Official Sound-Design Relief Effort for South Asia Thread.

[Alex@PA]

Hey guys...sounds like a great idea Of course I have already reserved some free banner space at PA for you

- 120 x 60 px banner (like the Synapse one here at KVR) is now yours from Jan 6th.

- 468 x 60 px banner is now yours as soon as you like.

GIF, JPG, SWF are all supported for both sizes.

[mn]

Thanks to Dangerous Bear, Lionsdream, ToTC, and zvon and everyone else for taking up the cause.

In lieu of having any patches, a few observations and random thoughts. You may consider or ignore them at your discretion.

First, I realize ideas are flying and we all are searching for a way to be anything other than useless in the face of such an event. I would hope we can come up with a cohesive KVR-wide approach that is both as effective as we can be in the present cirumstances, but also sustainable and ongoing. Let's make it a legacy for KVR in the future that we made giving a part of who we are on an ongoing basis as a group, not just as individuals. We all already share with each other (well, you share with me ) that's what makes this place so special. Let's now make looking outward part of our focus.

Why limit the scope to synth patches? Clearly there is a large focus here at KVR on synth developers and sound designers, and on users heading in that direction. But there is also a very large community of folks here who are just musicians. Many may have audio to donate, as Shane Sanders kindly did here. Conceivably folks could offer services mixing or mastering a song for someone. There are also developers who could possibly develop a unique effect or synth that is only available in the donation bundle. In fact, why not a KVR bundle of plugs as a product? People could include other transferrable goods like some sort of gift certificate. Point being, let's be more inclusive and innovative in what we offer, limited only by our imaginations. Obviously some of the early adopters here are sound and preset designers so it's natural that is the early focus but let's not constrain ourselves to that. I realize many developers, sound designers, and patch designers already graciously shower freebies on KVR and the community, and I suspect that (licenses permitting) having one place to get those would be worth a few dollar donation. But I suspect having some unique content would be better.

I'd like to see some fundamental additions to KVR. I mean, sure, it's easy to suggest change to something I have no control over right? And it will sound like discontent with the status quo, but it's not. I'm thinking of maybe a dedicated forum for charity and for working on these sorts of things. I'm thinking of prominently accessible areas of the website where the things folks are coming up with are easily findable, easily orderable, not just a flag in the database "charitable" - let's face it, I love KVR and Ben does a great job, but it is a little dense even for regulars. There's a lot of information to wade through and getting to any patches is a several layer process. The idea is not to draw users in, the idea is to disburse help out. The idea is to make it visible and ongoing at KVR, not buried in text in a mountain of text in a mountain of forums. I'm thinking about making an express lane for people wanting to contribute by donating during a crisis can get in and out without having to listen to me tell someone what I think the best way to use BFD is.

I'm thinking about a KVR where the top area not only has the banner ad du jour, but some mention of what we're doing for others, wether that be quick links to these patches and things, or totals disbursed, or just free ads for charitable causes. I'm thinkng of a KVR where some companies and developers voluntarily say "I'll buy a banner ad at KVR but a small percentage of the revenue you get must go into your charitable fund". Or a KVR where that is part of the contract for the ad in the first place.

We are all extraordinarily fortunate to be able to have the luxury of talking to our favorite developers, making bug reports and suggestions, helping each other with obscure features, complaining that something is utter crap because it doesn't sound "real" enough. Hey, it's fun right? And sometimes it seems infuriating and we want to lash out at each other. Well, it's just bits, folks. And it's just us noodling around making software and tunes and enjoying ourselves. And I consider myself lucky if the worst thing that happens to me today is some plug crashed my host.

So in short, I'd really like to help but I am by no means a preset or sound designer. I can go hit random in eXT or Fruity, but that's not really the point right? If some concerted audio front happens I can see maybe donating some tunes. Or I will be happy to help with grunt work of recordkeeping or web site maintenence or what have you.

[op519]

I will try to do a reaktor ensemble and perhaps some presets for synths and also try my hand at doing a banner.

No reason for me to say that here except to BUMP this incredibly important efforts thread to the top.

Cheers
op

[TotcProductions]

Thanks to Dangerous Bear, Lionsdream, ToTC, and zvon and everyone else for taking up the cause.

In lieu of having any patches, a few observations and random thoughts. You may consider or ignore them at your discretion.

First, I realize ideas are flying and we all are searching for a way to be anything other than useless in the face of such an event. I would hope we can come up with a cohesive KVR-wide approach that is both as effective as we can be in the present cirumstances, but also sustainable and ongoing. Let's make it a legacy for KVR in the future that we made giving a part of who we are on an ongoing basis as a group, not just as individuals. We all already share with each other (well, you share with me ) that's what makes this place so special. Let's now make looking outward part of our focus.

Why limit the scope to synth patches? Clearly there is a large focus here at KVR on synth developers and sound designers, and on users heading in that direction. But there is also a very large community of folks here who are just musicians. Many may have audio to donate, as Shane Sanders kindly did here. Conceivably folks could offer services mixing or mastering a song for someone. There are also developers who could possibly develop a unique effect or synth that is only available in the donation bundle. In fact, why not a KVR bundle of plugs as a product? People could include other transferrable goods like some sort of gift certificate. Point being, let's be more inclusive and innovative in what we offer, limited only by our imaginations. Obviously some of the early adopters here are sound and preset designers so it's natural that is the early focus but let's not constrain ourselves to that. I realize many developers, sound designers, and patch designers already graciously shower freebies on KVR and the community, and I suspect that (licenses permitting) having one place to get those would be worth a few dollar donation. But I suspect having some unique content would be better.

I'd like to see some fundamental additions to KVR. I mean, sure, it's easy to suggest change to something I have no control over right? And it will sound like discontent with the status quo, but it's not. I'm thinking of maybe a dedicated forum for charity and for working on these sorts of things. I'm thinking of prominently accessible areas of the website where the things folks are coming up with are easily findable, easily orderable, not just a flag in the database "charitable" - let's face it, I love KVR and Ben does a great job, but it is a little dense even for regulars. There's a lot of information to wade through and getting to any patches is a several layer process. The idea is not to draw users in, the idea is to disburse help out. The idea is to make it visible and ongoing at KVR, not buried in text in a mountain of text in a mountain of forums. I'm thinking about making an express lane for people wanting to contribute by donating during a crisis can get in and out without having to listen to me tell someone what I think the best way to use BFD is.

I'm thinking about a KVR where the top area not only has the banner ad du jour, but some mention of what we're doing for others, wether that be quick links to these patches and things, or totals disbursed, or just free ads for charitable causes. I'm thinkng of a KVR where some companies and developers voluntarily say "I'll buy a banner ad at KVR but a small percentage of the revenue you get must go into your charitable fund". Or a KVR where that is part of the contract for the ad in the first place.

We are all extraordinarily fortunate to be able to have the luxury of talking to our favorite developers, making bug reports and suggestions, helping each other with obscure features, complaining that something is utter crap because it doesn't sound "real" enough. Hey, it's fun right? And sometimes it seems infuriating and we want to lash out at each other. Well, it's just bits, folks. And it's just us noodling around making software and tunes and enjoying ourselves. And I consider myself lucky if the worst thing that happens to me today is some plug crashed my host.

So in short, I'd really like to help but I am by no means a preset or sound designer. I can go hit random in eXT or Fruity, but that's not really the point right? If some concerted audio front happens I can see maybe donating some tunes. Or I will be happy to help with grunt work of recordkeeping or web site maintenence or what have you.

First off....thanx for all the comments...they are all very much appreciated. Only problem with donating audio, though it's a fantastic idea, is that we'd have to make CD's or something to distribute to those that donate money....this brings in shipping costs as well as manufacturing costs....patches are easier to transfer online than an album download. Still a great idea though, maybe someone will fly with it.

Oh, and hitting the randomize button is fine with me if that's what it takes......you never know what you can come up with that way.....shit, hit the randomize button and call the result a sound effect patch if need be....anything you can offer will be graciously accepted.

Also, an update for you all....if you haven't noticed in this thread, Patch Arena has offered to host a banner for free.....BIG Ups to Alex and all at PA for donating add space, very kind of you. I'm also starting to contact preset companies (pro-sounds, patch syndicate, etc..etc..etc...) to see if and what they can offer to make this all a bit more exciting for all of you....I'll also be including several previously un-realeased banks of my own into the collections.

Lastly, I'm working on setting up a special page for the project on my site ( we might have one on Zvon's page as well...i still have to discuss it with him.) which will serve as the donation center (via paypal) as well as where you will download the patches once you have donated.

Thanx to everybody that's jumped in so far....let's keep it going!

Peace!

[Mighty_Hero]

I am in all the way. This weekend I will design some new presets for you all to sell.

[Bassballjg]

Speaking of the randomize button, I'm trying to carve out some time to expand and fine-tune my personal Synth 1 bank. Never enough reason to do that for dBu, seeing as it's free, and therefore patches for it should be free, but now I am motivated. Let's see what I can do next week or so...That means Crystal too...

Let's keep it comin', people!

[smart]

totc,

I'll help out with some ad space on www.sectionz.com for you. Just send me over a banner when you've got everything set up

catch me at smart [@] sectionz [.] com

- brian

[Sequent]

I will try to do a reaktor ensemble and perhaps some presets for synths and also try my hand at doing a banner.

No reason for me to say that here except to BUMP this incredibly important efforts thread to the top.

Cheers
op

Op, if you do a banner, that too will be a great contribution to the cause. I was planning on doing one too but if you have some ideas... go for it!!!

[Sequent]

Smart, if someone puts together a banner, I'm assuming standard sizes for sectionz too?

[smart]

yes, 468 x 60.

[Bl1tz]

I'm hoping this gains some momentum because I think it's a worthy cause and I love making presets for synths.

Here are 10 presets I made for FM7. They lean towards experimental/FX. But they would fit in on any trance, dub, or similar electronic song.

Here is the preset file.
http://blitz.circa1984.com/blitz_kvr.f7b

Here is a demo .mp3. The really out of sync drum is a drum hit, I just suck at keeping time.

http://blitz.circa1984.com/Blitz_KVR_Presets.mp3

edit: I will probably add 22 more for a full 32 bank. I just was excited and wanted to get these out tonight.

[zvon]

Thank you for your patches Blitz.
But we prefer that you, and everyone else just email them directly with as an attachment to:
info@lesproductionszvon.com

Thank you

[op519]

I should have a flash banner done today. I will send a link when I am done.

One thing we/or at least the people who are putting this together should do is send emails/pm (if possible) to people like Rob Papen, Manuel Schleis (vengeance-sound.de) Tim Conrardy (perhaps he didn't see this), Biomechanoid, Brok Landers, Chris List (reaktor), rachMiel (reaktor) etc. People who are well regarded in the area of sound design. Although it shouldn't be necessary to have name recognition in something like this, it definately wouldn't hurt

Also ask all dev's here if they have patches which they were holding onto and ask if they can contribute them to our effort.

[zvon]

I should One thing we/or at least the people who are putting this together should do is send emails/pm (if possible) to people like Rob Papen, Manuel Schleis (vengeance-sound.de) Tim Conrardy (perhaps he didn't see this), Biomechanoid, Brok Landers, Chris List (reaktor), rachMiel (reaktor) etc. People who are well regarded in the area of sound design. Although it shouldn't be necessary to have name recognition in something like this, it definately wouldn't hurt

Also ask all dev's here if they have patches which they were holding onto and ask if they can contribute them to our effort.

We are already in the process of contacting some people, and any contribution is welcomed.

[TotcProductions]

totc,

I'll help out with some ad space on www.sectionz.com for you. Just send me over a banner when you've got everything set up

catch me at smart [@] sectionz [.] com

- brian

That's great smart! Thank you so much! I'll send you the banner soon as we have it reaady.

Peace!