KVR Audio

seafire · Post by **seafire** » Tue May 14, 2024 11:13 am

Good to see its still getting some love.

kinkajou · Post by **kinkajou** » Tue May 14, 2024 11:25 am

noiseboyuk wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2024 11:11 am Asking for a friend - you can buy an online version of December 23's Computer Music for £5, with the free ImpOscar 2 synth. Would that still work as a cunning upgrade path do you think?

You can tell your "friend" it's ok, this "magware" is a fully functional full version of impOSCar 2.
It only must be registered to your "friends" GForce account

BTW: this only counts for your "friend", not for you...

noiseboyuk · Post by **noiseboyuk** » Tue May 14, 2024 11:33 am

kinkajou wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2024 11:25 am BTW: this only counts for your "friend", not for you...

I'll let her know

kraster · Post by **kraster** » Tue May 14, 2024 11:38 am

noiseboyuk wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2024 11:11 am Asking for a friend - you can buy an online version of December 23's Computer Music for £5, with the free ImpOscar 2 synth. Would that still work as a cunning upgrade path do you think?

Can't see why not.

kraster · Post by **kraster** » Tue May 14, 2024 11:48 am

I really like this.

A very worthy upgrade.

A massive leap in usability over the previous version.

It's always been a quirky synth with lots of character but the previous UI was way too fiddly.

Patch browser is worlds better and has some great features like boolean searches (AND or OR) for categories and the ability to set a specific note for previewing. You can also set the text size in the patch browser. Really nice QoL stuff.

Wavetable editor is really cool, a gigantic improvement over the former ridiculously fiddly thing. You can still edit like an additive if you want or use the various tools on the 2d display for more traditional wavetable editing.

This editor makes it super flexible.

Reverb sounds fantastic.

Great stuff. We're being spoiled by some great synth releases recently.

GaryG · Post by **GaryG** » Tue May 14, 2024 11:57 am

I got v2 through the CM deal last december and i'm now being offered the upgrade for 29.99 (£35.99 inc VAT)

felis · Post by **felis** » Tue May 14, 2024 12:13 pm

I updated even though I'm a little disappointed they didn't include their X-mod thing.
Always been one of my favorites for its gorgeous sound,
and I'm sure there will be lots of new stuff to explore.
The 29.99 comes out to $37.70 if you pay in real USD's.

JamminFool · Post by **JamminFool** » Tue May 14, 2024 12:25 pm

felis wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2024 12:13 pm if you pay in real USD's.

how much in fake USD's?

Zipede · Post by **Zipede** » Tue May 14, 2024 12:37 pm

JamminFool wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2024 12:25 pm
felis wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2024 12:13 pm if you pay in real USD's.
how much in fake USD's?

About 5 years I think.

JamminFool · Post by **JamminFool** » Tue May 14, 2024 12:53 pm

c_voltage · Post by **c_voltage** » Tue May 14, 2024 1:06 pm

Well, frankly i would not say that this is instant, was not fan of v2 by sound abilities (only by UI, that was amazing, and now it seemed to me like faded a little (due to "vectorize" or someting), or im mistake ?).
Almost 40 bucks it's not quite nobrain, rather pretty fair for one-two two good features. In general need check.

bmanic · Post by **bmanic** » Tue May 14, 2024 1:12 pm

I always loved ImpOSCar 2 so this was an instant upgrade!

I'm quite sad that they didn't fix the really bad gain staging though. Why on earth doesn't the main Volume control have at least +24dB of positive gain available? You are literally forced to use the filter drive at quite high amounts to have any hope of reaching normal output levels. You can see this in every single preset on the damn thing too..

Why on earth don't they allow for easy access to the very interesting sound of the filter with drive at minimal? Such a huge yet simple miss in my opinion. Oh well.. just need to add another gain plugin after it so it's not a massive deal but it IS annoying.

wayford · Post by **wayford** » Tue May 14, 2024 1:18 pm

What a nice, weird synth. Has a nice sound to it, although the layout needs some getting used to at first.

Here's 15 minutes of trying it out, very simple demo. Only ImpOSCar: https://on.soundcloud.com/1x8nYXvbzo9HGUbS7

Korg Supporter · Post by **Korg Supporter** » Tue May 14, 2024 1:34 pm

bmanic wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2024 1:12 pm I always loved ImpOSCar 2 so this was an instant upgrade!

I'm quite sad that they didn't fix the really bad gain staging though. Why on earth doesn't the main Volume control have at least +24dB of positive gain available? You are literally forced to use the filter drive at quite high amounts to have any hope of reaching normal output levels. You can see this in every single preset on the damn thing too..

Why on earth don't they allow for easy access to the very interesting sound of the filter with drive at minimal? Such a huge yet simple miss in my opinion. Oh well.. just need to add another gain plugin after it so it's not a massive deal but it IS annoying.

Maybe just contact support. I compared the 2, and the filter drive doesn't clip as much compared to impOSCar 2. In fact, the drive and resonance sound a bit more musical, especially with ring modulation. I love subtle details like how the triangle becomes a saw-like wave (ringmod on, balance on 1) as the filter cutoff with resonance lowers!

seangm · Post by **seangm** » Tue May 14, 2024 1:35 pm

felis wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2024 12:13 pm I updated even though I'm a little disappointed they didn't include their X-mod thing.
Always been one of my favorites for its gorgeous sound,
and I'm sure there will be lots of new stuff to explore.
The 29.99 comes out to $37.70 if you pay in real USD's.

According to the EU to USD conversion page in google it's $32.43.

https://www.google.com/search?q=convert ... e&ie=UTF-8

GForce impOSCar 3 is here