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whassup · Post by **whassup** » Tue Apr 04, 2023 6:54 pm

audiojunkie wrote: Tue Apr 04, 2023 6:19 pm Development hasn't stopped. There are lots of plans for Surge-XT. However, the big (and in my opinion, AWESOME) push is getting Shortcircuit-XT going. BaconPaul is currently working his butt off on Shortcircuit-XT. There are huge amounts of progress being made, and if you are interested, go check out the Github site to follow what's been going on. I'm really excited!

Very cool! Thank you, BaconPaul!

kritikon · Post by **kritikon** » Tue Apr 04, 2023 8:48 pm

ShortCircuit? Wow, I remember that - it was a huge asset back in the day when I was in transit, no studio, limited computer etc for a period when I had to rely on freebies or at least budget for a while. Was good for the time in its own right as a sampler. Considering what you guys have done with Surge, this is definitely one to get me salivating. Nice one!

Halonmusic · Post by **Halonmusic** » Tue Apr 04, 2023 9:31 pm

Cant wait for shortcircuitXT

glokraw · Post by **glokraw** » Wed Apr 05, 2023 8:58 am

I read where the Surge team helped David Hillowitz implement scala microtonal support in his
DecentSampler project. Very very

Thanks for all your efforts on affordable software!

baconpaul · Post by **baconpaul** » Sun Apr 09, 2023 10:41 pm

Alexander137 wrote: Tue Apr 04, 2023 7:17 am Slightly off topic: In Surge XT, the modulator has a MSEG mode, does anyone know why it was removed in Cardinal modules? And in general, are there any alternatives other than shape master?

It was hard work to imagine porting, and shape master is great, so we didn't.

baconpaul · Post by **baconpaul** » Sun Apr 09, 2023 10:43 pm

Danilo Villanova wrote: Tue Apr 04, 2023 10:38 am Any news on development?

our development is completely in the open. you can check GitHub for activity on any of our projects any time you want, our plans are in issues under our synths, and we are generally always in our discord! We generally only post on this thread for numbered releases or to answer questions.

baconpaul · Post by **baconpaul** » Sun Apr 09, 2023 10:44 pm

Halonmusic wrote: Tue Apr 04, 2023 9:31 pm Cant wait for shortcircuitXT

that makes two of us

we took a bit of a reset at the start of the year but are making progress. Its a lot of work though; way way way more of a 'start from scratch' than surge was (which we knew when we took it on!)

Halonmusic · Post by **Halonmusic** » Sun Apr 09, 2023 11:14 pm

baconpaul wrote: Sun Apr 09, 2023 10:44 pm
Halonmusic wrote: Tue Apr 04, 2023 9:31 pm Cant wait for shortcircuitXT
that makes two of us

we took a bit of a reset at the start of the year but are making progress. Its a lot of work though; way way way more of a 'start from scratch' than surge was (which we knew when we took it on!)

Take your time.

Danilo Villanova · Post by **Danilo Villanova** » Mon Apr 10, 2023 12:43 am

Thanks baconpaul! SC XT is going to be a massive hit, no doubt!

Mutant · Post by **Mutant** » Mon Apr 10, 2023 2:19 pm

Elo

Do i remember it wrong that it was possible in Surge to make the two main envelopes behave analog way where the voltage on gate on signal begins not from zero but from the voltage it was at before ?

baconpaul · Post by **baconpaul** » Mon Apr 10, 2023 2:22 pm

We are happy to release Surge XT 1.2.0 today.

XT 1.2.0 contains many new accessibility features and fixes, includes a fully self contained oscilloscope and spectrum analyzer, has new powerful features for microtonal musicians who use MTS-ESP, and contains a large number of bug fixes and enhancements. The release also contains all the code-level adaptations we needed to make Surge XT for VCV Rack work.

This release brings several new contributors to the Surge Synth team, with 11 distinct volunteer devs having commits between 1.1.2 and 1.2.0. Welcome to the new team members!

You can read the full changelog <https://github.com/surge-synthesizer/su ... angelog.md> and download the plugin at <https://surge-synthesizer.github.io>

Mutant · Post by **Mutant** » Mon Apr 10, 2023 2:24 pm

OOOOO !

I'll post the good news on Gearspace.

baconpaul · Post by **baconpaul** » Mon Apr 10, 2023 2:25 pm

Mutant wrote: Mon Apr 10, 2023 2:19 pm Elo
Do i remember it wrong that it was possible in Surge to make the two main envelopes behave analog way where the voltage on gate on signal begins not from zero but from the voltage it was at before ?

yes
set the synth in appropriate mono mode and right mouse on the play mode area and you will get a menu with retriever options.

Mutant · Post by **Mutant** » Mon Apr 10, 2023 2:26 pm

baconpaul wrote: Mon Apr 10, 2023 2:25 pm
Mutant wrote: Mon Apr 10, 2023 2:19 pm Elo
Do i remember it wrong that it was possible in Surge to make the two main envelopes behave analog way where the voltage on gate on signal begins not from zero but from the voltage it was at before ?
yes
set the synth in appropriate mono mode and right mouse on the play mode area and you will get a menu with retriever options.

Thanks.

Andreya_Autumn · Post by **Andreya_Autumn** » Mon Apr 10, 2023 2:44 pm

Those who are interested in tuning, particularly Linux users, may be especially interested in this release. Surge XT itself can now act as an MTS-ESP Source. Meaning one Surge can determine the tuning of all the other Surges (and/or other compatible instruments). This saves the repetitive work of loading the same tuning file into each instance, allowing you to experiment more effectively with tuning a whole ensemble of virtual instruments.

To our knowledge there wasn't any freeware MTS-ESP source available for linux previously. The ones we're aware of only run on Mac and Win.

Surge XT also comes with a library of tunings, and has an internal tuning editor for experimenting with tuning by ear. The new MTS-ESP source function combines well with these resources, we feel. Hope y'all find it useful!

Vember Audio Surge is now open-source