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Tricky-Loops · Post by **Tricky-Loops** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 9:56 pm

Harmor is a great synth, I bought it a few years ago! Its GUI is a bit confusing but once you understand how it works, it's quite powerful!

Keep in mind that it's NFR, so better test the demo to see if it's worth a lifetime!

wagtunes · Post by **wagtunes** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 9:57 pm

Tricky-Loops wrote:Harmor is a great synth, I bought it a few years ago! Its GUI is a bit confusing but once you understand how it works, it's quite powerful!

Keep in mind that it's NFR, so better test the demo to see if it's worth a lifetime!

I never resell any of my synths. If I buy a synth it's because I love it or at least like it a lot. For me, the more complex the better. I tire of basic synths quickly and tend to stay away from them.

Echoes in the Attic · Thu Feb 12, 2015 10:02 pm

Yorrrrrr wrote:
wagtunes wrote:Do you need FL Studio to run this?
No, there is a VSTi version (Windows only).

I'm using the Mac Alpha. But it's mostly functional. The spectrum display doesn't open properly and there is some weirdness with parameters having the same names in the host for certain groups.

Actually you don't even need to own it to use the beta. I just bought it to take advantage of the 50% deal at the time. Little did I know it would be even cheaper weeks later!

Latest is Alpha 8 I believe:
http://www.image-line.com/documents/new ... 1404698152

Echoes in the Attic · Thu Feb 12, 2015 10:02 pm

wagtunes wrote:
Tricky-Loops wrote:Harmor is a great synth, I bought it a few years ago! Its GUI is a bit confusing but once you understand how it works, it's quite powerful!

Keep in mind that it's NFR, so better test the demo to see if it's worth a lifetime!
I never resell any of my synths. If I buy a synth it's because I love it or at least like it a lot. For me, the more complex the better. I tire of basic synths quickly and tend to stay away from them.

Well I don't think you'll tire of Harmor. It's bananas deep.

Yorrrrrr · Post by **Yorrrrrr** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 10:05 pm

If you like complexity, you will be at home with Harmor. There are no words to describe how complex this thing can get. You can resynthesize everything, create your own custom oscillators, custom filters with custom resonance, custom unison, custom envelopes and LFOs, custom everything to infinity... It is incredibly deep as you can edit everything up to the harmonic/sines level.

Caine123 · Post by **Caine123** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 10:06 pm

@Harmor users:
what preset and then settings would you suggest to get nice drony/pads out of samples?
playing around with the demo still.

Tricky-Loops · Post by **Tricky-Loops** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 10:07 pm

wagtunes wrote:For me, the more complex the better.

Then Harmor is the right synth for you. You can draw free envelopes for more than 50 parameters, and it loads custom WAV files, even via drag-and-drop (to the OSC)!

@ Caine123

Aren't you the guy who already has 999 synths?

sjm · Post by **sjm** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 10:16 pm

Harmor is a bit insane in that you basically can create your own custom envelopes (i.e. not simple ASDR) for pretty much anything, use as many LFOs as there are parameters available to modulate, map anything to respond to velocity, the X-Y-Z pad etc. etc. So even for subtractive/additive synthesis it might offer you options you haven't got.

Caine123 · Post by **Caine123** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 10:47 pm

Tricky-Loops wrote:
wagtunes wrote:For me, the more complex the better.
Then Harmor is the right synth for you. You can draw free envelopes for more than 50 parameters, and it loads custom WAV files, even via drag-and-drop (to the OSC)!

@ Caine123

Aren't you the guy who already has 999 synths?

yup, imma list all my synths one day

!

cowby · Post by **cowby** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 2:10 am

This synth is pretty under-rated. UI is somehow misleading but go and watch some youtube videos. Then it makes me sit down and mess around in a whole afternoon!

SciFiArtMan · Post by **SciFiArtMan** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 2:14 am

Can anyone direct me to audio or video demos that really "sell" the powers of this unusual beast? All I found on YT was tutorials and tiny clipettes of a single sound or process. Thanks!

BBFG# · Post by **BBFG#** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 2:46 am

SciFiArtMan wrote:Can anyone direct me to audio or video demos that really "sell" the powers of this unusual beast? All I found on YT was tutorials and tiny clipettes of a single sound or process. Thanks!

You can download a demo and try it out for yourself.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 3:25 am

Or you can check the Image Line website. Lots of sound demos there.

Echoes in the Attic · Post by **Echoes in the Attic** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 3:41 am

SciFiArtMan wrote:Can anyone direct me to audio or video demos that really "sell" the powers of this unusual beast? All I found on YT was tutorials and tiny clipettes of a single sound or process. Thanks!

Look for youtube videos by Seamless. Excellent tutorials on Harmor.

arkmabat · Post by **arkmabat** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 3:45 am

You can drop loops and vocals in it. That alone is pretty cool.

Harmor = best additive resynthesizer?