Deducktion

Probably it deserve/need some starting preset... :-).

Yeah, some presets would have been handy, but i must admit, I had a fun hour or so making a few of my own for this little gem of a synth. I don't know about anyone else, but i think this is a great little bread and butter, hands-on VST which I'll be using for sure.

To play when you are taking a break from Red Dead Redemption?

There is a little problem. When I throw LFO on resonance in lowpass 24 mode, there is a constant crackling. Is it a problem with my computer or a bug?
In any case, a very good synthesizer.

Hi, yes this is a bug. I'll put a fix in the next release, thanks for reporting.

Like it a lot - do miss cc64 sustain.

Also good-looking (very clean UI, like the DD fx range) and is well explained on the DD website. Really a dev who keeps delivering.

I miss the legato/retriger modes when in mono, also Pulse Width control. But it's an amazing synth, 4 LFOs and 3 Envelopes.

You can control the pulse-width using a Const modulator in the modulation matrix - set it to modulate Osc PW and set the amount between -50 and +50 for the desired pulse-width.

Oh, thanks.

This looks a lot like Maschine software.

Your synth sounds good, you had my vote....but...I don't like the GUI...

I would like a full access to parameters, OSC, LFO, Env on the same panel and not a switch access...this is not user friendly.

(I'm ok with mod, ctrl, fx access).

Please add LFO & Env on the main panel below Osc, Filter..

Cheers .

What a fantastic synth!.

My only wish is that the presets, banks and skins are not written to a "home" directory away from the VST dll directory. I use Reaper in portable form and its great to synchronise this through a Dropbox directory... but of course then everything for the VST's needs to be together. Is it possible for the "home" directory to be a sub-directory of the dll's location? Or at least give the option to choose the location rather than have it in Users\xxx\AppData\Local?

I love all the Dead Duck VST's.... and the fact they are self-contained!.

Cheers and thank you.

Paul.

Hi, the next release (1.0.3) will include an option for making the 'Home' folder portable.

Cheers for that feature! I have downloaded version 1.0.3 but can't see how to set home directory.... am I being stupid?

Thanks.

Paul.

Create a folder named "Deducktion_Data" in the same directory as the plugin - it will be used as the Home directory.

Works great.... thank you!!.

I gave you the 5 stars by the way. I love this synth :-).

Love it! But why is the duck dead? Makes me sad... : (.

I also would like to see legato make it in as well :).

Fantastic. This sounds great. Thank you for your work.

Feature Requests:
Noise/Random modulation source
Ability to modulate LFO/ENV parameters
Phase Modulation and/or sync between oscillators
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+1,000,000 for modulate modulators, I can't see it being that hard to add most parameters as a mod destination and it would greatly increase the flexibility of the synth.

+100,000,000 for Sync/PM (I already asked for sync but ya PM too would be amazing).

I agree synth sounds great. I have been having lots of fun with it ever since I found it about a week ago. The fact that I keep checking it's KVR page is testament to that. This is quality software I wish I could donate to the dev, I'm fairly broke but heck I would be happy to throw some dollars his/her way whenever I could, or I'd be down to do a patreon. I want to see Dead Duck continue to make software. Hell, I was going to have to use synthedit or something to make a simple plugin to swap L/R channel till I tried the channel strip.

awesome synth! sounds great and is simple which i love. if i could add one thing it would be some sort of unison panning for the supersaw sound. thanks for a great work-horse synth.

Really good synthesizer, the only problem I found is when I whitch ON mousewheel support there is no sound from synth. I always want to click somewhere on the GUI but when I use mousewheel again, it's mute. So I have to decide if I will use mousewheel or keyboard in FL Studio 20, Win8, 64-bit.

I ran the unfiltered sources thru the SG-1 analyser

https://flic.kr/p/2dKUqT7

how do you make a new skin?

Deducktion has been updated to 1.0.4. This fixes a crash bug in Ableton Live 10 where Live would crash if a native effect was dragged across the plugin GUI.

Deducktion has been updated to 1.0.5. This fixes a UI bug in the mod-matrix, adds a 'random' mode to the LFOs and two new switches to the oscillator options menu. A sub-oscillator can now play alongside it's 'parent' oscillator allowing various new detuning options such as fifths and 'one-key' chords. Each oscillator module can also be set to act independently of the other by using an alternative output path which bypasses the filter/Env 1 and uses Env 2 to provide an alternative volume envelope.

Hello swatwork. Version 1.0.5 64 and 32-bit crashes my Reaper 5.981 x64. The plugin GUI opens after which it immediately locks up. The last version of Deducktion I used was 1.0.3 64-bit, which worked smoothly.

Finally, because I foolishly deleted the old 1.0.3 version off my computer and have not been able to locate anywhere on the internet to download old versions, I would like to request a download of either 1.0.4 or 1.0.3 (or if anyone else has one of those versions lying around please reach out to me).

Hello again swatwork. First, I couldn't find a reply button to your latest post. Second, I accidentally pressed remove on my own previous post :p.

I just tried 1.0.5a (both 64 and 32-bit) and it still crashes for me just like 1.0.5. I tested it with both "Automatic bridging" and "In dedicated process per plugin" under Plug-ins -> Compatibility in Reaper.

Hello swatwork. I am happy to report that 1.0.5b seems to work perfectly! Thank you so much for your work.

Nice, but version 1.05 have "dispatch" function in GUI error in Renoise and Openmpt.

Hello, yes, latest build fix the problem in both - Renoise and Openmpt. Thanks.

Deducktion has been updated to 1.0.6. This fixes some bugs and adds three new oscillator waveforms (sine, chime and organ).

Hello. I have a feature request.

It would be good to have "Save As" option for preset manager. Today I created a patch in location 001 and saved it. Then I made some changes to it and also wanted to save the new version within plugin's manager. I had to save it to .ddp file first. Then I switched to location 002 within Deducktion manager. As last step I loaded this newly created patch to the new location 002. Maybe instead of "Save As" we could have option to "Copy" preset to new location within plugin. This would also do the trick.

By the way Deducktion is my absolute favourite synth right now. It ticks all the boxes regarding sound quality, ease of use and timbre manipulation. I love "Osc Phase Random" option. Especially for kick drums. None of them sound exactly the same. Great piece of software ! I recommend it to anyone. Just try and you will be amazed.

Ok, never mind. I've found a workaround. I just save all my presets in Reaper's manager instead of Deducktion's manager.

Deducktion has been updated to 1.1.0. For more information see the Instruments forum at https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=533054

Deducktion has been updated to 1.2.0. For more information see the Instruments forum at https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=533054.

Deducktion has been updated to 1.2.1 This fixes a minor layout issue.

Deducktion has been updated to 1.2.2. This update improves the timing accuracy of MIDI notes.

Deducktion has been updated to 1.2.3. This update provides some minor bug fixes.

How is the LFO used in this synth? I can't make it work for me.
I have used other LFOs from other synths but in this one I just don't understand how to use it :(.

Unlike most synths Deducktion doesn't have any pre-assigned modulators - you need to use the modulation matrix to assign the LFOs to any modulation destination you want to set up. Click the left and right boxes within each modulation slot to select the source and destination, and drag the amount value in the middle up and down to set the modulation amount.

Deducktion has been updated to 1.2.4. This update fixes an oscillator bug with sample-rates higher than 44.1k.

Deducktion has been updated to 1.2.5. This fixes a bug in the Filter 2 selection menu when shown in single-page view.

Hey Dead ducl could you guys add FM to Deduction would be awsome.

Congrats, Dead Duck! Simple but terribly effective. Sounds good! An additional feature I could use is having LFO speeds in the modulation destination, for quickening wobbles or other strangeness.

i love deducktion*.

I do actually a new Preset Bank and hear that despite a Polyphony of 8 my CPU/ and visuals on DSP Graph makes artifact in sound...crackles or.

suddenly stop sound in random moments i release a key. Mostly i dont have sound problems, except know hungy synth.

But even Absyth and a complex pad dont have that kind of audio issues.

So Deducktion seems to be hungry, instead of simple or specific sounds.

This Screenshot is made with a Presets "rich chord" from the awesome "kosma bank" (https://www.kvraudio.com/banks.php?s=dl&id=3259).

Screen: (if you dont trust, see browser bottom line, thats a png picture).

Pic

Specs:

win 10.

cpu i7.

bitwig 3.2.

sample latency 441 ms.

actual use wasapi driver model.

"kosma* bank" (https://www.kvraudio.com/banks.php?s=dl&id=3259).

komosa*.

Deducktion has been updated to version 1.3. This update includes several changes, including an additonal modulation envelope, stereo oscillators, key split, improved MIDI learn and many layout tweaks and improvements. The effects section has been removed. Themes have been reorganised to provide 2 options: 'extended' (the old single-page view) and 'compact' (the original tabbed-view) allowing themes to be created independently for either view. The extended theme is now the default; select the 'compact' theme to restore the original layout.

First of all, thank you for this incredible synth! Still, it's a pity to know that SFX module had been removed. Now it is impossible to make complex dub, progressive house, ambient and all the similar sounds with reverb/delay. I hope, you will return SFX module in future releases - the module was truly incredible, especially delay with HP filter (magnificent tool for prog house!). There is no problem for me to use outer plugins (your "MonoDelay", for example), but the beauty and convenience of Deducktion with SFX module was that one could get ready, complex presets without making mixer chain with other plugins.

Deducktion has been updated to version 1.3.0.1. Some minor updates to the theme engine.

Deducktion has been updated to version 1.3.0.2. The delay and reverb effects have been restored and can be found on the FX tab. Presets that made use of the earlier versions of these effects should now work as before.

Hi Swat;).

And where can I find this little beauty ? I see 1.3.0.1 but I can't find 1.3.0.2 ?

Greetings, .

Yeager.

EDIT found it... replaced the 1 with a 2 in the download link;).

BTW what did the chorus do to you, to not be restored HIHI.

Glad you found it, I'd forgotten to update the links on the Dead Duck blog.

The download links on the KVR product pages are usually up to date so I'll set the blog to point here instead of linking directly.

Thanks for the heads up.

Wouuu... Cool Synth. Version 1_3_0_2, my wishes:

1 - The spectrum of basic waves is cut under transposition (High frequencies disappear) and when switching to another "zone" is renewed again (on the E key). This moment displease. Many high-quality virtual analog synthesizers are singled out in such a way that in the hearing range the spectrum does not disappear on top and does not walk the ladder. It is necessary to make transposition up from key root + increased sampling frequency + filter excess 20kHz. Or much more zones. Even if it will load a processor more.

2 - FX control was better in previous version with knob (digit - not convenient and not visual, despite the fact that compact). At least it would be nice to have the switching option between - digit и knob. And even better if about numbers were very small knobets with a visual display of the position of the handle.

3 - Bad that disappeared CHORUS ... would still not hurt PHASER и FLANGER ... For such dance synthesizers these effects"must have". To save resources, you can release DLL with effects and without them.

4 - And of course, without basic presets, he looks very raw... But he sounds amazing (except to artifacts with spectrum) ... And good opportunities.

At least a dev who doesn't abandon 32-bit. What else did I forget to mention ?
Well, very good synth. I did not expect to get polyphonic aftertouch responsiveness (here called "KPressure") that works instantly as expected. That is a huge advantage.

The GUI is a (very) bit tricky to handle with the mouse.(down=value increase, who would have thought that...and parameters are jumping when touched with the arroow - no value pickup, that's really annoying).
But who am I to complain. It is free.

Thank you for this Synth.

It has nearly all the things I like in a synth.

Great sounding OSCs, nice filter. Sufficient modulators and decent fx. Deducktion and now Reducktion are the synths I reach for for bread n butter sounds. They stand their ground with the best of them. Of course there can always be more features but really....it's the limitations that really make you dig in.

Loving this synth.

However, one slight problem........may be user error.

Whenever I save and name a patch the patch and name shows in the preset folder (the default location) but when I load the preset the name reverts back to "default".

Anyone any clues as to what I'm doing wrong.

The name of the preset and the name of the file it is saved to are two different things. When you save a preset the filename presented will be based on the name visible in the Deducktion preset window; you can change the name of the file but this will not change the name of the preset itself. To change the actual name of the preset ctrl-click the text in the preset window and edit as required. Now when you select Save Preset the suggested filename should match the actual name of the preset.

cheers swatwork.

that worked.....i knew it was user error.

Forgot to mention, I'm using the latest version 1.3.0.2 64-bit.

Would it be possible to make this plugin "portable"? I always have to manually load the factory presets. Would be cool if it would just load everything below its own folder or so.

Save the presets in a bank file named 'Default.ddb' in the Deducktion 'Presets' folder; this will be used to initialise the plugin presets on startup.

Create a folder named "Deducktion_Data" in the same directory as the plugin - it will be used as the Home directory.

Seeing in heading, 13 Members selecting 'Want'. Why? One can not stop to wonder - it's a Free download, so what's stopping them?

I get this way 'Deducktion' earns listing in 'Wants' - perhaps providing an increased profile for the developer? Well-deserved altruism; potentially helping generate traffic. Or maybe simplify selected as a reminder for the 13 individuals to try this device later, having as they do, too much on at that point.
Still, personally at first glance an odd anomaly.