Archive for the ‘Software’ Category
Just read on Waldorf Music’s webpage that Largo is under way.
It seems to be meeting all the previous specifications and my expectations are high!
KVR says it’ll cost you $299 / €165 (+VAT) to get your hands on this little bugger.
There are some sound clips available in this post over at Waldorf.
One of the things that I truly love about the Clavia Nord Lead 2 is its filter section. It has got four filter types, as I can remember: LP, BP and HP, all at 12 or 24dB. Correct, that’s only three. So which is the fourth? It’s called LP+Notch and it’s got a LP filter (duh!) with a setting of 12 or 24dB in serial with a notch filter (or band rejection, or band stop) at a fixed roll-off of 12dB. As far as I can remember, the lower roll-off of the notch filter had the same frequency as the LP filter’s roll off frequency. Modulate them both for best effect.
FabFilter released Twin2 a couple of months ago. Seriously, it’s fantastic so grab the demo and try it out. It’s worth it! Read about the specifications here.
- “So, what about the trick?” you may wonder. Well, here it goes.
I wrote to FabFilter requesting a notch filter. In the current version, 2.01, it got LP, BP and HP - and you have two of them in either serial or parallel operation. You can build a notch filter using both the filters but then you’re one short for the Nord Lead 2 filter setup. FabFilter gave me a hint of using the filters in the delay section (there’s actually a delay section with two filters just as powerful as the main filters - nice work FabFilter!), so I tried it.
The patch kind of explains itself, so put it among the rest of the presets (preferably in a folder named David since there might be more patches from me and perhaps you’d like to keep them together to not clutter up the preset list) for Twin2, fire up an instance and load the sound. Use the modulation wheel for filter cutoff frequency and after touch for some vibrato.
I’ve been home from the office a couple of days with an incredible head-ache. So, tomorrow my brain will be examined using the MRI method and I’ll also meet an eye specialist since one cause might be a damage to my retina, or that my optical nerve has become inflamed.
Anyhow, being home a while can get a bit boring. So, when curiosity took the upper hand, I installed Windows 7 after a quick download from Microsoft. The first impression is simply nice! They’ve got rid of the stuff you find annoying in Windows Vista and they’ve optimized the code too so a clean install is much more efficient on my quadcore than Vista is. Even though in beta, it managed to install the drivers for my webcam all by itself (I just can’t get it to run under Vista x64) and I even my Motu Express 128 working after installing the drivers. I do have trouble getting the Motu 828 mkII to work, but I guess that Motu needs to tweak their firewire drivers a bit first. I could be a case for Microsoft too - we’ll see. I really liked the new program bar with the Start button. What I still miss is a good multiple desktop solution.
Waldorf’s been creative and managed to squeeze, more or less, a Blofeld into a VST called Largo. Rumours say it’s got the VA oscillators from the Q+, the wavetables from the PPG Wave, The Wave and the µQ. Sweet!
Sugar Bytes has also come up with a nice piece of software. It’s called Consequence.It’s a chord sequencer and by looking on the videos, on Sugar Bytes webpage, it seems rather cool actually.There’s also a MIDI output feature which will allow for chord, or arp, triggering on MIDI compatible gear. The demo is downloaded. I’ll get back with a short review when I’m feeling better.
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