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Morty-C-137 some are better than others. I haven’t tried the Logic one so I can’t comment on it, but RipX DAW is quite incredible for getting clean vocals that are initially bathed in reverb and delay. Obviously it takes a while to go through the file and remove that stuff, but I’ve been quite impressed with the results. I’ve always wanted to do a reworking of Bassomatic’s (AKA WIlliam Orbit) ‘Fascinating Rhythm’ and it gave me a lot to work with - including a very clean vocal.

Where it struggles a bit more is things like plucky sounds or synth parts.

    I have bought a license for Serum 2 a couple of weeks ago after a great time playing with the demo. Great fun building patches in that one!

    I had been using Vital for quite some time and still nothing comes close to that kind of easy and quick modulation system, but damn.. serum tops it for me in terms of filter and fx quality. The sound engine is also a touch more ‘pristine’ if that’s the right word. Probably the way the oscillators are oversampled.

    Anyway; can definitely recommend. If you like rolling your own patches with an do-it-all-the-only you’ll ever need-monster synth: look no further.

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    • HHenry

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      I bought into the NI ecosystem when I purchased the Maschine II bundle about 10 years ago, which was bundled with Komplete at the time (although haven’t updated it for years now).

      Massive X is very good. But the interface takes some getting used to although you can make some very interesting sounds from it. I would say that the sound engine used to be incredible vs the stock Ableton plugins and when I would load it into Ableton vs say a Wavetable it was night and day which of them had more depth.

      Battery 4. I sometimes use this. Every drum sample I drop into sound better. Lots of controls for adding saturation, compression etc.

      TRK-01. Great little drum rack.

      Replica Delay is also very good. Always sounds different to the other delay plugins I have.

      NI are having a massive fire sale at the moment so their sales must be suffering. And they deserve that for not updating Abysnth for Apple Silicon.

        Henry That makes sense, they’re probably using this to draw people back into their products then. It’s free, so for the cost of some drive space, I’ll probably try it out. Thanks for the rundown.

          303abuser Thanks for posting, I’ve redeemed. I have an old version of Komplete (I think 11) which has none of this content (from the electronic pack) so it’s a useful add in. Still use Massive, Absynth and Transient Master all the time.

              apyssjw You’re welcome. I’ve got the activation code too, just haven’t downloaded it yet.

                Live 12.2 is out, I’ve been looking forward to this update for a while.

                They have finally added animation to the auto filter when using the LFO. I will try to find a way to celebrate this evening.

                Otherwise, the chord expression looks good. Maybe as close as you can get to how ‘Chord’ works on the Syntakt? Would be very happy if that were true.

                Bounce to track is also something I can see myself using.

                I like the looks of the added filters too, especially the notch-lp. Any improvements to roar will make an already great tool even better. Definitely curious to see how the chord tool works, given that I’m still really shit at any kind of music theory.

                Still on live 10. It’ll be a sensory overload when I finally upgrade.

                I made the jump from 10 to 12 and it’s definitely worth it.

                13 days later

                Slice machine added to the Digitakt II

                GTFI

                  Will install it at the weekend. More flexibility with samples of different BPMs is more than welcome.

                  Aren’t you tempted upgrading to the DT2?

                  Looks like a great update, they’re probably less concerned about cannibalizing the OT now that it’s old enough to not be getting an updated version.

                  I’d love to trade up, but I can’t justify the increased cost. I paid $800 CAD for the DT when it was released, it’s $1250 now if you can find one and the DT2 is $1450. I bought the ST for $1200 and it’s $1450 now too, crazy how much prices have gone up.

                  I can sample from my hardware either to the DT or straight into ableton, so I’ve got it covered for now. I’ve been having a blast the last couple of weeks running the DFAM through the ext in of the MS20. Once I’ve got all the tracks finished that I’ve already started, I want to get into a different sonic territory that where I’ve been the last few years.

                  12 days later

                  I downloaded Soothe 2 demo this week. I was using Boba - but (you’ll be surpirsed to learn) I can only get one instance of it to load in Live 10. Think I’ll be paying the full price for Soothe (having missed the recent sale) as I just don’t want to buy a new computer when my music machine still runs like a dream.

                  12 days later