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starflakeprj · Post by **starflakeprj** » Sat Apr 20, 2019 7:12 pm

plexuss wrote: ↑Sat Mar 30, 2019 4:56 am The more I work with Parallels the more I like it. It's sonically deeper than at initial glance. It's defintiely carved itsself out some uniqueness.

Here's a ditty I put together with 5 instances with tweeked factory presets

https://soundcloud.com/musicofplexus/five-parallels

Nicely done plexuss!

christian f. · Post by **christian f.** » Mon Mar 23, 2020 9:26 pm

It's $48 now !
Anyone still using this ? Are there any significant updates since release ?

Calenberger · Post by **Calenberger** » Mon Mar 23, 2020 10:02 pm

No Gobbler anymore.

simmo75 · Post by **simmo75** » Mon Mar 23, 2020 10:03 pm

christian f. wrote: ↑Mon Mar 23, 2020 9:26 pm It's $48 now !
Anyone still using this ? Are there any significant updates since release ?

Where is that? I can't seem to find it...

Calenberger · Post by **Calenberger** » Mon Mar 23, 2020 10:04 pm

simmo75 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 23, 2020 10:03 pm
christian f. wrote: ↑Mon Mar 23, 2020 9:26 pm It's $48 now !
Anyone still using this ? Are there any significant updates since release ?
Where is that? I can't seem to find it...

CODE: PARALLELS48

simmo75 · Post by **simmo75** » Mon Mar 23, 2020 10:08 pm

Calenberger wrote: ↑Mon Mar 23, 2020 10:04 pm
simmo75 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 23, 2020 10:03 pm
christian f. wrote: ↑Mon Mar 23, 2020 9:26 pm It's $48 now !
Anyone still using this ? Are there any significant updates since release ?
Where is that? I can't seem to find it...
CODE: PARALLELS48

Thanks mate!

Ploki · Post by **Ploki** » Sun Aug 09, 2020 1:10 pm

so been demoing stuff out of volume 4 to decide whether to snatch it...
what's the point of this synth?
seems like and odd thing.

fisherKing · Post by **fisherKing** » Thu Sep 03, 2020 2:15 am

i've been playing with the demo today, like this one. distinctive enough (have been looking for a new plugin)... i just downloaded the parallels installer (not the softube app), and authorized it in my ilok account; simple.

that promo code doesn't work... ah, well. anyway, pretty sure i will add it to my arsenal

Gamma-UT · Post by **Gamma-UT** » Thu Sep 03, 2020 6:48 am

Ploki wrote: ↑Sun Aug 09, 2020 1:10 pm what's the point of this synth?

MIDI goes in. Sounds come out

layzer · Post by **layzer** » Thu Sep 03, 2020 7:07 am

plexuss wrote: ↑Sat Mar 30, 2019 4:56 am It's defintiely carved itsself out some uniqueness.

Here's a ditty I put together with 5 instances
https://soundcloud.com/musicofplexus/five-parallels

what uniqueness? i could do that with 1 instance of the old KLC
wavestation VST.

Ploki · Post by **Ploki** » Thu Sep 03, 2020 7:19 am

Gamma-UT wrote: ↑Thu Sep 03, 2020 6:48 am
Ploki wrote: ↑Sun Aug 09, 2020 1:10 pm what's the point of this synth?
MIDI goes in. Sounds come out

oh. NO. OMG? How could i be so blind

Aloysius · Post by **Aloysius** » Thu Sep 03, 2020 7:20 am

Use your ears, not your eyes.

crystalmsc · Post by **crystalmsc** » Fri Nov 06, 2020 4:21 am

Really like this synth, it reminds me of the softer - dreamy side of my all time favorite, the uWave XT. Something with a warmth, smoothness, depth and movement which I can't find from another plugin. It's all in the subtleness, but this is a kind of digital synth which blends well with analog. So glad to see it in Modular as well, which is one of the biggest addition to the platform. The reverb alone has breath a fresh air, not to mention the Euclidian Sequencer and flexible filtering.

soulata · Post by **soulata** » Thu Feb 24, 2022 11:46 am

simmo75 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 18, 2019 7:28 pm I think it should be priced around $49 as it’s so limited.

It's 59 eur now.

Introspective · Post by **Introspective** » Thu Feb 24, 2022 6:12 pm

I made a noisy ambient piece using only Parallels.

https://abdicant.bandcamp.com/track/parallels

I love Parallels.

I also hate Parallels. It is a serious PITA to work with. Very slow to load, inflexible envelopes, peculiar filters, really bad looping on the in-built samples (unless you find a sweet spot), stupid preset manager. It's a memory hog, and BitWig crashes if you load more than a handful of instances of it (the above song was tricky to finish, I had to bounce tracks to get it all in).

But I also love Parallels. Really interesting modulation possibilities, decent effects, really interesting in-built samples, interesting UI (I like it), plugs into Modular nicely, and leads me in directions I never would have gone with any other synth. To me, this falls in the category of "software that feels like hardware." (Something that I think Softube really excels at, FWIW.)

It definitely makes my "must have" list.

It would never make my top ten list. Probably not even top twenty.

But you can pry it from my cold, dead fingers!

I hope they make a V2 of it someday. ...or at least make another synth that is at least as far leftfield as Parallels. It's one of the most interesting synths made in the past five years.

Softube's Parallels synth is out ($129)