The future of Geist 2
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- KVRAF
- 3023 posts since 6 Nov, 2006
ack. that sucks. kinda knew it was coming. last year i emailed roli about geist. i nagged about tremor, bloom and etch. they were pushing geist in early 2020. half off sale on expansions too.
i forget what roli said but it was pretty much standard "we hate to do it but have to" and something about not being able to develop everything w/the small staff they have.. yada yada yada.
i think Xfer Nerve is still in development.. i don't think it's been updated in forever though haven't paid attention. there was some forum chatter over there about it last i looked.
https://xferrecords.com/products/nerve
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- KVRist
- 355 posts since 24 Jul, 2006
They were under bankruptcy protection for most of 2021, and only emerged in September when they vowed that they were going to concentrate mostly on supporting music education going forward, so I guess that point was where it was obvious Roli simply couldn't do anything about Geist, even if they wanted, Investors make the calls...
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- KVRAF
- 3023 posts since 6 Nov, 2006
a shame they cant sell it off to someone. oh well, so it goes.NikkiA wrote: ↑Thu Jan 13, 2022 2:39 amThey were under bankruptcy protection for most of 2021, and only emerged in September when they vowed that they were going to concentrate mostly on supporting music education going forward, so I guess that point was where it was obvious Roli simply couldn't do anything about Geist, even if they wanted, Investors make the calls...
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- KVRist
- 355 posts since 24 Jul, 2006
Cakewalk's step editor, and Reaper's megababy (nandy's modded version) come about as close as possible, but cakewalk's only allows a single 'split note' and megababy is ugly as sin (but has all the features, I think - the nandy mod is critical for the ability to offset the beats).
edit: Also AIR Strike has most of the same features, but no beat splitting afaik, and you have to use strike (while it can load samples for each drum component, it doesn't feel right)
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- KVRist
- 81 posts since 8 Jan, 2006 from Pt. Bob - WA USA
I'm still amazed that for years we have had complex midi generators, arps, etc, but there isn't a beast drum programmer with asymmetrical note splits, tick level shifts, configurable lane loops points, built in Euclidean, different run rates per lane etc. There was something in Reason back years ago that you could time shift lanes, great swing algo, groove templates? I barely remember it. I got tremor and was happy enough.
And in a simple plug-in. I don't want to load an entire daw to get a decent programming grid.
I'm an old man now, but please someone think of the future drum programmers!
Cb
And in a simple plug-in. I don't want to load an entire daw to get a decent programming grid.
I'm an old man now, but please someone think of the future drum programmers!
Cb
Make mine 6/8.
- KVRAF
- 3467 posts since 24 Oct, 2000 from A Swede Living in Budapest
Not being a replacement or anything, but I found Atlas to be very enjoyable to work with for drums.
CLUB VICE for ARTURIA PIGMENTS
HARDWARE SAMPLER FANATIC - Akai S1100/S950/Z8 - Casio FZ20m - Emu Emax I - Ensoniq ASR10/EPS
HARDWARE SAMPLER FANATIC - Akai S1100/S950/Z8 - Casio FZ20m - Emu Emax I - Ensoniq ASR10/EPS
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- KVRist
- 341 posts since 30 Nov, 2008
This^carlbe wrote: ↑Thu Jan 13, 2022 4:41 am I'm still amazed that for years we have had complex midi generators, arps, etc, but there isn't a beast drum programmer with asymmetrical note splits, tick level shifts, configurable lane loops points, built in Euclidean, different run rates per lane etc. There was something in Reason back years ago that you could time shift lanes, great swing algo, groove templates? I barely remember it. I got tremor and was happy enough.
And in a simple plug-in. I don't want to load an entire daw to get a decent programming grid.
I'm an old man now, but please someone think of the future drum programmers!
Cb
But a million minimoog vsts.
more to come.
- KVRAF
- 25417 posts since 3 Feb, 2005 from in the wilds
The Step Sequencer in Logic is my favorite these days...carlbe wrote: ↑Thu Jan 13, 2022 4:41 am I'm still amazed that for years we have had complex midi generators, arps, etc, but there isn't a beast drum programmer with asymmetrical note splits, tick level shifts, configurable lane loops points, built in Euclidean, different run rates per lane etc. There was something in Reason back years ago that you could time shift lanes, great swing algo, groove templates? I barely remember it. I got tremor and was happy enough.
And in a simple plug-in. I don't want to load an entire daw to get a decent programming grid.
I'm an old man now, but please someone think of the future drum programmers!
Cb
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- KVRist
- 341 posts since 30 Nov, 2008
there is nothing like geist. at least from what i know.