heathen wrote:posters getting a wad in their panties..
New Audio Damage Phosphor digital additive synth!
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- KVRist
- 160 posts since 6 Aug, 2009 from UK
Don't know why your complaining about using fxp's in FL Studio as it is the easiest host for this. Just add your preset folder to the browser and then it's very easy to find and load them - just use middle mouse button or shift arrow keys to send the preset to the vst.bailees7irish wrote:heathen wrote:bailees7irish wrote:heathen wrote:bailees7irish wrote:aMUSEd wrote:
Having the VST manage it's own presets is fine but in Windows most don't seem to follow the recommended standard of separating the user data from the program data and store the presets in the "program files" directory. With Windows Vista/7 they are finally trying to enforce this and it uses "Virtual Store" to secretly store and link files in a seperate area outside of program files which can lead to a complete nightmare of duplicate and unsynchronised files but most users are not aware of this.
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- KVRAF
- 9091 posts since 28 May, 2005 from Netherneverlands
Why? And how do you know?heathen wrote: and audio damage has the best customer service anywhere.
I've received some outstanding, top-notch customer service/support from a few developers here last year. Have also dealt with AD a few times. Was fairly quick and to the point, but not particularly great or something (Chris seems to be a very busy man so I don't blame him at all)
No band limits, aliasing is the noise of freedom!
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- KVRian
- 515 posts since 18 Jan, 2004 from PHX AZ
@re_mute: Just out of idle curiosity, what would you do if you did make me cry?
In all seriousness, I floated the idea of a preset manager a couple times, as it's something I'd like as well, and I was shot down fairly hard. (You'll note that Axon and Tattoo both have GUI space dedicated to a preset manager, but neither actually has one). I don't personally use presets, being someone that can generally manage to program a synth as simple as Phosphor, but I can see where it would be useful to be able to swap them among the AU and VST, and as was mentioned, Cubase is an absolute disaster area when it comes to preset management. (The irony here: we use the canonical Steinberg method.) Not to mention sharing among users, although aside from Cubase export problems and AU users, FXPs and FXBs are a fairly seamless experience. You can get all cranky about how much they suck, but I have several dozen VST hosts on two platforms, and there's no real problem sharing FXBs between them, other than Cubase's wonky nonsense.
That said, it's not as simple as "oh, shit, I'm gonna just throw a preset manager in this bitch because this guy re_mute, who may or may not buy a plug-in from us some day, is worried about hurting my feelings, and I can't possibly bear the thought of making him deal with that." I'd explain why it wasn't that simple, but I'm not entirely sure myself; I don't work on that particular part of the plug-ins, and I don't fully understand how that shit operates, and I'm not afraid to admit it. I was assured that it wasn't easy, though.
In any event, if that's a deal-breaker for you, it's a deal-breaker, and I'm going to have to learn to live with the disappointment. Phosphor, our 27th product, has exactly the same preset mechanism as the other 26.
In all seriousness, I floated the idea of a preset manager a couple times, as it's something I'd like as well, and I was shot down fairly hard. (You'll note that Axon and Tattoo both have GUI space dedicated to a preset manager, but neither actually has one). I don't personally use presets, being someone that can generally manage to program a synth as simple as Phosphor, but I can see where it would be useful to be able to swap them among the AU and VST, and as was mentioned, Cubase is an absolute disaster area when it comes to preset management. (The irony here: we use the canonical Steinberg method.) Not to mention sharing among users, although aside from Cubase export problems and AU users, FXPs and FXBs are a fairly seamless experience. You can get all cranky about how much they suck, but I have several dozen VST hosts on two platforms, and there's no real problem sharing FXBs between them, other than Cubase's wonky nonsense.
That said, it's not as simple as "oh, shit, I'm gonna just throw a preset manager in this bitch because this guy re_mute, who may or may not buy a plug-in from us some day, is worried about hurting my feelings, and I can't possibly bear the thought of making him deal with that." I'd explain why it wasn't that simple, but I'm not entirely sure myself; I don't work on that particular part of the plug-ins, and I don't fully understand how that shit operates, and I'm not afraid to admit it. I was assured that it wasn't easy, though.
In any event, if that's a deal-breaker for you, it's a deal-breaker, and I'm going to have to learn to live with the disappointment. Phosphor, our 27th product, has exactly the same preset mechanism as the other 26.
Chris Randall
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- KVRian
- 515 posts since 18 Jan, 2004 from PHX AZ
If only wishing made it so. The alphaSyntauri is built around the Mountain Computer cards, which have 32 analog sine wave generators. So technically speaking, it's an analog additive synth that is digitally controlled. I think FM7/FM8 might fit your description, though, and the Korg Wavestation emu is software emulation of software.aMUSEd wrote:Is this an emulation of a softsynth then? That would be a first perhaps?
Chris Randall
Plug-ins: http://www.audiodamage.com
Blog: http://www.analogindustries.com
Music: http://chrisrandall.bandcamp.com/
More Music: http://rtsixy.bandcamp.com/
Plug-ins: http://www.audiodamage.com
Blog: http://www.analogindustries.com
Music: http://chrisrandall.bandcamp.com/
More Music: http://rtsixy.bandcamp.com/
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- KVRist
- 75 posts since 6 Jun, 2005
Gosh, what a blast from the past. I owned an alphaSyntauri (also a Passport Designs Soundchaser, which IMHO had superior software) in the early '80s and did a bit of demoing for a distributor in the UK and on BBC TV. The Mountain Computer cards were 8-bit, and although sampling was at 32kHz, the low-pass filter cut off everything above 10kHz, so were very 'lo-fi'. There were actually 16, not 32, wavetable oscillators and they could be programmed with any waveform (256 bytes) as well as sine waves. Syntauri's last software was called 'Metatrak' which just about allowed 16-track multi-timbral (but with a single oscillator) sequencing, although the Mountain Computer cards struggled with that much data. The Mountain Computer cards also came with a light pen, but that was just for selecting functions on the screen with the original MC software and couldn't be used for drawing waveforms a la Fairlight.
Regards,
David
Regards,
David
Crandall1 wrote:If only wishing made it so. The alphaSyntauri is built around the Mountain Computer cards, which have 32 analog sine wave generators. So technically speaking, it's an analog additive synth that is digitally controlled. I think FM7/FM8 might fit your description, though, and the Korg Wavestation emu is software emulation of software.aMUSEd wrote:Is this an emulation of a softsynth then? That would be a first perhaps?
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- KVRAF
- 1614 posts since 24 Feb, 2004
Dinner... a movie? I mean we've only just met and all.Crandall1 wrote:@re_mute: Just out of idle curiosity, what would you do if you did make me cry? .
"What embecile composed this list :/"
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- KVRian
- 1477 posts since 16 Jul, 2007 from In limbo
Hmm... this thread appears to have lost its way a little.
I shall rescue it!
I'm looking forward to snaffling up this new AD synth shortly - it sounds very good to me.
I shall rescue it!
I'm looking forward to snaffling up this new AD synth shortly - it sounds very good to me.
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- KVRAF
- 37380 posts since 14 Sep, 2002 from In teh net
I am not making such an assumption so how is that relevant to the point I was making which you still seem to be missing? Jeez - why do people have to make an argument over something so simple?heathen wrote: like audio damage is doing something on purpose to make their products more difficult to use, which is a pointless/stupid assumption to make.
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- KVRAF
- 37380 posts since 14 Sep, 2002 from In teh net
Why on Earth would anyone object to this? It's a necessity as far as I'm concerned. I have bought one of your products so far but was disappointed to find it had this limitation in my main host, NI Kore (this is one area where lack of a demo is a problem) so I'm unlikely to buy any more no matter how tempting they look until this is addressed which is a pity. If your new synth had this I would jump on it like a shot.Crandall1 wrote:@re_mute: Just out of idle curiosity, what would you do if you did make me cry?
In all seriousness, I floated the idea of a preset manager a couple times, as it's something I'd like as well, and I was shot down fairly hard.
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- KVRian
- 882 posts since 20 Feb, 2004
I don't mind the preset system on the majority of AD plugins, but I wish Tattoo had a way of saving the kits and patterns separately, so you could easily compare what one pattern sounded like with different kits.