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DavidCarlyon · Post by **DavidCarlyon** » Thu Oct 04, 2018 7:23 pm

ok so i have one question - is it only major and minor chords? No minor 7ths? 9ths? if not thats pretty much useless for electronic (or other) music.
Sounds like the pro version is awesome and the other one is a hundred dollar demo. Nice

DJ Warmonger · Post by **DJ Warmonger** » Thu Oct 04, 2018 7:27 pm

DavidCarlyon wrote: ↑Thu Oct 04, 2018 7:23 pm ok so i have one question - is it only major and minor chords? No minor 7ths? 9ths? if not thats pretty much useless for electronic (or other) music.
Sounds like the pro version is awesome and the other one is a hundred dollar demo. Nice

Same thoughts.

This is very strange feature selection. For now I see no point in purchasing artist version.

tatanka · Post by **tatanka** » Thu Oct 04, 2018 7:45 pm

I can only repeat: write to them exactly that like I did. I have now the pro version but felt and feel exactly the same like you did and told them. They are nice and responsable guys but they really come (compared to my

) from another universe, the orchestral universe. So I am sure they did not even thought about it a lot before setting these borders (like with the prize which has now been adapted to reality

. They changed policies in prizes and resale (pluginboutique !) I am sure if enough people tell them they will adjust the artist limitations.

DavidCarlyon · Post by **DavidCarlyon** » Thu Oct 04, 2018 8:42 pm

Yeah i will write to them. it seems silly. Anyway sale ends in a few days and i dont think it will be changed by then. So it looks like a no go for me. I have been putting it off, but it looks like i will end up getting captain chords. Already have waveform and love using that. But i have a second new love in my life - bitwig. And i really want something that will work with that.
All change for me. Ableton and studio one to waveform and bitwig! woo exciting.
Really wanted this to work with it, but i need 7th and 9th chords minimum.
Captain chords looks pretty good to me (basically same as the waveform pattern generator)

Musical Gym · Post by **Musical Gym** » Thu Oct 04, 2018 8:55 pm

I chose Waveform for similar (or better) chordal/melodic/bass functionality instead of Captain due to the mandatory internet yoke you need in order to communicate/interact with Captain.

DavidCarlyon · Post by **DavidCarlyon** » Thu Oct 04, 2018 8:59 pm

yeah, that does indeed suck,. Maybe ill jus write stuff in waveform and produce it in bitwig
Cheers!

tatanka · Post by **tatanka** » Thu Oct 04, 2018 9:46 pm

Just one little argument on this cause I was/still am on the same road/trip (waveform pattern generator, captain plugins.....). What REALLY distinguishes orb composer from these tools is that - for me - it is so far the ONLY tool that really gives me the ability to write a whole song in this composer with only small and mainly sound adjustment in the daw. The one tool that needs to be mentioned here is of course Rapid composer but the bottleneck for me with this is - even if I really love it and following the devellopment for years now - I am just to dumb to understand it enough to do what I can (only) do in Orb composer easily.

David: I wont look on the actual sale to much, after what has happened with prizes and marketing strategy I am sure this will not be the end of the sales, I am sure that no later then black friday comparable things will happen (or maybe with next update, who knows).

Ou_Tis · Post by **Ou_Tis** » Thu Oct 04, 2018 9:52 pm

Will there probably be a Black Friday sale on upgrade from Artist to Composer? Or does Hexachord not do BF?

starflakeprj · Post by **starflakeprj** » Thu Oct 04, 2018 9:57 pm

Ou_Tis wrote: ↑Thu Oct 04, 2018 9:52 pm Will there probably be a Black Friday sale on upgrade from Artist to Composer? Or does Hexachord not do BF?

Their product has not even been available for a year, so no one would know.

Musical Gym · Post by **Musical Gym** » Thu Oct 04, 2018 10:09 pm

Newer companies/products like Audiaire Zone and Hexachords Orb Composer most likely will come down following suit with more established vendors' sales/marketing practices.
Else, they won't survive very long on just a few sales.

hexachords_official · Thu Nov 22, 2018 10:34 pm

Hello guys,

We are happy to announce the release of Orb Composer S

It is a huge upgrade : (free for OC owners)

https://youtu.be/jLi6ECczuyw

And also the blackfriday sales has started ! More than 50% off

If you have any questions, feel free to ask !

DJ Warmonger · Post by **DJ Warmonger** » Fri Nov 23, 2018 8:10 am

Okay, I'm a happy owner of this software at last!

BTW, you may want to add it to KVR product database.

Digivolt · Post by **Digivolt** » Fri Nov 23, 2018 2:26 pm

tatanka wrote: ↑Thu Oct 04, 2018 9:46 pm The one tool that needs to be mentioned here is of course Rapid composer but the bottleneck for me with this is - even if I really love it and following the devellopment for years now - I am just to dumb to understand it enough to do what I can (only) do in Orb composer easily.

I've been demo'ing Rapidcomposer and while I know music theory, the combination of a horrible UI and so much depth in the program has me a little lost using it for the few hours I've tried

It seems Orb Composer with it's nice UI sort of holds your hand and is more intuitive to composing but that doesn't necessarily mean it's the better tool

The question I'd like the answer for is, does Orb Composer have as much depth and flexibility as Rapidcomposer, if RC is the more rounded total package then I don't mind taking the time to learn it, but if they're pretty much equal in scope then I'd rather go with Orb because it looks more user friendly

hexachords_official · Post by **hexachords_official** » Fri Nov 23, 2018 7:09 pm

DJ Warmonger wrote: ↑Fri Nov 23, 2018 8:10 am Okay, I'm a happy owner of this software at last!

BTW, you may want to add it to KVR product database.

Thanks, will add it

Did you have the chance to try the new S version yet?

I. Lehti · Post by **I. Lehti** » Fri Nov 23, 2018 11:43 pm

This is a great upgrade, I think I wasn't going to it just because of the midi routing to a DAW. I just set it up and thought Oh yes, now I'm gonna work with this.

Orb Composer - Generative music app