KVR Audio

wagtunes · Post by **wagtunes** » Tue Dec 12, 2017 4:37 pm

So what do you guys think? It's pay what you think it's worth.

http://blamsoft.com/vst/vk-1-viking-synthesizer/

Ingonator · Post by **Ingonator** » Tue Dec 12, 2017 4:40 pm

Never tried it but looks like this tries to emulate the Moog Minimoog Voyager or is at least inspired by it.

Here are pictures of Minimoog Voyager RME and Viking VK-1:

wagtunes · Post by **wagtunes** » Tue Dec 12, 2017 4:46 pm

Ingonator wrote:Never tried it but looks like this tries to emulate the Moog Minimoog Voyager or is at least inspired by it.

Well, I'm currently listening to the demos and, to my ears anyway, it sounds excellent.

Maybe somebody with more critical listening skills will chime in.

As a mono synth goes, looks like a no brainer to me, especially at this price.

ghettosynth · Post by **ghettosynth** » Tue Dec 12, 2017 4:46 pm

I'm not impressed at all, YMMV!

wagtunes · Post by **wagtunes** » Tue Dec 12, 2017 4:48 pm

ghettosynth wrote:I'm not impressed at all, YMMV!

Okay, I trust your ears. What exactly doesn't impress you? Do you hear problems in the filtering, oscillators, something else?

Just curious.

fluffy_little_something · Tue Dec 12, 2017 4:59 pm

How old is that thing even? There is a KVR thread from 2012 on the rack extension version of it...
If it were any good, it would not be virtually unknown

sqigls · Post by **sqigls** » Tue Dec 12, 2017 5:02 pm

macOS 10.12 or newer

why do developers insist on doing this?

Apratim · Post by **Apratim** » Tue Dec 12, 2017 5:04 pm

my friend uses expanse(reason) form them and he says the filters are a bit odd to listen to that the regular filter from other devs dont know about the synth you mentioned

ghettosynth · Post by **ghettosynth** » Tue Dec 12, 2017 5:04 pm

wagtunes wrote:
ghettosynth wrote:I'm not impressed at all, YMMV!
Okay, I trust your ears. What exactly doesn't impress you? Do you hear problems in the filtering, oscillators, something else?

Just curious.

It sounds like outdated filter to me. They tout oversampling, which is fine, but not a solution that's sufficient anymore. I see no point in this type of emulation. It's an emulation of a synth that is a remodel of a classic but where there are subtle differences in the circuitry owing to modernization but then they only superficially model the hardware.

It's three oscillators into an average by today's standard ladder filter, what's the point?

starflakeprj · Post by **starflakeprj** » Tue Dec 12, 2017 5:05 pm

fluffy_little_something wrote:How old is that thing even? There is a KVR thread from 2012 on the rack extension version of it...
If it were any good, it would not be virtually unknown

It's pretty well known to the Reason community. I'm not the right person to ask about sound though, I just think it sounds great, and I can't hear any flaws in filters, oscillators and so on.

fluffy_little_something · Tue Dec 12, 2017 5:12 pm

starflakeprj wrote:
fluffy_little_something wrote:How old is that thing even? There is a KVR thread from 2012 on the rack extension version of it...
If it were any good, it would not be virtually unknown
It's pretty well known to the Reason community. I'm not the right person to ask about sound though, I just think it sounds great, and I can't hear any flaws in filters, oscillators and so on.

Ah sorry, I am not part of the breast implant community, so I did not know it

db3 · Post by **db3** » Tue Dec 12, 2017 5:24 pm

This is old in RE land...and there’s a newer RE version...

http://blamsoft.com/rack-extensions/vk- ... nthesizer/

That said, can’t beat pay what you want

Cinebient · Post by **Cinebient** » Tue Dec 12, 2017 5:46 pm

I know it from iOS and it´s O.K. but nothing against the more modern emulations or synths we have all. I even would prefer DRC (oh, i really love it) much more.

Ingonator · Post by **Ingonator** » Tue Dec 12, 2017 5:50 pm

U-He Diva in the Minimoog Osc module seems to include some of the advanced features in Minimoog Voyager (on which VK-1 seems to be based on) like e.g. morphable waveforms and Osc Sync.

grymmjack · Post by **grymmjack** » Tue Dec 12, 2017 6:17 pm

Tough crowd.

Free VST, with no strings attached (granted it's pay what you want).

Sign me up.

I'll try it and if I like it I'll pay for it. I think this is a great way to introduce their product line into the VST ecosystem; presuming they intend to gauge interest for further product conversions from REs to VST?

Merry Christmas KVR

VK-1 Viking Synthesizer