https://nestacoustics.com/
Saw this on YT yesterday and it's a fascinating idea and it's on sale. Best thing is you can load your own samples. Spectral Imprint Sampler.
They only put out one vid, but watch and decide for yourself. (I actually this would be fascinating as a vocoder.)
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- KVRAF
- 14232 posts since 20 Nov, 2003 from Lost and Spaced
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- KVRAF
- 1781 posts since 3 May, 2023 from Norway
Interesting!
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- KVRian
- 1048 posts since 6 Nov, 2010
Ha. Yeah, vocoder is the first thing that came to mind.
Not seeing a downloadable demo though so...
Not seeing a downloadable demo though so...
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 14232 posts since 20 Nov, 2003 from Lost and Spaced
I mean they should make a vocoder version of this.
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- KVRAF
- 9906 posts since 15 Sep, 2005 from East Coast of the USA
Seems interesting. 
I think Icarus might be able to do something similar.
I think Icarus might be able to do something similar.
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- KVRian
- 1030 posts since 15 Feb, 2005
looks like an elegant and focused version of cross convolution and standard pvoc...spiritual successors to what iralive, galaxyX, mccurdy and others were doing over the last 20yrs...you could most likely achieve these same sounds with any convolution processor and vocoder but this looks focused and fun...130$ is cheeky...but looks like comes with fair amount of sample content and if u like their sound design aesthetic maybe
Music had a one night stand with sound design.....And the condom broke
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- KVRAF
- 4570 posts since 12 Jan, 2019
I watched a video for his distortion product. In it, he said the feature where he could put the distortion on one track and have it affected another track was going to revolutionize music making. But, I think it was just the equivalent of sidechaining or using an envelope follower.
Doing nothing is only fun when you have something you are supposed to do.
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- KVRAF
- 1911 posts since 8 Jan, 2022
You can achieve similar with Serum 2 in spectral mode and using the vocoder warp effect.
I think icarus 3 also might have this capability.
There is however something to be said for something that's dedicated to the task like this.
I think icarus 3 also might have this capability.
There is however something to be said for something that's dedicated to the task like this.
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 14232 posts since 20 Nov, 2003 from Lost and Spaced
Yeas I thought the price was too high and I didn't know there is no demo. The pricing also screams demo me first.
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- KVRist
- 447 posts since 17 Jun, 2003 from UK 'ish
I've bought it. Installed and activated.
No GUI resize available - and on a 4K screen it's too small to work with. Also no manual for it either.
I tried contacting through support, but it asks you to open an email account in such a weird way I've not come across before - so I didn't go with it.
Come on Inorganic Audio sort it out...
No GUI resize available - and on a 4K screen it's too small to work with. Also no manual for it either.
I tried contacting through support, but it asks you to open an email account in such a weird way I've not come across before - so I didn't go with it.
Come on Inorganic Audio sort it out...
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- KVRAF
- 1911 posts since 8 Jan, 2022
I went ahead and bought it.
It's very good really.
Cons:
It's a little rough around the edges. Some parameters tend to pop in suddenly at quite intense levels.
It's kind of vague in terms of what the spectral/vocoding section is doing. A lot of parameters with no real explanation of what they're doing and have kind of opaque names. No real documentation to speak of.
It can be a real CPU hog. WHat's weird is that it's inconsistently so. Like, for example having the granular engine on can reduce CPU consumption.
It could do with some more modulators. There's an amp envelope. A weird but cool pitch lfo and a velo0city control for amp and a few others.
Lack of resizing is an oversight. It's fine for me on my monitor but I could see it being an issue for people using higher resolutions.
Pros:
It's incredibly easy to get good results on it and there's a surprising amount of variety even using two sounds. The fact that you can use any samples really makes the sky the limit. It's very flexible.
Despite the centre spectral selection being a bit cryptic the signal and contour sections are very well thought out and again allow for a lot of flexibility.
There's an excellent selection of base samples to choose from.
It excels at ambient pads and weird keys. The visuals work great and are very useful. The inbuilt FX compliment things nicely. There's saturation, a delay, chorus and reverb. All sound decent and are very useful.
I'm kind of surprised at how much I like it. Despite the slight scruffiness its biggest selling point is the speed of how quickly you can get very good results. It's endlessly fun to put random things in and adjust a few parameters and come up with some really interesting sounds.
It reminds me a little of Dawesome Novum but this has its own identity.
It's very good really.
Cons:
It's a little rough around the edges. Some parameters tend to pop in suddenly at quite intense levels.
It's kind of vague in terms of what the spectral/vocoding section is doing. A lot of parameters with no real explanation of what they're doing and have kind of opaque names. No real documentation to speak of.
It can be a real CPU hog. WHat's weird is that it's inconsistently so. Like, for example having the granular engine on can reduce CPU consumption.
It could do with some more modulators. There's an amp envelope. A weird but cool pitch lfo and a velo0city control for amp and a few others.
Lack of resizing is an oversight. It's fine for me on my monitor but I could see it being an issue for people using higher resolutions.
Pros:
It's incredibly easy to get good results on it and there's a surprising amount of variety even using two sounds. The fact that you can use any samples really makes the sky the limit. It's very flexible.
Despite the centre spectral selection being a bit cryptic the signal and contour sections are very well thought out and again allow for a lot of flexibility.
There's an excellent selection of base samples to choose from.
It excels at ambient pads and weird keys. The visuals work great and are very useful. The inbuilt FX compliment things nicely. There's saturation, a delay, chorus and reverb. All sound decent and are very useful.
I'm kind of surprised at how much I like it. Despite the slight scruffiness its biggest selling point is the speed of how quickly you can get very good results. It's endlessly fun to put random things in and adjust a few parameters and come up with some really interesting sounds.
It reminds me a little of Dawesome Novum but this has its own identity.
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 14232 posts since 20 Nov, 2003 from Lost and Spaced
I felt like he made this for himself and released it because end result was good. It would be great if he would participate here. I think he's very talented.