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There are hundreds of free VST plugins but there is problem with finding the best ones. And that is what im doing here ... praising the good stuff :)"},"link":[{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.vstcafe.com\/feeds\/posts\/default"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2875078922114586122\/posts\/default\/-\/Review?alt=json-in-script\u0026max-results=6"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.vstcafe.com\/search\/label\/Review"},{"rel":"hub","href":"http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"},{"rel":"next","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2875078922114586122\/posts\/default\/-\/Review\/-\/Review?alt=json-in-script\u0026start-index=7\u0026max-results=6"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Greeg"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04932039631368782719"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"http:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"generator":{"version":"7.00","uri":"http://www.blogger.com","$t":"Blogger"},"openSearch$totalResults":{"$t":"7"},"openSearch$startIndex":{"$t":"1"},"openSearch$itemsPerPage":{"$t":"6"},"entry":[{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875078922114586122.post-264228924097230332"},"published":{"$t":"2011-04-22T19:50:00.020+02:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-04-23T15:51:34.750+02:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Review"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Value for Money"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"VST Instrument"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Adam Szabo JP6K Synth Review"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ca rel=\"lightbox\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-ydeaSLe7Ijs\/TbHAm49BvaI\/AAAAAAAAAsU\/N47upbh2NA4\/s1600\/jp6k.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 74px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-ydeaSLe7Ijs\/TbHAm49BvaI\/AAAAAAAAAsU\/N47upbh2NA4\/s200\/jp6k.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598467586154151330\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EBack in 1999, Trance music was everywhere - on TV (Viva, MTV etc.), on the radio as well as in clubs, discos and huge events. Paul van Dyk was a god, so was Chicane and others. Plenty of tracks released and surprisingly most filled with modern, fresh sounds. Probably that's because released tracks were actually selected ? Ok, nevermind ;)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E1999\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHere are some classic examples of Trance music produced in 1999\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003EChicane - Saltwater\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"520\" height=\"323\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9u6jKV9TPLc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003EThrillseekers - Synaesthesia\u003C\/span\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"425\" height=\"349\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Aiy3wiH0Qd4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EDo you like such trance ? Well, I love it (even if I also like Michael Jackson, Queen, Depeche Mode and my older brother was forcing me to hear Metallica, Slayer, Kreator ;) )\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOne of the trends was uplifting \/ epic \/ anthem \/ emotional trance focused on building huge trance anthem melodies powered with positive, warm, smooth, non aggressive sounds.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ch3\u003ESupersaw\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003ERank 1 - Airwave\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"520\" height=\"323\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ypDtUUtuNzQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003ECygnus X - Superstring\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"520\" height=\"323\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8JppHhLYEvM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EDo you recognise the sound ? Yes, that's the \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003ERoland JP-8000\/8080\u003C\/span\u003E and it's Super Saw oscillator which described trance music for the next few years. Sure, at the end it was boring to the death, but the beginning it was creative, fresh and beautiful.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ch3\u003EAdam Szabo JP6K\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI remember that I always wanted to recreate that Rank 1 - Airwave pad (or other \"supersaw\" sounds) but for some reason I couldn't do it. I mean, sure, with tons of processing it was possible to get that smooth, warm, full pad but it was way too complicated. Every software plugin that claimed to have a supersaw oscillator (or something similar) actually failed. It was too thin, or too bright, or too dark, or too much phasing - well, it just wasn't good enough.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESo how about now ? It's more than 10 years later - is there any synth which captures the beauty of the supersaw sound ? Yes ! One guy - Adam Szabo (you should know him from his great soundbanks) released his plugin named \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003EAS JP6K\u003C\/span\u003E. It's goal is to remind you that good old, 2000's when trance wasn't such crap as it's now ;) What does it mean ? Yea, you know it - it means that JP6K has two \"supersaw-like\" oscillators implemented, as well as Filter section (12\/24 db, High-, Band-, Low- pass filters), one LFO unit which can modulate pitch or filter or amp, there is an EQ, Delay unit and that's pretty much it :)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECompared to current monster synths such as Synapse Dune, Waldorf Largo, JP6K seems very limitating (for example you can't assign Mod Wheel to the filter env for example, you need to do this \"manually\" in you DAW; there is only supersaw \"waveform\", there aren't any sine, square, triangle waveforms :) ) but I'm telling you - it was designed for one thing (supersaw) and it does it perfectly. It lets you create all these lushy, smooth, warm pads, melodies, plucks and, I guess, it's the closest supersaw hmm emulation (?) I have ever heard and it's very easy to use.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EEverytime I'm playing with the JP6K I'm surprised how flexible this soft synth is. It's just two, same (extremely flexible) oscillators but it turns out that there are tons of possiblities. The factory soundbank contains 114 presets and it's more than enough to give you that good old trance sound or \"anjunabeats\" trance feeling (without a piano of course ;) ).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe GUI is designed very well - it's clean, it focuses on main feature \"supersaw-like\" oscillator and that's a good thing.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ch3\u003ESo, is it worth ?\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWell, if you're looking for pure Roland JP-8000 emulation then you should probably just ... buy the Roland JP-8000. But if you need an amazing supersaw sound (not necessary trance related) then \u003Cu\u003E25 EUR\u003C\/u\u003E is really a bargain. Why ? because these 2 oscillators are just the best :)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI absolutely love the pads, these machine can produce. If you're not a trance (or similar genres) lover then probably most presets won't fit your musical taste but still you should reconsider buying it. If you need some warm, smooth pads - JP6K is truly great for it (but not only of course - it's great for leads, basses too). Fully deserved \"\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.vstcafe.com\/search\/label\/Value%20for%20Money?max-results=10\"\u003EValue for Money\u003C\/a\u003E\" tag :)\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003EDon't forget to check the demo. My reviews are \u003Cb\u003Esubjective\u003C\/b\u003E so use your own brain to make a decision :)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBelow audio demo with some of the factory patches (credit goes to the authors)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cembed allowscriptaccess=\"always\" height=\"81\" src=\"http:\/\/player.soundcloud.com\/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F11852449\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"100%\"\u003E\u003C\/embed\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"520\" height=\"323\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_rCBd4_NEFM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003Eps. I did create few (factory) presets for JP6K, it was a pure pleasure for me (try my \"PAD - Epic Trance\" preset ;) ) - some good old trance memories came back :)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cscript language=\"javascript\" type=\"text\/javascript\"\u003Edocument.write(embed+'http:\/\/www.getdropbox.com\/u\/756231\/jp6k-pad.mp3\"\u003E'+embed2);\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cu\u003EPRICE: 25 EUR\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003EMore info:\u003C\/span\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.adamszabo.com\"\u003EAdamSzabo.com - JP6K\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.vstcafe.com\/feeds\/264228924097230332\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.vstcafe.com\/2011\/04\/adam-szabo-jp6k-synth-review.html#comment-form","title":"4 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2875078922114586122\/posts\/default\/264228924097230332"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2875078922114586122\/posts\/default\/264228924097230332"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.vstcafe.com\/2011\/04\/adam-szabo-jp6k-synth-review.html","title":"Adam Szabo JP6K Synth Review"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Greeg"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04932039631368782719"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"http:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-ydeaSLe7Ijs\/TbHAm49BvaI\/AAAAAAAAAsU\/N47upbh2NA4\/s72-c\/jp6k.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"4"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875078922114586122.post-9188611420976336749"},"published":{"$t":"2010-12-16T14:31:00.024+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-05-16T18:21:04.461+02:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Mac Available"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Review"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Value for Money"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"VST Effect"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"VST Instrument"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"ARPG8R - 32 Step Midi Arpeggiator Vst Review"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ca rel=\"lightbox\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_ouWn-vuQSvY\/TQoYlE3_2-I\/AAAAAAAAApM\/o9X2TXTvgjM\/s1600\/ARPG8R.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 94px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_ouWn-vuQSvY\/TQoYlE3_2-I\/AAAAAAAAApM\/o9X2TXTvgjM\/s200\/ARPG8R.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551276515930397666\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003EPentacom ARPG8R\u003C\/span\u003E is a midi arpeggiator unit available both for PC and Mac OSX. I must admit that I'm not a fan of typical arpeggiator plugins shipped with DAW applications. Most seem uninspiring and just too limited to impress me somehow ;)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBut let's start from the beginning. While the plugin is still in beta, I didn't have any problems. The installation process went very smooth. Using ARPG8R in project is also easy IF you know anything about routing - you need to load ARPG8R as VSTi instrument, load favourite VSTi and route the signal from one to another. If you're beginner, don't worry - the official website has step by step tutorials how to setup up ARPG8R in popular DAWs such as Cubase, Fl Studio, Sonar, Live.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:160%;\" \u003E\u003Cb\u003EFeatures\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EARPG8R has (up to) 32 Steps sequencer which means ... a lot of fun :) You can create your own patterns or use the existing ones (there are 6 presets). Creating patterns and overall using ARPG8R is very comfortable, mainly because of great GUI. The design is minimalistic, very clean. Reminds me great GUI designs created by D16.pl guys (ie. Nithonat). I like the interface a lot - it really invites you to spend some time with ARPG8R, to tweak some knobs, use pads etc.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca rel=\"lightbox\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_ouWn-vuQSvY\/TQogiLM1qJI\/AAAAAAAAApU\/zvfx3CQZ62o\/s1600\/modes.gif\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 194px; height: 200px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_ouWn-vuQSvY\/TQogiLM1qJI\/AAAAAAAAApU\/zvfx3CQZ62o\/s200\/modes.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551285262181836946\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EThere are six different arpeggio modes. While \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003EUp, Down, Up\/Down\u003C\/span\u003E are self explanatory, there are still three additional modes. It's \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003EManual\u003C\/span\u003E - the arpeggio is based on playing order. The first note you hit will be the first note in arpeggio. \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003EPoly\u003C\/span\u003E mode just plays every octave at once (good for creating \"trance gate chord\" effect), and \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003ECustom\u003C\/span\u003E mode helps you to create some unique combinations. The screen from the left describes modes pretty well.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EYou can set the arpeggio range to up to 4 octaves. Arpeggio can be triggered both by midi keyboard (good :) ) and just by laying down chords on piano roll. The other option is \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003Etranspose\u003C\/span\u003E arpeggio by +\/- 12 semi tones. Small feature but can be a time saver (ie. you don't have to manually transpose your midi clip) - very handy.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:160%;\" \u003E\u003Cb\u003ESecret weapon\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca rel=\"lightbox\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_ouWn-vuQSvY\/TQoh6R-PHdI\/AAAAAAAAApc\/EIQSVlOthm4\/s1600\/arpg8r-chord.png\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 73px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_ouWn-vuQSvY\/TQoh6R-PHdI\/AAAAAAAAApc\/EIQSVlOthm4\/s200\/arpg8r-chord.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551286775828127186\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EI used some midi clip, well it's a typical trance big chord (from Tiesto - Elements of Life track) with some notes stacked and spreaded across three octaves. \u003Cbr \/\u003EOne feature I really like (best feature ?) is a section called \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003EInsert\u003C\/span\u003E. It has three modes available:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003EOff\u003C\/span\u003E - plays the typical, classic arpeggio just like any other arp plugin.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003ELowest\u003C\/span\u003E - it inserts the lowest note before each step which creates nice arpeggio bassline.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003EHighest\u003C\/span\u003E - similar to lowest, it inserts the highest note before each step. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt really changes the way arpeggio plays and I like the effect.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOf course there is a \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003EGate\u003C\/span\u003E knob which makes the notes shorter and the \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003EShuffle\u003C\/span\u003E knob - tweak it and the whole arpeggio will start to swing :)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:160%;\" \u003E\u003Cb\u003EFinal words\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhile I don't use standard arpeggiator unit, included in Ableton Live, at all, I'll use ARPG8R for sure. Why ? Because it's creative and it's fun. Some happy musical accidents may happen while tweaking pads, shuffle, gate konbs, insert modes. All parameters can be automated, and below there's an example. First - the raw chord, and then ARPG8R turned on :)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003ERaw chord - ARPG8R Turned OFF\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cembed allowscriptaccess=\"always\" height=\"81\" src=\"http:\/\/player.soundcloud.com\/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F8117148\u0026amp;show_comments=true\u0026amp;auto_play=false\u0026amp;color=ff7700\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"100%\"\u003E\u003C\/embed\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003ESame chord - ARPG8R Turned On\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cembed allowscriptaccess=\"always\" height=\"81\" src=\"http:\/\/player.soundcloud.com\/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F8117374\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"100%\"\u003E\u003C\/embed\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe price is somewhere around 10 $ (it's converted from Japanase Yen) and it's a bargain :)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003Eps. The chords are from Tiesto - Elements Of Life :)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cu\u003EPRICE: ~ 10 $\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003EMore info\u003C\/span\u003E: \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.pentacom.jp\/pentacom\/arpg8r\/\"\u003EPentacom ARPG8R\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.vstcafe.com\/feeds\/9188611420976336749\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.vstcafe.com\/2010\/12\/arpg8r-32-step-midi-arpeggiator-vst.html#comment-form","title":"6 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2875078922114586122\/posts\/default\/9188611420976336749"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2875078922114586122\/posts\/default\/9188611420976336749"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.vstcafe.com\/2010\/12\/arpg8r-32-step-midi-arpeggiator-vst.html","title":"ARPG8R - 32 Step Midi Arpeggiator Vst Review"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Greeg"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04932039631368782719"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"http:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_ouWn-vuQSvY\/TQoYlE3_2-I\/AAAAAAAAApM\/o9X2TXTvgjM\/s72-c\/ARPG8R.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"6"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875078922114586122.post-2257102460456393727"},"published":{"$t":"2010-09-27T22:05:00.012+02:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-05-03T21:52:27.962+02:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Mac Available"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"NI Kontakt"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Piano"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Real Instrument"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Review"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Samples"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Value for Money"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"VST Instrument"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"E-Play Divorce VSTi - 25 Electric Pianos Review"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"There are tons of electric piano synths \/ sample libraries available, both free and commercial. Most popular (random order) are:\u003Cbr \/\u003E- \u003Cb\u003EAndreas Ersson LazySnake\u003C\/b\u003E (free)\u003Cbr \/\u003E- \u003Cb\u003EGSI MrTramp\u003C\/b\u003E (free)\u003Cbr \/\u003E- \u003Cb\u003ENI Elektrik Piano\u003C\/b\u003E (discontinued)\u003Cbr \/\u003E- \u003Cb\u003EAAS Lounge Lizard EP-3\u003C\/b\u003E (199 $)\u003Cbr \/\u003E- \u003Cb\u003EGSi MrRay Mark II\u003C\/b\u003E (32 E)\u003Cbr \/\u003E- \u003Cb\u003EAcousticsampleS E-Pian\u003C\/b\u003E (49 E)\u003Cbr \/\u003E- \u003Cb\u003EScarbee Eletric Pianos\u003C\/b\u003E (69-109 E)\u003Cbr \/\u003E- \u003Cb\u003EPianoteq Electric Pianos\u003C\/b\u003E add-on (49 EUR)\u003Cbr \/\u003E- \u003Cb\u003EMotu Electric Keys\u003C\/b\u003E (209 $)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMotu Electric Keys offers stunning 40 GB sound library, which translates into 50 keyboard instruments (electric pianos, organs, clavs etc.) but other products usually offer just one (or two) electric piano sampled \/ synthesized. \u003Cb\u003ECFA Sound E-Play Divorce\u003C\/b\u003E is an exception here - it brings 25 electric pianos on the table.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhat does Electric Piano mean ? Unlike a synthesizer, it's not an electronic instrument but electro-mechanical. It produces sounds mechanically and the sounds are turned into electronic signals by pickup devices. The earliest electric pianos were invented in the late 1920s but the popularity began to grow in the late 1950s, reaching it's height during 1970s. Tone production method varies from one model to another. For example tone production in all Wurlitzer electric pianos comprises a single steel reed for each key, activated by a miniature version of a conventional grand piano action and forming part of an electrostatic pickup system using a DC voltage of 170v.A mechanical sustain pedal similar to that of a conventional piano is fitted [\u003Ci\u003Ewikipedia\u003C\/i\u003E]\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EDo you need some real world examples ? The first one is typical and popular \u003Cb\u003EWurlitzer EP-200A\u003C\/b\u003E piano. The song is: \u003Cb\u003EQueen - You're My Best Friend\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cembed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/WvgfCCfzuqA?fs=1\u0026amp;hl=pl_PL\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\"\u003E\u003C\/embed\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe other example comes from \u003Cb\u003EFender Rhodes\u003C\/b\u003E piano and it's: \u003Cb\u003EThe Beatles - Don't Let Me Down\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cembed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/fZj_bCNVvGw?fs=1\u0026amp;hl=pl_PL\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\"\u003E\u003C\/embed\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELet's get back to the main topic, which is: \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cfa-sound.com\"\u003ECFA Sound E-play Divorce\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca rel=\"lightbox\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_ouWn-vuQSvY\/THyvvWiKL7I\/AAAAAAAAAlU\/32wKlOdLUME\/s800\/eplay-divorce.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 78px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_ouWn-vuQSvY\/THyvvWiKL7I\/AAAAAAAAAlU\/32wKlOdLUME\/s200\/eplay-divorce.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511473272032210866\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EThe whole package weights 1.99 GB. It contains a rompler unit (VSTi) with 25, 32-bit \u003Cu\u003EMse\u003C\/u\u003E piano multisamples (1,1 GB) and 25 \u003Cu\u003ENKI Kontakt\u003C\/u\u003E files, so you can use Divorce as a Vsti synth\/rompler or as Native Instruments Kontakt Sample Library. I like this concept a lot. Not everyone has NI Kontakt (ie. I don't have) and on the other hand Kontakt users will (probably) prefer to use Divorce NKI files instead of rompler.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOk, so first - the rompler unit. It offers pretty basic stuff such as ADSR envelope, panning options (modulation + speed) and reverb. Not much to be honest but ... I like it. It's not CPU hungry, I could easily insert 4-5 instances of E-Play Divorce and ie. route them to my \"effects\" channel with custom (DAW) effects such as EQ, Reverb, Delay. One more thing - scrolling through different pianos is very fast - samples are loading instantly.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHow does it sound ? It \u003Cu\u003EDOESN'T\u003C\/u\u003E recreate standard electric piano sounds, it's not an emulation \/ recreation of famous electric pianos. Instead, it really tries to bring something new, unique. There are 25 (which is quite a lot for one product) different pianos:\u003Cbr \/\u003E- so called \"Lo-Fi\" pianos (8-bit, Lo-Fi, Bit crushed, Degraded). \u003Cbr \/\u003E- pianos passed through the tubes, amps etc. \u003Cbr \/\u003E- \"weird\" pianos passed through the phaser unit for example \u003Cbr \/\u003E- gentle, warm sounding pianos. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI can see at least three ways of using Divorce:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:160%;\" \u003E\u003Cb\u003ELayering\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ERompler is low CPU hungry so it's perfect for layering. Just load three, four Divorce instances and play with presets a little bit. You can achieve some unique sounds (ie. by combining \"preamp\" piano (nice lowend) with brighter one, you can produce quite \"big\", \"full\" sounds).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003EDemo\u003C\/span\u003E - shows bells-like pad with 4 layered instances of Divorce (+ Ableton Live ping pong delay, reverb)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cembed allowscriptaccess=\"always\" height=\"81\" src=\"http:\/\/player.soundcloud.com\/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F8242102\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"100%\"\u003E\u003C\/embed\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:160%;\" \u003E\u003Cb\u003EDivorce + other Products\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI love playing Divorce along with my \u003Cb\u003ETruePianos Grand Piano\u003C\/b\u003E. It turns out that all these \"Lo-Fi\" pianos add some very nice harmonics to the default sound. On the other hand \"Tube\" \/ \"Amp\" pianos can bring additional \"air\" or some nice low-end flavour. Of course, it's totally recommended to experiment. For example, you can layer it with guitars, pads, strings, as well as short, plucky sounds (bells, marimbas etc.)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003EDemo\u003C\/span\u003E - first \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.truepianos.com\/\"\u003ETruepianos\u003C\/a\u003E virtual instrument dry then Truepianos + one Divorce instance\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cembed allowscriptaccess=\"always\" height=\"81\" src=\"http:\/\/player.soundcloud.com\/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F8242058\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"100%\"\u003E\u003C\/embed\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:160%;\" \u003E\u003Cb\u003EOne instance\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EJust follow your creativity. It's suited for many genres, from Jazz to Electronica. I can even imagine sidechaining Divorce (plus layering it with err some pad ;) ) just to create Progressive House tune similar to \u003Cb\u003EDeadmau5 - Ghosts N Stuff\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cembed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/h7ArUgxtlJs?fs=1\u0026amp;hl=pl_PL\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\"\u003E\u003C\/embed\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETons of possibilities...\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOfficial mp3 demo:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cscript type=\"text\/javascript\"\u003Edocument.write(embed+'http:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/756231\/mp3_demos\/demo_e-play_divorce.mp3\"\u003E'+embed2);\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:160%;\" \u003E\u003Cb\u003EMy opinion\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EE-Play Divorce is a great addition (addiction ? ;) ) to my arsenal. I love to layer it and overall I'm impressed. You can't compare it to another product because the sounds are pretty much unique. It consumes low CPU and the price is very fair. As far as I know, demo version will be available very soon...\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cu\u003EPRICE:\u003C\/u\u003E first 100 copies are discounted and cost 25 EUR (standard price is 40 EUR)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMore info:\u003C\/b\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cfa-sound.com\/\"\u003ECFA-Sound E-Play Divorce VSTi\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.vstcafe.com\/feeds\/2257102460456393727\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.vstcafe.com\/2010\/09\/e-play-divorce-vsti-25-electric-pianos_27.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2875078922114586122\/posts\/default\/2257102460456393727"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2875078922114586122\/posts\/default\/2257102460456393727"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.vstcafe.com\/2010\/09\/e-play-divorce-vsti-25-electric-pianos_27.html","title":"E-Play Divorce VSTi - 25 Electric Pianos Review"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Greeg"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04932039631368782719"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"http:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_ouWn-vuQSvY\/THyvvWiKL7I\/AAAAAAAAAlU\/32wKlOdLUME\/s72-c\/eplay-divorce.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875078922114586122.post-2745652141979033554"},"published":{"$t":"2010-02-07T16:28:00.015+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-12-28T18:55:09.105+01:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Drum Sampler"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Hardware Based"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Review"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Value for Money"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"VST Instrument"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Poise Drum Sampler"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ca rel=\"lightbox\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_ouWn-vuQSvY\/S27vh3AZeWI\/AAAAAAAAAe0\/sgSGwkCetjM\/s800\/poise2.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 94px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_ouWn-vuQSvY\/S27vh3AZeWI\/AAAAAAAAAe0\/sgSGwkCetjM\/s200\/poise2.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435545165263108450\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EDrum Synths, Drum Samplers, Step Sequencers, Loop Workstations - Vst Cafe doesn't shine here ;) Well, I have a good reason - quality stuff is pretty much commercial and expensive. \u003Cbr \/\u003EShort example:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E# \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003EFXpansion GURU (249 $)\u003C\/span\u003E - complete Loop Workstation with advanced beat slicing, step sequencing, sample editing and other features.\u003Cbr \/\u003E# \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003ENative Instruments Battery (179 EUR)\u003C\/span\u003E - state of the art Drum Sampler.\u003Cbr \/\u003E# \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003ELinplug RMV (139 EUR)\u003C\/span\u003E - drum synth \u0026 drum sampler with huge sampled and synthesized drum library.\u003Cbr \/\u003E# \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003EAudio Damage Tattoo (79 $)\u003C\/span\u003E - latest drum synth (no samples, drums are synthesized) \u0026 sequencer with strong randomization features. Nice value compared to price. \u003Cbr \/\u003E# \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003EFXpansion DR008 (99 $)\u003C\/span\u003E - 8 year old :) but still powerful drum sampler \u0026 drum synth with 96 pads.\u003Cbr \/\u003E# \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003EAbleton Impulse \/ Drum Rack\u003C\/span\u003E - intuitive and user friendly drum samplers available only for Ableton fanboys ;)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAll of these plugins are top quality but at the same time they're expensive. How about free stuff, then ? \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E# \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003EE-Phonic Drumatic 3\u003C\/span\u003E - nice free drum alternative (but much more limited) for Sonic Charge Microtonic drum synth.\u003Cbr \/\u003E# \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003ETatapoum 4\u003C\/span\u003E - drum sampler with quite strong step sequencing features. Actually, it nicely surprised me when I first tested it.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThere's also Computer SR-202 distributed freely with Computer Music magazine, there's Odo DR-Fusion drum sampler and that's pretty much it.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAre there any 'Akai MPC series' software clones ? :) You know, 16 pads, amazing workflow, good features, pure fun ? There is one option, quite unknown to be honest. It's \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003EPoise\u003C\/span\u003E, from One Small Clue, 16 Drum pads sampler, heavily inspired by Akai MPC series. The official website states: \u003Cblockquote\u003E\"Direct, straightforward, no frills and no bloat! Poise aims to make working with drum samples quick and painless, allowing you to focus on making music. \"\u003C\/blockquote\u003E and it's all true. Poise was designed to be quick, intuitive, powerful (and at the same time simple) and painless alternative for these \"big\" loop workstations. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFirst - \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003EGUI\u003C\/span\u003E. Not too big and not too small. It's very clean and it's skinnable. I like the dark one skin but I'm sure that you'll find the one you like (ie. with white background). Overall, design gives nice feeling.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003ESample Browser\u003C\/span\u003E is the first thing that got my attention because \"small details\" start here :). All you need to do is to use \"add folder\" option, choose your drum samples folder and you're set. Then you can drag \u0026 drop samples (Poise supports WAV, AIF, SND formats) on the drum pad and have some fun. So, where are the \"small details\" ? :) Each folder is opened with one click not double click. You can quickly preview each sample thanks to included preview function - there's even a knob to set the volume preview... \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBigger details ? \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003ELayers\u003C\/span\u003E. Just drag and drop up to 8 samples per drum pad and play them in round robin, random, layered or velocity switching mode. Isn't it great ???! Another one ? \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003EOutputs\u003C\/span\u003E. There are up to 16 outputs, so you can route (send) each pad to it's own channel bus (in your DAW) and add a touch of reverb or compression. This is really huge. As Ableton user, I use this feature all the time with Ableton Drum Rack.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EGoing back to small details. Each layer on a pad can be tweaked separately or grouped. You can copy or swap one pad to another. There are hotkeys available (turned off by default) to improve the navigation even more, ie. F5 Opens\/Closes browser.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThere are of course sample editing features like Amp Envelope, Pitch Envelope. You can change the overall volume, balance, pitch of each layer. There are effects available: Distortion, Low Pass \/ High Pass Filter and Ring Modulation. There's also small and neat \"reverse\" sample option. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI was trying to find some weak sides but it's not that easy - Poise is a complete drum sampler :) It comes with 30 drum kits - honestly, I don't know if they're good or bad because I used my own samples all the time :) You can load \/ save your custom drum kits using Poise DKT format. Well, there's one downside - it's Windows only plugin.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHere's a nice video (I'm not the author) which covers most of Poise features.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cobject width=\"480\" height=\"295\"\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/nWeIpLtSCDE\u0026hl=pl_PL\u0026fs=1\u0026\"\u003E\u003C\/param\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"\u003E\u003C\/param\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"\u003E\u003C\/param\u003E\u003Cembed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/nWeIpLtSCDE\u0026hl=pl_PL\u0026fs=1\u0026\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"480\" height=\"295\"\u003E\u003C\/embed\u003E\u003C\/object\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAhh, almost forgot ;) The price. It costs \u003Cu\u003E49 $\u003C\/u\u003E which I belive is very fair price. We have a quite unique plugin here. All Akai MPC lovers will love Poise and those who never tried such workflow will find it great too. Up to 8 samples \/ layers per pad is really an amazing feature. Poise definitely has great value compared to price. If you're still not sure, there's demo version available.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cu\u003EPRICE: 49 $\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003EMore info:\u003C\/span\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.onesmallclue.com\/poise.php\"\u003EOne Small Clue - Poise\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.vstcafe.com\/feeds\/2745652141979033554\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.vstcafe.com\/2010\/02\/poise-drum-sampler.html#comment-form","title":"8 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2875078922114586122\/posts\/default\/2745652141979033554"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2875078922114586122\/posts\/default\/2745652141979033554"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.vstcafe.com\/2010\/02\/poise-drum-sampler.html","title":"Poise Drum Sampler"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Greeg"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04932039631368782719"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"http:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_ouWn-vuQSvY\/S27vh3AZeWI\/AAAAAAAAAe0\/sgSGwkCetjM\/s72-c\/poise2.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"8"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875078922114586122.post-7248938777817084555"},"published":{"$t":"2009-06-10T21:02:00.010+02:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-08-27T10:08:44.631+02:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Hardware Based"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Hybrid Synth"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Review"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Value for Money"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"VST Instrument"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Messiah - a Prophet 5 inspired synth"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ca rel=\"lightbox\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_ouWn-vuQSvY\/Siw341ACUNI\/AAAAAAAAARM\/2Q99eodqaM4\/s800\/messiah1.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 98px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_ouWn-vuQSvY\/Siw341ACUNI\/AAAAAAAAARM\/2Q99eodqaM4\/s200\/messiah1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344708307221369042\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EWhat would you say if I asked you about \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003ESequential Circuits Prophet 5\u003C\/span\u003E Vintage Synth emulation ? Most of you would probably point me at Native Instruments website and their \u003Cu\u003EPro-53\u003C\/u\u003E virtual synth for 199 EUR. Others would say - pick \u003Cu\u003ESCI Prophet 5\u003C\/u\u003E or \u003Cu\u003EProphanity\u003C\/u\u003E, they're freeware. \u003Cbr \/\u003EBut, is there a third option - cheap \/ average priced, commercial, quality soft synth ? Fortunately, there is. It's called \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003EMessiah\u003C\/span\u003E, it's created by \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003EGunnar Ekornås\u003C\/span\u003E (remember Minimogue VA ?) and after 3-4 hours testing session I'm really wondering why this synth seems hmm forgotten. To be honest, even I, vst instruments freak ;), had problem to notice it. Actually it was one Vst Cafe user who recommended me this softsynth and it convinced me to give Messiah a try.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFirst I started with the presets. Factory bank contains 128 presets - there are leads, arps, basses, effects, chords, guitars - it's almost everything. I was surprised because many presets sounded very nice. At this moment I didn't know anything about the whole concept of Messiah. All I saw was an upper gui part which looked quite similar to Pro-53 (or maybe I should say Prophet5 VA :) ) and the keyboard at the bottom. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca rel=\"lightbox\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_ouWn-vuQSvY\/Siw3-qbAXNI\/AAAAAAAAARU\/ULY2SVQp37M\/s800\/messiah2.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 98px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_ouWn-vuQSvY\/Siw3-qbAXNI\/AAAAAAAAARU\/ULY2SVQp37M\/s200\/messiah2.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344708407460912338\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EBut then I started the real testing. It turned out that there are additional three pages with knobs, buttons, switches. I remember this moment perfectly because it was just - \"woow\" :)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMessiah has three very innovative oscillator types:\u003Cbr \/\u003E1. \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003EMorph oscillator\u003C\/span\u003E - you can morph between 4 waveforms (11 waveforms to choose such as: sine, saw, square, triangle, ramp, soft ramp, peak ramp, peak, octava, cluster1, cluster2)\u003Cbr \/\u003E2. \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003EUnison oscillator\u003C\/span\u003E - 7 voices (and you can put this oscillator into 5 voice unison for 35 voices) for creating fat detuned sounds.\u003Cbr \/\u003E3. \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003EFlexi oscillator\u003C\/span\u003E - two separate waveforms that can perform PWM, Ring Mod, Phase distortion and more\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMessiah development took over one year. An author has been analyzing Prophet5 soundfiles (for example at filter design stage) to reach the best effect. Sure, it's not 100 % accurate emulation but it's actually more than just an emulation. These oscillators are really doing the great job and they're NOT killing the CPU - Messiah is very low CPU hungry.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIs it worth ? To be honest I don't remember the sound of Pro-53 but one thing I do remember - I didn't like the unison - the more detuned sound (and since I'm much into trance, I like to detune everything ;) ) I had, the less brightness and more noise I heard. Fortunately, Messiah unison sounds as it should - fat, detuned (if you want to), but still pretty bright and without noise.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe most important thing - it's very hmm creative synth. I was giving myself about three hours to write this short review but I failed miserably. \"Tweaking knobs\" part just took too long :) I managed to create few nice presets ranging from Usher - Yeah, Deadmau5 plucks to trance pluck. Factory presets are very nice too - especially I like presets called \"Depeche\" - I spent half an hour playing \"just can't get enough\" ;)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EDon't forget to check the demo - you shouldn't trust the guy you virtually know nothing about ;) The demo is fully functional + silence effect, which to be honest is too frequent. At first I thought that there's some bug in Messiah hehe\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELast word - Messiah needs more attention. It's an amazing, powerful synth. Sure, there are tons of free plugins - some (for example Synth1, Outmeal, Atlantis) are as good as commercial. But if you have them all and you need something new - Messiah will give you that new feeling. It's pretty unique synth - good enough to be a commercial product. Great work Gunnar! :)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHere are some examples I did during Messiah testing (there's tiny amount of external reverb - rest is Messiah)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cscript language=\"javascript\" type=\"text\/javascript\"\u003Edocument.write(embed+mp3Server+'messiah.mp3\"\u003E'+embed2);\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cu\u003EPrice: 30 $\u003C\/u\u003E (or 40 $ with \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003EMemorymoon\u003C\/span\u003E - plugin inspired by Memorymoog polyphonic synth).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMore info:\u003C\/b\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/memorymoon.com\/index.html\"\u003Ehttp:\/\/memorymoon.com\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.vstcafe.com\/feeds\/7248938777817084555\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.vstcafe.com\/2009\/06\/messiah-prophet-5-inspired-synth.html#comment-form","title":"8 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2875078922114586122\/posts\/default\/7248938777817084555"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2875078922114586122\/posts\/default\/7248938777817084555"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.vstcafe.com\/2009\/06\/messiah-prophet-5-inspired-synth.html","title":"Messiah - a Prophet 5 inspired synth"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Greeg"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04932039631368782719"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"http:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_ouWn-vuQSvY\/Siw341ACUNI\/AAAAAAAAARM\/2Q99eodqaM4\/s72-c\/messiah1.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"8"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875078922114586122.post-3995112382588509930"},"published":{"$t":"2009-06-08T21:39:00.010+02:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-01-09T13:47:22.027+01:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Chorus"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Mac Available"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Payware"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Review"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Value for Money"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"VST Effect"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Audio Damage Fluid - chorus unit"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ca rel=\"lightbox\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_ouWn-vuQSvY\/Si0G4-_28cI\/AAAAAAAAARc\/DhRsLfI-98Y\/s800\/fluid.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 46px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_ouWn-vuQSvY\/Si0G4-_28cI\/AAAAAAAAARc\/DhRsLfI-98Y\/s200\/fluid.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344935908811928002\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003ECouple months ago I was wondering why most software chorus plugins sound similar to each other and actually rather poor. I couldn't find an answer and what's worse I couldn't find the plugin I like. I mean, come on chorus seems a simple thing to implement in software but for some reason most choruses are just terrible. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EPresented chorus is finally the plugin I was looking for. It's ... \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003EAudio Damage Fluid\u003C\/span\u003E. Some of you may not be surprised because Audio Damage plugins (effects only) have attained a cult status among users over recent years. Almost every plugin is reviewed very high by magazines such as Computer Music or Future Music. Also the pricing policy is worth mentioning - plugins (compared to quality and creativity they offer) are cheap and there are no problems with transfer license. I know it because I bought it \"second handed\" - who knows maybe that's why my Fluid sounds nice, and it has more analogue soul ;)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFluid is an analog-modeled stereo chorus suited for subtle phasey widening as well as full-on modulation mayhem. Actually, it makes chorus a usable effect again. I can just insert Fluid on my, for example, pads channel and it'll give them nice, wide sound. Inserted on dull, motionless analogue synth channel, will give depth and richness. And I don't have to sit whole day tweaking it - presets are nice and the gui contains just five knobs. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhile Fluid is simple outside, it's not inside. It took several design iterations followed by several tweaking iterations before developers accepted the effect. It's internal structure is not based on any existing design. Of course it has similarities to other chorus algorithms - especially analog chorus units and multi-effects DSP hardware ones but it has it's own tricks (as most Audio Damage plugins) too. Most vintage chorus processors used only two or three modulated delays - Fluid uses a network of five modulated delays and four fixed delays.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESo why most chorus plugins sound just dull, lifeless and this one is totally opposite ?\u003Cblockquote\u003EI have a theory: lots of people don't know what a good chorus sounds like. Lots of plug-in users and plug-in makers have not heard really nice hardware chorus units. They have no point of reference. Hence plug-in makers build blah-sounding choruses based on the simple concept that you allude to. Just about every book on music related DSP will describe chorusing as a simple one-delay\/one-LFO process, so many plug-in makers will code that up as their chorus plug-in, listen to it and figure that's what it's supposed to sound like, and leave it at that. End-users hear the result, go \"bleah!\" and move on to some more interesting-sounding plug-in.\u003C\/blockquote\u003EFeatures:\u003Cbr \/\u003E- True stereo analog-modeled chorus effect\u003Cbr \/\u003E- Feedback control for extreme special effects\u003Cbr \/\u003E- Optimized for low CPU usage\u003Cbr \/\u003E- Full MIDI learn on every parameter for hardware control (VST version only)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003Eps. Mac version is also available. Unfortunately, there's no demo version (?)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cscript language=\"javascript\" type=\"text\/javascript\"\u003Edocument.write(embed+mp3Server+'fluid_demo_2.mp3\"\u003E'+embed2);\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cscript language=\"javascript\" type=\"text\/javascript\"\u003Edocument.write(embed+mp3Server+'fluid_demo_3\"\u003E'+embed2);\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cu\u003EPRICE: 29 $\u003C\/u\u003E (transfer license available)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003EMore info:\u003C\/span\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.audiodamage.com\/effects\/product.php?pid=AD016\"\u003EAudio Damage Fluid\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.vstcafe.com\/feeds\/3995112382588509930\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.vstcafe.com\/2009\/06\/audio-damage-fluid-chorus-unit.html#comment-form","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2875078922114586122\/posts\/default\/3995112382588509930"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2875078922114586122\/posts\/default\/3995112382588509930"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.vstcafe.com\/2009\/06\/audio-damage-fluid-chorus-unit.html","title":"Audio Damage Fluid - chorus unit"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Greeg"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04932039631368782719"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"http:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_ouWn-vuQSvY\/Si0G4-_28cI\/AAAAAAAAARc\/DhRsLfI-98Y\/s72-c\/fluid.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"2"}}]}});