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Actuate

Synth (Analogue / Subtractive / Additive) Plugin by Ardura
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Actuate has an average user rating of 4.50 from 2 reviews

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User Reviews by KVR Members for Actuate

Actuate

Reviewed By Warkauze [all]
August 8th, 2024
Version reviewed: 1.3.1 on Windows

Really neat synth, however this synth does feature some quirks that make it less reliable then I think it could be. First, the synth seems to be out of tune by default by about one and a half semitones, requiring the user to manually tune the oscillators individually. The next is the ADSR's release times in my opinion should be able to go much longer then they can. They are too short for creating certain sounds. The last quirk has to do with the filter ADSRs. The ADSR will retrigger for all of the notes when a new note is pressed, as opposed to only retriggering for the note that is pressed, and the release seems to only happen when the next note is pressed. (Let me know if any of this is user error).

I do really like this synths rather intuitive workflow and clean UI. While it does have some strange quirks I still think that this synth is fun and powerful.

Response from Ardura from Ardura on August 12th, 2024

Thanks for trying it out! I agree with all your points actually and I'll see if I can work them into the next update.

Also the out-of-tune stuff sounds like Actuate isn't adjusting to your sample rate? I'll see if I can fix that too, thanks again.

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Actuate

Reviewed By a1219 [all]
April 29th, 2024
Version reviewed: 1.26 on Linux

This is a simple-yet-powerful synth and that becomes even more evident when we consider it's still a WIP/alpha software. I really enjoyed how it sounds and its modulation section reminded me a little bit of Odin2, which is another synth with deep capabilities and a straight-forward interface. I think that in the near future Actuate can become a reference FOSS synth alongside not just Odin2, but TAL NoiseMaker and Helm as well.

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Comments & Discussion for Ardura Actuate

Discussion
Discussion: Active
blatanville
blatanville
1 March 2024 at 6:37pm

to the dev: could you remove the "AnyOS" designation from the product entry? products with that designation cannot be added to "My KVR" (for some reason), which means I won't get automatic update notifications when you post them.
Hope this helps,

b.

Ardura
Ardura
1 March 2024 at 7:48pm

Done, thanks! :).

blatanville
blatanville
5 March 2024 at 1:25am

👍.

MorpherX
MorpherX
6 March 2024 at 9:20pm

So far very good in features and soundquality !!.

Would it be possible to add a MSEG (MultiStage Envelope) and one Wavetable Oszilator where the MSEG could scan through the wavetable.

Maybe less tabs (for faster handling).

Perhaps a bit work on the reverb with long times (removing metallic chattering).

Ardura
Ardura
7 March 2024 at 6:21pm

Hi MorpherX! Thank you for the comments.

MSEG stuff sounds interesting but I'm not sure how I would do that yet but it sounds possible...

Yeah I've had a few comments about the design so far and think it will change as time goes on to be easier :).

Also yes! Right now you can reduce decay to remove the metallic sound, but I plan to make more reverb modes in future. Good ideas thanks 🙏.

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