On Sun, 1 Jan 2017 16:08:17 +0000 John Murphy <rosegardener@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > https://soundcloud.com/nominal6/freetidbit > I try to favour commercial products which support Linux, so it's good > to see u-he virtual synthesizers in beta testing for the platform. At one point in time I was considering seriously to build a Windows machine in order to get some of those synths and plugins that seems so wonderful. By coincidence I read a reply from Dave Phillips in which he mentioned using a u-he synth. I give it a try and dropped the Windows project in favour of getting some of these synths and plugins as I was thoroughly impressed by the range of expressiveness. Quite often I build tracks using acoustic guitar, so I need to have sounds that can be subtle and detailed in their colours. > I've been enjoying auditioning in their Zebra2 today. Time > constraints stop me doing much more than that, so the fifteen minute > demo (until it goes out of tune) works well for me. I tried their > Repro yesterday. The demo for that is noisy after a few minutes. I'll > try the free ones as well. The free u-he synths are actually quite good. Even the weird TripleCheese, winner of a KVR development award, that's built on a series of 3 comb filters, has interesting sounds to offer. Zebralette and Beatzille are scaled down versions of Zebra2 and Bazille, so they basically offer the same quality. Beatzille, which was produced for the German Beat magazine of same name can be downloaded from: http://www.vstplanet.com/Instruments/VST_Synthesizers38.htm#Beatzille > Would be good if other commercial VST producers (I like d16 and > Arturia) support the Linux platform too. Rebooting to MS Windows for > state-of-the-art music tools hasn't been enjoyable. Wouldn't have > wanted to miss the d-16 LuSH101 though. One synth that I discovered recently, designed by Wolfram Franke of Waldorf and Taiho Yamada of Alesis and M-Audio Venom, as well as graphic designer Kristina Childs, is Biotek. It is built on a sampling platform called Acktion of which there's no documentation yet but seems to offer manipulation of samples to a certain degree. In any case the idea is about the blending of nature and technology. I still have to explore that synth thoroughly. so far I find much fun in exploring sounds in there. Depending on the complexities of the sound patch, can require more work to fit in a mix, though. https://www.tracktion.com/products/biotek > I haven't used audio tools on Linux for some time and it's great to > see everything working so well, without much configuration on Mint > 18. Ardour is looking superb and I was able to find all I needed to > know to get plugins and my keyboard and interface working. Many > thanks to all contributors and - The only aspect I had to configure is the real-time response of the kernel, to be able to have no perceptible delay when recording acoustic guitar while wearing headphones for the playback. > Happy new year! Best wishes, cheers ! > u-he Linux Public Beta thread at KVRaudio: > http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=424953 _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
