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benjamind · Post by **benjamind** » Tue Jun 28, 2016 10:52 am

Holy crap!

What just happened to the AAS forums? Where are all those wonderful presets that users spent years making?

They just ditched them? I hope not, I have tried to get onto the forums to grab the presets and the other stuff (Tassman, etc). The forums are...GONE!!!???!!!

lalo · Post by **lalo** » Tue Jun 28, 2016 11:06 am

benjamind wrote:Holy crap!

What just happened to the AAS forums? Where are all those wonderful presets that users spent years making?

They just ditched them? I hope not, I have tried to get onto the forums to grab the presets and the other stuff (Tassman, etc). The forums are...GONE!!!???!!!

is a good sign or a bad one?

Michael L · Post by **Michael L** » Tue Jun 28, 2016 12:07 pm

lalo wrote:What just happened to the AAS forums? Where are all those wonderful presets that users spent years making?

Email them and ask! FWIW, I asked last September if the presets for Tassman 4 will be compatible with Tassman 5, and they said "as much as possible," then described the challenges, and ended with "will do our best," so it seems they value the presets.

electro · Post by **electro** » Tue Jun 28, 2016 1:52 pm

Expect T5 incompatibility with T4 presets, especially if the sound engine is improved.

I think every AAS synth version is incompatible with the prior version so there is a track record.

smuff · Post by **smuff** » Tue Jun 28, 2016 1:58 pm

I just sent a facebook message. There is no reason to get rid of all that legacy even if T5 does happen. We are still using T4 until that time. Please AAS let us have access to the presets...

Michael L · Post by **Michael L** » Tue Jun 28, 2016 2:17 pm

electro wrote:I think every AAS synth version is incompatible with the prior version so there is a track record.

No, actually they had excellent results with the procedure to convert the old presets to the new versions of Ultra Analog, Lounge Lizard and String Studio (Chromaphone 2 had minor changes), so their track record is good.

electro · Post by **electro** » Tue Jun 28, 2016 4:26 pm

Michael L wrote:
electro wrote:I think every AAS synth version is incompatible with the prior version so there is a track record.
No, actually they had excellent results with the procedure to convert the old presets to the new versions of Ultra Analog, Lounge Lizard and String Studio (Chromaphone 2 had minor changes), so their track record is good.

So Tassman 4 can open Tassman 3 patches?

dayjob · Post by **dayjob** » Tue Jun 28, 2016 4:30 pm

what a drag.

smuff · Post by **smuff** » Tue Jun 28, 2016 4:39 pm

I got a reply:

Applied Acoustics Systems:

The community site is down indefinitely for security reasons. We hope to make the Tassman 4 patches available again in the future.

Aryaroman · Post by **Aryaroman** » Tue Jun 28, 2016 6:04 pm

This and Ultra Analog are at the same price currently. No, actually UA is a bit more expensive. Maybe they're selling it for so cheap because the update is coming soon?

AAS, overall, seems to be stumbling a bit. I can't even figure out the difference between UA2 and UA Session.

wagtunes · Post by **wagtunes** » Tue Jun 28, 2016 6:44 pm

I'd so much love to see Tassman 5 but I have given up on that hope a long time ago.

Michael L · Post by **Michael L** » Tue Jun 28, 2016 7:33 pm

To be fair, they did announce an update sequence for all their synths, with Tassman last, and have done what they said they would do so far. See other threads on this topic.

wagtunes · Post by **wagtunes** » Tue Jun 28, 2016 7:38 pm

Michael L wrote:To be fair, they did announce an update sequence for all their synths, with Tassman last, and have done what they said they would do so far. See other threads on this topic.

One major difference. Tassman is a major project. In terms of complexity, it blows everything they've ever done out of the water. Making a Tassman 5 is not going to be anything close to an easy job, thus why it's about the last thing standing that hasn't been touched in I don't know how many years.

So just because other synths of theirs have seen updates doesn't mean Tassman is going to follow suit

dayjob · Post by **dayjob** » Tue Jun 28, 2016 7:41 pm

wagtunes wrote:
Michael L wrote:To be fair, they did announce an update sequence for all their synths, with Tassman last, and have done what they said they would do so far. See other threads on this topic.
One major difference. Tassman is a major project. In terms of complexity, it blows everything they've ever done out of the water. Making a Tassman 5 is not going to be anything close to an easy job, thus why it's about the last thing standing that hasn't been touched in I don't know how many years.

So just because other synths of theirs have seen updates doesn't mean Tassman is going to follow suit

obviously.. it's been 10 years right?

wagtunes · Post by **wagtunes** » Tue Jun 28, 2016 7:43 pm

dayjob wrote:
wagtunes wrote:
Michael L wrote:To be fair, they did announce an update sequence for all their synths, with Tassman last, and have done what they said they would do so far. See other threads on this topic.
One major difference. Tassman is a major project. In terms of complexity, it blows everything they've ever done out of the water. Making a Tassman 5 is not going to be anything close to an easy job, thus why it's about the last thing standing that hasn't been touched in I don't know how many years.

So just because other synths of theirs have seen updates doesn't mean Tassman is going to follow suit

obviously.. it's been 10 years right?

I've lost track and I've stopped waiting.

Others want to keep hoping, that's their business.

At least I won't be disappointed.

Any AAS Tasman 5 news?