bx_oberhausen from Plugin Alliance has landed

[rezoneight]

I learned keys on a home organ. Then synths came and blew my mind. Then DX7 came along and reminded me of organs again. No thanks.

If anything, nostalgia means I think more kindly of the DX than should.

After listening to the Arturia one I think completely differently. Sounds coming out of that thing I'd never expect from a DX7.

[revvy]

Soft Cells

Who they?

[revvy]

I learned keys on a home organ. Then synths came and blew my mind. Then DX7 came along and reminded me of organs again. No thanks.

If anything, nostalgia means I think more kindly of the DX than should.

After listening to the Arturia one I think completely differently. Sounds coming out of that thing I'd never expect from a DX7.

I'm not trying to criticise the reality of the DX or how good the sounds are you can get from it, just saying that at the time I couldn't forgive it for its knobless membrane thing.

[vurt]

Soft Cells

Who they?

i prefer the coil version tbh.

[revvy]

Soft Cells

Who they?

i prefer the coil version tbh.

just gone off to listen to that (didn't know it) and the Gloria Jones (didn't know that either).

Man, I guess I'm not a Coil fan lol.

GJ version rocks though!

(Of course, I love SC too)

[vurt]

Soft Cells

Who they?

i prefer the coil version tbh.

just gone off to listen to that (didn't know it) and the Gloria Jones (didn't know that either).

Man, I guess I'm not a Coil fan lol.

GJ version rocks though!

(Of course, I love SC too)

you might be, they dont really have a representative sound as such, very different stuff across the albums, from synth pop type songs to long assed noise drones and all kinds of glitchy loveliness

i like the other 2 big versions too, just have a preference to the dark, cold feeling of the coil version, given the lyrics.

[AnX]

Soft Cells

Who they?

Soft Cells' (version)

[revvy]

you might be, they dont really have a representative sound as such, very different stuff across the albums, from synth pop type songs to long assed noise drones and all kinds of glitchy loveliness

I'll have a quick Coil tomorrow then, see how I get on.

[revvy]

Soft Cells

Who they?

Soft Cells' (version)

I know, was just messing. School disco, happy memories

Your apostrophe is still wrong tho...

[AnX]

[rezoneight]

That's not me big-noting my abilities, it's down to the fact that I am doing it in 2020, with all the latest technology at my fingertips, so it's trivial for me to do a better job than the original artists and their producers.

So what was Weezer's excuse on their cover of "Africa" by Toto? The main synth solo on their version sounds like shit despite being made in 2019. Drums also sound like shit on that track (not to mention their drummer is no Jeff Porcaro but thats another story).

Point being that just because someone has access to modern technology doesn't mean much. I think covers being "better" than the originals is pretty much a mixed bag. The Weezer Teal album is a pretty good example. Despite being modern none of the songs on that album are better than the originals they covered. They're not terrible. But they're covering major 80s hits (including Sweet Dreams) and none of it sounds better than the originals.

Back to Weezer....their cover of Rosanna is a great case of a new version being absolutely terrible compared to the original.

[e-crooner]

Guys, let's get back to the topic, please.

I opened a new thread for this and similar off-topic discussions, where people can knock themselves out

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=555315

[NERF_PROTOSS]

Just found out, that the velocity response is related to waveform selection.
If you chose anything else than 100% pulse or saw waveform makes a difference. Hm.
A bug? Intended?

Yeah, you are right. But it still seems to be a bug, because there is still no velocity response as such even after doing that. So it is most likely a bug unless the hardware behaved that way.

the saw/pulse knob is what's being modulated when you assign something to vco level. it's not a bug, any weirdness going is just because the knob is bipolar and 0 volume at the 12 o clock position.

e.g. to get a saw wave responding to velocity, you'd have the oscillator's saw/pulse knob centered (or a bit left of center) and assign velocity negatively.

[BONES]

Cool, I'll give it a try tonight and see what happens. It does seem weird that you can assign modulation to VCO level when it's not something you can control from the front panel.

[c1c2]

@NERF_PROTOSS Ty!