Unify by PluginGuru; The next big thing?

[mrsugmad]

The installation and scanning videos are very helpful. You need to run the standalone version to set up and scan VST's.
Not being as tech savvy as many of you, I got it working.
This is going to be FUN !

Kudos to John and Crew

[trusampler]

Nice

[SciFiArtMan]

Is there going to be any problem installing Unify on 2 different computers (a laptop and my main big box) with the same registration number?

Or will the 2nd computer need a different registration number? And if I do need another registration number how would I go about the process of obtaining that 2nd number? Thanks!

[ludl]

Is there going to be any problem installing Unify on 2 different computers (a laptop and my main big box) with the same registration number?

Or will the 2nd computer need a different registration number? And if I do need another registration number how would I go about the process of obtaining that 2nd number? Thanks!

I installed and it says in my user login list that I have 1 of 3 activations. Which I would say means you can install on up to 3 computers with the same serial number.

[SciFiArtMan]

I agree Ludl, that does sound like the case. Thanks!

[David]

They really should put up some more info about this thing :
- What's the money-back and/or transfer policy ?
- Windows system requirements ?
- Vst2 or vst3 ?
- What plug-ins does or doesn't it work with ? (UAD, iLok, Waves ?)
- What daw's is it tested with/working with ?
- Can it read/write vst3 presets ?
- How does it handle resizing, skins and other stuff of user plug-ins ?

For now it looks to be the same as Bluecat's Patchwork, but with a different gui and less possibilities.
Curious to read user comments for it, as i'm certainly interested.

All good questions, answers surely forthcoming if not already answered.

But as both a Unify beta tester and a Patchwork user and fan, I can definitely confirm that thinking that this is just a less powerful version of Patchwork is totally off base.

Unify is NOT just a blank-canvas plug-in routing and layering utility with a few in-house plugins thrown in. It’s unique in being a personally designed tool from a legendary sound designer, for instrument and sound design using layered synths, FX, samplers, and MIDI FX. Including a highly curated multi-gigabyte collection of John’s samples, John’s choice of the best existing free synths and FX, and over 400 presets that John feels demonstrate exactly why he wanted a tool like Unify in the first place, one that finally frees him from the limitations he’s up to now struggled with when designing for single synths.

In short, it’s “Pro Sound Designer invents Dream-Come-True instrument for himself, and shares it for a Song“

[dionenoid]

They really should put up some more info about this thing :
- What's the money-back and/or transfer policy ?
- Windows system requirements ?
- Vst2 or vst3 ?
- What plug-ins does or doesn't it work with ? (UAD, iLok, Waves ?)
- What daw's is it tested with/working with ?
- Can it read/write vst3 presets ?
- How does it handle resizing, skins and other stuff of user plug-ins ?

For now it looks to be the same as Bluecat's Patchwork, but with a different gui and less possibilities.
Curious to read user comments for it, as i'm certainly interested.

All good questions, answers surely forthcoming if not already answered.

But as both a Unify beta tester and a Patchwork user and fan, I can definitely confirm that thinking that this is just a less powerful version of Patchwork is totally off base.

Unify is NOT just a plug-in routing and layering utility with a few in-house plugins thrown in. It’s unique in being a personally designed tool from a legendary sound designer, for instrument and sound design using layered synths, FX, samplers, and MIDI FX. Including a highly curated multi-gigabyte collection of John’s samples, John’s choice of the best existing free synths and FX, and over 400 presets that John feels demonstrate exactly why he wanted a tool like Unify in the first place, one that finally frees him from the limitations he’s up to now struggled with when designing for single synths.

In short, it’s “Pro Sound Designer invents Dream-Come-True instrument for himself, and shares it for a Song“

Yeah i saw all the vids and read the site, but that still left me with those questions.

But since you are a beta tester you can probably answer a couple of my questions ?

I'm not much of a preset user, i'm more interested in how it handles everything, for speeding up my workflow when layering and editing my own sounds...

[Rivanni]

They really should put up some more info about this thing :
- What's the money-back and/or transfer policy ?
- Windows system requirements ?
- Vst2 or vst3 ?
- What plug-ins does or doesn't it work with ? (UAD, iLok, Waves ?)
- What daw's is it tested with/working with ?
- Can it read/write vst3 presets ?
- How does it handle resizing, skins and other stuff of user plug-ins ?

For now it looks to be the same as Bluecat's Patchwork, but with a different gui and less possibilities.
Curious to read user comments for it, as i'm certainly interested.

All good questions, answers surely forthcoming if not already answered.

But as both a Unify beta tester and a Patchwork user and fan, I can definitely confirm that thinking that this is just a less powerful version of Patchwork is totally off base.

Unify is NOT just a blank-canvas plug-in routing and layering utility with a few in-house plugins thrown in.
[snip]marketing speak[/snip]

Better tell what it is rather than wat it isn't. I haven't yet read a clear description of the plugin exactly does.

[David]

Bumped:

Just had this Unify experience and HAD to share it. Two of the slowest loading plugins in Logic for me are Omnisphere 2.6 and ESPECIALLY Ample's Martin full version. I'd made a Unify preset with them both yesterday, and just loaded it up fresh this AM, from a cold start in Logic. Watch how quickly the patch loads and is playable (the Omni patch is a sample):



Voodoo? Who do? Who cares:)

I LOVE the Ample one, but until I got Unify, it was ALWAYS a train wreck to load and play smoothly in Logic on its own, btw.

EDIT: Just tried my MOST slow to load plugin—Kontakt. Loaded a patch (i.e., not just Kontakt, but also a 3rd-party library, and a preset within it) in under 5 sec.

[David]

Better tell what it is rather than wat it isn't. I haven't yet read a clear description of the plugin exactly does.

Well, if you stopped reading my post where your quote ended, you missed the what it is part:)

Demo coming up shortly; make up your own mind!

[woodsdenis]

Bought it , love it

[David]

Bumped;

I replied to another thread here about Unify but I'll summarize again, I was very selfish and designed Unify to my demanding specifications as a voicing tool to make and sell the libraries that I create. I am blessed to be working with a very talented programmer named Shane Dunne who has been able to realize my design and everything I throw at the project into beautiful code!

Unify can:

• Load any plug-in format (AU (Mac), VST, VST3) into Unify standalone, VST, VST3 or Audio Unit

• Velocity layer or split an unlimited # of plug-ins (each layer grabs 1 processor thread in your computer so we're not jamming a ton of demands on a single processor) and then add as many audio effects to the insert effect chains (per layer), the 4 discreet AUX busses + Master Effects.

• Can make custom "subsets" of your plug-ins so you can see all the delays or reverb or wavetable synths or retro synths or newest synths or favorites that you own for easier access (I look at my audio effect list, organized by company and my head hurts when I try to remember which companies have a delay plug-in - this solves that challenge nicely!)

• Unify has 8 realtime knobs that can modulate every parameter in a patch (i.e. every paramter in all loaded plug-ins + the mixer)

•Multi-Thread aware and loads Patches as others have mentioned quite fast!

• License based super high level copy protection for selling the libraries we (or other 3rd party programmers) make - I believe this is a first for 3rd party plug-ins for other companies instruments.

• AND we're planning to add more features, effects and plug-ins we develop to Unify over time makes this a fun adventure I hope others want to join us on.

Plus making libraries for Omnisphere or Serum or Pigments 2, or Omnisphere + Pigments 2 (or whatever combo I or someone else wants to create) that also use 40+ audio effects and 7 synths
wtih 2.5GB of my samples that are included with Unify will make for patches unique to what you can do with just a single plug-in instrument.

We are now planning to release in early January 2020. We can't wait to share this with all of you.

Happy Holidays + Blessed New Year wishes to all.

[SciFiArtMan]

I just wanted to say how quick and easy the installation and authorization of the application and library was! It did require a full reboot, but worked exactly as expected after that, and seems very CPU friendly, so far.

It doesn't seem difficult to navigate, but it is a new workflow and will take some observing of the videos to see how John was able to get to the same menus and functions he displayed in those videos.

Looks and sounds really nice to me!

[DrMEM]

What does this do for me that I can't already do with my DAW's racking / stacking features? Not seeing the point so far...

I watched the 15 minute demo preview and the demo presets sure sounded nice (I was gonna click 'buy' immediately after hearing the M1 preset patch - until alas was mentioned that was an external VST ). However this above comment definitely is nagging me: not sure what I can't do with Unify that Ableton's Instrument Racks + midi effects (inc max for live midi effects) can't already achieve....

Literally nothing. The value seems to be in the workflow convenience, included sounds, and included presets.

[JonSolo]

The presets alone would probably be worth the value given the level of quality they are. At the top of the list is workflow. Being able to quickly get to a sound is always a bonus to me. Being slowed by sound choosing, stacking and routing, the back and forth of it all, can mess up a song quite fast. This is an incredible tool and I see it being at the base of many musical tracks in the year to come.