Absynth

braincell · Post by **braincell** » Wed May 18, 2005 2:00 am

I just broke down and bought Absynth. I swore I wouldn't buy anything for a long time because I am poor and I have a tons of stuff already. It just seems like it would fit my style of music.

Post by **garyb** » Wed May 18, 2005 2:06 am

absinthe kills braincells!

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ChrisWerner · Post by **ChrisWerner** » Wed May 18, 2005 5:38 am

hehe Gary...
<center><img src="http://www.pepp.de/fotoalbum/6bbfa5ff76 ... g></center>

A perfect pair, indeed.. reminds me on my first night with Absynth

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braincell · Post by **braincell** » Thu May 19, 2005 5:05 pm

I got Absynth today. It seems difficult to program but they include 700 preset sounds. Future Music Magazine said that people either love or hate this synth. The people who hate it must not like ambient music. Many of the sounds evolve over time and sound complex with just one key held down. If you have a variety of synths already and want something different. This is what you need.

astroman · Post by **astroman** » Thu May 19, 2005 5:56 pm

that synth has a french heritage, which may explain the close relation to the drink above - and it started as a Mac program, not as a whimpy sibling of the Reactor clan...

imho it's rather close to the Wavestation - specially as the FX contribute at least 50% to the sound. They have to be considered an integral part of the patches, not an add-on.
You'll be shocked if you turn the FX off...

anyway, it's graphical parameter handling, lfos and curves served as a blueprint for a ton of devices - it definetely has it's merits.

enjoy your new toy, Tom

samplaire · Post by **samplaire** » Thu May 19, 2005 6:58 pm

You can download user presets from NI site and they are very good

As I said somewhere before, Absynth is hearable even in a heavy arrangement

braincell · Post by **braincell** » Thu May 19, 2005 10:26 pm

After I render it as 24 bit wav files, It sounds a way better. I noticed that about VST instruments.

My big complaint with this and I have the same problem with Creamware synthesizers is that I can't make it full sceen. I would rather have it larger and see more data. Why do they do they make them like this? The GUI ought to be like a web browser.

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astroman · Post by **astroman** » Fri May 20, 2005 2:48 pm

On 2005-05-19 23:26, braincell wrote:
...The GUI ought to be like a web browser.

interesting point about web browsers - reminds me on a quote about the 'Tomb Raider' game:
the best feature in TR is that you can help a girl who looks like Lara Croft...

cheers, Tom

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braincell · Post by **braincell** » Fri May 20, 2005 6:45 pm

Actually browers are designed for functionality while softsynths are designed to look cool.

astroman · Post by **astroman** » Fri May 20, 2005 8:49 pm

the browser is only rendering html statements - it has few to none own 'functionality'

braincell · Post by **braincell** » Fri May 20, 2005 10:41 pm

In my browser I can make it full screen. I can scroll down. I can scale the text. There are 3rd party plugins available. It's all about viewing as much information as possible not about emulating hardware from 30 years ago!

This sort of reminds me of Apple who boasts that they created icons and Microsoft copied their idea. I hate icons. Icons are for people who can't read. What infuriates me is that they are mandatory. You can not get rid of them.

Post by **hubird** » Sat May 21, 2005 4:07 am

On 2005-05-20 23:41, braincell wrote:
Icons are for people who can't read.

wanne go back to MSDOS then?

darkrezin · Post by **darkrezin** » Sat May 21, 2005 5:59 am

You could use Linux and write your own command-line music apps... Windows is for people who can't code.

petal · Post by **petal** » Sat May 21, 2005 6:40 am

On 2005-05-21 06:59, dArKr3zIn wrote:
... Windows is for people who can't code.

Did you know that they also coded it themselves?

emzee · Post by **emzee** » Sat May 21, 2005 7:18 pm

It's getting there, I think.

paulrmartin · Post by **paulrmartin** » Sun May 22, 2005 9:53 am

On 2005-05-21 06:59, dArKr3zIn wrote:
... Windows is for people who can't code.

Hehe. I'm sorry but after spending so much time getting my DAW to stay in a stable working state, I don't want to code for every other app that might be in my machine.