KVR Audio

VariKusBrainZ · Post by **VariKusBrainZ** » Tue Oct 08, 2013 8:33 pm

cryophonik wrote:
Yeah, especially for those of us who got it for something like $15 during that audiomidi no-brainer sale.

Oh yeah, String Studio too

VitaminD · Post by **VitaminD** » Tue Oct 08, 2013 8:34 pm

Numanoid wrote:
Sendy wrote:I have always wondered about Ultra Analog, though. It gets a lot of good word and I've never checked it out (let's face it, I don't need another synth, let alone another oldschool analog-style one).
Admit it, your just envious about the $29 upgrade

It looks to be $29 dollars for EVERYONE (it makes no mention of upgrade price and is marked down from 199 as 'exclusive introductory price'). http://www.applied-acoustics.com/ultra-analog-va-2/#buy

clicking that link, it doesn't ask for VA-1 serial (like the upgrade link does)

just drops it in my shopping cart:

Items

199.00 29.00
Ultra Analog VA-2 - Download

Analog Synthesizer

$170.00 discount

remove

Your total discount today: $ 170.00.
Total: US$ 29.00

whet · Post by **whet** » Tue Oct 08, 2013 8:40 pm

VitaminD wrote:
Numanoid wrote:
Sendy wrote:I have always wondered about Ultra Analog, though. It gets a lot of good word and I've never checked it out (let's face it, I don't need another synth, let alone another oldschool analog-style one).
Admit it, your just envious about the $29 upgrade
It looks to be $29 dollars for EVERYONE (it makes no mention of upgrade price and is marked down from 199 as 'exclusive introductory price'). http://www.applied-acoustics.com/ultra-analog-va-2/#buy

clicking that link, it doesn't ask for VA-1 serial (like the upgrade link does)

just drops it in my shopping cart:
Items

199.00 29.00
Ultra Analog VA-2 - Download

Analog Synthesizer

$170.00 discount

remove

Your total discount today: $ 170.00.
Total: US$ 29.00

Here its 149. Did you submit a serial before on that upgrade link ? It might save that infomation for the session.

Echoes in the Attic · Post by **Echoes in the Attic** » Tue Oct 08, 2013 8:55 pm

Don't understand the new GUI. All those tabs? Best thing about it before was the single window interface. No new features, just new effects? Nah.

SLiC · Post by **SLiC** » Tue Oct 08, 2013 8:58 pm

The 29usd price comes from clicking the link in the email they send you dip you own va1 (I just got it)

VitaminD · Post by **VitaminD** » Tue Oct 08, 2013 9:01 pm

whet wrote:
VitaminD wrote:
Numanoid wrote:
Sendy wrote:I have always wondered about Ultra Analog, though. It gets a lot of good word and I've never checked it out (let's face it, I don't need another synth, let alone another oldschool analog-style one).
Admit it, your just envious about the $29 upgrade
It looks to be $29 dollars for EVERYONE (it makes no mention of upgrade price and is marked down from 199 as 'exclusive introductory price'). http://www.applied-acoustics.com/ultra-analog-va-2/#buy

clicking that link, it doesn't ask for VA-1 serial (like the upgrade link does)

just drops it in my shopping cart:
Items

199.00 29.00
Ultra Analog VA-2 - Download

Analog Synthesizer

$170.00 discount

remove

Your total discount today: $ 170.00.
Total: US$ 29.00
Here its 149. Did you submit a serial before on that upgrade link ? It might save that infomation for the session.

Yes that is what happened.. it must be in a cookie after you click the link. That said, I don't own VA-1 as I sold it a couple of years ago (and had AAS transfer the license proper).

Sorry, all, for the false info!

ScottZ · Post by **ScottZ** » Tue Oct 08, 2013 9:03 pm

burgundykeys wrote:Since I bought my VA-1 recently (from the KVR marketplace for $25), my VA-2 is free!!

How long ago I got mine beginning of June and didn't get anything did you have to email them?

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Tue Oct 08, 2013 9:17 pm

VariKusBrainZ wrote:Damn, different bank file format so cant load bought patcg banks form v1

Yeah I was wondering about this - looks like they are selling the old banks for V2 so they must have redone them. I own a couple so I hope there's an upgrade process for banks too.

electro · Post by **electro** » Tue Oct 08, 2013 9:19 pm

Sendy wrote:After the glut of near-perfect analog emulations this really has to be beyond amazing or have something unique to get my attention.

I agree and unique is the key term. Limited yet unique synths like the Arp Prosolist, and Elka Rhapsody 490 will have far greater impact than more polysynths at this point. NI's near-perfect Model D for Reaktor was a forward thinking decision.

saintjohnbaxter wrote:That is strange. I love the sound of Ultra-Analog. I've got probably, 8 or 9 commercial banks for it - Starlight, Angelicals etc.

Why would they make a v2 and kill all the sounds from v1? If it's a completely new synth, incomptaible with v1, it should have been called something else and not UA v2.

FYI AAS synths have never been backwards compatible.

zerocrossing · Post by **zerocrossing** » Tue Oct 08, 2013 9:20 pm

Not being able to save a MIDI CC assignment per patch (still) = FAIL.

WTF? This was pretty unforgivable in V1, but to continue it into V2 is just blunder. You'll not get another dime from me. I can put my own VST effects after your synth and I could care less about Richard Devine presets.

Put in a decent mod matrix and update the sound engine and perhaps you'll see me back.

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Tue Oct 08, 2013 9:22 pm

electro wrote:
saintjohnbaxter wrote:That is strange. I love the sound of Ultra-Analog. I've got probably, 8 or 9 commercial banks for it - Starlight, Angelicals etc.

Why would they make a v2 and kill all the sounds from v1? If it's a completely new synth, incomptaible with v1, it should have been called something else and not UA v2.
FYI AAS synths have never been backwards compatible.

At the bottom of the UA 2 upgrade page it definately says:

With eight Sound Bank Series titles adding up to a thousand presets, Ultra Analog VA-2 looks forward to spark your imagination—whenever you need it.

Which seems to imply that they have UA2 compatible versions of at least those 8 (which include the ones I have). Just isn't clear how you get them for owners of the originals.

Although to add to the confusion if you go to the actual product pages for those banks they just say:

for Ultra Analog VA-1 & AAS Player

Guess they need to update the whole site

Sendy · Post by **Sendy** » Tue Oct 08, 2013 9:23 pm

Why?! Why would you add a few features (and effects which most people have lots of anyway at that) and in the process make every patch ever made incompatible?! If only features are added, ideally you should keep preset compatability or a built-in patch convert upon loading. Perhaps they changed the architecture or something.

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Tue Oct 08, 2013 9:26 pm

Sendy wrote:Why?! Why would you add a few features (and effects which most people have lots of anyway at that) and in the process make every patch ever made incompatible?! If only features are added, ideally you should keep preset compatability or a built-in patch convert upon loading. Perhaps they changed the architecture or something.

One of the major bugbears with all their plugins was lack of decent preset management, including the ability to organise presets manually instead of using their proprietary import process (which always left a huge mess to navigate). So they have created a new preset format and browser to enable that. In itself that is a good thing but they really should also have also enabled some sort of transfer process for old presets.

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Tue Oct 08, 2013 9:29 pm

Still it's worth it for me at that price - finally a 64 bit AU version!

thecontrolcentre · Post by **thecontrolcentre** » Tue Oct 08, 2013 10:01 pm

Bought

AAS Ultra Analog VA-2