consider yourself shriven ...Introspective wrote: Mon Feb 28, 2022 8:24 pm Okay, it so happens that for a completely unrelated reason, I reinstalled Absynth the other day, and, for yucks, I was playing through some of the presets for it just today.
I retract everything I said about it. It's a wonderful synth that is still very much relevant today. I am an ass. I am wrong. I am sorry. Please forgive me.
What is the new Absynth?
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You're missing the point completely if you think the only utility of having MSEGs everywhere is for writing presets that sound like mini-songs. All this really shows is the limitations of your imagination when it comes to programming synths; you can do far, far more with MSEGs (especially when they are available for every parameter) than simply making 'song in a preset' patches, like Avenger does (and guess what, it doesn't do it with MSEGs at all, it does it with its Arp and Drum sequencer).Introspective wrote: Wed Dec 22, 2021 2:53 pm
IMO, it (meaning, MSEGs everywhere) is overrated: I'd rather use my DAW for writing songs than "program" one into a preset (I've really never understood why this is such a big thing. I'm looking at you, VPS Avenger). ...but if that's your schtick, then schtick to it.
If you spend some time checking out Absynth patches and understanding how they work, it will very quickly become clear what role the MSEGs are playing in the sound design. Same as any other modulation source: adding dynamic movement and change to the sound over time. They just allow doing so in a far more evolved way (if desired) than a standard LFO or Envelope. This applies to Zebra, and other synths besides Absynth, of course. But they are one of the main draws of Absynth, for sure.
Reducing them exclusively to the role of "song in a preset" is absurd. Every single Absynth patch makes use of them, yet only a small handful of Absynth patches are 'song in a preset' sequences.