I have all of the mentioned synths above, and a couple more, including Avenger, Icarus 2, Rapid, Codex. To me Vital is another toy to play with, which gives more inspiration. It sounds really nice, is straight forward to program, and has a few features you might not see in all the mentioned synths.HTT wrote: Thu Nov 19, 2020 11:43 pm What makes Vital worthy of purchase when compared to Serum, Sylenth, Hive, Anima, Pigments, etc.? From the YouTube videos it is nothing that hasn't been covered for years. The price is nice, though.
Vital - Released
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- KVRAF
- 2747 posts since 28 Feb, 2015
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- KVRist
- 82 posts since 5 Dec, 2019
I disagree. I have Serum, Pigments, and you forgot a couple other synths that have overlap with Vital (for me that's Phase Plant and Surge). The Vital wavetable editor and morphing modes are superior to those, stereo LFOs and randomness is really exciting (a bit like UVI Shade, but in the synth and not just for filters), the visual feedback is amazing.HTT wrote: Fri Nov 20, 2020 12:37 amFrom the videos I have seen, Vital is completely and totally underwhelming for anyone that already has any of the following: Serum/Sylenth/Hive 2/Anima/Pigments/ANA 2/Falcon.
TTWT is a really fun and surprisingly versatile feature (and sounds awesome, so much better than Serum's), the unison modes are more extensive than I've seen elsewhere (though Phase Plant now has very interesting ones since 1.8.5, too), there's three wavetable oscillators and not just two like in Serum / Pigments. FM with quantized randomness of operators is fun.
It is definitely inspired by other synths, like all plugins are. The UI at first looks close-ish to the UI of Serum (with the tabs and the modulation matrix), but it brings in some great features from Pigments that I always wish Serum had when I use it (alongside the new features from above). There's also audio rate modulation with key tracking LFOs etc., with an interface more focused on wavetables.
There's lots of stuff, and lots of combinations of previously known stuff that can now be used together in one synth. Going with a new UI that leads experimentation and sound design in different directions because it makes different things easier than other UIs.
But if none of these are exciting to you, then that's fine. Just speak for yourself and don't claim to see some objective truth just from a couple videos
To me, this basically replaces Serum, and lives happily alongside Phase Plant.
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- KVRAF
- 14436 posts since 16 Feb, 2005 from Planet Earth, Somewhere
For those not on discord.
They are new builds as of this morning.
On Cubase mac, vst3, is a bit better, but still doesnt work like its vst2 version (or other plugins).
Version number remains the same.
rsp
They are new builds as of this morning.
On Cubase mac, vst3, is a bit better, but still doesnt work like its vst2 version (or other plugins).
Version: 1.0.0
- Moving default install location to ~/Music on mac.
- Fixed loading saved window size in plugin.
- A couple fixes for multiple monitors at different scalings.
- Finished fixing memory/cpu issues on high dpi screens like macbooks
- Fixing a graphics slowdown and memory usage on high dpi screens.
- Fixed logging in with emails with '+' and other weird characters.
Version number remains the same.
rsp
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Arrested Developer Arrested Developer https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=278287
- KVRian
- 677 posts since 8 Apr, 2012
Clicking on "Check for updates" doesn't do anything on my system.zvenx wrote: Fri Nov 20, 2020 11:36 am For those not on discord.
They are new builds as of this morning.
Where can the new build be downloaded?
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- KVRAF
- 14436 posts since 16 Feb, 2005 from Planet Earth, Somewhere
Hi. That does nothing for me either so not just you.
Go back to your https://account.vital.audio/ and redownload from there.
rsp
Go back to your https://account.vital.audio/ and redownload from there.
rsp
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- KVRAF
- 19794 posts since 16 Sep, 2001 from Las Vegas,USA
Matt responded to this issue back on page 47:Arrested Developer wrote: Fri Nov 20, 2020 3:38 pmClicking on "Check for updates" doesn't do anything on my system.zvenx wrote: Fri Nov 20, 2020 11:36 am For those not on discord.
They are new builds as of this morning.
Where can the new build be downloaded?
mtytel wrote: Thu Nov 19, 2020 4:10 pmIt automatically checks. That button is when you click on is actually a toggle button to turn auto checks on/off but it looks more like an action button like "check now". I'll make it look more like a checkbox in an update.
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- KVRAF
- 37389 posts since 14 Sep, 2002 from In teh net
How do I upgrade to a higher tier?
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- addled muppet weed
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- addled muppet weed
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- KVRAF
- 14436 posts since 16 Feb, 2005 from Planet Earth, Somewhere
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- KVRAF
- 5573 posts since 30 May, 2006 from Hollow Earth
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- KVRAF
- 26939 posts since 3 Feb, 2005 from in the wilds
Arp Preset with 1 wavetable with some random modulations that creates all the tonal variations. Single wave, no wavetable scanning. The FM sounds good.
https://dandelionaudio.com/sound/vital-arp-1.mp3
https://dandelionaudio.com/sound/vital-arp-1.mp3
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- KVRAF
- 5539 posts since 26 Apr, 2007 from Noosphere
pdxindy wrote: Fri Nov 20, 2020 7:04 pm Arp Preset with 1 wavetable with some random modulations that creates all the tonal variations. Single wave, no wavetable scanning. The FM sounds good.
https://dandelionaudio.com/sound/vital-arp-1.mp3
nice and crispy!
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