Anyone have any new info on Tantra 2?>

[Teksonik]

I think Tantra 1 looks old school demo scene like. Very nice. That said, I can dig the new interface too. It's not that bad.

To remind everyone this is the Tantra 1 GUI (it's fuzzy because of being a screen grab and the KVR compression)

In my opinion the GUI is right in line with modern plugins like Spire, Hive 2, Sylenth 1, DUNE 3, and so on:

T1.png

[seangm]

I prefer the v1 GUI

[Shabdahbriah]

Tantra 2 is on sale today for $24.99 with coupon code SUMMER22-TANTRA2 but I wouldn't even pay that much because of the horrid GUI.

It is in my opinion the most egregious version 2 downgrade of a version 1 GUI of all time.

Indeed. The original was created by: https://vogerdesign.com/pages/portfolio

They do really gorgeous work (imo)

[Teksonik]

Indeed. The original was created by: https://vogerdesign.com/pages/portfolio

They do really gorgeous work (imo)

They really do. Very professional GUIs.

[ed_anger]

Tantra 2 is on sale today for $24.99 with coupon code SUMMER22-TANTRA2 but I wouldn't even pay that much because of the horrid GUI.

It is in my opinion the most egregious version 2 downgrade of a version 1 GUI of all time.

It's obvious PA doesn't care but I'm disappointed that it appears Dmitry doesn't either. Especially considering all the plugins he's had a hand in over the years like Nomad Factory, Plug and Mix, his own, etc have always been of high quality in both function and appearance.

I love Tantra 2 and use it constantly, but the version 2 UI is definitely harder to read. There's a tug between skeuomorphism/real-world looking and flat/minimalism in UI design, I'm fine with either as long as it's easy to read. imho Fabfilter is one of the best minimal designs (though they do bury some features) and Soundtoys is good for real world.

[GaryG]

I'd just be happy if the text wasn't all weird, even on a FHD screen.

(but, yeah, v1 definitely nicer)

[LeVzi]

Well he said he was going to fix the GUI issues on 1080p and i'd assume all other resolutions ages ago, and nothing has come of it. Really disappointed tbh I don't use Tantra 2 because I can't read the text most of the time.

[GaryG]

Well he said he was going to fix the GUI issues on 1080p and i'd assume all other resolutions ages ago, and nothing has come of it. Really disappointed tbh I don't use Tantra 2 because I can't read the text most of the time.

I muddle on with it as I think it has that 'something' in the way the modulations interact with the effects, I can't get as pleasing results using things like Triad or Snapheap for instance. But, it's a chore and my eyes aren't always up to it.

[LeVzi]

Well he said he was going to fix the GUI issues on 1080p and i'd assume all other resolutions ages ago, and nothing has come of it. Really disappointed tbh I don't use Tantra 2 because I can't read the text most of the time.

I muddle on with it as I think it has that 'something' in the way the modulations interact with the effects, I can't get as pleasing results using things like Triad or Snapheap for instance. But, it's a chore and my eyes aren't always up to it.

I can't stand it, squinting, always having to put glasses on when I dont normally need them. Sooner he fixes that the better tbh.

[GaryG]

Sooner he fixes that the better tbh.

amen

[MattLeschuck]

For those interested an update to Tantra 2 just came out and the GUI got a face lift. Same general theme but the text is enlarged and much more clear, as is the sequencer.

MUCH better now. I look forward to working with it now.

Binaries are on the DS official site.

[GaryG]

For those interested an update to Tantra 2 just came out and the GUI got a face lift. Same general theme but the text is enlarged and much more clear, as is the sequencer.

MUCH better now. I look forward to working with it now.

Binaries are on the DS official site.

Nice one, that's *so* much better, perfectly usable on my FHD screen now. Thanks.

Out of interest, how did you hear about this, mailing list or something?

[bagpipe200]

How did you guys get the new update? I used PA Installation Manager to download DS Tantra 2 but whenever I run it, it's still running V2.00. I verified the executable is the latest one (C:// Program Files/Common Files/VST3/DS Tantra 2.vst3 has today's date and timestamp).
I use Reaper and I did all the usual stuff of clearing VST cache etc. But I always get V2.00 when I load DS Tantra.

[Trancit]

How did you guys get the new update? I used PA Installation Manager to download DS Tantra 2 but whenever I run it, it's still running V2.00. I verified the executable is the latest one (C:// Program Files/Common Files/VST3/DS Tantra 2.vst3 has today's date and timestamp).
I use Reaper and I did all the usual stuff of clearing VST cache etc. But I always get V2.00 when I load DS Tantra.

You can download the binaries from here: https://dmitrysches.com/changelog-tantra
or as they stated you wait a few days until it´s available on PA

[mcbpete]

How did you guys get the new update?

Just spotted this on the Changelog (https://dmitrysches.com/changelog-tantra) :

Plugin Alliance has not yet released official installers for 2.0.1 update, but will do that soon. For the moment, you can download updated binaries and manually install it:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... sp=sharing

To install the update, please do the following:

Unzip "DS Tantra 2 Binaries.zip" and copy plugin binary files to your system plugins folders
Unzip "DS Tantra 2.zip" and copy its contents to:
For Windows: "My Documents"\DS Audio
For MacOS: "MacHD"/Library/Application Support/DS Audio

Note. Sometimes, it requires to reset AU plugins cache to make your DAW able to find installed M1 binaries. Read please below how to reset the cache:

Close your DAW
Using macOS Finder go to “~/Library/Caches/AudioUnitCache/” (without the quotes)
Manually delete the com.apple.audiounits.cache file
Re-open your DAW
Reboot the computer