Vocal synth Aquestone 2 released for free (Win and Mac 32 bits)

[glokraw]

Aquestone 2

For Win, Ios, Android, Linux and Mac.
32 bits only, though.

It sounds like it would be wonderful. However, as it's a .dll file only, in its current state it is ONLY for Win. NOT IOS, Android, Linux or Mac.

such .dll work in linux, when you know.

[Asuyuka]

No manual... I could use a list of Sysex / MIDI event messages. Don't think they're identical to AquesTone, I just tried a lyric change from the first's manual, and it didn't seem to accept it.

[MaxC]

Does anyone know why this plugin tries to modify the "win.ini" file in your WINDOWS folder? I blocked it and it appeared to work just fine. Curious if anyone else knew anything about this.

[cymazic]

Does anyone know why this plugin tries to modify the "win.ini" file in your WINDOWS folder? I blocked it and it appeared to work just fine. Curious if anyone else knew anything about this.

It seems to reference the "lyrics.txt" file in the Aquestone folder for some reason. After reading your post , I opened win.ini and deleted all entries made by Aquestone and saved Win.ini. Then I reopened a project that uses Aquestone and it seemed to work still.. However , when i reopened the win.ini file , the Aquestone entries had returned. ..

My guess is that its nothing malicious , maybe just slightly clumsy preset management , but Im no programmer so , I wouldnt mind knowing the reason too .
I have other VSts that use text based preset files which dont require any modification of system files.

[Northwood Mediaworks]

Hey, thanks for the update on this, is there any English manual. I recall playing with the first version of this and loving the sound, but I had difficulty getting the consonants to be smooth.

Cheers

[The PaTh]

lol ...don't you see it's on the link that IrionDaRonin gave to us on first post ...it's even the only English words lol

http://www.a-quest.com/products/aquestone.html#bt

EDIT :

am an idiot !!! lol link in English and pdf in Japanese ! lol


EDIT again !

...here is a link to old aquestone , there's an English manual ...maybe it could help !??!

http://www.a-quest.com/products/aquestone_en.html

[Pytchblend]

Some examples of what to put in the .txt file are given in the following post: http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic ... =aquestone

[Shabdahbriah]

Mac VST version now too: http://www.a-quest.com/products/aquestone.html

And other things:

http://www.a-quest.com/download/index.html

[spacedad]

just had it working in xt1.4
using the syllable chart in the english manual.
cc50/51 to set lines.
sounds great with chords.

[ENV1]

Jeez, this is good stuff!

Not so much for syllables or words, but for ambient stuff like aaahs.

Check this example. Somewhat reminiscent of the Orchestron aaahs Kraftwerk used on pieces like Uran, (which New Order lifted for Blue Monday), and Schaufensterpuppen / Showroom Dummies, only much better quality. And that was only a quicktest mind you, im sure theres a lot more like this to be had from this thing.



Im wondering though, is this really free and will it stay free? Someone said that it might expire at some point...any truth to that?

Like the man said, we need details.



In any case, thanks for posting this.

10 minutes and i knew it will be very useful in deed.

[kechi2dtm]

No manual... I could use a list of Sysex / MIDI event messages. Don't think they're identical to AquesTone, I just tried a lyric change from the first's manual, and it didn't seem to accept it.

CC49 00 will jump to the top line. CC49 01 to the 2nd line, and so forth.
this seems to crash my reaper though. cubase 6 is of course happy with CC49

And, for those looking for English manual for aquestone2. I have translated the manual and posted in my blog.

remember it's unofficial version!

http://kechi2eng.blog.fc2.com/

[srv-musikmaker]

All this sounds delightful but how do u create lyric files?

[kechi2dtm]

All this sounds delightful but how do u create lyric files?

it's just a text file. any text editor will do. there is [Syl List] button on the GUI. if you press that, you get:

nyan bya bye byo byu chi cya cye cyo cyu
dhi dhu dwu gya gyo gyu hya hye hyo
hyu kya kye kyo kyu mya mye myo myu nya
nye nyo nyu rya rye ryo ryu swi sya sye
syo syu thi thu tsa tse tsi tso twu zwi
ba be bi bo bu da de do fa fe fi fo fu ga
ge gi go gu ha he hi ho ja je ji jo ju ka
ke ki ko ku ma me mi mo mu na ne ni no nu
pa pe pi po pu ra re ri ro ru sa se si so
su ta te to tu va ve vi vo vu wa we wi wo
ya ye yo yu za zo zu a e i n o u

use these syllables to best mimic the pronunciation of your lyrics.
it's recommended that lyrics are divided into many lines so that you can use CC49 + line number to jump to that line.

[spacedad]

No manual... I could use a list of Sysex / MIDI event messages. Don't think they're identical to AquesTone, I just tried a lyric change from the first's manual, and it didn't seem to accept it.

CC49 00 will jump to the top line. CC49 01 to the 2nd line, and so forth.
this seems to crash my reaper though. cubase 6 is of course happy with CC49

And, for those looking for English manual for aquestone2. I have translated the manual and posted in my blog.

remember it's unofficial version!

http://kechi2eng.blog.fc2.com/

nice work,thanks.

[bailees7irish]

Thanks so much for posting a thread about this! I've never tried this plug before, but it is freakin' awesome!!! Love it!