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Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Fri Aug 17, 2012 4:47 pm

MatthiasQ wrote:Steinberg is elated to release free trial versions for its two synths, Padshop Pro and Retrologue.

Sweet! I'm off to try PadShop Pro.

4damind · Post by **4damind** » Fri Aug 17, 2012 5:46 pm

Both trials come with the same functionality as the full versions and can be used for 30 days.

what's up with Steinberg... they are on the best way for world domination with so nice stuff

Gute Arbeit Steinis... und Cubase 7 wird der Hammer

JPQ · Post by **JPQ** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 5:18 am

Uncle E wrote:
MatthiasQ wrote:Steinberg is elated to release free trial versions for its two synths, Padshop Pro and Retrologue.
Sweet! I'm off to try PadShop Pro.

and I tired retrologue sounds clearly better what is earlier bundled with CUbase actually i think so good if Logic goes mess i can imagine i switch Cubase even more but i hope dont go mess so many reasons.
ps. i test maybe later this padshop pro.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Sat Dec 07, 2013 12:33 pm

Purchased Retrologue 2 days ago, now i'm wondering a bit. Where is the VST2 of it being installed? The installer, whether for the trial version, or the regular installer when you bought it, don't seem to have the option to let you configure where it's installed. And it seems like it has only installed the VST3 into Program Files/Common Files/VST3/Steinberg/Retrologue. Of course i can use it in Cubase now, but wondering why it says VST2/3 compatible host then on the system requirements, or is VST3 "backward compatible"?

fluffy_little_something · Sat Dec 07, 2013 6:57 pm

I used to have it and used it in Mulab, which, at least back then, did not even support VST3, so obviously it works somehow.
Yes, it installs without asking where, not to mention the copy protection, glad I sold it...
Unlike what people have written here, I heard quite some noise with some patches, not overly clean at all in my view. The more I used it, the less I liked it.

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Sat Dec 07, 2013 7:02 pm

I'd rather save up for an iPad and get the the Nanologue for free, than spend money on Retrologue

SODDI · Post by **SODDI** » Sat Dec 07, 2013 8:19 pm

I'm pretty much underwhelmed. So it's another Minimoog emulation.

It has one screwed-up, counterintuitive layout, I'll give you that. I've had it for 5 months and have used it once.

bill45 · Post by **bill45** » Sat Dec 07, 2013 8:29 pm

The Dave Pollock 70's patches for prologue are awesome!

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Sat Dec 07, 2013 8:43 pm

SODDI wrote:I'm pretty much underwhelmed. So it's another Minimoog emulation.

No?

SODDI wrote: It has one screwed-up, counterintuitive layout, I'll give you that.

No??

Not sure if we're talking about the same plugin here, maybe you meant Prologue.

fluffy_little_something wrote:I used to have it and used it in Mulab, which, at least back then, did not even support VST3, so obviously it works somehow.

Wonder where it installs the VST2 then, i can't find it anywhere...

IMO, it sounds great btw, you can get some really nice trancey arps, pads and basses out of it. Not exactly a retro sound, rather modern, which i like.

Kindred · Post by **Kindred** » Sun Dec 08, 2013 12:30 am

they need to fix the patch browsing (it needs to be broken down into categories) before it will be usable for me. I liked the sound of it but never went back because of the PITA patch browser. Am I missing something? Is there a more intuitive browsing function that I missed?

loungepanda · Post by **loungepanda** » Sun Dec 08, 2013 10:45 am

What's up with the trial version? I can't get it to show up in Ableton(64bit), but S1 (also 64bit) has no problem scanning it.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Sun Dec 08, 2013 1:52 pm

Could be the same thing i described above, that is that Retrologue only installs the VST3, and Studio One does support VST3, while Ableton doesn't. Still not sure why Retrologue doesn't install the VST2, as it says on Steinberg's site, and in the docs, that you got to have a host that supports VST2 or VST3 in order to run Retrologue...

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Mon Dec 09, 2013 4:58 pm

Found out where Retrologue's VST2 is stored now... on my computer, i don't know if it differs, i guess so, it stores it into C:/Program Files/Cakewalk/Vstplugins. Very weird for a Steinberg plugin.

Wonder if i can move it from there, and why it sits there anyway, as it is the only plugin installed in that folder... maybe the folder was created when i installed z3ta 1, i don't know...

Edit: Just checked on my desktop computer, and the folder where Retrologue stores its VST2 is C:/Program Files/Steinberg/VST there, "how it should be". (actually it should store the VST2 and VST3 in the folders i specify but whatever...)

fluffy_little_something · Mon Dec 09, 2013 5:13 pm

I don't think one can simply move an installed application to another directory. It's not a jpeg file.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Mon Dec 09, 2013 5:15 pm

Yep, you're probably right, and its path is registered in the registry somewhere. Might reinstall it on my laptop, as the Cakewalk folder is completely redundant, and i can't be arsed to specify hundred folders in my hosts... just deleting the Cakewalk folder after i uninstalled Retrologue will do i guess.

Steinberg Retrologue