **wagtunes** » Wed May 20, 2020 10:39 pm

BONES wrote: Wed May 20, 2020 10:36 pm There is finally a teaser video up on Synapse's Facebook page. So that means you can now see what it looks like and what it's called -

It's a screen grab from the video and the colours are a bit weird. There is also an effect on it that makes it look sparkly. In the video you also get a close-up shot of the back panel, which clearly shows the step sequencer, so there is no point keeping that from you any longer, either.

Hey Bones, the Synapse Facebook Page link, links back to this post.

BONES · Post by **BONES** » Wed May 20, 2020 10:42 pm

Fixed.

zvenx · Post by **zvenx** » Wed May 20, 2020 10:42 pm

Thanks and we also know which was the correct name.
Obsession.

https://www.facebook.com/SynapseAudioOf ... 420652654/

Odd choice of audio to me though.
rsp

Echoes in the Attic · Wed May 20, 2020 10:42 pm

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chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Wed May 20, 2020 10:46 pm

Nice. Not super stoked about the GUI, but, whatever.

wagtunes · Post by **wagtunes** » Wed May 20, 2020 10:46 pm

I listened to the audio. Not the classic OB sound I was expecting. Will need to hear a lot more to be able to determine accuracy.

zvenx · Post by **zvenx** » Wed May 20, 2020 10:51 pm

wagtunes wrote: Wed May 20, 2020 10:46 pm I listened to the audio. Not the classic OB sound I was expecting. Will need to hear a lot more to be able to determine accuracy.

Which is why I said 'odd choice of audio'.
It was neither classic OB or particularly exciting ear candy... to my ears anyway.

rsp

Kian Russell · Post by **Kian Russell** » Wed May 20, 2020 10:59 pm

chk071 wrote: Wed May 20, 2020 10:46 pm Nice. Not super stoked about the GUI, but, whatever.

Same here but the vacuum tube bulb looked cool.

Upcoming Synapse OB-Xa: Obsession