KVR Audio

NystagmusE · Post by **NystagmusE** » Wed Jul 15, 2015 9:53 pm

I'm looking for a free alternative to PsyBOX (which is now vaporware). Can you recommend anything? Even if it's a demo of something paid, that's good. Or if you have a link to the demo versionn of PsyBOX that's good too. Anything would be helpful.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Wed Jul 15, 2015 9:56 pm

The HG Fortune synths? At least seems like those one would be closest to what PsyBOX does.

chaosWyrM · Post by **chaosWyrM** » Wed Jul 15, 2015 9:58 pm

in a word...no.

you can get kind of close with some reaktor grain ensembles.

graincube maybe?

evilantal · Post by **evilantal** » Thu Jul 16, 2015 7:05 am

Is it the sound quality/characteristics you are after or the processing technique?

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Thu Jul 16, 2015 11:05 am

Mabye Dronos by WOK, free for those who donate to his good cause:

http://www.wokwave.com/

http://www.kvraudio.com/product/dronos-by-wok/details

Neon Breath · Post by **Neon Breath** » Thu Jul 16, 2015 4:53 pm

Except maybe some chaotic / random noise generator ensembles created by some Reaktor users, no I don’t think there are any free plugins outhere doing that type of sounds randomness.

But there are some very great (not free but still fairly cheap) granular synths such as Granite or The Mangle that could do something very similar (and even much more since these synths are quite advanced in term of granular synthesis). With a minimal effort all you would have to do is assign tons of random modulations & lfo’s to a bunch of parameters and let the thing goes randomly. That’s basically what Psybox does under the hood.

chaosWyrM · Post by **chaosWyrM** » Thu Jul 16, 2015 6:12 pm

another incredible reaktor ensemble (its also free):

this is actually probably a little closer to psybox than graincube is.

BBFG# · Post by **BBFG#** » Thu Jul 16, 2015 7:40 pm

Not free, but cheap enough (especially during one of their sales):

WaveChaserXT:
http://www.everythingturns.com/ET-V2/wa ... er-xt.html

& ArcWave:
http://www.everythingturns.com/ET-V2/arc-wave.html

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Thu Jul 16, 2015 7:44 pm

chaosWyrM wrote:another incredible reaktor ensemble (its also free)

Has Reaktor become freeware?

chaosWyrM · Post by **chaosWyrM** » Thu Jul 16, 2015 7:46 pm

Numanoid wrote:
chaosWyrM wrote:another incredible reaktor ensemble (its also free)
Has Reaktor become freeware?

did i say reaktor was free? i said dron-e was free...which it is.

besides...it will work for half an hour in reaktor player before cutting out. someone itching for this kind of instrument but doesnt want to get the full reaktor could work around that limitation.

Neon Breath · Post by **Neon Breath** » Thu Jul 16, 2015 7:51 pm

Numanoid wrote:
chaosWyrM wrote:another incredible reaktor ensemble (its also free)
Has Reaktor become freeware?

...Reaktor no. User ensembles, yes. Tons of them.

Neon Breath · Post by **Neon Breath** » Thu Jul 16, 2015 7:52 pm

chaosWyrM wrote:
besides...it will work for half an hour in reaktor player before cutting out. someone itching for this kind of instrument but doesnt want to get the full reaktor could work around that limitation.

Great tip by the way

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Thu Jul 16, 2015 7:58 pm

chaosWyrM wrote:besides...it will work for half an hour in reaktor player before cutting out. someone itching for this kind of instrument but doesnt want to get the full reaktor could work around that limitation.

Yes, one could record some audio output, for further processing and use in a sampler, for example.

But with Reaktor in demo mode, users wont be able to get under "the hood" to put it that way.

chaosWyrM · Post by **chaosWyrM** » Thu Jul 16, 2015 8:59 pm

Numanoid wrote:
chaosWyrM wrote:besides...it will work for half an hour in reaktor player before cutting out. someone itching for this kind of instrument but doesnt want to get the full reaktor could work around that limitation.
Yes, one could record some audio output, for further processing and use in a sampler, for example.

But with Reaktor in demo mode, users wont be able to get under "the hood" to put it that way.

but were talking about using ensembles...specifically dron-e, not "getting under the hood" of reaktor itself.

dron-e can be fully used (for a half hour at a time) in reaktor player...for free.

someone looking for a free psybox alternative...might find that information useful.

last time i used it...psybox didnt allow me to get under the hood of reaktor either...i barely noticed.

:edit:
also theres no need to record the output and then import it back in...if you time out, just reload, a half hour a pop is pretty workable.

Neon Breath · Post by **Neon Breath** » Thu Jul 16, 2015 9:07 pm

Numanoid wrote:
chaosWyrM wrote:besides...it will work for half an hour in reaktor player before cutting out. someone itching for this kind of instrument but doesnt want to get the full reaktor could work around that limitation.
Yes, one could record some audio output, for further processing and use in a sampler, for example.

But with Reaktor in demo mode, users wont be able to get under "the hood" to put it that way.

Does the Reaktor Player allow to change/use our own samples?

Any free alternative to PsyBOX?