The Sound Designers of KVR Thread

[Summa]

1. Klaus - Dieter Pollack aka Summa

2. Hardware I use or used (also soundprogramming wise)

Casio CZ-1, Casio VZ-1, Yamaha TX81z, FS1R, TG77, TX-802, TX-7, Reface DX, AN200, CS01, Kawai K5000R, Waldorf Microwave II/XT/PC, microQ, Blofeld, Novation Ultranova, Oberheim Matrix-6, Roland MT-32, Roland D550, Vsynth XT, Fantom XR, Korg MicroKorg, Poly 800, DSI - Evolver, Jomox Sunsyn, G2, Alesis micron

Software (I did sounds for and/or work with...)

FM7, FM8, Massive, Kore 2, Razor, FMHeaven, Operator, Albino, Octopus, Alpha 3, Absynth, Tera, Cube, Komplexer, VAZ Modular, microTera Keys edition, Tassman Keys edition, Wusikstation, Simpler, Vokator, ZeroVector, Synth1, OXE-FM, Monark, Kontour, DX7 V, Pigments, Martinic AX73

Probably forgot a few softies...

3. Native Instruments, Ableton, Linplug, Virsyn, Arturia, Terratec, Ear2Ear, german Keys Magazine (not exactly a developer), Loftsoft, White Noise, OXE-Soft...

4. Some free banks scattered around the web, some articles about soundsynthesis for Amazona.de...
Some of my postings in some mailing lists...
N.I. FM7 Forum Moderator

5. FM/Phase Distortion/Phase Modulation/Waveshaping, Additive Synthesis, Formant Synthesis, Karplus-Strong, AM/Ringmod with dynamicly prefiltered Waveforms and a good mix of everything...

6. Send me a PM or a message on http://www.summasounds.de/ (currently down) or contact me via Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Summa-315642585156483/

When I find the time I tend to support new developers with interesting synthesis approaches beyond analog emulation.

[DavenH]

1. Name: Daven Hughes

2. Synths: Sytrus, Orangator 2

3. Company: Image Line, unofficially

4. Web References: I think a search in the Sytrus forum should cover that

5. Preferred synthesis method (if any):

I like hybrid synthesis, but I would love additive if there were some really cool tools to work with. I don't think there's a synth for what I want in that regard though. I wish there was a synth that would allow you to define a series of waveshapes with coordinates at specified points in time and have it interpolate with various curves between the waveshapes.

6. Any other comments about your work you would like to present?

Yes actually. I don't think a little pride goes amiss with some of my work. Namely, the piano and cello presets are realistic enough, to my satisfaction, that they can be used in non-electronic contexts. I'm happy with the quality of the presets I've done, but I don't attribute it to any special skill of mine - just a bunch of free time and a meticulous drive.

7. Contact info: email - daven.hughes@gmail.com

[doogs]

I did the bank of presets that comes with foorius. Does that count

Therefor it would be..

1.) Doogs
2.) Foorius
3.) smartelectron:x
4.) http://dmi.smartelectronix.com/foorius.html
5.) FM, Physical modelling, sampling
6.) Making good presets is harder than programming

[tconrardy]

YEAH..Ben stickied it!

THANKS BEN

A great resourse here...keep'em coming!

[Krakatau]

indeed...YES !!!

[daniel]

1. State name: Daniel J. Maurer

2. What synths you have worked on: Presets of mine are included with Rhino, Cameleon, and Soup. I've worked with too many hardware and software synths to list but started learning programming back in 1979.

3. What developers you have worked for: Big Tick Audio, Camel Audio, Progress Audio, Image Line, Cakewalk, and others.

4. Any web references: Visit me at: http://bigtick.pastnotecut.org/djsmaurer/

5. Prefered synthesis method (if any): Hybrid combinations; give me something fresh.

6. Any other comments about your work you would like to present: My goal in programming is to provide usable sounds with a fresh twist. The instruments must be able to offer the musician opportunities for expression so the synthesizer can "sing".

7. Contact info: Write me at: djsmaurer@charter.net

[discostu]

1. State name: Stewart Henderson

2. What synths you have worked on: Nord Lead 2X and Novation A-Station hardware. V-Station, Astrobelt, Hydra, Scorpion, ASynth, Zero Vector, PlastiCZ, PPG Wave 2V, Vanguard, PS-1...

3. What developers you have worked for: Pro-Sounds

4. Any web references: PatchArena Regular

5. Prefered synthesis method (if any): Hybrid / Subtractive / Any

6. Any other comments about your work you would like to present: Always tweaking something!

7. Contact info: PM at PatchArena or here.

[ugo]

2025 - Wow, this certainly needs proper updating. A few tweaks for the time being…


1. State name.
Ugo (Chris Sciurba)

2. What synths you have worked on.
Been doing sound design for decades, so quite a lot of them.

3. What developers you have worked for.
Apple (Alchemy sound design was the majority of my day job with Apple for many years)
Camel Audio (sound design for multiple products)
Ugo Audio (development and sound design)
.. and some others here and there over the years.

4. Any web references.
http://www.ugoaudio.com - but let it go offline while I was working full-time elsewhere. Will rebuild it as new projects progress.

5. Preferred synthesis method (if any).
I’ve worked with pretty much everything but I have a particular soft spot for doing what I suppose may be described as “reality inspired” physical modeling, as well as anything deep with highly flexible modulation.

6. Any other comments about your work you would like to present.
Highly flexible in terms of genre. Just need a playlist with good examples of what you are looking for.

7. Contact info.
ugo@ugoaudio.com

[DocT]

1. State name.

Stefan Trippler aka DocT

2. What synths you have worked on.

hard:
Waldorf microQ
Waldorf Pulse
Waldorf microWave 2
DSI Evolver and Poly Evolver
soft:

VirSyn Tera 2
PPG Wave 2V
Synth1

3. What developers you have worked for.

VirSyn
DaveSmithInstruments

4. Any web references.

http://www.trippler.net/music

Contact
via the website

[Nolwenn]

Hi Tim, i'm beginner here so it will be short

Name:
Nolwenn or Annabelle

Synths used:
Yamaha TX81z
Synth1, oxeFM, Iblit, many other VSTi...

Developpers i have worked for:
H.G. Fortune (doing some patches for the beautiful STS-21, Protoplasm, Cookie06 & Laserblade)

Web references:
Some banks submitted at patcharena, for Synth1, oxeFM, Lalapalooza Lite and unoFM.
banks for Arguru's Voyager VSTi and Antti's Augur.

Pref. Synthesis Method:
i like FM, i'm still learning.

Contact:
pm or mail me via kvr.

[AudioWhore]

I guess you guys might know me from my various synth 1 sounds and for Pro53.. I also designed the presets for one commercial synth - NBM Grenade

But I'm not as pro as you guys

Oh and hardware synths I've worked on are:

Roland Fantom - Im king at making lush pads on that!
EMU Proteus 2000 - Growly bass with them filters
Yamaha CS1x - My second ever synth
Roland SH1000 - My first ever synth as a child!
Korg Microkorg - I've made a few sounds for this too
Nord Lead - Borrowed it for a while


Most my sounds I want to keep for myself so I have my own signature sound when I make tracks. I dont wanna make a tune then hear the same sound used by 20000 other artists.. But then again you hear the same guitar sound in thousands of rock songs so I guess I have my head up my own arse!

[o'malley]

1. name: o'malley

2. synths worked on:
I did all the banks that come with my synths. I also did a bank for xoxos Surface.

5. Prefered synthesis method (if any).
anything

6. Any other comments about your work you would like to present:
I like to make strange noises.

7. Contact info.
http://omalleysound.panicnow.net/ , or pm me here.

[jzero]

1. State name.
jzero
2. What synths you have worked on.
The Image-Line synths primarily: especially
Sytrus and 3xOsc
3. What developers you have worked for.
Beta testing for ConcreteFX a while back. A couple
of enhancement suggestions for M42, WusikStation.
4. Any web references.
Nope.
5. Prefered synthesis method (if any).
Subtractive, FM, Granular
6. Any other comments about your work you would like
to present:
Studied audio production in college and worked in
various corporate audio positions for 6 years...
Addicted to synthesis for the past 23 years...
7. Contact info.
PM me.

[biomechanoid]

1. Name.

kolin fraser aka biomechanoid

2. What synths you have worked on.

Absynth (a bunch of the v3 factory sounds, numerous free banks)
Cameleon (some factory presets, 1 commercial signature bank, 1 free signature bank)
Zebra (signature folder in factory set)
FilterscapeVA (a bunch of factory presets)
Emagic ES2 (free bank)

I've used, and made sounds for lots of other hardware and software, but this is all the stuff I have in the public domain.

3. What developers you have worked for.

Native Instruments - sound design & beta testing
Camel Audio - sound design and beta testing
u-he - sound design and beta testing

I've also provided original samples for Computer Music cover disk (as ITS)

4. Any web references.

www.universal-communication.net

5. Prefered synthesis method (if any).

I like toys that make me want to play, and sounds I've never heard before.

6. Any other comments about your work you would like to present.

no. the menu is not the meal.

7. Contact info

pm or email via website.

[loophead]

1. State Name.

Scott Gilfix

2. What synths you have worked on ?

Although I have worked on many synths my background is primarily in signal processing. Which I believe also fits me into this list, no ?

The short list...
AAS: Tassman
Native Instruments: Reaktor, Absynth
LinPlug: Cronox/Sophistry, Albino
U-He: Zebra(s), Filterscape
CamelAudio: Cameleon5000
FabFilter:Twin

I was the Factory algorithm and preset designer for Eventide Inc. for too many years where I built the libraries for the 4000 series, 7000 series, Orville and Eclipse. The later two I also did the principal product design for.

3. What developers you have worked for ?

The short list...
Eventide
IZotope
Ableton
U-He
FabFilter
The Sound Guy

4. Any web references ?

Some, I have never googled myself...

5. Preferred synthesis method (if any) ?

Any source may be considered an oscillator...

6. Any other comments about your work you would like to present ?

I can not top biomechanoids reply to this, but my shameless plug is that I am looking for the right gig.

7. Contact info

pm me here or at sgilfix[at]nyc[dot]rr[dot]com