Vital - Released

[Sleepwalker]

I wish the website would clearly state the latest version, so I dont have to download to find out if I need an update. Im on 1.0.3 is this the current?

[recursive one]

I dont want to assume, but maybe most on here do not produce DnB music in the vein of Noisa, Mefjus, Emperor........?

If not, then I can understand why WT synthesis is not appealing. In fact, if I didnt produce DnB music, I would probably hate WT synthesis. As I said before, WT synths do one thing exceptionally well, and that is really heavy bass sound design. Other than that, I think its pretty useless. In fact, when I need the general stuff like leads, pads, some basses, percussion, drums, FX and so on....I always turn to other VST's

I make psytrance and I use WT synthesis a lot, leads/SFX/pads/arps/textures and such. I use a lot of FM and various warp/wavetable FX modes.

But I always like to constrast these digital/metallic tones with something warmer and more analog-like.

[Sleepwalker]

I dont want to assume, but maybe most on here do not produce DnB music in the vein of Noisa, Mefjus, Emperor........?

If not, then I can understand why WT synthesis is not appealing. In fact, if I didnt produce DnB music, I would probably hate WT synthesis. As I said before, WT synths do one thing exceptionally well, and that is really heavy bass sound design. Other than that, I think its pretty useless. In fact, when I need the general stuff like leads, pads, some basses, percussion, drums, FX and so on....I always turn to other VST's

Oh, its big in many styles.

Dubstep, trap, and all that bass music, trance, psytrance, prog trance, forest, some techno styles, and many more. Not just DnB

[Igro]

You all can forget its wavatables if you don't need them, because apart from those Vital has nice waveshaping capabilities.

[Markin]

I'm not feelin' it. I definitely get that from synths like MonoFury, bx_oberhausen and Korg's ARP Odyssey but a wavetable synth is always going to annoy me, just for being what it is. Trawling through endless folders full of wavetables, even before you start, is always going to compare badly to just selecting from Saw, Tri and Pulse waves.

Fair enough, however we are talking about a wavetable synth here so would make more sense to compare with other similar style wavetable synths in that case.

Quite right.
I suppose it also depends on the style of music you make?, some genres wouldn't even exist without wavetable stuff going on.
The trick is to keep things simple and just have 10 or so tables with all your favorite variations to avoid overload.
I have one table that is just full of Saws and they all sound subtly different, not different enough to change or bail out an entire track though.

[zvenx]

I wish the website would clearly state the latest version, so I dont have to download to find out if I need an update. Im on 1.0.3 is this the current?

Yes it is.
Just click on all Downloads and it shows you.
rsp

[PieBerger]

The trick is to...

not use wt synths or not spend your free time telling people on a forum that you don't like/use them and stick the many of other excellent synthesis methods available, that are better suited to your needs and tastes.

[Jorgeelalto]

What if you only select the Basic shapes wavetable and work with those analog wave shapes with three oscillators, two filters, the white noise and nothing else? Still a really good value proposition for free, and for 25$.

I just made a DnB track with Vital, only used the Basic shapes

[PieBerger]

What if you only select the Basic shapes wavetable and work with those analog wave shapes with three oscillators, two filters, the white noise and nothing else? Still a really good value proposition for free, and for 25$.

I just made a DnB track with Vital, only used the Basic shapes

No you don't understand, all of the tables are still there and you have to cycle through all of them every time you open the synth

[mdstudio]

No you don't understand, all of the tables are still there and you have to cycle through all of them every time you open the synth

Not sure what DAW you use but you may be able to set the default patch to use basic shapes for all three wavetable oscillators.

[fisherKing]

I dont want to assume, but maybe most on here do not produce DnB music in the vein of Noisa, Mefjus, Emperor........?

If not, then I can understand why WT synthesis is not appealing. In fact, if I didnt produce DnB music, I would probably hate WT synthesis. As I said before, WT synths do one thing exceptionally well, and that is really heavy bass sound design. Other than that, I think its pretty useless. In fact, when I need the general stuff like leads, pads, some basses, percussion, drums, FX and so on....I always turn to other VST's

i do (mostly) pop music, hiphop... and am not just finding a use for vital, but am centering some new projects around it. and i've not yet used it for a bass part...

the fun, i think, with any synth, is to bring it into your music, and make new things happen. like, if everyone thinks vital is for DnB, someone should be making country music with it...

[Teksonik]

I wrote this back on December 4th:

I haven't had this much fun with a new synth in quite some time.

The more time I spend with Vital the more the truth of that statement is reinforced.

[digitalboytn]

I dont want to assume, but maybe most on here do not produce DnB music in the vein of Noisa, Mefjus, Emperor........?

If not, then I can understand why WT synthesis is not appealing. In fact, if I didnt produce DnB music, I would probably hate WT synthesis. As I said before, WT synths do one thing exceptionally well, and that is really heavy bass sound design. Other than that, I think its pretty useless. In fact, when I need the general stuff like leads, pads, some basses, percussion, drums, FX and so on....I always turn to other VST's

I mainly produce Swahili swing music with a touch of Gaelic folk and some overtones of Icelandic elevator pop thrown in for good measure and I find that the WT synths are perfect for that style...

In the rare event that I can't dial up the right magic on a WT synth,I just call up a couple of sawtooth oscillators and a nice filter...

That one works every time

[fisherKing]

I mainly produce Swahili swing music with a touch of Gaelic folk and some overtones of Icelandic elevator pop thrown in for good measure and I find that the WT synths are perfect for that style...

all the music in my spotify queue is that style (or simply plain vanilla icelandic elevator pop). and, from what i've read on the internet, most of this music was made using vital! amazing...

[opdobqo]

I mainly produce Swahili swing music with a touch of Gaelic folk and some overtones of Icelandic elevator pop thrown in for good measure and I find that the WT synths are perfect for that style...

all the music in my spotify queue is that style (or simply plain vanilla icelandic elevator pop). and, from what i've read on the internet, most of this music was made using vital! amazing...

But is it Icelandic ascending elevator pop or Icelandic descending elevator pop?

Enquiring minds need to know. Because there's nothing more important than getting your genre right.

o