reFX NEXUS5 is out now!

[Teksonik]

I can reproduce looks like the ENV hangs if the start and end loop points are in the same place. I'll get that fixed asap.

Awesome!

[FigBug]

I can reproduce looks like the ENV hangs if the start and end loop points are in the same place. I'll get that fixed asap.

Awesome!

Please upgrade to 5.3.14

[Teksonik]

Please upgrade to 5.3.14

Thanks! The issue appears to be fixed here. Following the steps listed above I no longer get the DAW hangs. Everything works as expected now.

While I have you here I notice an issue when Copy/Pasting one layer into another. Is this expected behavior or user error on my part or ?

When adding a new layer I get this:

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But after Copy Layer 1/Paste into Layer 2 the routing looks like this:

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It appears one Osc is routed to both Layers. Changing the waveform in Osc 1 Layer 1 also changes the waveform in Osc 1 Layer 2. Is that the way it's supposed to be or am I doing something wrong?

[msvs]

seems correct to me. You copy a layer, not the whole stucture. Means you duplicate layer 1 (which has OSC1 as source). So Layer 2 will also have OSC1 as source.
Take a wild example, you have 64 Ocs, routed and divided into 14 layers. You want to duplicate layer 4. How it should be routet in your optinion as OSC source?

[Teksonik]

seems correct to me. You copy a layer, not the whole stucture. Means you duplicate layer 1 (which has OSC1 as source). So Layer 2 will also have OSC1 as source.
Take a wild example, you have 64 Ocs, routed and divided into 14 layers. You want to duplicate layer 4. How it should be routet in your optinion as OSC source?

Seems illogical to me. In my opinion each layer should be like its own separate synth. It shouldn't share Oscs with other layers. Again each layer remains separate when just adding a new layer as shown in the images above but as soon as you copy Layer 1 into Layer 2 the routing is changed.

After Copy/Paste, Osc 1 still exists in Layer 2 but now both Osc 1 Layer 1 and Osc 1 Layer 2 are locked to each other. Changing the waveform in one also changes the waveform in the other and that doesn't seem like logical behavior in my opinion.

Here's the scenario where I want to copy a layer. I want to make an exact copy with its own routing so I can make changes to the second layer like choosing another filter type, adjustments to ENV settings, different Unison values, different waveform, etc.

That's a great way to add depth and variation to a patch and something I do all the time in other multi-layer synths such as Avenger. It's particularly effective with analog style patches.

So if this is the way Nexus is intended to behave I'll simply have to avoid Copy/Paste and just duplicate the layers manually. Not a difficult task but a time consuming one none the less.

[msvs]

A 2nd layer isnt a seperate synth. A layer can have multiple OSC inputs (which is a great thing btw) - thats the way Nexus works internally. So its behaving correct in its own structure. I dont think this can or would be changed anytime since all presets are designed around that structure.

[Teksonik]

A 2nd layer isnt a seperate synth.

It is the way I use Nexus and every other multi-layer synth I own. That's the great thing about a flexible architecture. Everyone gets to develop their own workflow and not just follow the crowd.

A layer can have multiple OSC inputs (which is a great thing btw) - thats the way Nexus works internally. So its behaving correct in its own structure. I dont think this can or would be changed anytime since all presets are designed around that structure.

I can see the option of routing an Osc from one Layer to another Layer but forcing that routing by simply copy/pasting one layer into another still doesn't make sense to me and feels more like a bug than a feature. Forcing that routing whether you want it or not is taking away from the aforementioned flexibility not adding to it.

Oh well it is what it is so I'll just ignore copy/paste since that functionality is not useful for me in its current state. I'm loving Nexus 5 so this issue will not diminish my enjoyment to a great extent.

[Vlades41]

Dear friend FigBug.
Please return this button switch and the standard Filter, Delay, and Reverb effects under the lock.

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[FigBug]

Dear friend FigBug.
Please return this button switch and the standard Filter, Delay, and Reverb effects under the lock.
Скриншот_2025_08_21_17_19_57_395.jpg

That feature made sense when we had a fixed fx chain, but now the fx chain can be reordered and there can be up to 10 of each effect. If you lock a reverb, and then load a new preset, what happens? If there is no reverb, where does it add the reverb to the chain? What if there are two reverbs, which is the one getting locked etc?

What is your primary use case? Most people I think just want the reverb global off, is that it?

[Vlades41]

Dear friend FigBug.
Please return this button switch and the standard Filter, Delay, and Reverb effects under the lock.
Скриншот_2025_08_21_17_19_57_395.jpg

That feature made sense when we had a fixed fx chain, but now the fx chain can be reordered and there can be up to 10 of each effect. If you lock a reverb, and then load a new preset, what happens? If there is no reverb, where does it add the reverb to the chain? What if there are two reverbs, which is the one getting locked etc?

What is your primary use case? Most people I think just want the reverb global off, is that it?

Right! I get it now, thanks for the clarification.

[koko8k44]

Anyone using only factory presets?

[seangm]

Anyone using only factory presets?

I don't know how to program a synth (not really interested in sound design either) so I am using only the presets that came with Nexus 5 and some expansions I bought. I find the presets mostly really good. Why do you ask?

[FigBug]

...we need jungle I'm afraid.

[User3]

Xfer Serum 2 FX is a nice VST effect processor. Is reFX going to create something similar and call it reFX Nexus 5 FX? Could you please consider this question? I address these questions to those who work at reFX.

[FigBug]

Xfer Serum 2 FX is a nice VST effect processor. Is reFX going to create something similar and call it reFX Nexus 5 FX? Could you please consider this question? I address these questions to those who work at reFX.

We aren't currently working on anything like that.