Sonic Charge Synplant 2 Announced

[Choikdoi]

that genopatch thing is using a lot of reverb rendering the new sounds wet very often

Just tweak the Effect slider to taste…

But, all the sliders just reset themselves when you click a new Genopatch.

It's a pain in the arse going back and changing them for each one.

[Shabdahbriah]

Have a look here:
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Would love to use the dark skin but the black text on the dark grey background strains my eyes in ways that nullify the eye-strain-relief benefits I get from using 'dark mode' !

Others have had the same issue, and as it is skin-able, there should be alternatives forthcoming.

[emef]

incredible update, proper loving Genopatch, but i could live without that 'upgrade patch' popup when i load an old preset, it is really annoying, the orange triangle next to the preset name is enough to let me know i can update it if i want to, really don't need that popup

After clicking "Dismiss" in the "legacy-mode warning" window, the window now stays dismissed until you manually open it again.

it's stopped now, cheers

[martiu]

I love it wet. Sorry. Had to do the joke.

still better love story than twilight

[Digivolt]

The USP of synplant IS the Genopatching.

What other synth can do that?

The only thing that I think comes close would be Steinbergs backbone, but that's only really for percussive samples and is limited on what you can do to edit the iterations it spits out

Would I be correct in thinking a simple way to say what Synplant is, is that it's the ultimate answer to the question "How do I make 'that' sound" ? You just sample whatever sound you want and Synplant will resynthesise it and come up with multiple iterations that progressively get further from the "prime" sound ?

[enCiphered]

I have identified its achilles' heel. It can't reproduce a guitar. Every guitar sample I tried sounds like crap, especially nylon guitar.

[Aloysius]

If you take your nylons off does it make any difference?

[kraster]

The USP of synplant IS the Genopatching.

What other synth can do that?

The only thing that I think comes close would be Steinbergs backbone, but that's only really for percussive samples and is limited on what you can do to edit the iterations it spits out

Would I be correct in thinking a simple way to say what Synplant is, is that it's the ultimate answer to the question "How do I make 'that' sound" ? You just sample whatever sound you want and Synplant will resynthesise it and come up with multiple iterations that progressively get further from the "prime" sound ?

In the genopatch the sound gets progressively closer to the source sound.

It's the starting attempts that are most removed.

But you're right. In a way it's one of the most literal "synthesisers" ever made in that you give it a source and it attempts to rebuild it using relatively simple synthesis.

And you're also on the money when you say that it answers a lot of questions as to how sounds are fundamentally constructed from basic building blocks.

[enCiphered]

If you take your nylons off does it make any difference?

I went the extra mile and ditched the nylons but Synplant was determined to stay in its synthetic comfort zone

[Aloysius]

[egbert101]

You can keep recycling and rebuilding branches until you get a version you're happy with, for those who only think you only ever get four branches and the searching is somehow the same every time. I agree with some about the frustration with not being able to disable the reverb, but maybe they will refine it over time.

[aMUSEd]

The USP of synplant IS the Genopatching.

What other synth can do that?

The only thing that I think comes close would be Steinbergs backbone, but that's only really for percussive samples and is limited on what you can do to edit the iterations it spits out

Would I be correct in thinking a simple way to say what Synplant is, is that it's the ultimate answer to the question "How do I make 'that' sound" ? You just sample whatever sound you want and Synplant will resynthesise it and come up with multiple iterations that progressively get further from the "prime" sound ?

Padshop Pro also does what Backbone does but for non percussive material. But what Synplant 2 is doing is not spectral resynthesis, it’s more like a person hearing a sound and trying to recreate it with the synth they have. Only here the person is replaced with AI and the synth is a fairly limited FM synth so it can only replicate some things. Of course it’s still very cool.

[Caine123]

guys where is the standard attack knob? im too stupid vol_atk doesnt work like i want, a slooooooooooow attack for a pad...

[LFO8]

Though the promise of Genopatch peaked my interrest, I have to say.. the above echos my thoughts on the matter. It's a hell to operate this synth and so far the Genopatch hasn't cooked up anything for me that is really playable across the keyboard.

I mean there are hundreds of synths with all the bells and whistles but pretty much none with the kinds of capabilities that Synplant 2 has in the Genopatching.

The USP of synplant IS the Genopatching.

What other synth can do that?

The only other one is the upcoming Sumu by Madrona Labs.

Synplant 2 is also the furthest thing from "hell" to operate.

I've had more unique sounds out of Synplant 2 in a few minutes than I have had with pretty much any synth. It's literally almost all automated!

It's unbelievably quick to get something useful from. I find it really inspiring.

This synth gels with you and that’s fine. It does not gel with me at all and that’s also fine.

[egbert101]

Took me literally 5 minutes to make a slow long attack for a pad sound. Just by messing with the parameters (placing them on max or min). The real problem is not being able to 'lock' them when looking for new sounds.