[Repro-1] Released!

[exmatproton]

6 voice Repro-1 contraption with IL patcher:

Looking good. That's way beyond the basic preset saving and loading I had in mind.

Luckily, patcher can save complete states a patch is in..no need to save a preset in Repro-1 6 times

[Stromfire]

Aha, very interesting. So there really is something going on, and it's not tied to a single host or plugin format.
Did you only notice this with the final version, and never with one of the beta versions? This would be very useful information.
Which presets did you use in your project? And do you remember how long it took until the notes started to get muted?

Just like jbraner said - played around with the beta - tried differnent presets - recorded some stuff - noticed nothing. It was pretty early on with the 1.0 that I noticed missing notes.
I really tried to analyze what I did prior to the notes missing. I'd say nothing to the plugin itself - only muting/unmuting of tracks, mixing, rearranging parts etc etc... - took some time before I realized missing notes...

The presets I use in this song:
TUC Orange Radio
EH Vintage Melodist Solo
TUC Ancient Electromagnetic

Happened to all of them - not in the same working session though

[tasmaniandevil]

Just like jbraner said - played around with the beta - tried differnent presets - recorded some stuff - noticed nothing. It was pretty early on with the 1.0 that I noticed missing notes.

Alrighty, thanks a lot. Will go on the hunt for that bug tomorrow. Wish me luck!

[Stromfire]

Alrighty, thanks a lot. Will go on the hunt for that bug tomorrow. Wish me luck!

Thanks! Good luck to you

[Yeager]

6 voice Repro-1 contraption with IL patcher:

Keep a fire extinguisher handy in case you decide to stack a few more on there.

right, just LOOK at the keyboard...don't touch it !

[Gucky]

I just made a final mastering of my Repro-1 track "Bataranga".
I changed it a little bit to get more interesting.

Here it is:
https://soundcloud.com/musikus/bataranga

Hope you like it.

[tasmaniandevil]

To jbraner, Stromfire, Biome_Digital, and anybody else who experienced the issue with some notes suddenly not triggering Repro-1 anymore (in the final release version):

I finally figured out what exactly causes this.
We had a little issue with a potential hanging note when using the host bypass or plugin on/off switches.
In the public beta this could be solved by just stopping the host playback.
But something we fixed between the last public beta and the final release version made it worse, and since then it's possible for that hanging note to disappear completely.

A possible workaround for avoiding the problem until we are able to fix it:
If you want to mute the sound of Repro-1, please don't use the plugin bypass (or plugin on/off switch) at the moment Repro-1 is playing a MIDI note (you can still use them whenever Repro-1 is not playing a note).
You can also safely use your host's mute button for that MIDI track instead.

Hope that helps to avoid the issue.

[jbraner]

Thanks tasmanian.
I also posted int he other thread (sorry, I should have put it here - about a SONAR project that hangs (or becomes "nor responding" when left unattended
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=460687&start=2025#p6646005

and I can verify, that after freezing all 4 instances of Repro-1 - the file is fine (ir I left it sitting unattended for over an hour and it is still fine)
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=460687&start=2040

[tasmaniandevil]

Thanks John, I'll try to check this Sonar issue tomorrow.

[spunkmuffin]

I just made a final mastering of my Repro-1 track "Bataranga".
I changed it a little bit to get more interesting.

Here it is:
https://soundcloud.com/musikus/bataranga

Hope you like it.

Sorry Gucky but I thought your 1st version was way better. And you deleted it! I listened to the 1st version once and now I will never hear it again

In this version the effect you have on the vocal makes it incoherent. The 1st version was cheesy but not too cheesy. Just the right ammount of cheese. Bring back the 1st version!

[Gucky]

Hi spunkmuffin,
here is the old version without vocoder voice.
https://soundcloud.com/musikus/bataranga-old-version
What is the difference for you?
So far as I remember I changed only the voice to a vocoder voice and added a noise effect sound.
In the mastering I added a compressor plug. That was all.
Greetings

[spunkmuffin]

The vocal without the vocoder effect sounds much more real. More like a witchdoctor from the jungle with some mysterious incantation. It provides greater contrast to the rest of the track. If you put the effect on the vocals then you make it sound more like the rest of the track - less contrast, less variety. The vocal is key to this track. Don't take away it's character and bury it under effects.

Maybe add a bridge section where the synths fall away and there is a percussion + jungle drums interlude?

Also put more space between the different synth elements. Using panning, reverb + silence. Listen to Urs' demo track, he keeps space between sounds very nicely in it.

But definitely keep the original vocal without processing...it works! Thank you for bringing version 1 back

[Howard]

@Gucky: Are you sure that the "2 Chord Trix" track wasn't triggered more often (so that the second half of the sequence doesn't mess things up)?

[Gucky]

Hi spunkmuffin,
Here is now a new version of the song:
https://soundcloud.com/musikus/bataranga

I changed the voice and added a little bit silence in the middle.
I also made some changes in the stereo placement.
Hope that it sounds better now.
Thanks for your help!

[Gucky]

Hi Howard,
I trigger the "Two chord trix" sound each 4 bars.
But the original sequence is three bar.
The problem is that my song has a 8 bar structure. For that reason a 3 bar sequence ist not so optimal. With my trick I got a 4 bar sequence although the sequence is 3 bars long. Cicle: 1231 1231 1231 ... bar
Greetings from Lübeck
Gucky (aka Faber)

P.S: Any change for a new Repro-1 or Diva bank from you in the future?