KVR Audio

rustman · Post by **rustman** » Tue Nov 17, 2015 7:55 am

It's on sale at AudioDeluxe. I still can't quite make the move.

Musical Gym · Post by **Musical Gym** » Tue Nov 17, 2015 8:28 am

rustman wrote:It's on sale at AudioDeluxe. I still can't quite make the move.

I have it and hardly ever use it. I think there are some threads about it here if you search.
I use Egoist a lot; for me it's way more inspiring and the slicer can do some really cool things for custom samples; plus the bass, percussion, and effects section are highly tweakable and useable. Just mentioned Egoist as a comparison since they're a bit similar in nature but not that much.

noiseboyuk · Post by **noiseboyuk** » Tue Nov 17, 2015 8:37 am

Arch it's such a shame. It's 2/3rds of a fantastic product, but iZotope just abandoned it. Does the company no favours at all to do that, just makes people wary of buying anything else from them.

At $99... Could be worth it. Wouldn't pay any more than that tho. I personally haven't found a really great replacement for Stylus RMX, I wish Spectrasonics would get on with it already. Since Omni 2 development has been relatively quiet (compared to Omni 1's first year), I'm semi-hopeful that RMX 2 / replacement might be at next year's NAMM. Probably wishful thinking, but at least they've confirmed its in the works.

rustman · Post by **rustman** » Tue Nov 17, 2015 8:49 am

yep. I just mirrored a similar, previous thread about this. I guess the $99 factor was my main point here. It just seems like a lot of possible use and samples for a hundred bucks, especially with the entire collection of expansions. ...then again (as stated on the other thread...nobody wants to sound like BT Jr.

noiseboyuk · Post by **noiseboyuk** » Tue Nov 17, 2015 8:53 am

rustman wrote:nobody wants to sound like BT Jr.

Because the whole thing is set up to use microsteps easily, there's the temptation to throw them over everything. I rarely, if ever, use them, and the product should function perfectly well without them. As you say, there's a vast sound library, and some of the programming ideas are good. It's just... ah, what I've said in a dozen other threads!

db3 · Post by **db3** » Tue Nov 17, 2015 9:00 am

It's $88 in basket. I think that's a pretty sweet deal with all the expansions...if only to add a little extra flavour to primary tools.

Michael L · Post by **Michael L** » Tue Nov 17, 2015 9:02 am

rustman wrote:I guess the $99 factor was my main point here.

Also value your time. Will you enjoy the time you spend learning to use it well?
Sadly, Iris2 is $88 in basket too-- it must also be at the end of its life.

rustman · Post by **rustman** » Tue Nov 17, 2015 9:13 am

Funny thing, I was looking at Iris 2 as well. I have v.1 but 2 looks a lot more useful beyond the semi-novelty of the spectral editing.

Now we have the $88 in cart wrinkle. I think I should go ahead and get BT and think a bit about Iris 2. Sometimes when you just pull something out of the dust, it can re-ignite a track that is stuck. BT might be nice to have on hand for this. For example, I pulled out Arturia Spark last night and was surprised how easily it fit in with the track I was doing. I don't think I'd ever used it before then.

Musical Gym · Post by **Musical Gym** » Tue Nov 17, 2015 9:26 am

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rustman · Post by **rustman** » Tue Nov 17, 2015 10:04 am

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MillerSam · Post by **MillerSam** » Tue Nov 17, 2015 10:10 am

BreakTweaker is great for making special beats
Not seeing a drum machine before with such an engine
An Wavetable Oscillators and Sample based

Musical Gym · Post by **Musical Gym** » Tue Nov 17, 2015 10:11 am

rustman wrote:
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I was going to recommend looking at jrrshop but found a big price tag for breaktweaker expanded.

@millersam - thanks for posting vid; revived my interest in it

rustman · Post by **rustman** » Tue Nov 17, 2015 10:17 am

Musical Gym wrote:
rustman wrote:
Musical Gym wrote:erroneous info deleted
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I was going to recommend looking at jrrshop but found a big price tag for breaktweaker expanded.

thanks for posting vid; revived my interest in it

Ditto.

rustman · Post by **rustman** » Tue Nov 17, 2015 10:20 am

Listen up there MillerSam-

You are partly responsible for me kicking out some cabbage for Phonem as soon as Wolfy let's it loose.

rustman · Post by **rustman** » Tue Nov 17, 2015 10:27 am

Yes, I need to do my own homework, but does anyone know if BT will let you drag MIDI and/or audio loops to your DAW tracks? I prefer to arrange in the DAW.

Is Breaktweaker Expanded worth $99?