Pre-release: PD Space Guitar Synthesizer plugins for windows/macos

[Paul_Driessen]

HI Guitarnerds,
My polyphonic guitar synthesizer plugin, that was allready on iOS, now will start its live on desktop computers.
This is a preliminary beta release to gather the last bugs and stuff:

Now the first hurdles have been concurred, I want you all to test and have fun with it.
There is only a trail interruption at every 5 minutes of real use.
In your Documents folder a folder called "PD Space Guitar" will be created: that is where the user presets, cabinet and reverb IR'S are stored. So you can add you own IR wav's easily!
The official release will not be long now: I want feedback about all things that aren't right, so I can fix them for you.

Beta plugins available from https://www.patreon.com/PaulDriessen

[Paul_Driessen]

Quiet ambient example:

[Paul_Driessen]

A bit wilder lead example, using MIDI remote control

[Paul_Driessen]

PD Space Guitar Synthesizer 2 windows/macos is on introduction sale!
Sale lasts until coming friday July 26th!
Go to https://pauldriessen.de/?page_id=23

[nix808]

OK it's open in FreeStyle on Win

Thanks for the tuner,
still finding my sound with it

-it's fun

[CapnLockheed]

Glad to see you've finally come back around to Windows devlopment.
I still have the original Windows beta from years ago. Psyched to try
out this latest iteration.

[nix808]

The Space Guitar is wicked on Windows now,
but the interface needs a lot of help to be cool

I think both the graphics and the layout need a graphic designer,
Paul you need to make the tabs, controls and pages more intuitive

I have no arguments with the sound,
it's amazing. What I request further though is more oscillator shapes, please
I'll let you know how I go with filter envelope and lfo

Maybe 'Dreissen Space' or 'Space' are more elegant names

I want to love this, but it doesn't present that well graphically,
and although the conversion engine is awesome, I need more synth sounds
Maybe these points don't matter that much,
but if it could be an exquisite synth package,
since you are so talented to convert the guitar wave
-just some cosmetics and sounds could make it neater

[Yadrichik_Chaya]

Wow! I missed everything regarding this release, despite being a Patreon for Mr. Driessen…

I have avoided the internet and instead sat with an iPad M4 trying out ideas, and the PD Space Guitar Synthesizer has been used in every song/idea in Cubasis.

So finding out today that I can use it on my PC with Cubase is amazing news!

It is my favorite iOS plugin!

Maybe I missed the intro sale that ended the 26th, but honestly I don’t care, Instabuy!

[Paul_Driessen]

thanks for the feedback here!
Graphic desgn is a matter of taste: I have gotten compliments for the compact design, and some want more bling: but sofar the first bling request has been here in this thread. Graphics are also extremely expensive in development, and are mostly used to convince buyers that their compressor is not the same compressor as the other devs compressor. I also have got zero budget for such things to be frank: it is all work of love from a freelance guitarteacher.
Personally I do not care much for graphics, because you cant hear graphics and I dont believe in making it look like a 3D hardware thing will make it any better. Intuition is a dangerous thing: what my intuition is, might not be the intuition of other people, hence I adhere to oldschool tabs, which is a widespread thing.
What I acknowledge would help many people would be more insight and help vids, but I am severely limited in time I can assign to this, hope to get to it soon though.
I am aware that the trend is toward simple "intuitive" style apps, but SG is not that kind of app. It is quiet deep.

Waveforms: the waveforms that are in SG are overtone patterns, saw is even plus odd harmonics, square is odd harmonics, bright is even harmonics. These function as polyphonic extensions to the original guitar harmonics, and not 1:1 comparable with synth voices: a normal synth voice needs more filtering and trigger decisions to be generated, and therefore can not have the same playfeel as the SG system.
I'm working on a separate normal triggered synth voice system, but because of the different playfeel and usage patterns, I am planning on putting that in a separate app.
That might sound as a deliberate limiting of SG at first, but the reality is, that SG is close to the max in sound diversity I can get with that playfeel.

Anyway, thanks for the feedback, please don't miss the updates on https://pauldriessen.de/?page_id=23
Best,
Paul

[nix808]

thanks Paul,
my queries are answered
I'm curious of your waveform transform
It's not so much bling(ie.decoration) from the ui I was enquiring about,
but elegance and yes, a more synth-like(intuitive) layout
neatness and matching colouring
-even in simple block fields and plain knobs
If it's done, it's of course utilitarian as is

-interested in your other synth guitar project also
thanks a million,
cheers