KVR Audio

scott_free · Post by **scott_free** » Mon Jun 07, 2021 1:19 am

Hey everyone,

Just noticed that Puremagnetik is having a sale: $20 for Granular Suite. Listening now to sound examples on their page.

Anyone have any experience with some of the effects in the Granular Suite?

https://puremagnetik.com/collections/granular-suite

gtcrean · Post by **gtcrean** » Mon Jun 07, 2021 1:47 am

I love the idea of their plugins and they seem great, but unfortunately they all mysteriously completely overloaded my CPU and caused dropouts (even when they are the only plugin, my cpu does not struggle with anything even remotely comparable, etc.). So they were unusable for me. Hope you have better results.

scott_free · Post by **scott_free** » Mon Jun 07, 2021 5:36 am

Thanks for the reply. Appreciate it. I don't see a way to demo, though perhaps I missed it. Hmm. . .$20 is a good deal. I guess the question is, "Do I feel lucky?"

WasteLand · Post by **WasteLand** » Mon Jun 07, 2021 6:22 am

great stuff. no problems with cpu or dropouts.
do you feel lucky? these plugins will give a lot of mangling fun! and for great sounds....!

gtcrean · Post by **gtcrean** » Mon Jun 07, 2021 4:06 pm

Yeah I also didn't find a way to demo, though there are a number of plugins that are free or very cheap that you could sample. The developer kindly reimbursed me when they were unable to resolve my issues. Don't mean to turn you off from them, I am not sure how common my results are!

thecontrolcentre · Post by **thecontrolcentre** » Mon Jun 07, 2021 4:25 pm

Where are you seeing $20 sale price? It says $49 when I follow the sale link
https://puremagnetik.com/products/granu ... on-toolbox

ralfrobert · Post by **ralfrobert** » Mon Jun 07, 2021 4:46 pm

thecontrolcentre wrote: Mon Jun 07, 2021 4:25 pm Where are you seeing $20 sale price? It says $49 when I follow the sale link
https://puremagnetik.com/products/granu ... on-toolbox

Sale is over.

martinjuenke · Post by **martinjuenke** » Mon Jun 07, 2021 6:20 pm

Thank god, I was tempted.
Saved me 20$.

ralfrobert · Post by **ralfrobert** » Mon Jun 07, 2021 6:24 pm

martinjuenke wrote: Mon Jun 07, 2021 6:20 pm Thank god, I was tempted.
Saved me 20$.

Tempted, too. This stuff looks very interesting. i have to test-drive some of them that I already have lying around on my HD and see if they add anything to my arsenal. My god, so many fancy toys. The market for plugins is an overcrowded mess, really.

plexuss · Post by **plexuss** » Mon Jun 07, 2021 7:58 pm

I have a lot of the Puremagnetik plugins, but not all of them. They are interesting and sometimes useful. I wouldn't pay $20 each for them however. To me, they are like little audio DSP ideas that sometimes have a use in my work. Also, I enjoy experiencing other people's creativity and these seem to me to be that too. And finally, I think Purmagnetik does good work so I like supporting them. But I only buy when I get a good deal, that makes sense for me. This last sale, I had all but one of the plugins so it didn't make sense. I keep my eyes open for their bundle sales though...

foosnark · Post by **foosnark** » Mon Jun 07, 2021 8:47 pm

I've got a few Puremagnetik plugins, all bought on sale. In retrospect, I think I'd only recommend Bitfight83 and Clusters, and when they're on sale. (Although they do have some newer stuff I haven't really checked out yet).

Also they do weird things if they receive MIDI. In Bitwig I often have to put a channel filter in place so they don't boost the volume whenever there's a Note On in effect and then cut it when it ends. Bizarre behavior.

jancivil · Post by **jancivil** » Mon Jun 07, 2021 8:54 pm

I'm mulling over 20 bucks for the swarm thing right now
anybody wanna dissuade me?

kvotchin · Post by **kvotchin** » Mon Jun 07, 2021 9:26 pm

jancivil wrote: Mon Jun 07, 2021 8:54 pm I'm mulling over 20 bucks for the swarm thing right now
anybody wanna dissuade me?

You have more than enough plugins already. You don’t need yet another.

There, I tried.

plexuss · Post by **plexuss** » Mon Jun 07, 2021 11:54 pm

jancivil wrote: Mon Jun 07, 2021 8:54 pm I'm mulling over 20 bucks for the swarm thing right now
anybody wanna dissuade me?

Just buy it. You know you want to.

dopet · Post by **dopet** » Thu Jun 10, 2021 4:09 am

Huge Puremagnetik fan. I added that collection to my collection during the sale. No demos. It’s been kind of hinted at that these can be looked at as one trick pony fx. The tricks they do are pretty good though.

. I find I often use a few in series for added fun and approach them like a modular tool box.

You can’t midi learn any of the controls so in Studio One I need to use a midi loop back driver to control them from any type of software CC altering device (out of studio one, piped back in as external instrument). You can, however, draw the automation for any control right on the track Also the tape loop ones don’t save the audio buffer. The Dev said they could potentially work these into an update.

Re: the swarm effect. If you like ez clicks and glitches this gets you there fast.

Puremagnetik -Granular Suite | Experimental Sound Toolbox