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SLiC · Post by **SLiC** » Thu Dec 08, 2022 4:50 pm

Great update for me as I own a Hydrasynth- should be a great controller for this update!

p1afff · Post by **p1afff** » Thu Dec 08, 2022 4:51 pm

Yeah, some people will be happy

ElVincente · Post by **ElVincente** » Fri Dec 09, 2022 8:05 am

Thank you so much for adding poly after touch!
Happy hydrasynth owner here! The launchpad and push crowd will be too !

p1afff · Post by **p1afff** » Tue Feb 14, 2023 2:47 pm

Hello,

Trajectoire made it again and offers you FREE30, a free bank of 30 presets designed for the very unique and colourful synth PLASMONIC from Rhizomatic.

10 presets were created for Plasmonic "standard" MIDI mode, 10 for its vast MPE possibilities, and 10 for its new Poly Aftertouch (PolyAT) feature. Some MPE and PolyAT presets are derived from the standard MIDI ones, some are specific.

Get FREE30 it here : https://trajectoirex.gumroad.com/l/free30

All patches have been carefully designed and include all Plasmonic 8 Macros set for nice results, with Aftertouch, Mod Wheel, Slide, PolyAT etc assignments. Please try the presets with the Macros and modulation sources available, as presets are often designed to best sound with them.

Update Plasmonic to 1.2.5 (on rhizomatic.fr) to get Poly Aftertouch compatibility. All presets made with 1.2.5. To setup Poly AT, go to Plasmonic Performance Settings window, and in the MIDI area; check that MIDI mode is set to Standard, and Aftertouch to Polyphonic.
PS : you may have to adapt the Poly AT presets to your controller. My only Poly AT controller is Morph, and is too reactive for an optimal control.

Have fun with Plasmonic,
Philippe for Trajectoire

p1afff · Post by **p1afff** » Sun May 07, 2023 12:52 pm

Some of you might have received the email, but in case some did not, yes, Plasmonic is on sale at 99 ! You can get a demo on https://rhizomatic.fr would you want to try. BTW, Brian said I, a post Rhizomatic was working on a new plugin that we should get before Plasmonic 1.3.
And if you want sounds for it, you can go to my page https://trajectoirex.gumroad.com, with one free and two large Premium presets banks.

Enjoy your Plasmonic

Caine123 · Post by **Caine123** » Sun May 07, 2023 10:52 pm

awesome news, need to check it out! if NI doesnt want his products then i hope we can support him this way.

scott_free · Post by **scott_free** » Mon May 08, 2023 3:16 am

From a Rhizomatic email: "Expect new announcements soon!
Things may have been quiet lately, but we are busy working on new plugins, new sounds, and improvements to Plasmonic. So please stay tuned!"

Definitely looking forward to new Rhizomatic plugins!

Leo1999 · Post by **Leo1999** » Mon May 08, 2023 3:42 am

The dystopian dark, partially unpleasant mood of most audio-demos is frightening.
Gui matches the character very well.
Great niche product.

ThomasHelzle · Post by **ThomasHelzle** » Thu May 25, 2023 5:25 pm

Tutorial from the master himself:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4WJH9CItD0

Great to see how Brian works...

DJDJ · Post by **DJDJ** » Thu May 25, 2023 11:20 pm

Leo1999 wrote: ↑Mon May 08, 2023 3:42 am The dystopian dark, partially unpleasant mood of most audio-demos is frightening.
Gui matches the character very well.
Great niche product.

I realize this comment isn’t necessarily a critique of the synth, but I feel like pointing out that if we want to be fair, it’s also capable of some very sweet sounding plucks, strings, pads, bells, etc. It can definitely be pretty and sweet too, I’ve been leaning into using it as a main pad machine for my atmospheric jungle / drum n bass tracks

p1afff · Post by **p1afff** » Wed May 31, 2023 12:53 pm

Very nice tutorial (and patch) for Plasmonic by Brian. Very few sources used, modulations, that’s it
https://youtu.be/RnfhBPR8Nys

ThomasHelzle · Post by **ThomasHelzle** » Wed May 31, 2023 1:03 pm

Sale is extended through June 7th.
Highly recommended.
For me one of the best synths of the decade.

bmanic · Post by **bmanic** » Wed May 31, 2023 3:30 pm

Is there any way to change the mouse behavior in Plasmonic so that when I drag up/down on horizontal sliders, it just works? Also, is there any way to change the mouse sensitivity/smoothing? It's horrible.

I find the mouse control of parameters extremely frustrating. Very bad smoothing, meaning I need to to move my mouse a lot just to go from one extreme of a control to the other.

Plasmonic mouse control feels pretty much like 100% the opposite of something like FabFilter where controls are really natural feeling and you get a ton of control. Large fast mouse movements do large increments while still not sacrificing accuracy when doing slow precise movements. Plasmonic is opposite.. it's rather horrible actually. One of the worst experiences I've ever had trying to simply tweak basic parameters.

This is 100% a no-go with it's default behavior.

EDIT: How on earth did this get through beta?????? The mouse sensitivity is all over the place. It varies drastically from one control to another. Some take literal meters of mouse movement to get from one extreme to the other while others (like the EQ bands) move crazy fast. A tiny movement makes the control jump from one extreme to the other. Also why the hell does horizontal sliders force you to drag the mouse horizontally?? There is a GOOD REASON why no other synthesizers require this. Because it's so damn stupid. WTF is this design choice??

EDIT2: This has to be bugged. There's no way anybody would ever do it this badly on purpose.

Mac M1 Mini, Reaper 6.80, VST3.. using the demo version of Plasmonic. It's virtually unusable. I can't even use it for a few minutes without giving up in absolute frustration. Deleted.

ThomasHelzle · Post by **ThomasHelzle** » Wed May 31, 2023 3:38 pm

bmanic wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 3:30 pm Is there any way to change the mouse behavior in Plasmonic so that when I drag up/down on horizontal sliders, it just works? Also, is there any way to change the mouse sensitivity/smoothing? It's horrible.

I find the mouse control of parameters extremely frustrating. Very bad smoothing, meaning I need to to move my mouse a lot just to go from one extreme of a control to the other.

Plasmonic mouse control feels pretty much like 100% the opposite of something like FabFilter where controls are really natural feeling and you get a ton of control. Large fast mouse movements do large increments while still not sacrificing accuracy when doing slow precise movements. Plasmonic is opposite.. it's rather horrible actually. One of the worst experiences I've ever had trying to simply tweak basic parameters.

This is 100% a no-go with it's default behavior.

EDIT: How on earth did this get through beta?????? The mouse sensitivity is all over the place. It varies drastically from one control to another. Some take literal meters of mouse movement to get from one extreme to the other while others (like the EQ bands) move crazy fast. A tiny movement makes the control jump from one extreme to the other. Also why the hell does horizontal sliders force you to drag the mouse horizontally?? There is a GOOD REASON why no other synthesizers require this. Because it's so damn stupid. WTF is this design choice??

EDIT2: This has to be bugged. There's no way anybody would ever do it this badly on purpose.

Mac M1 Mini, Reaper 6.80, VST3.. using the demo version of Plasmonic. It's virtually unusable. I can't even use it for a few minutes without giving up in absolute frustration. Deleted.

Do you realise that the controls have a coarse and a fine area each?

The left side/up is coarse, the right side/down is fine.

Cheers,

Tom

machinesworking · Post by **machinesworking** » Wed May 31, 2023 4:06 pm

ThomasHelzle wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 3:38 pm Do you realise that the controls have a coarse and a fine area each?
The left side/up is coarse, the right side/down is fine.

To his credit I find the controls a bit hard to get used to as well, left/down should be course, the logic isn’t intuitive IMO.

PLASMONIC - A new synth from Brian Clevinger