KVR Audio

bmanic · Post by **bmanic** » Tue May 30, 2023 12:43 pm

Hmm, this is definitely a no-go for me as a VST plugin, it just doesn't sound all that good in my opinion. Even for MPC use I am finding it quite lacking. A really annoying thing is that there is no way to tune the pitch of the synth, this means layering on the MPC will be a chore and has to be done through resampling first, then slightly varying the pitch of the samples.

Why on earth don't they provide a basic +/- 50 cents tuning option?

Also it's a bit annoying that they skipped the DCO octave switches. Yeah sure you can easily do this within the sequence itself but it's still annoying. Again, experimenting with layering several instances becomes much more cumbersome.

Greenstorm33 · Post by **Greenstorm33** » Tue May 30, 2023 12:54 pm

Air music tech is like when smoke mysteriously started rising from the Wonka factory after years of silence. Except instead of magical candy it's mediocre-at-best audio plugins. I still want to see the Oompa Loompas though.

bmanic · Post by **bmanic** » Tue May 30, 2023 2:24 pm

They recently made a few in my opinion great effects. The AIR Delay Pro thing and AIR Flavor.

.. but yeah, instead of this very mediocre Juno wannabe I'd much rather see them update Loom 2. Now that one is really unique and awesome, deserves some love.

skyscape · Post by **skyscape** » Tue May 30, 2023 11:56 pm

So Air have time to throw together a Juno emulation no one needs yet can't seem to process my reset ilok request...

Mr Arkadin · Post by **Mr Arkadin** » Wed May 31, 2023 2:13 am

skyscape wrote: ↑Tue May 30, 2023 11:56 pm So Air have time to throw together a Juno emulation no one needs yet can't seem to process my reset ilok request...

That's inMusic for you. Already have Softube, but wouldn't even try this even if I didn't.

mothra · Post by **mothra** » Wed May 31, 2023 10:36 am

skyscape wrote: ↑Tue May 30, 2023 11:56 pm So Air have time to throw together a Juno emulation no one needs yet can't seem to process my reset ilok request...

For the MPC Software? I might have like 2 or 3 extra keys if you need one.

bite_me · Post by **bite_me** » Wed May 31, 2023 8:53 pm

Pretty gritty thing and first MPC synth with useful arpeggiator. So, very welcome addition. Reverb sounds a little lofi and grainy. But - it´s MPC and there are a lot of options. Keep them coming AIR!

Bounce to audiotrack doesn´t work correctly when arp is activated. Chorus is huge.

Roman Wisniak · Post by **Roman Wisniak** » Tue Jun 06, 2023 12:53 am

I don't mind it doesn't sound like Juno at all. For me it just sounds good. Of course I wouldn't buy it as another vst instrument

but for MPC it's a great addition.

BrokenTrance · Post by **BrokenTrance** » Tue Jun 06, 2023 10:50 am

Wanted vst3. vst2 is obligatory on install. pass.

hurricaneaudiolab · Post by **hurricaneaudiolab** » Tue Jun 06, 2023 1:44 pm

I blind-tested this against Softube's and Tal's and surprisingly preferred Air's version.

Korg Supporter · Post by **Korg Supporter** » Tue Jun 06, 2023 7:48 pm

hurricaneaudiolab wrote: ↑Tue Jun 06, 2023 1:44 pm I blind-tested this against Softube's and Tal's and surprisingly preferred Air's version.

I love the filter resonance in the Softube one. It's so metallic and magical.

Ex Machina · Post by **Ex Machina** » Tue Jun 06, 2023 9:11 pm

I think it's great that AIR are back in the game even if Jura is a little underwhelming. At one point AIR were one of the most prolific and innovative plugin developers. But I'm sure all those people are long gone.

But maybe AIR can at least create resizable interfaces for their many legacy plugins and also make them available in VST3 format which is required in Cubase Pro 12. Some of those plugins still sound good.