Vital - Released

[LFO8]

Of you don’t like the sound of the init Saw wave table, import another one or make one. Isn’t that the whole premise of a wave table synth?

[Psuper]

Of you don’t like the sound of the init Saw wave table, import another one or make one. Isn’t that the whole premise of a wave table synth?

Makes one wonder doesn't it... a nothingburger to me.

But hey, each to their own. Plenty other synths out there that cost far more with less accessible workflows, and if their default SAW sounds better to them, great!

[pdxindy]

Vital sounds fine. If you use the FM, then upping the oversampling gives a clearer result. Otherwise 2X (default) is generally sufficient.

The high end is brighter and less rolled off than a number of other synths, but that is so easy to attend to. That is not an issue imo. For me, the sound of Vital is on the bland side. Just doesn't, by default, have a lot of character. Because it has a fairly unique set of tools, I use it regularly and put in the effort to juice up the sound a bit.

[zzz00m]

Vital is actually a pretty terrible sounding Synth.

Uninstalled!!!

[El°HYM]

I have to agree that Vital does indeed sound super harsh in the upper register. Also the Tips already mentioned here can help, like setting OS to 4x or even 8x, higher SR in your Daw and not to forget to set Hi-res Wavetable active. Without those Tweaks, which cause quite some Cpu consumption, Vital is actually a pretty terrible sounding Synth.

Vital is actually a pretty terrible sounding Synth.

Uninstalled!!!

So whats your point here, that Vital sounds better with no Oversampling and Eco Wavetable - mode? Or just uselessly trolling around to get some urgently needed Applause.

[zzz00m]

I have to agree that Vital does indeed sound super harsh in the upper register. Also the Tips already mentioned here can help, like setting OS to 4x or even 8x, higher SR in your Daw and not to forget to set Hi-res Wavetable active. Without those Tweaks, which cause quite some Cpu consumption, Vital is actually a pretty terrible sounding Synth.

Vital is actually a pretty terrible sounding Synth.

Uninstalled!!!

So whats your point here, that Vital sounds better with no Oversampling and Eco Wavetable - mode? Or just uselessly trolling around to get some urgently needed Applause.

Hey, relax a bit! That's just a joke. Where's your sense of humor?

[Igro]

Uninstalled. Formatted the C drive. Burned the laptop on fire. Fixed.

Jokes aside, as has been suggested, you can always use orher saw samples (In the Internet you can find much mellower saw waveforms extracted from many vintage synths). Or use a filter, or use a spectral filter. Honestly, to me, Vital sounds silkier than any Jupiter emulation. Any "mojo" is just a dirt (in good or bad way) than I can add later with plugins.

[LFO8]

I have to agree that Vital does indeed sound super harsh in the upper register. Also the Tips already mentioned here can help, like setting OS to 4x or even 8x, higher SR in your Daw and not to forget to set Hi-res Wavetable active. Without those Tweaks, which cause quite some Cpu consumption, Vital is actually a pretty terrible sounding Synth.

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[El°HYM]

I mostly use the Abbysun #preset for testing in Vital and there is significant change in Audio - Quality from 4x or even above that. Also using the Hi-res mode does slightly improve. But I agree, maybe I should just use different kind of Saw - Waveforms.

Jokes aside, the Kazrog Synth Warmer can do wonders in taming that harsh top end, that Vital definitely has and in a pretty musical way.

[pdxindy]

Jokes aside, as has been suggested, you can always use orher saw samples

I just checked 5 synths, one of them Vital (others are Dune, Hive, Bazille and Bitwig's Grid). Filters bypassed. The saw waves on all of them are nearly identical, both to the ear and spectrum display. There is no meaningful difference except for Bazille which rolls off the high end a bit.

Vital doesn't sound harsh or really in any way different from Dune, Hive or the Grid.

[El°HYM]

Why not test a Sine - Wave?

[Igro]

Why not test a Sine - Wave?

Does it sound harsh?

[El°HYM]

Actually every VST sounds exact the same, its just zeros & ones in the end of the day.

[digitalboytn]

Uninstalled. Formatted the C drive. Burned the laptop on fire. Fixed.

That'll teach it a lesson

[astralprojection]

Actually every VST sounds exact the same, its just zeros & ones in the end of the day.

False and disprovable.