KVR Audio

SneakyBeats · Post by **SneakyBeats** » Thu Sep 03, 2020 4:43 am

I have this too

Not using it much though.. Seems like the website of the creator is down?

BONES · Post by **BONES** » Thu Sep 03, 2020 4:58 am

It was up a while back when I was having render problems so it might just be temporary. I don't use it as much as I should.

AdvancedFollower · Post by **AdvancedFollower** » Wed Sep 09, 2020 9:20 am

Still seems to be down

Kind of a shame this appears abandoned, was interested in buying at some point in the future.

Zero dB · Post by **Zero dB** » Thu Sep 10, 2020 1:17 pm

It's pretty appalling that the developer's disappeared, after such a short amount of time. Shows very little respect for those that purchased the synth.

My Trueno frequently goes glitchy and unusable, has the audio disappear, or crashes my DAW. It's great when it works but the usability is a bit of a nightmare. I had my first one replaced and the second still does this, though slightly less. Dodgy hardware or buggy software... or both? Either way, there's not much comeback now it seems.

BONES · Post by **BONES** » Fri Sep 11, 2020 3:49 am

I feel a bit sorry for the developer because he did such a great job with it and has probably lost a substantial amount of money. But no, let's make it all about you instead. Yes, every now and then it goes a bit crazy but you just unplug it and plug it back in and it's fine. It's rare enough that it wouldn't worry me using it on stage. It's certainly not so bad that I'd even bother contacting the dev over.

SneakyBeats · Post by **SneakyBeats** » Wed Sep 16, 2020 11:03 am

Now the site says that it's a security risk.

revvy · Post by **revvy** » Wed Sep 16, 2020 3:25 pm

I feel a bit sorry for the dev and also any customers who have non-optimal units. My sympathy can spread to both sides of the transaction.

AdvancedFollower · Post by **AdvancedFollower** » Wed Sep 16, 2020 9:28 pm

SneakyBeats wrote: Wed Sep 16, 2020 11:03 am Now the site says that it's a security risk.

That's just an issue with the SSL Certificate (for HTTPS), it doesn't mean trying to visit the site will somehow put your system at risk.
I still hope it's just a temporary outage, as I would have assumed a discontinuation of the product would have been announced beforehand to give people time to download drivers etc.

bungle · Post by **bungle** » Tue Sep 22, 2020 3:36 am

Was discontinued months back, I had one and it was basically useless, it had nothing but issues and ran so hot it was actually scary, luckily I got a refund from G4M who confirmed they are now discontinued so couldnt send a replacement, after getting no reply from the developer, he replied about three months later, I never bothered trying to source another.

BONES · Post by **BONES** » Tue Sep 22, 2020 3:49 am

Mine runs hot but not overly so. It is analogue after all, so it will always run hot. I've never had much trouble with mine, it's been great.

bungle · Post by **bungle** » Mon Sep 28, 2020 11:55 am

BONES wrote: Tue Sep 22, 2020 3:49 am Mine runs hot but not overly so. It is analogue after all, so it will always run hot. I've never had much trouble with mine, it's been great.

Nah this thing was blatantly faulty, not hot to the touch, it was so hot it would have lit any paper near it, and most of the features kept turning off an on etc in mid use.
To be honest it should have been put in a slightly bigger box with a cable anyway really, no idea why a synth in a dongle would be a better situation for anybody than a tiny box with cable.
It is really sad he went the way of the dodo, the market for analogue FX VST hybrids is going to get huge, and he had the backbone to start pulling that off.

BONES · Post by **BONES** » Mon Sep 28, 2020 2:12 pm

If it was a box with a cable, why would you buy it over a MicroMonsta? It's whole coolness is that it plugs straight into a USB port. If it was a box with a cable I'd never have bought it.

AdvancedFollower · Post by **AdvancedFollower** » Mon Sep 28, 2020 3:02 pm

USB 2.0 is limited to 2.5W (0.5A at 5V) so it shouldn't get that hot unless there was a short and your USB port didn't have proper over current protection....so it sounds like something must have been faulty.

SneakyBeats · Post by **SneakyBeats** » Wed Sep 30, 2020 5:56 am

bungle wrote: Tue Sep 22, 2020 3:36 am Was discontinued months back

Damn.. Would've been nice to have some email or something

AdvancedFollower · Post by **AdvancedFollower** » Mon Oct 26, 2020 8:08 am

Website seems to be back up. No mention of the synth being discontinued...

So I bought Trueno synth.. And here's the review!