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CM-505 has an average user rating of 3.33 from 3 reviews

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User Reviews by KVR Members for CM-505

CM-505

Reviewed By zone_ahead [all]
October 15th, 2003
Version reviewed: 1.0 on Windows

Much of the previous reviewers comments are correct. It definitely is best suited for more "dirty" drums overall.

For a free program, I like it. It is very easy to use. There are not a whole lot of parameters which makes for quick tweaking.

It has been mostly a stable program. The only problem I have had is using it with the VST wrapper both in Sonar 2 & 3. It doesn't remember the settings for the project so you need to make sure to save your settings as a preset or you will be SOL. Also, when you first open up a project using 505 in Sonar you have to also open up CM505 and bring up your preset or else you won't hear any sounds. Kind of a pain.

There is a little disclaimer regarding this program as being "as is", but from what I have heard they may be a future release with some bug fixes.

As far as support, the computer music forum's have a forum dedicated to all their "exclusive" instruments.

I didn't even look for any literature (manual, read me, etc.). It is really straight forward. It even shows you the routing right on the front of the GUI. CM did a tutorial for it. I don't know if it has been posted on their site or not.

As far as sounds go:

I have to say that I have been using this primarily for kick drums. This thing is very versatile for kicks and you can coax a wide variety of sounds to suite your needs. Tight, boomy, warm, low-fi, whatever. The bit crusher on the kick sounds great.

I don't think the rest of the drums sound as good or are as versatile as the kicks on the 505. The snares and claps are OK, but nothing special. Very typical electro snares, they sound better with some external effects added.

The hats are OK, as well. Better for closed hats than open. The OH's sound just like the closed, but with a longer tail. Ride sounds decent, but hardly realistic.

I haven't really messed around with the toms, but they sounded usable.

The "plop" is cool for little electro bleeps and blips.
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gwenmollo
gwenmollo
16 February 2024 at 9:29pm

Yes, it had multi out... everybody say it haven't ... It 's even written in the manual. work good for me. cool little VST by the way...

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