KVR Audio

medienhexer · Post by **medienhexer** » Thu Jan 03, 2013 2:22 pm

I must say I'm quite pleasantly surprised to see Waves do something besides EQs and Compressors for a change. Now if they can get a little into the creative (way out there) FX area occupied by Übermod, Permut8, the various glitch and extreme filter stuff from mostly smaller companies, I won't complain.

As to the installation: yes, it seems a little convoluted at first, but once you have an account and at least one plug-in installed, you just launch the WOLI_9 application, check the stuff you'd like installed and yer good to go.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Thu Jan 03, 2013 2:27 pm

paterpeter wrote:
Tehnik wrote: I cant imagine why anyone owning any of the more recent synths from NI/IL/U-He/Cakewalk etc would might want to own it.
Especially considering all those awesome freebie VAs that are available such as TyrellN6, Podolski, Zebralette, TAL NoiseMaker, z3ta+, Synth1 etc.

*pedantic mode on*

z3ta+ is not free

*pedantic mode off*

S0lo · Post by **S0lo** » Thu Jan 03, 2013 2:29 pm

robotmonkey wrote:
S0lo wrote:I swear yesterday or the other I was looking at all Waves effects and I thought oh, it would be something if waves produced a synth!!.
And they read your mind and came up with one quick. But all they could do in so short time was a simple VA. Probably used Synthedit.

Haven't tried it yet, looks cool though.

tehlord · Post by **tehlord** » Thu Jan 03, 2013 2:32 pm

Why bother going to the trouble of making a synth plugin, and then not bother doing anything remotely new? It's almost specced like a freebie, and the demos don't really sound that exciting to me.

I can't even watch a video that does nothing but buffer and buffer.

Baahhh!

Aiynzahev · Post by **Aiynzahev** » Thu Jan 03, 2013 2:33 pm

Installation is very simple once you have an account and know the process.

paterpeter · Post by **paterpeter** » Thu Jan 03, 2013 2:33 pm

chk071 wrote: *pedantic mode on*
z3ta+ is not free
*pedantic mode off*

Get a serial number here: http://beat.de/zeta/
Get the installer here: http://www.cakewalk.com/Support/kb/reader.aspx/20070320

VitaminD · Post by **VitaminD** » Thu Jan 03, 2013 2:34 pm

Crackbaby wrote:Yes, I get it ... the free one knob made lots of people create accounts and learn how to activate/install their plugins. So now when that big step was taken, there's no hassle installing new plugins ....

I think the same thing.. that was more to get people to register accounts and inform them of other waves products..

However, in my case, it backfired as I discovered the waveshell method they use to load VSTs does not function with my host (orion).

So it is no Waves plugins for me. Not for $99, $9, or free. Can't use them.

About this synth.. it has a stuffy, almost nasal sound to it.. reminds me of older VAZ or that dos AXS synth. Not something I'd consider bad, but not good either..

Bronto Scorpio · Post by **Bronto Scorpio** » Thu Jan 03, 2013 2:35 pm

Everytime someone uses those pseudo 3D/perspective knobs/faders/whatever Cthulhu kills a kitten.
He may even kill two kittens and a dog when everything else on the GUI is flat like in this case.

I think this synth may be nice for someone who doesn't have a lot of synths already. 99$ is a nice price and it seems to have most basics covered, sadly not much beyond that.

Edit: I haven't checked audio demos yet, so I have no idea how it sounds.

Cheers
Dennis

4damind · Post by **4damind** » Thu Jan 03, 2013 2:40 pm

Has a good polished sound, remembers me a bit to Imageline stuff. Presets are good, giving a good idea about this synth. Installation and activation was very easy.
The big question is of course, is it different enough to other VAs.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Thu Jan 03, 2013 2:43 pm

paterpeter wrote:
chk071 wrote: *pedantic mode on*
z3ta+ is not free
*pedantic mode off*
Get a serial number here: http://beat.de/zeta/
Get the installer here: http://www.cakewalk.com/Support/kb/reader.aspx/20070320

But that's like cheating.

LeVzi · Post by **LeVzi** » Thu Jan 03, 2013 2:46 pm

Looks alright, but i'm more interested in Spire tbh.

robotmonkey · Post by **robotmonkey** » Thu Jan 03, 2013 2:53 pm

And from the promo mail I got a moment a go I see that this will be 200$ synth after the initial 99$ introductory offer.

izonin · Post by **izonin** » Thu Jan 03, 2013 2:54 pm

I wish Soundtoys also released a VA. They have the best filters, the best delays.. what else do you need for an excellent synth!

tehlord · Post by **tehlord** » Thu Jan 03, 2013 2:59 pm

izonin wrote:I wish Soundtoys also released a VA. They have the best filters, the best delays.. what else do you need for an excellent synth!

Heckman has sensed a disturbance in the farce.

Aiynzahev · Post by **Aiynzahev** » Thu Jan 03, 2013 3:04 pm

izonin wrote:I wish Soundtoys also released a VA. They have the best filters, the best delays.. what else do you need for an excellent synth!

+1 I'll email them about that.

Oh boy, another VA synth. This time from Waves!