Sugar Bytes - Factory

[antic604]

If you buy the right equipment, it shouldn't be a problem. The trouble is that people buy 4k monitors, because they don't know any better and swallow all the marketing BS

That's increasingly a false statement, because majority of laptops come with screens denser than 1080p and 4K desktop screens have also gotten much cheaper, not to mention many people just straight up buy TVs to use with DAWs.

Also, there really is a HUGE difference in clarity of DAW display even on a 12'' screen between 1080p and 4K - just try a DAW that does it right, like Bitwig or Live. It's a night & day difference. Not saying 1080p isn't workable anymore, because it definitely is; but it's not "marketing BS" unless you're blind.

[BONES]

No, they don't. As I explained below, it's only the top-spec models. The vast majority are Full HD or below. With gaming laptops you can get all the power you need, mine's a 6-core i7 with a 6GB RTX GeForce card and two SSDs, with a screen that makes sense. QHD screens are for people who prioritise being seen in the café over getting anything done.

Most modern laptops or surface devices are at least QHD (I think yours is?) which is at least double the resolution of 1080p and certainly on my MS surface in DAWs without individual plug in scaling, some VSTs would be too small for me.

Actually, comparatively few are. It's normally a high-end option on top-tier models. My old laptop is 2160x1440 which has been an issue for me since I bought it. It was a poor decision on my part that had me using my TV as a monitor most of the time. But it's a poor decision I have rectified - my new 17.3" Dell is Full HD, 1920x1080. No more scaling, no more squinting and no more having to hook it up to the telly. It's not going to look as super-slick on stage but that's such a tiny part of the whole shebang it doesn't make sense to prioritise it over usability in production.

[Ah_Dziz]

Did you guys ever sort out the wavetable creation? I gave it a whirl and it worked fine. I was just updating all my sugarbytes stuff after I grabbed drumcomputer and remembered this.

[Ah_Dziz]

Randomly drumcomputer imports wav files as wavetables quite easily. If you take a look at them you can see how they are structured very easily.

[martiu]

i like it very much, my go to for drones next to Reaktor . . .

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[LFO8]

How does one resize the interface?

Edit: nvm.. found it

[svart]

How does one resize the interface?

"Settings", down to the left.

[Sinisterbr]

i like it very much, my go to for drones next to Reaktor . . .
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Yes, this one has stood up the test of time for me. Still one of my most used synths. Anything organic, you can count on it.

[zerocrossing]

I sure wish they’d add MPE to this bad-boy. That would be phenomenal.

[Atlatnesiti]

How does one resize the interface?

"Settings", down to the left.

Correct

[paradiddle]

They never fixed the envelope shapes selector popup in step 1 and 2 of the seq. When you click on any of the available shapes, some of the available shapes in the popup are cropped on the left side. You can still click hold and drag up and down but still. Did a bug report a few months ago. It was acknowledged as a bug but nada.

[BoogerSnot]

Anyone have any tips/strategies for using samples with this synth?

It’s a weird sampler engine, and yes I know it’s not really a sampler, but just looking to make use of the sample import.

[martiu]

ye, drop samples in the samples folder (put folder of samples there with some name), select them with the transformer engine
Factory is a sampler undercover, is not synthesizing anything, even the sine waves are wav sample files

[BoogerSnot]

ye, drop samples in the samples folder (put folder of samples there with some name), select them with the transformer engine
Factory is a sampler undercover, is not synthesizing anything, even the sine waves are wav sample files

I mean specifically types of samples that work well, should they be pitched up/ down, etc. Seems like anything I throw in there just sounds like a digital mess.

[martiu]

no, i never got musical results using the transformer with samples, just drones and noise