KVR Audio

Fleer · Post by **Fleer** » Sat Apr 15, 2017 1:37 pm

Would be great indeed

goldenanalog · Post by **goldenanalog** » Sat Apr 15, 2017 1:48 pm

egbert101 wrote:I really like the transform oscillator (and the waveguide oscillator). If they were done in a dedicated synthesizer, I might be interested. Otherwise, I could do something similar in Harmor, if I could be bothered to learn to use the bloody thing properly!

I hear ya, egbert101- but it's really fun having a 'swiss army knife' oscillator section where you can have (2) independent oscillators running in totally different modes - and then 'morph' between them!

Again, from the manual:

'The Morph fader records all continuously variable parameters, i.e. knobs and faders. This includes the modulation depths defined in the mod matrix, as well as its knob settings and the random function (dice symbol). The tuning parameters of the oscillators, clock divider settings of the master clock and sequencer tracks as well as the sequencers‘ global swing will also be recorded. Switching functions or parameter values that are selected via a pop-up menu (e.g. Time-parameter of the Groove Delay) will not be recorded by the Morph fader.'

- So it won't record & play back 'menu selection' differences that exist between A & B - but a whole lot of other stuff, it will!

goldenanalog · Post by **goldenanalog** » Sat Apr 15, 2017 2:39 pm

I'm going to have a blast with this thing - and really, guys: for the money they're asking for it right now it's a steal (but that's just one man's opinion! - Please don't let it have *too* much of an influence on you! Lol!)

Definitely not a 'me too!' synth, and I believe that it's currently at the top of Sugar Byte's food chain.

There's not as many granular synths on the market as say: analog emulations (100 different flavors, right?) So I'm personally always looking for/at synths that have that capability. Factory's got that!

I do agree with our good friend Wags, though - wavetable import would be a huge plus! I guess that you can import your own, but the WT creation methodology sounds convoluted (or well thought out from Sugar Bytes's perspective - I think that they are going after aliasing in a big way - that I applaud!) - but again: SB did say that they would support a dev that wanted to build a WT import app -

egbert101 · Post by **egbert101** » Sat Apr 15, 2017 2:46 pm

Fleer · Post by **Fleer** » Sat Apr 15, 2017 2:59 pm

I believe this is the first time SB included Factory in their regular sale.

goldenanalog · Post by **goldenanalog** » Sat Apr 15, 2017 3:20 pm

Fleer wrote:I believe this is the first time SB included Factory in their regular sale.

- maybe because it's relatively new (Factory was released early in June of 2016) - it also may be relevant that Factory is SB's single most expensive product to date -

Fleer · Post by **Fleer** » Sat Apr 15, 2017 3:41 pm

I'm actually considering Obscurium as well, but probably should wait until it launches on iOS as it seems ideal for tablets.

goldenanalog · Post by **goldenanalog** » Sat Apr 15, 2017 4:12 pm

Fleer wrote:I'm actually considering Obscurium as well, but probably should wait until it launches on iOS as it seems ideal for tablets.

Wow, Fleer - this is my first time looking at Obscurium - I'm impressed! I think with Obscurium, SB's goal is actually to do the opposite of what their app's name implies: - to provide the user more transparent control over the Generative music process - which in it's purest form is parameterized chaos.

Agreed, Fleer - Obscurium would be a prime candidate for iOS porting.

thecontrolcentre · Post by **thecontrolcentre** » Sat Apr 15, 2017 4:16 pm

I have Obscurium, and I'm really tempted by Factory at the current sale price. Maybe its just GAS.

goldenanalog · Post by **goldenanalog** » Sat Apr 15, 2017 4:45 pm

thecontrolcentre wrote:I have Obscurium, and I'm really tempted by Factory at the current sale price. Maybe its just GAS.

Lol! It's *all* GAS, thecontrolcentre!

Part of the reason why I bought Factory - in addition to the obvious current deal - is because Sugar Bytes overall has their own unique way of doing things - well-reflected in Factory.

jc_vt · Post by **jc_vt** » Sun Apr 16, 2017 11:31 am

The Tom Cosm videos on YouTube are very good for learning more. Esp video 5 and 8 for insight into the more exotic capabilities of this synth

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Sun Apr 16, 2017 9:12 pm

egbert101 wrote:
goldenanalog wrote:
egbert101 wrote:I really like the transform oscillator (and the waveguide oscillator). If they were done in a dedicated synthesizer, I might be interested. Otherwise, I could do something similar in Harmor, if I could be bothered to learn to use the bloody thing properly!
I hear ya, egbert101- but it's really fun having a 'swiss army knife' oscillator section where you can have (2) independent oscillators running in totally different modes - and then 'morph' between them!

- So it won't record & play back 'menu selection' differences that exist between A & B - but a whole lot of other stuff, it will!
True. I forgot to take into account the morphing.

Even between in Kore 2 as I can morph between 8 variations, not just 2 (and the way it's designed to morph makes this work smoothly).

Don't like the ratings system - you have to resave the patch just to add ratings, but tbh most of the patches are not very good anyway.

Fleer · Post by **Fleer** » Sun Apr 16, 2017 9:26 pm

True. We need more third party patches. Factory is very well worth it.

V0RT3X · Post by **V0RT3X** » Sun Apr 16, 2017 11:30 pm

I'll have to demo this, it looks like it might be fun.

jc_vt · Post by **jc_vt** » Mon Apr 17, 2017 1:33 am

Hmmm...not my experience. In the browser view if I rate a patch in the lower left corner it works fine without saving....

aMUSEd wrote:
Don't like the ratings system - you have to resave the patch just to add ratings, but tbh most of the patches are not very good anyway.

Sugar Bytes - Factory