KVR Audio

H-man · Post by **H-man** » Thu Sep 04, 2014 9:29 pm

J.Ruegg wrote:Today have passed exactly 365 days , from the day I have discovered the OSC .
That day has changed my life...

Happy OSC-Day J

H-man · Post by **H-man** » Thu Sep 04, 2014 9:33 pm

z.prime wrote:
IrregularDan wrote:Well, when I'm trying to create a kick patch, something random happens with the sound when I play the pattern. Sound becomes louder or more quiet from kick to kick. Is it a FL Studio problem or a synth?
This is a typical problem with OSC synths - like there's something free-running under the hood and the kick is not consistent. Try to eliminate any free-running oscillators if you can. Unfortunately, we have to deal with this limitation - e.g. the no sampling rule.

And yes, as bjp says, try to throw a limiter on top and boost into it to get a more consistent level.

Z I think that it was you that suggested Limiter No. 6? Probably the best single plugin out there for nailing your kicks down.

bjporter · Post by **bjporter** » Thu Sep 04, 2014 9:41 pm

H-man wrote:
J.Ruegg wrote:Today have passed exactly 365 days , from the day I have discovered the OSC .
That day has changed my life...
Happy OSC-Day J

Indeed Happy OSC-Day!! :harp:

z.prime · Post by **z.prime** » Thu Sep 04, 2014 9:44 pm

H-man wrote:
z.prime wrote:
IrregularDan wrote:Well, when I'm trying to create a kick patch, something random happens with the sound when I play the pattern. Sound becomes louder or more quiet from kick to kick. Is it a FL Studio problem or a synth?
This is a typical problem with OSC synths - like there's something free-running under the hood and the kick is not consistent. Try to eliminate any free-running oscillators if you can. Unfortunately, we have to deal with this limitation - e.g. the no sampling rule.

And yes, as bjp says, try to throw a limiter on top and boost into it to get a more consistent level.
Z I think that it was you that suggested Limiter No. 6? Probably the best single plugin out there for nailing your kicks down.

Yep, Limiter 6 is one of the best, definitely. Definitely works magic on a kick & snare.

bjporter · Post by **bjporter** » Thu Sep 04, 2014 10:24 pm

z.prime wrote: Yep, Limiter 6 is one of the best, definitely. Definitely works magic on a kick & snare.

Bahhh i better get in the Limiter 6 club. Took a look at it and it was so many knobs, but will have another look soon!

ontrackp · Post by **ontrackp** » Fri Sep 05, 2014 2:58 am

This looks very interesting -- and there is a Mac version, so I'm looking forward to getting back into the mix this month!

elBeppo · Post by **elBeppo** » Fri Sep 05, 2014 9:28 am

Super!!! A challenge with possibilities for us Mac users.

One thing: I noticed the last entry date was set "before 1 September".. I take it that's just a typo, and it should read "before 1 October"?
/Peter

elBeppo · Post by **elBeppo** » Fri Sep 05, 2014 10:24 am

Ah - Bonkers!!
Cannot get this plugin to work on my Mac anyhow. AU-validation failed.. Will try some other DAW that supports VST instead of Logic..

elBeppo · Post by **elBeppo** » Fri Sep 05, 2014 11:32 am

Reaper gets it done. Now it works (with the VSTi version). Sorry for spamming.

z.prime · Post by **z.prime** » Fri Sep 05, 2014 12:58 pm

bjporter wrote:
z.prime wrote: Yep, Limiter 6 is one of the best, definitely. Definitely works magic on a kick & snare.
Bahhh i better get in the Limiter 6 club. Took a look at it and it was so many knobs, but will have another look soon!

It has a bunch of sections: compressor, peak limiter, master limiter, others... i pretty much just use those first 3, so can ignore a couple other sections I think. Really pretty easy, once you get used to it.

IrregularDan · Post by **IrregularDan** » Fri Sep 05, 2014 1:24 pm

bjporter wrote:
IrregularDan wrote:Well, when I'm trying to create a kick patch, something random happens with the sound when I play the pattern. Sound becomes louder or more quiet from kick to kick. Is it a FL Studio problem or a synth?
That happens a lot of times with pure synth percussion. Maybe someone else has a better patch - did you try the kick patches on page 1?

One of my tricks is to drive the volume really loud, then throw into a limiter - which should keep a more steady volume.

Thank you for the advice, but I prefer to make patches from scratch.

I have come to solid kick patch (I don't even now how, I made another one with same settings, and it was with random sounding, maybe waves were different, idk)

ThePresent · Post by **ThePresent** » Fri Sep 05, 2014 2:54 pm

When a synthesized kick varies at each beat, I compress and maximize it to death and use a separate patch to get my attack back. Then those two or three patches get compressed and eq'ed again through a group channel. The only thing to be aware of is that the patches don't enter the groupchannel at a level that is to high, so I adjust the inputvolume on the groupchannel.

Cygnus86 · Post by **Cygnus86** » Sat Sep 06, 2014 10:20 pm

Hey everyone, was hoping someone could help me with an issue I was having with this synth.

I have a sustain pedal that seems to be functioning correctly (the midi log in Reaper's ReaControlMidi shows the pedal is outputting 127 (on) when depressed and 0 (off) for when not depressed).
However, when I try to use it with Digits, the synth doesn't seem to respond to my sustain pedal. Is this synth not configured to accept a MIDI msg for sustain pedal on/off (cc:64)?
If so, is there a way I could setup Digits so it would accept a sustain pedal input?

Hope my question wasn't too confusing, I'm not very technical so not sure how to describe the issue better.

-Thanks everyone
-Tomas

ClaRago · Post by **ClaRago** » Sun Sep 07, 2014 8:15 pm

Just had a little peek at this month's OSC. Gosh , a free synth available as AU !!
Digits, I dig It.

bjporter · Post by **bjporter** » Mon Sep 08, 2014 12:37 am

Cygnus86 wrote: Hope my question wasn't too confusing, I'm not very technical so not sure how to describe the issue better.

Arg wish I could help with this one - it's a good question. I'm sure some Reaper / Midi experts here can chime in

One-Synth-Challenge #67: Digits by Extent of the Jam (z.prime wins!)