SFX Machine Pro - any love? any alternatives?

[Caine123]

i used this one a lot in the past and checking it is sadly not available/dev closed down... luckily the 64 bit version is available but i get some worries to maybe try replace it and be careful to use.
https://www.sfxmachine.com/pro/

any users of it here? and did you find some alternative to it maybe which gets still updated?

[CinningBao]

I used it for a while, but found the modulation routing too limiting, so I ended up in Bidule, rolling my own broken delay machines. It seemed like a good limited place to explore these kinds of modulations, but too limited for the ideas I was exploring.

Bidule satisfied me. Reaktor _could_ have but I wasn't keen on the design choices (eg, only one cable on each in port).

[WolfKay]

Yes, SFX Machine was great back then.
A worthy successor seems to be Boom's Enrage today.
But I prefer chaining modules and plug-ins in Plogue Bidule as well

[gentleclockdivider]

Reaktor _could_ have but I wasn't keen on the design choices (eg, only one cable on each in port).

What do you mean one cable in only one port ?
Just route as many cables as you want into an add module , scale the sources with multiply module before going into adder.
Same goes for reaktor blocks , adder= mixer or cv mixer .

[CinningBao]

Maybe I got out of the wrong side of the bed today but please don't me how to 'do modular dsp better'. I made my decision about reaktor a long time ago.

[whyterabbyt]

Stopped using it (SFXMachine Pro) years ago.

[gentleclockdivider]

Maybe I got out of the wrong side of the bed today but please don't me how to 'do modular dsp better'. I made my decision about reaktor a long time ago.

Well whatever dude , but when you state that reaktor can only have 1 cable in an input port proves you didn't even knew about the basics .
Just wanted to let you know , maybe some advice for the futue , some software really needs more than 5 minutes of mousing around

[CinningBao]

Maybe I got out of the wrong side of the bed today but please don't me how to 'do modular dsp better'. I made my decision about reaktor a long time ago.

Well whatever dude , but when you state that reaktor can only have 1 cable in an input port proves you didn't even knew about the basics .
Just wanted to let you know , maybe some advice for the futue , some software really needs more than 5 minutes of mousing around

Probably just leave this conversation where it was. I'm more than aware of the basics dude. I just don't like the process. You can't tell me what process I like, just as I don't tell you. And you don't know me or my background, so just leave it there.

And actually, I'm right. Each in-port can only have one in connection. You need adders to combine signal data.

[Ah_Dziz]

^ This has always been a giant bummer in Reaktor. Most other modular systems will simply add anything together that you may want to plug into an input and mult any output automatically as well. For whatever reason reaktor didn't want to sum inputs on the fly which can make a mess with the quickness and hamper many odd, but interesting ideas. Still fun to be had there, but that amongst other things really stifled Reaktor.

[gentleclockdivider]

^ This has always been a giant bummer in Reaktor. Most other modular systems will simply add anything together that you may want to plug into an input and mult any output automatically as well. For whatever reason reaktor didn't want to sum inputs on the fly which can make a mess with the quickness and hamper many odd, but interesting ideas. Still fun to be had there, but that amongst other things really stifled Reaktor.

It has been like this from the beginning .
An input port in a macro is just a primary inlet module .
The same inlet module is used for reaktor blocks ( + gui cable and make inlet visible in 6.1 update) .
You can easily create a macro or block with multiple inputs and just re-use any time you see fit .
It’s literally 5 min. work to create a multiple block with >10 inputs , but people rather complain instead of putting their minds at work .
It’s reaktor !

[Ah_Dziz]

Yep. I know how reaktor works. I also know how other platforms that don't make you build macros for adding signals together work. It's just a matter of preference. The flexibility is a universal feature of these types of visual DSP environments. Some just make it easier than reaktor. Sorry if that bums you out somehow.

[CinningBao]

Thanks for listening and supporting Ah_Dziz - why do some people think they can tell people how to use their brain? It's a shame they can't just accept other folks work and think in different ways.

[whyterabbyt]

It has been like this from the beginning .

So when you said

Well whatever dude , but when you state that reaktor can only have 1 cable in an input port proves you didn't even knew about the basics .

you should actually have been admitting that reaktor can only have 1 cable in an input port, and even someone who didnt know the basics would find that out immediately?

okay. you were just misrepresenting things to make yourself look big and clever.

so, now that you've finished with the fallacious cockwaving, can we return to the topic?