KVR Audio

JamminFool · Post by **JamminFool** » Thu Jan 18, 2024 7:40 pm

Synthman2000 wrote: Mon Sep 11, 2023 12:57 pm Can I just ask what the name of the new preset bank is that was recently included ? I might download the latest version soon.

are you perhaps referring to Natlife Trance?

db3 · Post by **db3** » Thu Jan 18, 2024 9:15 pm

Cyforce wrote: Tue Jan 16, 2024 11:21 am https://www.cfa-sound.com/products/mimi ... -ui-skins/

Great bank with the skins. Highly useable!

MrJubbly · Post by **MrJubbly** » Sun Jan 28, 2024 1:12 pm

Cyforce wrote: Tue Jan 16, 2024 11:21 am A little update on the UI Skins for Vanguard, posted by me quite a while ago, these will not come into the Vanguard Library via Refx.

But, they have been reworked, some removed, and some new ones added. And bundled together with 75 presets (mostly fitting for house and techno), as one package, and is now available for I think, a very fair price. Also, with 40% intro discount till 2nd February!

-> https://www.cfa-sound.com/products/mimi ... -ui-skins/

Very nice. The skins look great and scale really well at all sizes.

Very fair price. Purchased and recommended!

1-2-Many · Post by **1-2-Many** » Sun Jan 28, 2024 9:35 pm

Can anyone tell me how to contact refx, besides their ticketing system? My old email is no longer accessible and everything they send is NoReply.
I purchased this 2 years ago and coming back to try again... thanks.

JamminFool · Post by **JamminFool** » Mon Jan 29, 2024 8:01 am

new version 2.08 out now.

FigBug · Post by **FigBug** » Mon Jan 29, 2024 1:19 pm

JamminFool wrote: Mon Jan 29, 2024 8:01 am new version 2.08 out now.

Wait for 2.0.9 if you are a Logic user

Caine123 · Post by **Caine123** » Mon Jan 29, 2024 3:36 pm

did anyone test old projects with vanguard 2 and hears differences? (especially cause of the reverb?) i bought it some time ago but didnt export all stems yet so i didnt install it yet

JamminFool · Post by **JamminFool** » Thu Feb 01, 2024 9:08 am

new version 2.0.9 out now.

Atlatnesiti · Post by **Atlatnesiti** » Fri Feb 02, 2024 2:25 pm

JamminFool wrote: Thu Feb 01, 2024 9:08 am new version 2.0.9 out now.

Great, got it

Tone2 Synthesizers · Post by **Tone2 Synthesizers** » Fri Feb 02, 2024 4:31 pm

I developed the sound engine of Vanguard1 (apart from the reverb) and know the plugin very well. Version 2 really seems to sound the same as version 1.

The engine is sometimes lacking some high frequencies above 11 Khz. That is caused by the mip-mapping of wavetables. I recommend to run the plugin in 96kHz. It sounds a lot better there. I suggested to support oversampling to reFX. But they still did not implement it.

The 'loudness' of the post-processing is also over-agressive. This makes it difficult to use it in a mix. Sorry about this sin from me from the past.
Vanguard2 should have a button to switch off this bass and treble boost.

Teksonik · Post by **Teksonik** » Fri Feb 23, 2024 3:44 pm

Cyforce wrote: Tue Jan 16, 2024 11:21 am A little update on the UI Skins for Vanguard, posted by me quite a while ago, these will not come into the Vanguard Library via Refx.

But, they have been reworked, some removed, and some new ones added. And bundled together with 75 presets (mostly fitting for house and techno), as one package, and is now available for I think, a very fair price. Also, with 40% intro discount till 2nd February!

-> https://www.cfa-sound.com/products/mimi ... -ui-skins/

I purchased this package to get the excellent skins but there are some very nice presets in there as well so that's a bonus.

I came up with this edit which I am using as default now. If you'd like I can send it to you if you want to add it it to the others in the collection:

Vanguard Orange 02.png

hurricaneaudiolab · Post by **hurricaneaudiolab** » Sat Feb 24, 2024 3:10 am

FigBug wrote: Mon Jan 29, 2024 1:19 pm Wait for 2.0.9 if you are a Logic user

Mouse pointer still disappears when editing....have to click outside the plugin then back for it to show.

FigBug · Post by **FigBug** » Fri Mar 01, 2024 12:00 am

hurricaneaudiolab wrote: Sat Feb 24, 2024 3:10 am
FigBug wrote: Mon Jan 29, 2024 1:19 pm Wait for 2.0.9 if you are a Logic user
Mouse pointer still disappears when editing....have to click outside the plugin then back for it to show.

I will try and get a fix out soon.

Until then, click on the reFX logo, on the backside disable "unbounded mouse"

hurricaneaudiolab · Post by **hurricaneaudiolab** » Fri Mar 01, 2024 12:27 am

Tone2 Synthesizers wrote: Fri Feb 02, 2024 4:31 pm Vanguard2 should have a button to switch off this bass and treble boost.

I don't know if I'm remembering this correctly - but didn't the OG Vanguard have an option to disable the "exciter"? Let's bring that back.

Tone2 Synthesizers · Post by **Tone2 Synthesizers** » Fri Mar 01, 2024 6:50 am

Such a button is definitely missing. The exciter with the heavy bass boost makes the plugin pretty useless for a serious music production.

Furthermore, there should be a button where you can run the plugin with 2x oversampling. Reason: My old sound engine uses octave-wise mip-mapping for the wavetables. If you play certain notes frequencies above 12 khz are missing. The cubic splines for sample interpolation and distrortion will also drastically benefit from oversampling. You can easily hear a big enhancement when you switch your DAW to 96khz.

Vanguard2 by Refx out 25th of November!