Challenges for your plugins

[kortezzzz]

@Spogg,
My philosophy is quite the same. For instance, I don't think in terms of "synth" or "sampler" anymore. I much think in term of "tools per crowd", no matter how they actually work. I don't think that I would ever create a synthesis behemoth with FS that can compete with Serum, so I won't even try. But I can build a niche synth\sampler\whatever that amateurs and young people would love use because it's looking good, it's easy to use and very intuitive, even though it lacks the 100 million features and controls for an extra gentle sound tweaking. Just wish we could create a decent rompler with it's own dedicated sound-pool, fast loading times and reasonable cpu\ram usage, like nexus without the pain of the technical issues.

[Spogg]

Just wish we could create a decent rompler with it's own dedicated sound-pool, fast loading times and reasonable cpu\ram usage, like nexus without the pain of the technical issues.

By remarkable coincidence I’m helping Johan (djbrynte) to develop such a thing right now.
I’m only doing the sample handling, which has been really tricky. Plugin load time is about 2 seconds on my PC.

It’s coming along nicely but it’s his project, so it’s for him to handle queries etc..

Cheers

Spogg

[tulamide]

@tulamide
The other point about “sitting in the mix” leaves me rather worried. You see I don’t ever sit down and try to make music these days so I don’t have any feel for it. Plus, isn’t it down to the producer to get the mix right, using eq or whatever, rather than a synth developer? Also, if I made a piano preset that didn’t sound good at the bottom end, I feel it may be dismissed because of it. Does this mean we should always provide eq in our synths? This seems a bit excessive to me since a producer will surely have their favourite eq anyway.

But what do you expect from me? I'm just the messenger, not the message. And there isn't much to discuss about. I informed of the current status regarding producers and presets, and that is just a fact, wether we like it or not. Of course, it is your sole decision to either follow the advice or not.

[k brown]

I doubt he was directing this at you; I think we're all discussing generally to all/nobody in particular.

[MichaelBenjamin]

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[k brown]

. . . ummm - I'm afraid to ask: what's a "virtual public"?

[MichaelBenjamin]

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[Spogg]

@tulamide
The other point about “sitting in the mix” leaves me rather worried. You see I don’t ever sit down and try to make music these days so I don’t have any feel for it. Plus, isn’t it down to the producer to get the mix right, using eq or whatever, rather than a synth developer? Also, if I made a piano preset that didn’t sound good at the bottom end, I feel it may be dismissed because of it. Does this mean we should always provide eq in our synths? This seems a bit excessive to me since a producer will surely have their favourite eq anyway.

But what do you expect from me? I'm just the messenger, not the message. And there isn't much to discuss about. I informed of the current status regarding producers and presets, and that is just a fact, wether we like it or not. Of course, it is your sole decision to either follow the advice or not.

As Kevin said, I was just ruminating and asking general questions for anyone to comment.
These are genuine questions though, so I would like to gather viewpoints.
In the end, as you say, it’s up to developers and sound designers to decide what they prefer to make. But strong opinions with good reasoning can help the direction.

Cheers

Spogg