[ddots-l] Re: New synth
- From: clarence griffin <goldfingas@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:56:26 -0400
I need to find a nice one to use so I can throw all the others away, I don't
even know what I have for analog with sonar right now. does anything come with
sonar by default?
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On Mar 14, 2010, at 9:25 PM, Bryan Smart wrote:
> Yep. Virtual analog has been so done to death that we've already heard as
> good as it is going to get for many years, if ever. People should give up and
> make something new.
>
> The real reason that we get so many of those type of synth plugs is because
> they're cheap as crap to produce. Anything sample based requires either
> producing your own sample library (which is very expensive), or else
> licensing samples from someone else (which is still expensive for anything
> quality). Many of the companies that have been doing sampling professionally
> for the longest, and do it the best (like the big 3: Yamaha, Korg, and
> Roland), won't license their material to you under any terms or at any cost.
>
> Its so easy to just throw together another synth that uses computationally
> produced sounds, with a slightly different interface for controlling how it
> all works. Most of the code for doing all of that (generating waveforms,
> digital signal processing, simple effects algorithms) is already public
> domain, so bedroom software companies can slap a lot of existing building
> blocks together, put a UI on it, and start selling. If you're one of those
> guys, the only way you get noticed in the big sea of options is to pay for
> promotion, like paying Cakewalk to be featured in their news letter so to get
> you visibility and some perceived cred.
>
> If you all have money to spend, go buy the new sample packs for Dimension
> Pro. At least those won't sound like synths that you already have, and with
> CakeTalking, you'll be able to edit those presets (good luck with
> accessibility of this new synth).
>
> Bryan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of D!J!X!
> Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 6:24 PM
> To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [ddots-l] Re: New synth
>
> Lol! Nice post man... It's something I've wondered for a while, why do
> companies insist in reproducing the sounds of the old stuff, (yeah it's
> sounds cool and some of those sounds are awesome), but can we sort of focus
> on making new stuff, using all this computer power to make something
> different, as oppose to trying to accurately reproduce every ocilator and
> technology of the hardware stuff? Hardware is hardware, software is software;
> some of the factors of those old synths can not be reproduced, there's just
> that factor of electronics and circuits that change so randomly and depending
> on so many different factors that.... It's kind of a waste of time... I'd
> rather have a completely digital synth that focuses on that realm and does it
> well, instead of trying to imitate/reproduce 10 different synths from the
> 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, etc...
>
> D!J!X!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Bryan Smart
> Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 12:30 AM
> To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [ddots-l] Re: New synth
>
> Doubt it.
>
> That blerb didn't excite me too much. Yawn.
>
> Anywhere, USA - for immediate release.
>
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>
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>
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>
> Bryan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Greg Brayton
> Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2010 11:52 AM
> To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [ddots-l] New synth
>
> I got this in a news letter. Just wondering if it's accessible now, or if
> David will be scripting for it or any info any one has reguarding this new
> soft synth.
> The info on the synth is below.
>
> Blurring the lines between hardware and software synths, the FXpansion Synth
> Squad Elite Pack offers incredible synth sounds, without all the hassles
> associated with hardware synths. Perfect for fans of Rapture, the FXpansion
> Synth Squad Elite Pack features three modeled synths-Strobe, Amber, and
> Cypher created from meticulously engineered circuit models and designed from
> the ground up to take all the abuse you can dish out.
>
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