KVR Audio

justified · Post by **justified** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 2:59 am

Pretty great sounding VA, especially I liked the way filter screams.

I have some "comments" though:
1. GUI is unnecessarily huge.
2. Only six notes max poly.
3. Pretty big CPU load (maybe has to do with great sounding filters).

michael2 · Post by **michael2** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 3:46 am

i don't mind the GUI that size; but this thing just wails. it's like a pissed off Devo, up on meth for a week. thanks guys.

theviirus · Post by **theviirus** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 4:30 am

GeorgeZ · Post by **GeorgeZ** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 5:13 am

Wheeee, can't wait to try! Cheers TAL!!

dhalfen · Post by **dhalfen** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 5:31 am

justified wrote:1. GUI is unnecessarily huge.

The size is perfect for my screen - iMac 24" @ 1,920 x 1,200 resolution.

GeorgeZ · Post by **GeorgeZ** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 7:01 am

...had a play now, and these filters are SICK

Bloody brilliant!

risome · Post by **risome** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 7:26 am

As always way cool Tal

Xenox.AFL · Post by **Xenox.AFL** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 7:35 am

I heard several people posting in a forum that they have problems with CPU load, i betatested everything on the mac with logic9, 32 and 64 bit, and there is no problem with the CPU load, i did the Demosong (http://www.vimeo.com/13631358) with over 14 instances in Logic in realtime an a old imac 17", Intel Core Duo2 with 2Ghz...

Frank

GeorgeZ · Post by **GeorgeZ** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 7:51 am

Just did a demo track, 7 instances, at full bore... didn't even make a dent, on a AMD 2x64 6000+ stock.

EvilDragon · Post by **EvilDragon** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 8:17 am

6 notes of poly can eat up to 20% of CPU over here with certain presets... So yeah, it's a bit high CPU load.

Core2Duo 2 GHz.

Xenox.AFL · Post by **Xenox.AFL** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 9:31 am

DragonSynth:

I need more infos, please about your machine, CPU, Ram, Host etc.

Frank

EvilDragon · Post by **EvilDragon** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 9:38 am

Intel Core2Duo E4400 @ 2.0 GHz
2 GB DDR2 800 MHz RAM
Reaper 3.651 (so, a fairly effective VST host)

hakey · Post by **hakey** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 9:57 am

If I run the init patch, turn up gain and select the triangle wave in OSC2 and set OSC1 gain to zero, then play a note with the UI open whilst moving the mouse around I hear crackles and clicks (though these don't appear to be CPU spikes - as CPU use seems to be <2%).

Live 8.1
Q6600 processor

EDIT: Just tried in Live 8.1.4 and it's okay - must be an issue with Live 8.1

EDIT#2: It does it in 8.1.4 too! (for whatever reason it doesn't happen every time). And it does seem to be associated with CPU spikes - I'm getting very brief spikes of >20%.

Apart from that it sounds very nice, as one would expect from TAL.

Xenox.AFL · Post by **Xenox.AFL** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 10:01 am

DragonSagoth wrote:Intel Core2Duo E4400 @ 2.0 GHz
2 GB DDR2 800 MHz RAM
Reaper 3.651 (so, a fairly effective VST host)

Are here more User from Renoise who can reproduce this, 1 instance = 20%

Frank

WOK · Post by **WOK** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 10:09 am

Aahh, finally something with a BIG GUI, not this fiddly mini knobs!

Four comments to the Dev:
- The waveform selects should work as the other select buttons: with a dropdown list.
- The LFO DEST +/- dial has an inconsistent behaviour for example with the saw wave and together with the envelope control.
- A little OSC tuning randomization when pressing keys could prevent this digital exactness effect whenn pressing chords/octaves to make it sound even more analog
- Instead of the "bit" knob please insert an overdrive/fuzz

Nice machine though...

TAL released NoiseMaker