KVR Audio

gondii · Post by **gondii** » Thu Jul 09, 2020 11:33 am

On YouTube everyone seems to be pronouncing the K, including on the Plugin Alliance channel, Plugin Guru and Sonic Academy. Since it's a finish synthesizer, I'm going to go ahead and pronounce the K.

Calenberger · Post by **Calenberger** » Thu Jul 09, 2020 11:54 am

A pronounced K is a reverence towards its delicate attack.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Thu Jul 09, 2020 12:00 pm

It's most definitely "Knifonium", not "Nifonium". Just like us Germans, the Finns pronounce the K.

Anyway, I don't think any native English speaker will be tarred and feathered for not pronouncing the K.

Although they seem to pronounce it "Kanifonium", which isn't correct either.

JerGoertz · Post by **JerGoertz** » Thu Jul 09, 2020 12:09 pm

When the synth's pronunciation is more interesting than the synth itself, that tells you something.

(I kid! I kid!

)

mladi · Post by **mladi** » Thu Jul 09, 2020 12:13 pm

$24 here so what to complain?

0degree · Post by **0degree** » Thu Jul 09, 2020 12:27 pm

mladi wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 12:13 pm $24 here so what to complain?

Nothing, except I can dream of that price now

exmatproton · Post by **exmatproton** » Thu Jul 09, 2020 12:41 pm

dermage wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 9:49 am
Vortifex wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 9:45 am The spread function does really weird things to the sound when you listen in mono that seem to go beyond normal mono compatibility issues.
Yeah, I really don't understand why and how they implemented this spread knob. It just looks like a show off to get the WOW effect on headphones/studio speakers.
They already did that in bx_oberhausen and it was mostly unusable for me because of the bad mono compatibility.

I love that function, exactly because of the weirdness it produces in a mono render. Weird phase issues, which, in my genre, are very welcome

Vertion · Post by **Vertion** » Thu Jul 09, 2020 12:52 pm

gondii wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 11:33 am On YouTube everyone seems to be pronouncing the K, including on the Plugin Alliance channel, Plugin Guru and Sonic Academy. Since it's a finish synthesizer, I'm going to go ahead and pronounce the K.

I'm pretty sure they are copying each other's error, uncertain of how to properly pronounce it. A pronunciation error now defended so as not to appear foolish.

SiliconDeath · Post by **SiliconDeath** » Thu Jul 09, 2020 12:56 pm

The issue I have is the high CPU use, and the dry sound. I get more pleasing (to my ears) raw sound with init patch Obsession, provided that I do quick "randomization" to the 8 or 16 voices. I can't get that same quick goodness with Knifonium, I have to apply a little bit of "fine tune" to either of the oscilators. But at that point I have to ask, are they even emulating those 25 tubes? This thing sounds a bit too much in-tune for something marketing itself to have 25 tubes, and the sounds I get from it are a bit too treble happy/sparkly for my taste (almost like a V-shape). It's just too harsh sounding.

I could forgive most of these stuff if the CPU usage was much lower, but it isn't so I can't.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Thu Jul 09, 2020 1:09 pm

SiliconDeath wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 12:56 pm The issue I have is the high CPU use, and the dry sound. I get more pleasing (to my ears) raw sound with init patch Obsession, provided that I do quick "randomization" to the 8 or 16 voices. I can't get that same quick goodness with Knifonium, I have to apply a little bit of "fine tune" to either of the oscilators. But at that point I have to ask, are they even emulating those 25 tubes? This thing sounds a bit too much in-tune for something marketing itself to have 25 tubes, and the sounds I get from it are a bit too treble happy/sparkly for my taste (almost like a V-shape). It's just too harsh sounding.

I could forgive most of these stuff if the CPU usage was much lower, but it isn't so I can't.

It alswas surprises me again how completely contrary impressions can be.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Thu Jul 09, 2020 1:10 pm

Vertion wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 12:52 pm
gondii wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 11:33 am On YouTube everyone seems to be pronouncing the K, including on the Plugin Alliance channel, Plugin Guru and Sonic Academy. Since it's a finish synthesizer, I'm going to go ahead and pronounce the K.
I'm pretty sure they are copying each other's error, uncertain of how to properly pronounce it. A pronunciation error now defended so as not to appear foolish.

Well, it's most definitely pronounced with a K, so, that's that.

Reefius · Post by **Reefius** » Thu Jul 09, 2020 1:23 pm

Vertion wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 12:52 pm
gondii wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 11:33 am On YouTube everyone seems to be pronouncing the K, including on the Plugin Alliance channel, Plugin Guru and Sonic Academy. Since it's a finish synthesizer, I'm going to go ahead and pronounce the K.
I'm pretty sure they are copying each other's error, uncertain of how to properly pronounce it. A pronunciation error now defended so as not to appear foolish.

So in your world there is only English and no other languages?

muki · Post by **muki** » Thu Jul 09, 2020 1:38 pm

actually, if i hear correctly, the official PA pronounciation is "kinn-A-phonium"

https://youtu.be/tjT4vwlYKDM?t=18

(official PA vidoe that is...)

but since dirk ulrich is german i over-interpret it and think
correctly it should be "kiffer-phonium"

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiffen

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Thu Jul 09, 2020 1:39 pm

muki wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 1:38 pm actually, if i hear correctly, the official PA pronounciation is "kinn-A-phonium"

But only because the native English speakers can't spell "KN" properly.

https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ALe ... 20&bih=937

muki · Post by **muki** » Thu Jul 09, 2020 1:54 pm

chk071 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 1:39 pm But only because the native English speakers can't spell "KN" properly.

ich sags ja: kiffer-phonium (und gut is...)

KNIFONIUM synth released