Product Reviews by KVR Members

The champ returns complete with a facelift and a clever new trick or two. I will admit the frugal part of me would have loved it if this was included as part of Komplete 15, but the practical part of me recognizes that the $99.00 USD upgrade fee was more than fair and overridden the frugal part. However, I will be the first to admit that this is a 'beauty in the eye of the beholder' principle.

In my opinion, this upgrade did exactly what upgrades should do; it brought the things that the synth did well up to current standards and added a couple of things to compliment an already mature and stable product. The same high-quality synth engine that we all know and love is still there and sounds as awesome as ever. The additions include improving the GUI, overhauling the preset browser, adding MPE, and supporting VST3. In all, I feel this upgrade hits the mark quite well.

If you are a fan of the original Roland JP80x0 synthesizer, then this instrument is for you. While I am hesitant to use the word 'perfect' to describe anything, this bad boy is about as close as it gets. I had some archived patches on a CF card that I had created on my now dead hardware JP8080 that I used to test the import feature with, and I am pleased to report that it worked well. I heartily recommend this to any Windows user that wants to incorporate that fat, warm tone that dominated late 1990's / early 2000's dance floors.

A little old, a little new, a little modulation, that's how we do.

GFORCE Software has done some remarkable emulations of classic synthesizers in the past, but this time they have created a sonic time portal that overlays a modern twist on classic audio building blocks. The highly flexible yet familiar oscillator section feeds a solid stream of sound into the forge where the craftsperson will generate their masterpiece. The included presets do a good job of of offering a high-level view of what this synth is capable of doing, but one must travel beyond the realm of the presets to truly experience the sheer power of this instrument.

I've been using Soundop regularly for several months and am most pleased to report that it is an outstanding audio editor and worth the asking price. It is remarkably stable on Win10 and delivers top-shelf performance on any audio editing task I have used it to complete. The UI is clean and uncomplicated, and it supports enough customization to meet my needs. The menus are relevant and straight-forward, and it's workflow is intuitive. I have experience with WaveLab and older versions of SoundForge, and I found the learning curve for working in Soundop to be small.

I've used it to edit music tracks and create stems. The application lent itself well to making this work go smoothly. I like to have takes, versions of the takes, backups of the versions, backups of the takes, and even backups of the backups from time to time. Soundop did not have a problem adapting to my system.

I have also used it to capture 'found sound' samples in factories, construction sites, etc. The recording process was painless and efficient. I also used it to clean up and process these samples. The Mixspace feature was a valuable tool for this sort of sampling.

The included processing tools are respectable, but I tend to use 3rd party plugins for these sorts of things.

I have no problem giving it 5 stars.