KVR Audio

BONES · Post by **BONES** » Tue Oct 27, 2020 2:07 am

I saw this on the new KVR home page this morning, downloaded the demo, installed it and started playing through the presets with an instance of ARP Odyssey looping. I got to the 4th preset before I clicked on the "Buy" button and bought a license. It's really, really cool and sounds very good.

It seems Ujam's effects plugins get better and better. The first one, Neo, wasn't much chop but the second one, Voodoo, is Ok and this one is great. They've stuck to a similar format but what's under the hood has improved out of sight. It's definitely worth checking out. It's $30 off until the end of the month, so don't hang around if you want a deal. (Or maybe wait a year and see if they end up giving it away like VG-Carbon?)

Shabdahbriah · Post by **Shabdahbriah** » Tue Oct 27, 2020 3:23 am

Thanks for the heads-up. wide-grins while testing. bought.

https://youtu.be/qtwwSCanyWE

BONES · Post by **BONES** » Fri Oct 30, 2020 6:43 am

A surprising lack of interest in something of such high quality and tremendous versatility. You'd almost think people didn't give a shit about effects.

AnX · Post by **AnX** » Fri Oct 30, 2020 6:56 am

Well, if you put a link to it, I might make the effort to look, but really, I have all the fx I need.....

you haven't actually said what's so good about it....

plexuss · Post by **plexuss** » Fri Oct 30, 2020 4:38 pm

I've been demoing it. It's nice but after going through all the presets I don't think it's worth the $70US to me. I can get those kinds of effects myself with the tools I have. However Fliuxx makes it much easier to dial up these kinds of multi-effects patches and dial them into the audio. That workflow efficiency is not worth it to me but I can see how many could benefit!

Neon Breath · Post by **Neon Breath** » Fri Oct 30, 2020 6:00 pm

A do it all but don't excel at anything kind of plugin. It sounds allright for sure but personally I tend to stay away from those, I prefer much more specialized tools.

BONES · Post by **BONES** » Sat Oct 31, 2020 12:20 am

Yeah, I don't have time for that sort of stuff, I find an all-in-one with tailored tweakability will get a lot more use than a bunch of specialised tools I don't have the inclination to f**k around with. e.g. Tantra - I love what that thing can do but it's such a tedious process I never bother with it.

I'd also argue that it definitely excels in terms of sound quality. It has a clean, rich sound that enhances pretty much anything you throw into it.

I like the way Ujam's things strike a really good balance between ease-of-use and tweakability. I think I probably own more of their products than any other company's. It's quite a pleasant and unusual feeling that a company is actually making products for the way I like to work. I'd love to see what they could do with a V/A softsynth.

AnX wrote: ↑Fri Oct 30, 2020 6:56 amWell, if you put a link to it, I might make the effort to look, but really, I have all the fx I need.....
you haven't actually said what's so good about it....

That's because I didn't want to seem like a shill for Ujam and because it's easy to see on the new KVR home page. I thought adding it as a related product was a more appropriate way to go.

markmann · Post by **markmann** » Sat Oct 31, 2020 1:33 am

BONES wrote: ↑Fri Oct 30, 2020 6:43 am A surprising lack of interest in something of such high quality and tremendous versatility. You'd almost think people didn't give a shit about effects.

Yes. I think this type of plug-in will become much more common in the future. It's a weirdness accelerator. Yes, you can theoretically get similar results by making a chain of existing single effects you already own. But the problems are 1) how to speed up the evaluation of one chain after another, and 2) how to creatively adjust parameters to make them work with your particular source. These UJAM plugins deal with both those issues so you can move very quickly. And they sound good.

I think we'll see more acceleration-oriented software in other areas of music production. The drum sound assistants do a similar kind of production acceleration when it comes to auditioning drum sounds.

hotmitts · Post by **hotmitts** » Sat Oct 31, 2020 3:26 am

Thanks for pointing this out, seems very nice

moonchunk · Post by **moonchunk** » Tue Nov 03, 2020 9:24 pm

I saw the video when checking out the sale at Plugin Boutique and was very impressed with MANY of the presets. I think its one of the more intricate development achievements - lack of tweakability (no sub-tabs) is a reason why I would pay less for it than otherwise - I can't see paying the retail $99, or even its sale price of $70 just yet - since our part of the economy in L.A. has been slammed - but if it came on sale for $40 I would snap it up and think it would be an incredible deal for the shear quality. Great job by UJAM. (I own Dope, which has been a fairly interesting plugin for me.)

original flipper · Post by **original flipper** » Wed Nov 04, 2020 8:16 pm

Hi

Just been playing with the demo and I really like the GUI, responsiveness and general feel of the plug - it has a few 'knockout' presets that will have you putting all kinds of source material through it - but what you won't be doing much is 'tweaking' - there generally is a very narrow range to what can be done to alter the base effect(s) on offer.

Price is always relative to both disposable income and/or perception of value so I could quite easily buy this but think I would ultimately feel that it's 'hard wired' nature would relegate it to the seldom used category - once the initial interest wanes.

Although a little more expensive I would place Sugar Bytes Turnado as being a viable alternative investment - it is highly tweakable but in direct comparison has a good selection of presets and can likewise be 'slightly' tweaked if you don't want to go too deep - it you do then that is available too.

plexuss · Post by **plexuss** » Wed Nov 04, 2020 8:51 pm

original flipper wrote: ↑Wed Nov 04, 2020 8:16 pm [snip...]Although a little more expensive I would place Sugar Bytes Turnado as being a viable alternative investment - it is highly tweakable but in direct comparison has a good selection of presets and can likewise be 'slightly' tweaked if you don't want to go too deep - it you do then that is available too.

Very good point about Turnado! It didn't dawn on me that they are somewhat similar. Tornado's UX is very cool, how it allows efficient control of multiple effects and parameters. Yes, you can create similar parallel parameter changes that Fluxx does while having more control over the individual effects used.

Ujam Fluxx Multi-Effect