GForce OB-1

[BONES]

Do you think this is where George Lucas got the name for one of his characters from?

[egbert101]

No because Star Wars was released in 1977.

[beely]

Do you think this is where George Lucas got the name for one of his characters from?

No, despite synth lovers desperately wanting it to be true...

[BONES]

No because Star Wars was released in 1977.

He might have seen a prototype.

[_leras]

Will the 10,000th VA VST synth be the one that helps you make a hit song? Nah!

It might well inspire me to write something new and worthwhile. New synths provide fresh inspiration. A constant flow of them keeps me on the creative boil. If I get one or two new things from one purchase, then it has justified it's price, even if it only get used for the next few months and is then forgotten (which is what generally happens).

You can do a similar thing with existing tools to get creative.

Randomly select an unused synth, or some random effect to make an interesting lead sound out of and off you go. Or choose two synths to play the same midi and create a layered sound from the get go.

I mean, it's impossible that you've found every corner of every synth or FX you own.

[Cavey Arrgh]

Will the 10,000th VA VST synth be the one that helps you make a hit song? Nah!

It might well inspire me to write something new and worthwhile. New synths provide fresh inspiration. A constant flow of them keeps me on the creative boil. If I get one or two new things from one purchase, then it has justified it's price, even if it only get used for the next few months and is then forgotten (which is what generally happens).

You can do a similar thing with existing tools to get creative.

Randomly select an unused synth, or some random effect to make an interesting lead sound out of and off you go. Or choose two synths to play the same midi and create a layered sound from the get go.

I mean, it's impossible that you've found every corner of every synth or FX you own.

BONES certainly doesn't need anyone to help defend himself, but gee whiz, let the man buy a new plugin without guilt!

For one, creativity is a mental game, not always rational, so if we need to trick ourselves into it by buying a new tool (toy), then that's what the doctor ordered. Ie, no matter how valid the point is that existing tools likely have "new" (untapped) aspects to them, our minds often think of them as old, so the spark isn't there.

Secondly, plugins create virtually no waste; no plastic or silicon & metal object to forever sit in a landfill.

Third, these things cost less than a two person meal at a mediocre restaurant in any quasi-metropolitan area.

Fourth, it keeps the economy going.

[BONES]

I mean, it's impossible that you've found every corner of every synth or FX you own.

Of course, but that's because I get bored with them fairly quickly or, over time, realise that they aren't as good as newer instruments for the work I have them doing.

Some of you guys carry on like these things cost as much as hardware, but OB-1 cost me literally one-third as much as the dinner I had tonight. Yes, it was a nice restaurant but the reality is that I eat at nice restaurants more often than I buy a new VSTi. You need to get some f**king perspective on this shit, it's pocket money. I didn't even bother with the demo on this before I bought it, it didn't seem worth the effort.

[felis]

.....Secondly, plugins create virtually no waste; no plastic or silicon & metal object to forever sit in a landfill.....

At first glance it may seem like that.
Until you start looking deeper into the infrastructure needed to make softsynths possible to use.
I'm thinking server farms, individual computers and the manufacturing and chip plants needed to produce them, routers, electrical grids, possibly satellites, and the list gets deeper the more you think about it.
Average lifespan of a computer is probably shorter than that of a hardware synth too.

[Cavey Arrgh]

.....Secondly, plugins create virtually no waste; no plastic or silicon & metal object to forever sit in a landfill.....

At first glance it may seem like that.
Until you start looking deeper into the infrastructure needed to make softsynths possible to use.
I'm thinking server farms, individual computers and the manufacturing and chip plants needed to produce them, routers, electrical grids, possibly satellites, and the list gets deeper the more you think about it.
Average lifespan of a computer is probably shorter than that of a hardware synth too.

Your comment is better suited to crypto and the big companies doing AI /ML.

For vsts, most people already have a computer; they didn't just buy it to host a plugin.

I bought my last 2 PCs used, and I use them for a long time.

You could ask Gforce how big their server farm is. Probably one high-end desktop.

[ramseysounds]

Why is the mac version download 30mb more than windows? Curious.

[felis]

You said:

Cavey Arrgh wrote:
.....Secondly, plugins create virtually no waste; no plastic or silicon & metal object to forever sit in a landfill.....

So I thought you were looking at the big picture. Maybe not.

[beely]

Why is the mac version download 30mb more than windows? Curious.

Mac software generally comes as "universal binaries" - in effect, the main program is double the size of a Windows binary, because the binary contains the Intel code for Intel Macs, and a second section of the binary with Arm code for Apple silicon Macs. macOS runs the appropriate binary version for the system you run it on.

[ramseysounds]

Thanks

[pekbro]

I like it a lot, with the loyalty discount and intro pricing, an easy insta-buy for me.

[zerocrossing]

Why is the mac version download 30mb more than windows? Curious.

They like big bytes and they can’t deny.