Repro-5 public beta (Repro V1.1)

[Ivan_C]

Don't know what has been already reported or what is normal, but when I play with the OSC A only in Repro-5, gettings some sounds, and then disable the triangle + square switches, I can still get a few "plocks" by playing with my keyboard before getting finally no sound at all every time.

[Urs]

Don't know what has been already reported or what is normal, but when I play with the OSC A only in Repro-5, gettings some sounds, and then disable the triangle + square switches, I can still get a few "plocks" by playing with my keyboard before getting finally no sound at all every time.

Problem of digital poly synths: Voices go to sleep to save CPU. We continue to calculate modulations, but we can't update parameter settings until the audio is processed again.

Repro-1 does this even in zZz mode, but zZz for Repro-5 would still be like holding a chord.

[clangorous]

52 seconds as a result of the last hour while playing with Retro 5
4x Repro5 and 1x Repro 1 (all with HQ settings) and some additional synth (Dune, Serum, HalionSonic) to fill the space

https://soundcloud.com/52degree/the-wis ... et/s-TZfvj

Here is also a screenshot of the project Screenshot Cubase 9.5

Awesome!

Thanks

Oh man that is sweet!

[cb8rwh]

This uses 7 instances of Repro-5, about as many as my ageing CPU will handle. Presets are ones I have created. Excuse the lead towards the end, it was recorded using my pc keyboard and mouse to move the mod wheel Went for the slow builder...hopefully not too slow a build!

https://soundcloud.com/rich-whitfield/reprocess

[Stefken]

I don't quite get the admiration for the Prophet 5.

this man has the best answer for you.



and that's just it. if you don't like it... you know what to do.

I was kind of expecting an answer with more insight.
But hey, smartass answers are always easier than actually saying something usefull.

[hakey]

What kind of insight would make you get the admiration for the Prophet 5, or anything that some people like but you don't?

I don't get why people like liquorice. No amount of insight is going to persuade me otherwise.

[egbert]

Now makes me wonder if the guy who was trying to get him on the Beta/Sound Design team was him all the time

Was there ever any doubt?

I suspect this guy took what Scaramucci said Bannon was trying to do in the office in the west wing as his model - but, he digresses ...

[Stefken]

What kind of insight would make you get the admiration for the Prophet 5, or anything that some people like but you don't?

I don't get why people like liquorice. No amount of insight is going to persuade me otherwise.

Well, Ingonator certainly gave some interesting pointers. I don't make up my mind in 5 minutes.
I don't have experience with a prophet 5. Most of the currently available presets didn't do it for me and and a quick Youtube search also showed videos with lame, bread and butter sounds. So I was wondering: what's so special about these lame sounds.

But a few pointers showed that you can easily get fat sounds out of it and I'm hoping I can also get some interesting pad sounds with a few nice tweaks. Some limitations might also be compensated with adding some insert effects... Stuff like that...

I'll admit I didn't do my homework, but if you don't like my question you know what you can do...

[Urs]

what's so special about these lame sounds.

What's special about Repro-5 is that it sounds pretty much like that old piece of hardware. That is something we can probably and most objectively agree on, and that is the sole basis of what's being discussed here. I.e. it sounds like it's supposed to, and it also comes with the presets one would expect it to.

Whether you like those "lame" sounds or not is entirely your individual preference. But please do not make the mistake of judging Repro-5 by your stance on some bread'n'butter vintage synth. It's not a bug or whatever flaw of Repro-5 (or its preset library) if you don't like what the original hardware does.

That said, I'm sure Repro-5 can do some "phat" stuff which isn't boring for you, but my gut feeling tells me you're better off with a different product that's more loaded with the sounds you prefer.

[hakey]

if you don't like my question

If you don't like my answer...

The video - if you ignore the cringe - explains the history. That's part of the synth's appeal.

This is slightly heretical, but it's an analog poly, and they all sound far more similar than they sound different. Perhaps you just don't like analog synths?

[Stefken]

Perhaps you just don't like analog synths?

I'm actually (very) fond of the analog sound and do think that a lot of synths have a character of their own. But you won't get me excited with a cheesy brass sound.

I just had a superficial look at repro-5 and I've not made any preset myself yet so I'm still assessing how I could use this synth (I already own repro-1 so it's included). I really liked some patches in the "pads" section. They had a specific character for me that you could not easily create with another synth.
That's the sort of things that I look for in a synth.

[Stefken]

what's so special about these lame sounds.

But please do not make the mistake of judging Repro-5 by your stance on some bread'n'butter vintage synth. It's not a bug or whatever flaw of Repro-5 (or its preset library) if you don't like what the original hardware does.

I'm not. That's why I was talking about the Prophet 5. The lame sounds were also videos of a hardware Prophet 5. I'm pretty sure the emulation is spot on.

[troubler]

a slight bug in Ableton Live when mapping parameters onto Push encoders (in green Configure mode): clicking on the previous/next preset arrows (< >) random parameters show up for mapping.

Where exactly are you seeing those random parameters showing up? In Ableton Live, or in the Push controller, or in the Repro plugin? We tried it in the office, and could not find any odd things showing up. Could you maybe make a screenshot or a pic to show how this looks?
Just FYI, the previous/next preset arrows cannot be MIDI learned. But there should be no weird random parameters popping up when clicking on them. So it would be great for us to see what's going on there.

hi there,

well i just tried it again in OSX 10.12.6 and Ableton 9.7.1 with Push1: insert plugin, unfold device parameters, put Repro5 into Configure mode, click the preset arrows and a series of parameters shows up as it were for automation mapping both in the device window and in the Push controller screen under the knobs; yesterday it seemed to me they showed up only in the Push screen but i just re-did it and varius parameters pop up in both places...so the arrows definitely respond and give off data even though they themselves are not mappable.

you might also check the Unison button, it is not mappable at all; and only some of the Tweak switches are automatable even though all appear as midi-mappable: for instance neither of the saw inversion switches show up for automation. best wishes

[Greggers]

If you don't like my answer...

Exactly

I've learned in this life there is always one odd dumb jerk who comes to a party where everyone enjoys their time and has good fun and tries to rain on everyone's parade. There is always this type of guy, it's like a rule of sorts. "A freak in the family", so to speak.

This thread is not an exception. If you don't get it, don't like it, you don't this and that, just get out. Go back to your Absynth and Spire, which you prefer to Prophet-5 and leave the party in peace. If you really prefer Spire to Prophet-5 you cannot be helped anyway, not on KVR at least. Maybe you should take your chance at psychiatric hospital.

What am I missing here ?

Literally nothing, except a couple of ears connected to a brain and a good taste. But that would require a brain, so nevermind. You lost nothing in this thread, no. You may leave.

[synth_punk]

Dilly Dilly!

what's so special about these lame sounds.

What's special about Repro-5 is that it sounds pretty much like that old piece of hardware. That is something we can probably and most objectively agree on, and that is the sole basis of what's being discussed here. I.e. it sounds like it's supposed to, and it also comes with the presets one would expect it to.

Whether you like those "lame" sounds or not is entirely your individual preference. But please do not make the mistake of judging Repro-5 by your stance on some bread'n'butter vintage synth. It's not a bug or whatever flaw of Repro-5 (or its preset library) if you don't like what the original hardware does.

That said, I'm sure Repro-5 can do some "phat" stuff which isn't boring for you, but my gut feeling tells me you're better off with a different product that's more loaded with the sounds you prefer.