K Brown Synth Bundle

[wagtunes]

FTR, I think Kevin's synths are great. I would have them all if I could get them to work on my PC. I remember initially downloading them years ago. No luck getting them to work. Still sad about this but that's life.

So you've never actually used them, but they're "great"?

Let me clarify. As 32 bit plugs, they load. They play for a while and then they freeze up my system, just like almost all 32 bit plugs (with very few exceptions) do. But from what I was able to get out of them, just like with HG's synths, yes, they're great, just as HG's are, though I have had to uninstall all those as well except for WoF 6 which, for whatever reason, is rock stable on my system. Go figure.

And yes, I have JBridge. And no, it doesn't work very well. It makes the plugs "better" (can use longer) but eventually they all lock up.

Hope this clarifies for the forum police who have to pick on every little word that's said around here.

[Syntilla]

FTR, I think Kevin's synths are great. I would have them all if I could get them to work on my PC. I remember initially downloading them years ago. No luck getting them to work. Still sad about this but that's life.

Kevin, I think what you're doing is great stuff. Maybe one day when 32 bit machines are no longer made, you'll give us some 64 bit versions of your work. That would really make my day.

So -years ago you downloaded a bunch of synths that were first released on August 17 2016?

A new low - even by your standards.

[wagtunes]

FTR, I think Kevin's synths are great. I would have them all if I could get them to work on my PC. I remember initially downloading them years ago. No luck getting them to work. Still sad about this but that's life.

Kevin, I think what you're doing is great stuff. Maybe one day when 32 bit machines are no longer made, you'll give us some 64 bit versions of your work. That would really make my day.

So -years ago you downloaded a bunch of synths that were first released on August 17 2016?

A new low - even by your standards.

No, not the new ones. His original ones. Unless I'm thinking of a different developer. Kevin, weren't you making synths in 2013?

[kevin brown]

'Twasn't me - I was making them in 2013, but only posted them on DSPR this August.

[wagtunes]

'Twasn't me - I was making them in 2013, but only posted them on DSPR this August.

And none of your synths got to the public between July 2013 and March 2014?

[thecontrolcentre]

That's funny

[wagtunes]

That's funny

There ain't nothing funny about this. I feel like I'm living in an alternate universe.

When I first started PC recording in July 2013, one of the first things I did was go to the KVR database page by page and downloaded every free VST I could get my hands on. I mean I am talking about literally hundreds by guys like HG, XOXOS, all the minimoog guys (Gunnar, Synthscience, Synthfellow) and on and on.

I could have sworn I ran into Kevin's stuff. I'm looking at his page now and this all looks so familiar. If I imagined all this then I am definitely ready for the home and you need to just put me away now.

Anyway, so in other words, I have all these NEW 32 bit synths that I shouldn't waste my time downloading? You have no idea how frustrating this is.

[thecontrolcentre]

You don't use 32 bit synths. Neither do I. Why are you in this thread complaining about it? Move along FFS.

[wagtunes]

You don't use 32 bit synths. Neither do I. Why are you in this thread complaining about it? Move along FFS.

Because it's frustrating that there are all these new synths that I could try out and can't because they're 32 bit. I've had to get rid of a gold mine of stuff because it was so unstable. Losing X11 was probably one of the hardest synths to part with. That thing was amazing if anybody remembers it.

[el-bo (formerly ebow)]

You don't use 32 bit synths. Neither do I. Why are you in this thread complaining about it? Move along FFS.

Because it's frustrating that there are all these new synths that I could try out and can't because they're 32 bit. I've had to get rid of a gold mine of stuff because it was so unstable. Losing X11 was probably one of the hardest synths to part with. That thing was amazing if anybody remembers it.

I think there might have been a couple of plugins that I would like to have made the transition to 64-bit, that didn't, but none were THAT dear to me. Were I as 'invested' in these old vsti as you seem to be, I'd probably just keep a partition on a computer for compatibility's sake

[wagtunes]

You don't use 32 bit synths. Neither do I. Why are you in this thread complaining about it? Move along FFS.

Because it's frustrating that there are all these new synths that I could try out and can't because they're 32 bit. I've had to get rid of a gold mine of stuff because it was so unstable. Losing X11 was probably one of the hardest synths to part with. That thing was amazing if anybody remembers it.

I think there might have been a couple of plugins that I would like to have made the transition to 64-bit, that didn't, but none were THAT dear to me. Were I as 'invested' in these old vsti as you seem to be, I'd probably just keep a partition on a computer for compatibility's sake

Well, hindsight is 20-20 and I can't undo the decisions that I made when I first started doing this stuff. I thought JBridge would be the "answer" to these "problems." It's not. Lesson learned.

[el-bo (formerly ebow)]

You don't use 32 bit synths. Neither do I. Why are you in this thread complaining about it? Move along FFS.

Because it's frustrating that there are all these new synths that I could try out and can't because they're 32 bit. I've had to get rid of a gold mine of stuff because it was so unstable. Losing X11 was probably one of the hardest synths to part with. That thing was amazing if anybody remembers it.

I think there might have been a couple of plugins that I would like to have made the transition to 64-bit, that didn't, but none were THAT dear to me. Were I as 'invested' in these old vsti as you seem to be, I'd probably just keep a partition on a computer for compatibility's sake

Well, hindsight is 20-20 and I can't undo the decisions that I made when I first started doing this stuff. I thought JBridge would be the "answer" to these "problems." It's not. Lesson learned.

Your computer cannot run 32-bit stuff?

[wagtunes]

You don't use 32 bit synths. Neither do I. Why are you in this thread complaining about it? Move along FFS.

Because it's frustrating that there are all these new synths that I could try out and can't because they're 32 bit. I've had to get rid of a gold mine of stuff because it was so unstable. Losing X11 was probably one of the hardest synths to part with. That thing was amazing if anybody remembers it.

I think there might have been a couple of plugins that I would like to have made the transition to 64-bit, that didn't, but none were THAT dear to me. Were I as 'invested' in these old vsti as you seem to be, I'd probably just keep a partition on a computer for compatibility's sake

Well, hindsight is 20-20 and I can't undo the decisions that I made when I first started doing this stuff. I thought JBridge would be the "answer" to these "problems." It's not. Lesson learned.

Your computer cannot run 32-bit stuff?

My stupid @$@#$ Cubase won't run 32 bit plugs. If I use MuLab (oh which I only have the demo version, so maxed at like 6 tracks) I can run anything. It has a 32 bit and 64 bit version. If I want to run 32 bit plugs, I just pull up MuLab 32 bit. No problem. Some really old ones, like X11, don't work even there. In fact, MuLab doesn't even recognize it as a valid VST, which Cubase, oddly, does. It just freezes up when I run it.

If I had to do this all over again, I don't even know what I'd have to do in order to avoid this problem and not create other problems.

For example, part of what I do requires me to use massive orchestral libraries which are all 64 bit. That's the reason I went with a 64 bit OS to begin with. That was my main priority. And I still use them for many things. I just did a whole Broadway like Soundtrack that I simply could not have done to this quality without them.

Also when I first started doing this, I didn't know that a 32 bit plug would malfunction on a 64 bit machine in a 64 bit DAW. Cubase says right in their specs that it will run 32 bit plugs with its built in bridge. Well, guess what? That bridge is so crappy that they've removed it from 8.0 or are in the process of removing it. They will no longer support 32 bit plugs, period. It's right on their site and in the newsletter I got a while ago.

And I can't give up Cubase because I also use Vocaloid, which has a Cubase editor so that I can use it directly in my DAW like any other VST. Otherwise, I'd have to use the standalone and jump through all these hoops to get it to sync up with my DAW, if even possible.

So that's where I am. I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place. And no, I'm not looking for sympathy. I would just like the products that I buy to actually do what they say they will do. Cubase 7, which I am still running because I don't dare upgrade to 8, was supposed to support 32 bit plugs. It doesn't. At least not well. JBridge was supposed to fix this. It doesn't. At least not well. On average, I can use a 32 bit plug for about 30 to 60 minutes before it locks up my DAW. Makes it a pain in the ass to work with them.

There you go. That's the whole story. You got a solution where I can use everything I have AND 32 bit plugs? I'll even pay you for it.

[1wob2many]

1. Please don't turn this into a Waggles-baiting thread.

2. jbuonacc - the more you try to justify yourself, the worse it gets. Can't you see you've lost the crowd?

[thecontrolcentre]

1. Please don't turn this into a Waggles-baiting thread.

He'd already hijacked the whole thread.