Audionerdz Vectra - your thoughts

[HiEnergy]

What do you think of Audionerdz Vectra - a weird procedural "wavetable" (?) synth that's currently in a beta phase.
Price is about 90 EUR (will rise to 200 EUR after beta)


https://audionerdz.net/product/vectra-d ... wer-synth/

[Tj Shredder]

A ton of marketing blah, no MPE, a focus on a single genre. I bet you can’t keep the envisioned price tag…
Innovation is not the invention of new words.

Well, that is my impression by just reading the description… I might be completely wrong…

[HiEnergy]

A ton of marketing blah...

That's what I thought as well.
I think I'll not regret passing on this one.

Thanks for your opinion.

[billinder33]

Geez, tough room here.

Vector synthesis isn't a marketing term, it's an actual type of synthesis (or application of synthesis to be more precise), so not sure what the criticisms related to marketing are about. Didn't seem to have any more or less jargon than any other plugin demo.

I skipped through the video, thought it looked like pretty cool. Modern UI, looks pretty well oriented toward edgy leads and dubstep sounds. I don't see people complaining that most Dawesome synths are basically geared towards creating pads and ambient sounds, so not sure why it's an issue when a synth focuses on styles of music that people actually listen to, rather than boring ambient dreck.

The full price seems a little high, but people are gladly paying $300 to upgrade to Omnisphere 3 and drooling over the Zebra beta at $250, so maybe it's not so crazy after all. Heck Serum 2 is up to $250 now.

[Tj Shredder]

I finally watched the video, and there are some nice graphics, nothing sonically that interesting or even different to what I get out of the Grid. We had vectors since the last century and interpolating wavetables, a sort of 2d space for wavetables we get in a more innovative way in Terrain or Kontrast.
To compare the envisioned price to Omnisphere, Serum or Zebra is a bit stretched, all three support MPE and are in a different league by having their reputation built up in years.
There are interesting approaches to wavetables in it, but I simply doubt they justify that price… I’d rather explore deeper what I have…

[aMUSEd]

It looks like they don't mean 'Vector synthesis' in the sense of the old Sequential synth which was basically a path based crossfade between 4 sample sources - they mean vectors as in procedurally generated (ie as in vector graphics as opposed to bitmap graphics) - so more like what Zebra 3 and Zebralette 3 are doing, but a different take on that approach using some fractal looking math rather than splines

[billinder33]

I simply doubt they justify that price… I’d rather explore deeper what I have…

The intro price looks tasty, the full price not so much. Maybe it's just where I am in life, but I'd rather pay $100 for a synth like this that excels at one thing or has a distinct personality, than $250 for one that does lots of things just ok. $200+ for a one trick pony is a big ask.

[talos72]

At the current 150 eu price they are competing with the likes of U-he, Synapse Audio, etc. What is the incentive to purchase a less versatile genre specific synth at a premium. You are better of getting Zebra 3: an infinitely more capable tool.

[osiris]

I saw this on YT, but it seems there are 3 versions - free, better, mega. And, if I understand you can buy wavetables for it. This website is mainly samples anyway, so is it just a way to sell wavetables?

[starflakeprj]

I saw this on YT, but it seems there are 3 versions - free, better, mega. And, if I understand you can buy wavetables for it. This website is mainly samples anyway, so is it just a way to sell wavetables?

If it is, it's a very expensive introduction to get people to buy wavetables?

I like the interface, but I'm not very inspired by their business model with the three different tiers.

[kraster]

The sales model is very vague.

The free version has locked features and the standard edition has less locked features and the deluxe is completely unlocked.

But what exactly those features are is a bit of a mystery.

[osiris]

See, that's what I wondered. Thank you. Free version= locked features.

[aMUSEd]

More guy with Wow! face marketing on Youtube - doesn't bode well

[morphex]

I’m pretty sure that I’ve heard the Audionerdz name before, but I don’t remember ever seeing this plug-in. Some of the criticism brings up valid points, and they could be addressed with a little better communication.

I’ve only watched the video examples, and I haven’t tried using it yet. But putting the 3 tiers and prices aside, I do think that they’ve incorporated some very nice features, with a ton of creative potential.

I’m using my iPhone to read about it on their product page at the moment. It looks like the UI was given a decent amount of attention. My first concern would be how quickly, and smoothly the process is for programming patches. And I appreciate the color scheme being easy on my eyes.

That’s important, because this appears to be one of those synths that you could literally spend hour after hour, programming really complex, and constantly-evolving patches. So eye fatigue is something that I have to consider.

The most important factor to me though, is always the potential sounds that I would be able to make with a synth. I’m not sure if Vectra brings anything genuinely new, or unique to the table. But clearly, a lot of work and passion was poured into this VST.

From what I’ve heard so far, I don’t think that it deserves to be pigeonholed as a genre-specific instrument. I can see Vectra playing an important role in Melodic Techno, Psytrance, Bass Music, IDM, Ambient & Cinematic scoring, sound design, and more.

I’ll certainly be keeping an eye on their progress, and I wish the Audionerdz all the best.

[osiris]

I just hate parameter locked tiers. I mean, how do you decide you maybe want to upgrade if you can't fully test it? Even a hobbled test would be preferable.
It would be nice to have a feature comparison chart. Maybe they had one and I didn't see it.