miniBit - 8-bit/Chiptune Synth - UPDATE v1.7

[audiothing]

We are currently beta testing the new Custom Waveform Editor!
If you already own miniBit and would like to try the new features, contact us.

[alvfaria]

Houston, we have a problem.

FL Studio 20 32 bits on Windows 10 64 bits. On FL Studio 64 bits it works fine.

[audiothing]

Houston, we have a problem.

FL Studio 20 32 bits on Windows 10 64 bits. On FL Studio 64 bits it works fine.

That's one of the reasons why we are moving to 64bit only. If you can, just use the 64bit version, next update will be 64bit only anyway.

[AndyMusician]

Does it emulates the NES sound chip?

[Russell Grand]

Houston, we have a problem.

FL Studio 20 32 bits on Windows 10 64 bits. On FL Studio 64 bits it works fine.

That's one of the reasons why we are moving to 64bit only. If you can, just use the 64bit version, next update will be 64bit only anyway.

Say it ain't so...
I understand that devs are moving into the future and 64 bits is where it's at, but there are some of us that are still producing music on 32 bit OSs and in 32 bit DAWs. I guess it's on those of us that are broke to catch up instead of the other way around.

[audiothing]

Does it emulates the NES sound chip?

Yes it does, the square, pulses and triangle waves in miniBit are based on the NES audio chip.

[audiothing]

Houston, we have a problem.

FL Studio 20 32 bits on Windows 10 64 bits. On FL Studio 64 bits it works fine.

That's one of the reasons why we are moving to 64bit only. If you can, just use the 64bit version, next update will be 64bit only anyway.

Say it ain't so...
I understand that devs are moving into the future and 64 bits is where it's at, but there are some of us that are still producing music on 32 bit OSs and in 32 bit DAWs. I guess it's on those of us that are broke to catch up instead of the other way around.

I know, unfortunately we decided to drop 32bit for many reasons, you can read more about that here.
The main one is exactly what happened here, obscure bugs tend to appear only in 32bit builds, and on some hosts they are almost impossible to reproduce in a debug environment. The time spent debugging and releasing fixes for these situations is, unfortunatly, not worth it. Especially when the same build version works flawlessy in 64bit.

[Russell Grand]

Houston, we have a problem.

FL Studio 20 32 bits on Windows 10 64 bits. On FL Studio 64 bits it works fine.

That's one of the reasons why we are moving to 64bit only. If you can, just use the 64bit version, next update will be 64bit only anyway.

Say it ain't so...
I understand that devs are moving into the future and 64 bits is where it's at, but there are some of us that are still producing music on 32 bit OSs and in 32 bit DAWs. I guess it's on those of us that are broke to catch up instead of the other way around.

I know, unfortunately we decided to drop 32bit for many reasons, you can read more about that here.
The main one is exactly what happened here, obscure bugs tend to appear only in 32bit builds, and on some hosts they are almost impossible to reproduce in a debug environment. The time spent debugging and releasing fixes for these situations is, unfortunatly, not worth it. Especially when the same build version works flawlessy in 64bit.

I do understand. It kinda sucks but I'll get over it.
Thanks for taking the time to reply to me about it, Carlo.

[audiothing]

Update v1.6
We've updated miniBit to version 1.6!
You can download the update from your user area.

• Added: Custom Wave Editor with 32 steps and 8 waves
• Added: Glide row to Step Sequencer
• Fixed: Sub-Osc Glide Issue
• Fixed: Step Sequencer not retain values on some Hosts
• Fixed: Random clicks when scrolling through Waveforms
• Improved: Waveform Monitor

Please note: this update is 64bit only! We have dropped support for 32bit and older operating systems.
New minimum requirements: Windows 7 and OS X 10.7.

[nachenko]

Hi, audiothing, I'm demoing the plugin, and I have some questions:

1 - The included delay offers sync time such as 1/4 or 1/4 Triplets, but not 1/4 dotted. Am I missing something?

2 - It seems like there is a fixed number of slots for custom waveforms (very slick editor, by the way, amazing job), does this affect all presets using this waveform?

Also, I found mouse does not respond as expected on sequencer (Ableton Live, Mac, VST). SOmetimes, when I click on the time selector and select a different time unit (from Bar to 1/8, for example), it blinks and then goes back to the initial value (Bar). The second time I do that, it works as expected.

Another thing: I noticed the wave selector responds to the mouse wheel. There is a problem for Magic Mouse owners users regarding that: it's too sensitive: I'm switching to a different waveform the whole time by accident. This doesn't happen with a conventional mouse wheel because it has steps, but the Magic Mouse responds to pretty much everything.

Other than that, your plugin is a great piece of software. Congratulations.

[audiothing]

Hi, audiothing, I'm demoing the plugin, and I have some questions:

Hi nachenko, thank you for trying miniBit.

1 - The included delay offers sync time such as 1/4 or 1/4 Triplets, but not 1/4 dotted. Am I missing something?

Unfortunatly it's not possible to add dotted as that would mess with all previously saved presets/projects.

2 - It seems like there is a fixed number of slots for custom waveforms (very slick editor, by the way, amazing job), does this affect all presets using this waveform?

Each preset has 8 slots for the custom waveforms. So every time you load a new preset the custom waveforms are overwritten/updated. However, if you want to use the same set of custom waveforms for all presets, you can disable the Global Setting - Update Custom Waves (from the three lines button).

Also, I found mouse does not respond as expected on sequencer (Ableton Live, Mac, VST). SOmetimes, when I click on the time selector and select a different time unit (from Bar to 1/8, for example), it blinks and then goes back to the initial value (Bar). The second time I do that, it works as expected.

Another thing: I noticed the wave selector responds to the mouse wheel. There is a problem for Magic Mouse owners users regarding that: it's too sensitive: I'm switching to a different waveform the whole time by accident. This doesn't happen with a conventional mouse wheel because it has steps, but the Magic Mouse responds to pretty much everything.

Other than that, your plugin is a great piece of software. Congratulations.

Thanks, I'm glad that you like it! I'll have a look at those issues ASAP.

[ztrauq]

I've been playing around a bit lately with the CM version of MiniBit, intrigued by the waveform editor in the latest update so considering picking it up. One thing I didn't see on the project page was a comparison chart of the differences between the CM version and the full version. Is that information available anywhere?

[nachenko]

audiothing, thanks for your response. What you told makes sense, the issues I found are minor stuff and I'm sure you'll find a fix for those.

I just bought the plugin.

Just for you to know, the thing that opened the wallet was the waveform editor. The thing is ,I'm skilled enough to get that Chiptune sound from any wavetable synth, as long as it lets me load custom waveform.

it just happens that in order to get custom "chiptuney" timbres, your plugin is much, much more convenient thanks to this waveform editor.

I have a "game making jam" in January. I hope I can show off your plugin.

[audiothing]

I've been playing around a bit lately with the CM version of MiniBit, intrigued by the waveform editor in the latest update so considering picking it up. One thing I didn't see on the project page was a comparison chart of the differences between the CM version and the full version. Is that information available anywhere?

Unfortunately, no, we don't have any comparison chart. miniBit CM was released in 2015 as a limited version with less waveforms, less effects and of course less features. You can probably compare the list of features from this MusicRadar article with what we have on our page: https://www.musicradar.com/computermusi ... -cm-621695
miniBit full version had several big updates since its release in 2014 (it's now 4 years old! ). We don't have any plans to update the CM version, but we will continue to update and improve the full version.

[audiothing]

audiothing, thanks for your response. What you told makes sense, the issues I found are minor stuff and I'm sure you'll find a fix for those.

I just bought the plugin.

Just for you to know, the thing that opened the wallet was the waveform editor. The thing is ,I'm skilled enough to get that Chiptune sound from any wavetable synth, as long as it lets me load custom waveform.

it just happens that in order to get custom "chiptuney" timbres, your plugin is much, much more convenient thanks to this waveform editor.

I have a "game making jam" in January. I hope I can show off your plugin.

Thank you! Yes, the waveform editor was something I wanted to do for a while.
"Game making jam" sounds interesting! Let me know how it goes