PLASMONIC - A new synth from Brian Clevinger
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machinesworking machinesworking https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=8505 - KVRAF
- 8089 posts since 15 Aug, 2003 from seattle
So yeah, the end of 2020 is starting to shape up a bit, Plasmonic demo out Monday, Silicon Macs out Tuesday, and the toddler in chief is evicted by the new year. 
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- KVRist
- 344 posts since 29 May, 2001
Guys, pls map the macro controls to your midi faders if you hav one...
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- KVRAF
- 4831 posts since 25 Mar, 2016 from Seattle
Is it just the demo that’s out Monday or is it the actual release?machinesworking wrote: Sun Nov 08, 2020 1:46 am
It sounds great, looking forward to testing it out.
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- KVRAF
- 5201 posts since 16 Nov, 2014
Nice, looking forward to test it finally. I really like the trigger feature and use that often in other tools. I hope we can also modulate modulators and modulate the modulators of the modulators etc. here too.
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- KVRian
- 1078 posts since 23 Apr, 2003
Plasmonic sounds great, very alive, and I also like the GUI (but I understand why others might not like it). Having backed this campaign was a good choice. For MPE users, this is a must have anyway. Well done, Brian Clevinger!
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- KVRist
- 344 posts since 29 May, 2001
I dont know. There is no official info yet...simmo75 wrote: Sun Nov 08, 2020 9:15 amIs it just the demo that’s out Monday or is it the actual release?machinesworking wrote: Sun Nov 08, 2020 1:46 am
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gentleclockdivider gentleclockdivider https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=203660 - Banned
- 6787 posts since 22 Mar, 2009 from gent
Don't get me wrong , I also like the gui excet the gradient fill in the sliders
Maybe it will wok out wheh I testdrive out
Maybe it will wok out wheh I testdrive out
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Soul calibrating ..frequencies
Soul calibrating ..frequencies
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- KVRist
- 186 posts since 4 Jan, 2007
The first moments I played Plasmonic, it was clear to me that this synth has the potential to become a classic like Absynth. It is very playable and feels like true instrument especially when I use it in the MPE modus with my Seaboard. Nearly all parameters have a MPE entry, so it makes the synth very responsive to an MPE controller. It certainly has a bit of the DNA of Absynth, its looks, routing stuff and not the usual end-effects. Where Absynth is more analog, sample and granular based, Plasmonic explores the realm of physical modelling where a resonator is excited by wavetable oscillators, pulse and a noise module. The polyphonic saturations also adds to the organic feel of this synth and the two sequential space modules have a typical sound character. Well done 
Funny enough, there are always people claiming that you cook something like this up in Reaktor. True, but throwing 4 wheels, an engine and a steering wheel in the mix will give you a car but it’s not necessary a nice car. This is a nice synth with its components well-chosen and tweaked for performance. So get the demo when available and support Brian, so we see this synth grow like Absynth did. Brian is listening, so I can image that something like a mutator or a preset morpher will appear someday in Plasmonic.
Funny enough, there are always people claiming that you cook something like this up in Reaktor. True, but throwing 4 wheels, an engine and a steering wheel in the mix will give you a car but it’s not necessary a nice car. This is a nice synth with its components well-chosen and tweaked for performance. So get the demo when available and support Brian, so we see this synth grow like Absynth did. Brian is listening, so I can image that something like a mutator or a preset morpher will appear someday in Plasmonic.
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gentleclockdivider gentleclockdivider https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=203660
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- 6787 posts since 22 Mar, 2009 from gent
Anything can be cooked up in reaktor (core) if you have the required dsp chops , if it will be just as cpu effiecient as a c++ coded plugin is another story .
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Soul calibrating ..frequencies
Soul calibrating ..frequencies
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- KVRian
- 750 posts since 3 May, 2018
First impressions of the video is a mixed bag -- great GUI similar to the Unfiltered Audio which is a huge plus in my book. However the sound, at least from what I've heard so far, appears to be very similar to Resonans synth (which I love, but don't need another synth for).
Regardless, the combo of the UA style GUI, modeling focus, and a few different bells and whistles... I'll be at least demoing it.
Regardless, the combo of the UA style GUI, modeling focus, and a few different bells and whistles... I'll be at least demoing it.
Have you tried Vital?
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- KVRist
- 344 posts since 29 May, 2001
+1Cepheus wrote: Sun Nov 08, 2020 3:05 pm The first moments I played Plasmonic, it was clear to me that this synth has the potential to become a classic like Absynth. It is very playable and feels like true instrument especially when I use it in the MPE modus with my Seaboard. Nearly all parameters have a MPE entry, so it makes the synth very responsive to an MPE controller. It certainly has a bit of the DNA of Absynth, its looks, routing stuff and not the usual end-effects. Where Absynth is more analog, sample and granular based, Plasmonic explores the realm of physical modelling where a resonator is excited by wavetable oscillators, pulse and a noise module. The polyphonic saturations also adds to the organic feel of this synth and the two sequential space modules have a typical sound character. Well done
Funny enough, there are always people claiming that you cook something like this up in Reaktor. True, but throwing 4 wheels, an engine and a steering wheel in the mix will give you a car but it’s not necessary a nice car. This is a nice synth with its components well-chosen and tweaked for performance. So get the demo when available and support Brian, so we see this synth grow like Absynth did. Brian is listening, so I can image that something like a mutator or a preset morpher will appear someday in Plasmonic.
Its tweaked for performing, yes