KVR Audio

careyletendre · Post by **careyletendre** » Mon Sep 08, 2014 4:50 am

Anyone looking forward to this who doesn't already own Pro Tools?

http://www.pro-tools-expert.com/home-pa ... u-ver.html

Pricing

AU and VST - $99.99
Existing owners of AIEP will be able to purchase for $39.99

*Pro Tools owners wishing to use AU and VST versions will also be subject to the same pricing
*AAX and RTAS versions will remain free built into Pro Tools

Carey

muLperi · Post by **muLperi** » Mon Sep 08, 2014 6:12 am

I am very interested. Structure also had some VERY good patches (though I am still trying to figure it out).

Ingonator · Post by **Ingonator** » Mon Sep 08, 2014 4:40 pm

Cool. The XPand! 2 AAX plugin included with ProTools 11 has a ton of really great presets IMO. Nice to hear that it will also come as a VST plugin.

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Mon Sep 08, 2014 4:47 pm

careyletendre wrote:Pricing
AU and VST - $99.99

I think it is a bit too steep, hope there will be a sale some time

Based on the description, I'm thinking it has some similarities with Ravity?:

Xpand!2 is a virtual workstation synthesizer featuring a broad range of sound generation possibilities including multi-sampled instruments as well as FM, wavetable, and virtual analog synthesis.

The settings of all four slots and their respective Parts can be saved as a single Patch. Xpand!2 comes with a set of over 2300 Patches, created by renowned sound designers.

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Mon Sep 08, 2014 4:56 pm

Numanoid wrote:
careyletendre wrote:Pricing
AU and VST - $99.99
I think it is a bit too steep, hope there will be a sale some time

Based on the description, I'm thinking it has some similarities with Ravity?:
Xpand!2 is a virtual workstation synthesizer featuring a broad range of sound generation possibilities including multi-sampled instruments as well as FM, wavetable, and virtual analog synthesis.

The settings of all four slots and their respective Parts can be saved as a single Patch. Xpand!2 comes with a set of over 2300 Patches, created by renowned sound designers.

More Hypersonic (even has some of the original patches albeit with new names), it's really the successor to that, so well worth it to me.

EvilDragon · Post by **EvilDragon** » Mon Sep 08, 2014 5:09 pm

Don't think it's steep priced at all at $99.

Ingonator · Post by **Ingonator** » Mon Sep 08, 2014 5:25 pm

With the AAX plugin i was really impressed by the quality of the presets. Reminds me of a hardware workstation like e.g. my Yamaha Motif ES7.
Have not tried doing my own patches with it yet.

basslinemaster · Post by **basslinemaster** » Mon Sep 08, 2014 5:29 pm

This is amazing news! Correct me if I'm wrong, but XPand was created by Wizoo, the creators of Hypersonic 2! And I believe it's somewhat like Hypersonic 2 - $99 is an excellent price, I think, I don't know what Numanoid is talking about.

juffi · Post by **juffi** » Mon Sep 08, 2014 5:37 pm

Great news! I remember the great sound, very nice patches. Sort of Hypersonic brother. AFAIK Xpand2 was in Protools SE as well as i tried M-Audio's C400 interface.

basslinemaster · Post by **basslinemaster** » Mon Sep 08, 2014 5:41 pm

Does anybody know if you can edit the sounds in Xpand 2? I've been watching some videos on Youtube, but I haven't found any that show patch editing.

valerian_777 · Post by **valerian_777** » Mon Sep 08, 2014 5:42 pm

I pay gladly $39,99 for this!

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Mon Sep 08, 2014 6:00 pm

Just out of interest how does the wavetable engine in Hybrid compare to this? I love the wavetable synth in Hypersonic so would be interested if Hybrid's is an evolution from that design?

careyletendre · Post by **careyletendre** » Mon Sep 08, 2014 8:25 pm

basslinemaster wrote:Does anybody know if you can edit the sounds in Xpand 2? I've been watching some videos on Youtube, but I haven't found any that show patch editing.

Unfortunately, other than a few 'smart controls' for each patch, the sounds themselves can't be edited very much.

Carey

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Mon Sep 08, 2014 8:28 pm

careyletendre wrote:
basslinemaster wrote:Does anybody know if you can edit the sounds in Xpand 2? I've been watching some videos on Youtube, but I haven't found any that show patch editing.
Unfortunately, other than a few 'smart controls' for each patch, the sounds themselves can't be edited very much.

Carey

Oh that is different from Hypersonic then, you can get into each sound and edit it in H2.

careyletendre · Post by **careyletendre** » Mon Sep 08, 2014 8:29 pm

basslinemaster wrote:This is amazing news! Correct me if I'm wrong, but XPand was created by Wizoo, the creators of Hypersonic 2!

Wizoo became AIR after being purchased by Avid in 2005.

Carey

AIR XPand! 2 Coming To VST/AU