Unify by PluginGuru; The next big thing?

[Chipi]

As an interim measure could you maybe create a visible lock at the global and layer levels which when on means you can't load in a whole new overall preset or delete an existing layer, only add new ones or update ones that aren't also locked?

That's a terrific idea, thank you. I'll look into this.

Its a monumental idea Shane !! Hopefully you could add it, the programming part of it seems very simply, thanks!!

[Chipi]

As an interim measure could you maybe create a visible lock at the global and layer levels which when on means you can't load in a whole new overall preset or delete an existing layer, only add new ones or update ones that aren't also locked?

Its a monumental idea Shane !! Hopefully you could add it, the programming part of it seems very simply, thanks!!

[Chipi]

As an interim measure could you maybe create a visible lock at the global and layer levels which when on means you can't load in a whole new overall preset or delete an existing layer, only add new ones or update ones that aren't also locked?

Its a monumental idea Shane !! Hopefully Shane could add it, the programming part of it seems very simply, thanks!!

[dionenoid]

Funny, i bought that Zampler 77 pack a few days ago, immediately trying it out in Unify. Made me think that Zampler would be an awesome addition for Unify. And now i get a mail from PluginGuru talking about it

What are the downsides to just using Zampler, in stead of Guru sampler ? Is it about compatibility or sound quality ? Because i can see transferring all those Zampler sfz's into Guru sampler being a monster task...

[C-quence]

I can imagine guru sampler is more light weight. Hopefully Shane will pick up Vital soon!

[getdunne]

What are the downsides to just using Zampler, in stead of Guru sampler ? Is it about compatibility or sound quality ? Because i can see transferring all those Zampler sfz's into Guru sampler being a monster task...

I first tested using an older version of Zampler, which had some nasty problems like clicking when notes were retriggered, so I wanted to compare with loading the same samples into Guru Sampler. The latest Zampler/RX 2.5, however, seems to work very nicely indeed, so there may be no reason to use Guru Sampler at all.

Hopefully there will be no need to change the Zampler SFZs for Guru Sampler. I made a small code change, and now Guru Sampler can read them all, but it's not picking up the sample loop start/end points yet because they're in the WAVs, not the SFZ as usual. It's not quite trivial because several of the WAVs seem to use an odd format variation, which trips up the metadata-parsing code. I'm sure I'll figure it out. In the meantime, Guru Sampler plays all the sounds but only as one-shots.

[getdunne]

I can imagine guru sampler is more light weight. Hopefully Shane will pick up Vital soon!

Vital looks quite nice, but as far as I can see it's not available for another three days at least. I'll get it when it comes out on the 24th.

[AnX]

very slightly OT, but humour me

keep seeing the name "Lehmkuhl"

in my head, Alchemy keeps coming up, from v1 (poss beta)

was he/you (if you're here) involved, maybe presets?

just curious

[getdunne]

keep seeing the name "Lehmkuhl"
in my head, Alchemy keeps coming up, from v1 (poss beta)
was he/you (if you're here) involved, maybe presets?

See John's "about" page: https://www.pluginguru.com/about/. He mentions "Camel Audio Alchemy (beta testing, factory and patch bank voicing)" among his past projects.

[AnX]

keep seeing the name "Lehmkuhl"
in my head, Alchemy keeps coming up, from v1 (poss beta)
was he/you (if you're here) involved, maybe presets?

See John's "about" page: https://www.pluginguru.com/about/. He mentions "Camel Audio Alchemy (beta testing, factory and patch bank voicing)" among his past projects.

ah, thanks, I thought it was familiar (at my age the memory isn't what it used to be )

[Xenox.AFL]

Just to let you know, all our Unify sample libraries Synth Motions Vol.1 and Synth Motions Drum Edition are on sale...

www.particular-sound.de

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[mrsugmad]

John gives tips on new FREE synth Vital:

https://youtu.be/YDsWA4Zyu9I?t=2247

[WatchTheGuitar]

Posting this up here too because I know Skippy likes to demo good freebies on his stream

This is pretty cool, I'm on the soniccouture mailing list and they've just made a free version of their Hammersmith piano available for Kontakt Player (so you can use the free version) and it's 4.8 GB of plinky plonky goodness
https://www.soniccouture.com/en/product ... mith-free/

[euanek]

Does this enable you to load and switch between VST presets without opening the VST GUIs? If not, that would be the kind of feature I'd pay for...

[k-tronix]

Does this enable you to load and switch between VST presets without opening the VST GUIs? If not, that would be the kind of feature I'd pay for...

Yes, you can save presets (and layers of presets) as Unify patches, which very quickly load without opening the GUI. Switching between presets within a VST would require opening the VST, unless the plug-in has been "Unified" (a plug-in's patches are re-created within Unify). A load of Plugin Guru's Omnisphere libraries have been Unified, as well as many plug-ins. This thing recalls super complex patches the fastest of any computer-based instruments I've seen. Perfect for live performing.