Pulsar 900 Series

[pulsarmodular]

Anyway, sooner or later someone will come out with exactly the same quality and idea for windows, and Pulsarmodular will have lost their chance to get rich.

Getting rich from synth plug-ins? That's about as likely as getting rich from panhandling

[EvilDragon]

Ask u-he! It was one guy doing stuff for fun. Now it's 12 people and turning at least decently high 6 digits yearly (apparently, development of Repro-1/5 sunk over a million of shiny "buck" things during R&D). I'd say they're well-off, if not exactly "rich".

[pulsarmodular]

Ask u-he! It was one guy doing stuff for fun. Now it's 12 people and turning at least decently high 6 digits yearly (apparently, development of Repro-1/5 sunk over a million of shiny "buck" things during R&D). I'd say they're well-off, if not exactly "rich".

Good for him He started a long time ago and I believe was able to grow it organically. I believe these days you need a serious marketing budget to make a splash, or already be one of the big players that get press attention. I advertised once on sonic state...and yet they never wrote a single word about the P900 .

[EvilDragon]

I don't see u-he plastered absolutely everywhere I turn, so I'm not exactly sure they have a "serious marketing budget" they're spending... Sure they do ads but nowhere near as aggressive as some others. I guess being accessible to their users on forums and social media plus word of mouth beats any expensive ad

[wagtunes]

Here's how I feel about this whole conversation right about now.

[Cinebient]

Here's how I feel about this whole conversation right about now.

Well, just leave the thread my friend

[Cinebient]

I find it an interesting conversation since the developer just say why things are like the are right now.
And i agree that marketing is a main part maybe and even if U-he soesn´t do that like N.I., Arturia and other bigger companies he still has what i would call a famous name (but the tools are indeed mostly really great).
What PulsarModular said about falling under the radar is what also happened with some other developers which i think made some outstanding DSP but no one really cared.
But what do i care....as long as it works and not a million people have the same tool again

[Cinebient]

Yes, but i still think that a seperate OS for multi-touch and desktop tools is better.

No, it's not. It's causing fragmentation for developers which could support both types of workflows from a single framework instead of two... Apple only recently understood these benefits, which are VERY real.


Now, adoption rate of these technologies is a different thing altogether. iOS had a lot of time to grow to where it is now, so of course there will be many more apps taking advantage of the platform. But that doesn't mean it couldn't have just been a single OS, at all. It's just that Apple likes to f*ck developers a lot, and every new macOS update there's something new that breaks and all devs need to fix THEIR code (instead of being mindful of devs and keeping backwards compatibility and NOT BREAKING THINGS). Meh.


ANYWAYS.

I see we won´t agree here ever. All i can say is what i heard from some developers and my own experience with both workflows.
But it would be boring if we would agree on anything anyway

[kaerus]

Maybe crowdfunding could be an option to get the P900 to the masses.
I don't have windows but I'd pay extra for a sampler module with granular synthesis.

[christian f.]

Maybe crowdfunding could be an option to get the P900 to the masses.
I don't have windows but I'd pay extra for a sampler module with granular synthesis.

You have to realize that this is not a plugin for the masses.
Modular Synthesis is a niche market and no marketing or crowdfunding is going to change that.

I hear a lot of praise here for the oscillators , reverb and filters , but I was mostly impressed with the
snappy envelopes.

I tried to recreate some very percussive chords I did with my hardware modular and P900 could hold up very well

It really is an amazing tool to have in the box

[Cinebient]

Maybe crowdfunding could be an option to get the P900 to the masses.
I don't have windows but I'd pay extra for a sampler module with granular synthesis.

You have to realize that this is not a plugin for the masses.
Modular Synthesis is a niche market and no marketing or crowdfunding is going to change that.

I hear a lot of praise here for the oscillators , reverb and filters , but I was mostly impressed with the
snappy envelopes.

I tried to recreate some very percussive chords I did with my hardware modular and P900 could hold up very well

It really is an amazing tool to have in the box

Yep, i also praised the snappy envelopes too. They are really what i would call snappy like a crocodile.
The only other synth with such snappy envelopes (maybe even a bit more snappy) might be Dagger.
But at the end it is the combination of all this which sets P900 apart for me.
There might be always a synth which is better in a special area but not when i put this all together and can use it in a modular synth.

[kaerus]

Maybe crowdfunding could be an option to get the P900 to the masses.
I don't have windows but I'd pay extra for a sampler module with granular synthesis.

You have to realize that this is not a plugin for the masses.
Modular Synthesis is a niche market and no marketing or crowdfunding is going to change that.

You mean this is not a plugin for windows users? I disagree.
We are talking about a couple hundred users for funding a port (my guestimate).
But I have no idea about the size of this niche market.

[Cinebient]

Maybe crowdfunding could be an option to get the P900 to the masses.
I don't have windows but I'd pay extra for a sampler module with granular synthesis.

You have to realize that this is not a plugin for the masses.
Modular Synthesis is a niche market and no marketing or crowdfunding is going to change that.

You mean this is not a plugin for windows users? I disagree.
We are talking about a couple hundred users for funding a port (my guestimate).
But I have no idea about the size of this niche market.

I wonder about this too.
I mean f.e. the eurorack market is big, or?

[kaerus]

Maybe crowdfunding could be an option to get the P900 to the masses.
I don't have windows but I'd pay extra for a sampler module with granular synthesis.

You have to realize that this is not a plugin for the masses.
Modular Synthesis is a niche market and no marketing or crowdfunding is going to change that.

You mean this is not a plugin for windows users? I disagree.
We are talking about a couple hundred users for funding a port (my guestimate).
But I have no idea about the size of this niche market.

I wonder about this too.
I mean f.e. the eurorack market is big, or?

Atleast I had no problems to sell my A100 system containing 40+ modules.
However my dotcom system is more or less unsellable.
With the P900 I have all that I need from a modular system and with polyphony too.

[Cinebient]

Maybe crowdfunding could be an option to get the P900 to the masses.
I don't have windows but I'd pay extra for a sampler module with granular synthesis.

You have to realize that this is not a plugin for the masses.
Modular Synthesis is a niche market and no marketing or crowdfunding is going to change that.

You mean this is not a plugin for windows users? I disagree.
We are talking about a couple hundred users for funding a port (my guestimate).
But I have no idea about the size of this niche market.

I wonder about this too.
I mean f.e. the eurorack market is big, or?

Atleast I had no problems to sell my A100 system containing 40+ modules.
However my dotcom system is more or less unsellable.
With the P900 I have all that I need from a modular system and with polyphony too.

Psssssssst......it´s a secret weapon.