KVR Audio

NikkiA · Post by **NikkiA** » Wed Nov 23, 2022 12:29 pm

Try the 'lead' preset 'Bass Bomb Drone', its heavy enough in 1x mode, but 2x oversampling makes it hit the CPU limit for me, and 4x is just glitch noise. Nothing to do with the volume/limiter control in that case, either.

Also, any CPU dropout like this seems to trigger a bug that causes the demo white noise to play permanently.

Erik_Lucas · Post by **Erik_Lucas** » Wed Nov 23, 2022 12:30 pm

This thing sounds fantastic. Very impressed.

wagtunes · Post by **wagtunes** » Wed Nov 23, 2022 12:31 pm

Just purchased along with ABL3. My Thanksgiving gift to myself. Maybe the best $125 I've spent all year.

WatchTheGuitar · Post by **WatchTheGuitar** » Wed Nov 23, 2022 12:46 pm

NikkiA wrote: Wed Nov 23, 2022 12:29 pm Try the 'lead' preset 'Bass Bomb Drone', its heavy enough in 1x mode, but 2x oversampling makes it hit the CPU limit for me, and 4x is just glitch noise. Nothing to do with the volume/limiter control in that case, either.

Also, any CPU dropout like this seems to trigger a bug that causes the demo white noise to play permanently.

oh yeah there are 2 issues, high CPU usage (in a single DAW thread) is obviously a thing too.

Arashi · Post by **Arashi** » Wed Nov 23, 2022 12:50 pm

wagtunes wrote: Wed Nov 23, 2022 12:31 pm Just purchased along with ABL3. My Thanksgiving gift to myself. Maybe the best $125 I've spent all year.

ABL3 is a timeless gem.

DCrown · Post by **DCrown** » Wed Nov 23, 2022 1:01 pm

Sounds amazing, I wish it would be lighter on cpu, though

NikkiA · Post by **NikkiA** » Wed Nov 23, 2022 1:42 pm

Tj Shredder wrote: Wed Nov 23, 2022 7:39 am
Arashi wrote: Wed Nov 23, 2022 6:45 am Why not just drop the keyboard and other decorative areas that just waste screen space so the usable controls can be made larger?
Especially the heat grid seams weird on a fanless M2. Did they emulate the fan sound as well? To be accurate with all the stuff you didn‘t want to have back in the days…

There weren't any fans in the CS-80, the only thing under the ventilation grills were the power transformer and voice boards, as seen here:

Reverend Rhythm · Post by **Reverend Rhythm** » Wed Nov 23, 2022 2:12 pm

The GX-80, like the CS-80 and GX-1, is a semi-deep instrument with an unusual approach to synthesis. In addition, it has its on sound. It doesn't approach editing like a normal synth, at least at first glance. The CS-80 layout is a little odd at first glance. Why have a global control for filters that effects the synth sections Filters? Why call the synth section a "Rank Voice Parameters" section? It's going to take some time to learn.

I had to watch the video, and consult the manual. And I'll probably need to do that some more. This is a emulation of one of the most historical synths ever. For me, it is worth the effort. I get it that this synth is not for everyone. Synthwave people should love it, but I can't really see it much for some other styles of electronica.

If you study the presets I think you'll begin to see how it works. Or you can start with a initialized preset are see what happens. For me, those sliders are asking to be moved. Another help for me was when I saw that the orange sliders are specific to the GX1. If you are looking for more of a CS-80 sound, ignore those.

Artie Fichelle · Post by **Artie Fichelle** » Wed Nov 23, 2022 3:28 pm

I tried it, I compared it to Arturia (just presets), i LIKE it.

wwjd · Post by **wwjd** » Wed Nov 23, 2022 11:33 pm

so, in the demo, after the 3rd NOISE RUSH, it continues indefinitely? That's sort of annoying.
had it open 5 minutes, and had to restart

Spitfire31 · Post by **Spitfire31** » Wed Nov 23, 2022 11:40 pm

Maybe the continuing noise is something to do with your system, which you didn't describe.

I didn't notice anything like that during a hour's demo yesterday, iMac 2019, 10.14.6 Mojave in Live 11.2. Today I bought it without further ado, so…

Muziksculp · Post by **Muziksculp** » Thu Nov 24, 2022 12:51 am

A fantastic Synth by Cherry Audio. The GX-80 is imho. the best sounding synth I purchased in the last two years. I love it.

I just wish it was more CPU efficient. Hopefully Cherry Audio can significantly improve its efficiency via updates. Otherwise this is a miraculously awesome synth to use.

muki · Post by **muki** » Thu Nov 24, 2022 2:28 am

wwjd wrote: Wed Nov 23, 2022 11:33 pm so, in the demo, after the 3rd NOISE RUSH, it continues indefinitely? That's sort of annoying.
had it open 5 minutes, and had to restart

yes - i can replicate - even after a few minutes by doing this:

switchin oversampling brings up the noise more often and frequently
and
if i switch oversampling while the noise is on, the the chances are quite good, that it will become permanent...

muki · Post by **muki** » Thu Nov 24, 2022 2:30 am

aftertouch mode "last" is something unique isn't it?

or is there any other synth that does this ?

love this mode

briefcasemanx · Post by **briefcasemanx** » Thu Nov 24, 2022 2:39 am

Wait a second. GentleClockDivider is saying that Aphex Twin called him immediately after a Cherry Audio synth announcement to talk about how it doesn't sound accurate to one of his synths that they didn't directly emulate, but just stole some features from? Or is this a strange joke where I'm not getting the punchline?

Cherry Audio Releases GX-80 Synthesizer