one of the worst things in DAWs, as for me.
luckily, there are decent step sequencer plugins.
yup! this! another choice!!!chaocrator wrote: ↑Mon Jan 17, 2022 7:24 pmone of the worst things in DAWs, as for me.
luckily, there are decent step sequencer plugins.
thats what i was saying, if you don't enjoy that side, there's little point in buying a digital hardware synth. they're for "playing"cryophonik wrote: ↑Mon Jan 17, 2022 7:29 pm I find it sorta annoying that almost every software vs hardware discussion focuses on sound. To me, that's not my main priority and once it's all in a mix, I can't tell a Moog hardware from a plugin emulation anyway. It's about workflow, playing/performing, and having fun for me. I use software all the time as well, but it's utilitarian, not fun IMNSHO.
Are you guys trying to persuade me to keep my Peak? Except for pdxindy and zero crossing, who got me watching Waldorf M and p6 videos now.Bulbizarre wrote: ↑Mon Jan 17, 2022 6:52 pmI have a similar experience, though I kept my Peak as it still sounds different from the softs in some cases like extreme FM, filter resonance scream, overdrive. I also love the hw experience, and with the Sigabort editor you can switch projects and still keep the patches recall inside each session, that's a major hassle cleared up. I don't use the Peak that much in actual music though, but I get unique stuff out of it. Playing around with the knobs is like another way of making music, it's so easy to get carried away with the sounds and have a good time. To me this synth is more something to chill around than a production station. Still using 99% software while the Peak is watchingseismicfm wrote: ↑Sat Jan 15, 2022 2:35 pm I've been really trying to get back into hardware for the past few years, hoping to bring some mythical hardware 'magic' into the mix. But I just end up returning it after a week. First the Deepmind 12d, then Wavestate and now the Novation Peak. Don't get me wrong, these are great synths especially the Peak. But my soft synths (Repro, Pigments, Serum) sound as good or even better, and are just easier to work with for me.
I have to admit the Peak looked so damn cool on my desk, and it was fun to play with the knobs. But that fun factor died pretty quickly. It began to feel more like a hindrance, and gave me no inspiration like it does others. I guess going ITB for 20 years makes it difficult to try to even go hybrid. I have to give props to the hardware people who can get good use out of their synths.
Naw, sell it and buy something else that interests you! Unless you're unsure, then maybe pack it away or leave it alone for a bit and come back later with a fresh perspective. I've been going through the same thing with my Arturia Microbrute 2S - I want to like it, but it's just not doing anything for me so I keep boxing it up to sell it, then give it another shot, then box it up again, yada yada yada... Not every synth floats everyone's boat. I have zero interest in the M, but I can see why it would appeal to someone else.
I've already done that 3 times in the past week And I have 20 days to return it back to the store.cryophonik wrote: ↑Mon Jan 17, 2022 7:41 pmNaw, sell it and buy something else that interests you! Unless you're unsure, then maybe pack it away or leave it alone for a bit and come back later with a fresh perspective. I've been going through the same thing with my Arturia Microbrute 2S - I want to like it, but it's just not doing anything for me so I keep boxing it up to sell it, then give it another shot, then box it up again, yada yada yada... Not every synth floats everyone's boat. I have zero interest in the M, but I can see why it would appeal to someone else.
Hardware synths (with good GUI's) are really fun to play.cryophonik wrote: ↑Mon Jan 17, 2022 7:29 pm I find it sorta annoying that almost every software vs hardware discussion focuses on sound. To me, that's not my main priority and once it's all in a mix, I can't tell a Moog hardware from a plugin emulation anyway. It's about workflow, playing/performing, and having fun for me. I use software all the time as well, but it's utilitarian, not fun IMNSHO.
I agree. I spent some time using different methods, the keyboard manufacturers system, the DAW's system, or the MIDI learn of the VSTi's, and, it never really was fun TBH. Especially as you always need more controls, but, let's pretend every MIDI controller would be able to use different pages of controls, without any labelling, you're pretty much f***ed after 3 pages or so, because, you can't remember all that. And, even with the keyboards which have a display for all controls, you have to switch back and forth through the control pages. Not really the same.pixel85 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 19, 2022 7:54 pm I'm yet to see a midi controller with let's say 30 or more knobs/faders, positioned on the panel like in a good synth (instead of an awful grid 8x8) with sections and labels for ad(h)sr, filters, oscillators etc... which are automatically connected to matched parameters in a synth (cut off parameter = cut off knob), every time I switch instrument channel in DAW. Assigning those parameters manually, adding labels manually - this is not fun, it's simply tedious and it's killing my workflow.
Well, for a start, coders arent responsible for the presence or absence of LEDs. LEDs are a hardware thing.
Where's the controller going to get that information from? Controllers are usually just sending and receiving MIDI, and DAWs dont know what a plugin parameter is actually doing within a plugin.Even 3 letters would go a long way - Env, flt, res, LFO, spd, FX etc etc.
Yeah, that would probably be because they are MIDI controllers.They can perform wonders and shit miracles but they can't make labels on midi controllers?
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