Absynth 6

[machinesworking]

So while Absynth 6 definitely needs this addressing (and I think it will be)

One thing from the reddit AMA, they're definitly planning on updates to Absynth.
Brian when asked by me.. "Updates are planned, stay tuned.

[machinesworking]

Another tidbit from the AMA, on the reasons to use Absynth in the creators own words.

Complex evolving sounds. Dense organic granular clouds. Anytime I need really precise control over the way parameters evolve (which is anytime I'm making sounds). Complex evolving polyphonic distortion. Evocative resonances...

[menthol]

Mentioned it before but pretty much any song I made in the 2010's had both Zebra and Absynth on them, it's great combo, there's not that much overlap really, strange to me people compare them? but it is KVR and people will argue about anything here.

We DO NOT!!

[DCrown]

what a sloppy dev NI has become, omg.
You pay for a worse version of a product you might already have just in new clothes.
Also read the comments on gearspace.
They want your money! l
Afaik Zebra 3 is free for Zebra 2 owners,
there is alsa a way to treat customers well.
NI obviously know how to trigger nostalgia.
It smells a lil like: get all you can, b4 you close the doors and disappear...

[machinesworking]

what a sloppy dev NI has become, omg.
You pay for a worse version of a product you might already have just in new clothes.
Also read the comments on gearspace.
They want your money! l
Afaik Zebra 3 is free for Zebra 2 owners,
there is alsa a way to treat customers well.
NI obviously know how to trigger nostalgia.
It smells a lil like: get all you can, b4 you close the doors and disappear...

IMO the ability to post in forums should come with a breathalyzer test.

[Gamma-UT]

what a sloppy dev NI has become, omg.
You pay for a worse version of a product you might already have just in new clothes.
Also read the comments on gearspace.
They want your money! l
Afaik Zebra 3 is free for Zebra 2 owners,
there is alsa a way to treat customers well.
NI obviously know how to trigger nostalgia.
It smells a lil like: get all you can, b4 you close the doors and disappear...

Dude, let it go. She’s just not into you.

[spektralisk]

Has anyone been able to add/edit patch properties like author name, bank name and comments? I've made a couple of patches, saved them in the User folder but, haven't been able to fill in this info.

Just so people know, NI have released an important update to Komplete Kontrol today that adds the ability to edit all metadata for NKS content - so not just editing tags but also bank and sub bank names - and in fact all NKS properties fields that were previously unavailable. So while Absynth 6 definitely needs this addressing (and I think it will be) in the meantime it can at least be done in Komplete Kontrol - and for Massive X too which also lacks user properties editing.

Also the 6.02 update does at least make it possible for Absynth 6 to create bank names based on folder names.

That’s definitely a good sign—they’re finally allowing bank assignment for third-party presets (something that should have been there a long time ago). Hopefully this will also become available directly inside the synth, without having to rely on KK.

Folder-based bank naming is a nice idea, but in practice it only works if the preset’s bank field is empty. Right now, every new preset saved in Absynth 6 is automatically tagged with “Absynth 6” as the bank, which ends up mixing user presets with factory content.

On top of that, setting the bank via KK only affects KK itself—I can see the banks there, but they’re not reflected in the Absynth browser at all. So there’s still no reliable way to organize presets by bank inside Absynth. I managed to unset the bank on presets using a custom script, and then everything shows up correctly in Absynth, but I’d really like to avoid tinkering with preset metadata just to prevent accidentally breaking presets.

If anyone has managed to get this working properly with KK, I’d love to hear how.

[aMUSEd]

Has anyone been able to add/edit patch properties like author name, bank name and comments? I've made a couple of patches, saved them in the User folder but, haven't been able to fill in this info.

Just so people know, NI have released an important update to Komplete Kontrol today that adds the ability to edit all metadata for NKS content - so not just editing tags but also bank and sub bank names - and in fact all NKS properties fields that were previously unavailable. So while Absynth 6 definitely needs this addressing (and I think it will be) in the meantime it can at least be done in Komplete Kontrol - and for Massive X too which also lacks user properties editing.

Also the 6.02 update does at least make it possible for Absynth 6 to create bank names based on folder names.

That’s definitely a good sign—they’re finally allowing bank assignment for third-party presets (something that should have been there a long time ago). Hopefully this will also become available directly inside the synth, without having to rely on KK.

Folder-based bank naming is a nice idea, but in practice it only works if the preset’s bank field is empty. Right now, every new preset saved in Absynth 6 is automatically tagged with “Absynth 6” as the bank, which ends up mixing user presets with factory content.

On top of that, setting the bank via KK only affects KK itself—I can see the banks there, but they’re not reflected in the Absynth browser at all. So there’s still no reliable way to organize presets by bank inside Absynth. I managed to unset the bank on presets using a custom script, and then everything shows up correctly in Absynth, but I’d really like to avoid tinkering with preset metadata just to prevent accidentally breaking presets.

If anyone has managed to get this working properly with KK, I’d love to hear how.

Yeah frustrating, it looks like there is a clash now - KK was updated to add the ability to create and edit banks but Absynth 6 was also updated with a workaround for the freezing issue and it looks like that has broken something with showing banks made in KK ironically - so I can make Absynth banks show their name in KK now but no longer in Absynth 6 - teams working separately!

[wagtunes]

So what are we arguing about today? I lost track without my score card.

[PieBerger]

So what are we arguing about today? I lost track without my score card.

If you lost your scorecard, that means you have free choice to start something new to argue about

[wagtunes]

So what are we arguing about today? I lost track without my score card.

If you lost your scorecard, that means you have free choice to start something new to argue about

No thanks. I just want to play around with this great synth.

[PieBerger]

So what are we arguing about today? I lost track without my score card.

If you lost your scorecard, that means you have free choice to start something new to argue about

No thanks. I just want to play around with this great synth.

But it's missing this feature and that feature isn't quite as good as another feature

[Shabdahbriah]

^^^ B-b-but, it could be claimed that the 'absence' of that particular feature, IS a feature.

[synaesthesia]

Yeah frustrating, it looks like there is a clash now - KK was updated to add the ability to create and edit banks but Absynth 6 was also updated with a workaround for the freezing issue and it looks like that has broken something with showing banks made in KK ironically - so I can make Absynth banks show their name in KK now but no longer in Absynth 6 - teams working separately!

Bless them.

[CrystalWizard]

blah, blah, blah, whaaa, whaa

IMO the ability to post in forums should come with a breathalyzer test.

Hey, there were phases in my life where i would have been locked out. How about an IQ test for commenters?

Thanks for pointing out the Reddit AMA discussion.