ElectricPuppy wrote:I'm hit and miss with effects. Sometimes I use DAW effects, but other times I use the KSP-8. I'm probably more apt to use the KSP-8 than not, because it does neat stuff without any load on my PC, natch. There's a way cool ambient friendly patch in there called "Echo World" which is a chain of delays and reverbs, and it's great for SPAAAAAAAACE.
So, in conclusion: Outboard.
As far as I know, its the only thing that does what it does in hardware.
I mentioned that to SI a whike ago. What's neat about software and especially ableton, is being able to link multiple parameters to the same controls.
I just got an email with a video from Slate Digital about their new subscription service. Anybody tried these? Access to their entire library of plugs.
What was the issue with camel? I thought alchemy was pretty strong.
Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if gforce or whatever their name is now, is next. Hardly any updates in years. I'm sure they license their technology though.
so here's a bit of what the new interface looks like and the sound packs available:
the download file is like 14gb and the categories seem to cover similar territory to the original alchemy expansion packs, if memory serves correct
i had the planet world one or something because it was on sale super cheap and had alchemy working on my iPad 1 for a while (awesome with the x/y pads they had)
i'm pretty excited to see if they'll bring over the full alchemy app to the new iPads (4 tracks, presets, sound packs, etc AND full control/remote mode)
MetroSonus wrote:What was the issue with camel? I thought alchemy was pretty strong.
From what I understand, Apple made a price that they couldn't refuse... Alchemy was kind of looking to sell for a while anyways... that's at least the impression I got from the messy KVR forum thread that spawned when they first closed.
At least they didn't pull what some companies do and pretty much abandon the technology after buying them out...
MetroSonus wrote:What was the issue with camel? I thought alchemy was pretty strong.
At least they didn't pull what some companies do and pretty much abandon the technology after buying them out...
i sorta wish more of the redmatica stuff was included in logic. apple bought out their stuff years ago and only included an auto sampler in MainStage (i'm not complaining, MainStage is $29 so i could just use it for that one plug-in)
but keymap and an auto sampler for exs24 would have been great (might still be coming some day)
I had a subscription all-access for 1 year in '07 or '08. their packs were smallish individually but now they've got quite the library (90 or so packs & counting)
the quality was always outstanding
they switched to only able ton live for a while but now they seem to offer at least sample packs for logic, kontakt and live
so the puremagnetik sale is still on today (sat) so i pulled the trigger. i got the century package for $150 but they don't come with a free shirt anymore
i have quite a few of their older packs in kontakt form but what i'm really interested in is the esx24 (logic's built in sampler)
the exs24 is no slouch, its not as deep as kontakt and has relatively simple controls but the files can now be opened by alchemy
alchemy can run in a 'sampler' mode where it uses less resources (and has updated filters, etc) but the interesting thing will be using the resynthesis options like granular, spectral, formant, etc
(plus i'm always eager to get weird stuff to feed my v-synth gt)
so op-x pro II is now a 64 bit plug-in and available on mac as a vst/au
if you haven't tried it i highly recommend, to me it sounds like one of the best emulations ever made hands down. it covers classic oberheim territory from the sem and ob-x up to the matrix 12 and even some jupiter patches
i'm testing out the demo. there are still a few bugs and the demo limitations are kinda harsh. i'm just glad i don't have to do the v-machine work around anymore for this an synth1 !!
Plink Floyd wrote:Honestly, I don't know why I don't have this. It's exactly the king of thing I love to have no time for.
i feel you there. i've finally had a bit of time to go through a bunch of tutorials for some plugins and whatnot. even in logic, my daw for 15+ years there's so much new stuff to learn all the time
reaktor, especially, is insanely deep. a few years ago i watched a crazy 30 something part tutorial from mac pro video. tons of stuff flew way over my head but i did get a grasp on its architecture, signal flow, etc
they have some newer ones now for reaktor 6. this is half the reason i signed up for ask.audio's academy thing for $15/month. there's over 6000 videos