Glitchmachines... opinions?

[yemski]

Create your own presets with them and take individual instruments and stems, render the results and then edit the parts that work into your track. There's some interesting stuff you can create with them, but they work better as little highlights for grooves/drums and breakdowns, rather than material you would have playing through a track

[Russell Grand]

Air's prestige or reputation isn't harmed in the least bit in fact they just had an exclusive liscence with Akai to make vst's for their mpc software. Only reason Air is giving away they're plugins so cheap is because they already made they're money when they were exclusively licensed to Pro Tools for all them years plus the plugs are old but still brilliant.

I agree! And Soundspot, well, their reputation isn't harmed because they never really had much of a reputation to begin with.

Glitchmachines is doing just fine and anyone who thinks that their company is somehow lesser than it used to be because they've been having massive discount sales is deluding themselves. In fact, I now have a higher opinion of Glitchmachines than I ever did in the past. I never touched their commercial plugs when they were full price, but now I have just about the whole lot and I use them frequently.

[CrystalWizard]

Glitchmachines does far out stuff. The hint is in the name. Comment above is good advice, run them and take bits and pieces. Unless the goal is really far out noises then just run them. Cool dev, too.

[DrumAddict]

Air's prestige or reputation isn't harmed in the least bit in fact they just had an exclusive liscence with Akai to make vst's for their mpc software. Only reason Air is giving away they're plugins so cheap is because they already made they're money when they were exclusively licensed to Pro Tools for all them years plus the plugs are old but still brilliant.

its a little bit wrong , Air Musictech and Akai Pro also Sonivox are sold a few years ago to InMusicBrands . its simple clear why they worked for the MPC because they are one Company now .

just have a look here how many and which companys they have aquired .

https://www.inmusicbrands.com/

[Neon Breath]

...I now have a higher opinion of Glitchmachines than I ever did in the past. I never touched their commercial plugs when they were full price, but now I have just about the whole lot and I use them frequently.

yeah Glitchmachines' plugins (and even sound packs) are wild beasts to tame. It takes time and lot of exploration to start subtracting interesting results. But the reward comes to the patient ones, for sure. I find their products a bit like a drug, the more you use them the more you keep coming back at them.

And it's a really cool small original dev, not really giving a damn about the others, the trends nor the conventional way of doing things, and Iove that. They always think outside the box, that's rare.

[SoundPorn]

So anybody using Convex? Seems like a cool plugin because a filter, pitch shifter, and delay are a perfect trio of effects to be able to make a controlled outcome and definitely has a nice looking GUI.

[WasteLand]

i have all the glitchmachines plugins, via sale in pluginboutique..., i like them. they must be tamed. i use them.

for a great tutorial for the palindrome sample player see:

[nichttuntun]

I got all plugins from Glitchmachines. They are amazing.

Fracture XT now too has been updated and has a new AND re-sizeable beautiful and most usable GUI. It´s a joy and the plugin is a blast anyway.

Next one with a total overhaul will be the awesome POLYGON sampler. That will be a feast for many.

[thecontrolcentre]

I'm a fan of GMs plugins. Its great seeing them regularly updated and improved (unlike KORG). The resizable GUIs are a godsend for my terrible eyesight ... Palindrome just got an update too. Looking forward to the new POLYGON interface ...

[zerocrossing]

Found virtually nothing in Effects section about their products and themselves...
So, has somebody an opinion about their quality, usability, support etc?

I've found them pretty great in all those categories. Support is top notch and I usually have heard back very quickly, most often the same day. Sound quality is superb to my ears. Usability is superb and documentation is pretty thorough. The only gripe I have is I really wish I could see the modulations update in real time within the interfaces, but they don't. And how they implement program change is not consistent from plugin to plugin, but that is only a gripe cause I have a need for this cause of the way I make music. After all these years, I'm still interested in their new products. Similar but somehow also unique in their own ways. Lots of respect.

That's basically my thoughts as well. I totally recommend them.

[Smapti]

I'd like to mention how awesome the Glitchmachines sample packs are -- people (rightly) discuss their plugins but the samples are also excellent, especially the foley packs (Idiom, Dialect, & Metaphor). Lots of wild stuff in there for creative sound design, especially in conjunction with the plugins.

[mjudge55]

Really like the new UIs, hope Quadrant and Cataract get some love soon. Super fun plugins.

[Halonmusic]

I got a couple myself. They are very cool

[Distorted Horizon]

Again, I deeply recommend all of the Glitchmachines plugins and samples. Buy them from sales or full price from the dev, just get them all

[mt3]

Again, I deeply recommend all of the Glitchmachines plugins and samples. Buy them from sales or full price from the dev, just get them all