Who are some plugin creators that focus more on quality than quantity?
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- KVRian
- 794 posts since 5 Jun, 2001
Plogue, Madrona Labs, Cytomic, Sonic Charge, D16
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- KVRist
- 355 posts since 1 Jan, 2021
Fors deserves a mention. And they seem to be doubling down by going macOS only while relying on (supposedly) state of the art frameworks.
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- KVRian
- 576 posts since 21 Sep, 2009
Reveal Sound only have ONE! And it's a corker
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- KVRAF
- 8122 posts since 28 Apr, 2013
Clicks all the OP's boxes; One free, eight total, all solid and easy to deal with.
Plus a free gift every year.
AAS - Applied Acoustic Systems
https://www.applied-acoustics.com/products/
One of my top three developers/companies to deal with along with u-He and Modartt.
Clicks all the OP's boxes
Plus a free gift every year.
AAS - Applied Acoustic Systems
https://www.applied-acoustics.com/products/
One of my top three developers/companies to deal with along with u-He and Modartt.
Clicks all the OP's boxes
- KVRian
- 887 posts since 11 Jun, 2020 from Woop Woop
I don't own any yet, but I've been planning to get KORG products for some time. They're very much of a similar quality and quantity to u-he, IMHO.
Of those I do own, XILS-lab & HY-Plugins haven't been mentioned yet. And a newer one but definitely one to keep an eye on, if their first few products are anything to go by, OxyDSP.
Of those I do own, XILS-lab & HY-Plugins haven't been mentioned yet. And a newer one but definitely one to keep an eye on, if their first few products are anything to go by, OxyDSP.
"Like toilet paper, we're on a roll."
- KVRAF
- 3086 posts since 25 Apr, 2011
agree with all names mentioned. 1 i would like to add;
Arturia.
Now, i am not sure if i would call them quality over quantity lately per se, but Pigments (for sure) and their fx suite are top notch
Arturia.
Now, i am not sure if i would call them quality over quantity lately per se, but Pigments (for sure) and their fx suite are top notch
- KVRian
- 1473 posts since 26 Aug, 2019
Acon, Audiority, Fuse Audio Labs, HY, and Sixth Sample come immediately to mind as developers who I find are passionate about the quality of their deliverables.
Here's how I measure it. Quality is something that gets applied holistically and permeates every aspect of delivery. When you can see a developer is doing all the little things correctly and pays close attention to detail, in the things you can see & hear, you can likely assume they are doing it in their code and DSP as well. If they can't get the little things (like: install / docs / updates / customer service) right, then it immediately calls into suspicion everything below the surface.
For more into the philosophical nature of "quality", I suggest to read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.
Here's how I measure it. Quality is something that gets applied holistically and permeates every aspect of delivery. When you can see a developer is doing all the little things correctly and pays close attention to detail, in the things you can see & hear, you can likely assume they are doing it in their code and DSP as well. If they can't get the little things (like: install / docs / updates / customer service) right, then it immediately calls into suspicion everything below the surface.
For more into the philosophical nature of "quality", I suggest to read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.
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- KVRAF
- 8122 posts since 28 Apr, 2013
- KVRAF
- 1576 posts since 19 May, 2011 from North Carolina
I'd add Tone2 to this list - they have a decent-sized portfolio now but only because most of these synths have been around for years, and yet are constantly being updated and improved.
I actually only own Nemesis but have been using that so much I haven't purchased the others, but that's a no brainer in the future.
Beside them and a few of the more obvious (u-he, TAL), two of the smaller developers (who've been mentioned I think) would be Madrona Labs and Psychic Modulation, both of home have some really deep niche products.
I actually only own Nemesis but have been using that so much I haven't purchased the others, but that's a no brainer in the future.
Beside them and a few of the more obvious (u-he, TAL), two of the smaller developers (who've been mentioned I think) would be Madrona Labs and Psychic Modulation, both of home have some really deep niche products.
- KVRian
- 1473 posts since 26 Aug, 2019
What does Watts have to say on the topic of quality? I like to listen to Watts lectures some times, but Pirsig tackles that question head on:
I at least tried to apply a definition of quality to overlay my answer. Otherwise it's just another list thread with everyone chipping in their favorite developers. Whoopee!"Quality . . . you know what it is, yet you don't know what it is. But that's self-contradictory. But some things are better than others, that is, they have more quality. But when you try to say what the quality is, apart from the things that have it, it all goes poof! There's nothing to talk about. But if you can't say what Quality is, how do you know what it is, or how do you know that it even exists? If no one knows what it is, then for all practical purposes it doesn't exist at all. But for all practical purposes it really does exist."
Judging from some of the responses, others might benefit from further introspection into the question of quality, hence my book recommendation.
https://web.archive.org/web/20171010010 ... uality.pdf
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- KVRAF
- 2788 posts since 19 Mar, 2008 from germany
Variety of Sounds by Herbert Goldstein "Bootsie".
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- KVRAF
- 8122 posts since 28 Apr, 2013
It was a bit tongue in cheek.kidslow wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2024 1:17 amWhat does Watts have to say on the topic of quality? I like to listen to Watts lectures some times, but Pirsig tackles that question head on:I at least tried to apply a definition of quality to overlay my answer. Otherwise it's just another list thread with everyone chipping in their favorite developers. Whoopee!"Quality . . . you know what it is, yet you don't know what it is. But that's self-contradictory. But some things are better than others, that is, they have more quality. But when you try to say what the quality is, apart from the things that have it, it all goes poof! There's nothing to talk about. But if you can't say what Quality is, how do you know what it is, or how do you know that it even exists? If no one knows what it is, then for all practical purposes it doesn't exist at all. But for all practical purposes it really does exist."
Judging from some of the responses, others might benefit from further introspection into the question of quality, hence my book recommendation.
https://web.archive.org/web/20171010010 ... uality.pdf
I'll paraphrase one observation from that writing here;
"When you stop to explain the moment, you've already lost it."