My Factory Patches Demo for SynthMaster 2.7

Hey guys, I know some of you Renoiser’s are into SynthMaster so wanted to share this… SM 2.7 update is coming out in a few days with some cool new features (new oscillator algorithms, updated filters etc.) and I’ve made some factory presets for them.

It’s mostly known for trance or house stuff but I find it very capable of doing bass music too (even more so with the latest update). Check out my demo here:

http://soundcloud.com/kv331synthmaster/factory-vorpalsound-synthmaster-27-factory-presets

oh really? nice to hear since kv337 audio said this for half a year…

Very nice presets, is everything synth master, even drums?

Hey Jurek, cheers yeah all sounds Synthmaster.

AFAIK 2.7 is coming out on August 3rd. Filters & the new oscillator algorithms sound great: bend, sync, etc. Oscillator voicing also improved with some new goodies. There are many more small (but cool) additions: Envelope slope controls, bipolar keyboard tracker etc. I really like this version.

Synthmaster has some nice dance music leads. As regards your demo i like the sound at 00:32-00:33 but i’m guessing it was just a vocoder?

Hey, cheers. That one’s no vocoder though, just a lead kinda sound using the dual filter for vowel effect.

What’s the difference between Synthmaster and Synthedit by the way? Synthedit creates synths, whereas Synthmaster is a synth?

Yeah, pretty much so.

Well tbh I’m not really a synth expert or anything, so perhaps someone else can give a more satisfying answer, but I guess it’s mostly about how deep you wanna go, in terms of control. Modular environments like Reaktor can do a lot more but that kind of complexity isn’t what everyone wants and more control doesn’t automatically produce better results. So sometimes just finding a synth that clicks for you and playing around with it can be more efficient. Depends on the person and the tool, I suppose :slight_smile:

Could you explain why someone would buy SynthMaster (or similar synths such as Sylenth etc.) rather than SynthEdit or Reaktor (or similar synth creators)?

I think it’s mostly about usability and workflow. If you are experienced with Reaktor and you like it, I guess you won’t need any other synth ever. But if you are looking for some special synthesis features (reactor engine and concept is maybe a bit ancient now) or you are looking for a working horse (“horse” is a bit overused around here) / workstation synth which provides a most easy workflow to create complex presets, Synthmaster is maybe the right one. It’s really capable of almost anything in synthesis. Personally I tried it, but failed (I am not so satisfied with the unison features for example, they don’t sound so good to my ears). On the other hand, you will get osc sync, fm, ring mod, various kinds of osc types, a lot of distortion units (pre- / post-filter), lot of filter types (i like the digital one), two parallel or serial filters and also a bunch of internal fx (with doesn’t sound solo gigantic if you compare it for example to UHE Hive). So you will get almost everything you need. Like buying an expensive hardware workstation. You can also use two layers. Synthmaster can sound like a digital synth or an analog one.

I did not dive too deep into synthmaster. On some points synthmaster quite leaves the standards, so the learning curve is a bit hard. But if you are used to it, I guess it’s a really good choice. Lot of people are happy with it, as far as I read about.

Synlenth for example has no osc sync, so I really do not know, why so many people love it. It’s quite boring. I would say key features are: unison, sync, ring mod, pre- and post-filter distortion, 2 filters parallel / serial at least, lp12-24, hp12-24, bp at least, analog / random detuning, a bunch of osc wave types (not only saw,sine,sqr,tri,noise)… FX do not matter so much I would say, there are enough plugins for that. Would suggestion something like these: U-He Zebra, Dune 2, Predator, Synthmaster2 for a all-in-one solution.

I don’t think you want to bother with SynthEdit unless you want to spend a lot of time producing a buggy and badly written synth.

Hey cool! After some years or so, Synthmaster 2.7 is available!!! Yippiee!!

http://www.kvraudio.com/news/kv331-audio-updates-synthmaster-to-v2-7-30629/0/842

Wow seem to be incredible nu features. Only the gui is… Ah I shut up now and just being lucky, I simply like!

…new presets; designed by Nori Ubukata, Rob Lee, Ufuk Kevser, Gercek Dorman, VorpalSound and BluffMonkey;

Congrats here! My respect!

EDIT: They even have improved the unison feature, that was my main problem! I have to try this this evening. Synthmaster 2.7 seems to be quite perfect now.

Hey cool! After some years or so, Synthmaster 2.7 is available!!! Yippiee!!

http://www.kvraudio.com/news/kv331-audio-updates-synthmaster-to-v2-7-30629/0/842

Wow seem to be incredible nu features. Only the gui is… Ah I shut up now and just being lucky, I simply like!

Congrats here! My respect!

EDIT: They even have improved the unison feature, that was my main problem! I have to try this this evening. Synthmaster 2.7 seems to be quite perfect now.

Thanks man :smiley: 2.7 is pretty cool indeed, I’m sure you’ll like it!

Hey, very cool and outstanding presets! Also really like the macro controls you added. Is there a preset that uses the new modulator feature? This OSC level unison is really awesome. GUI is much more responsive. Fine tuning parameter seems to work much better.

Hey, very cool and outstanding presets! Also really like the macro controls you added. Is there a preset that uses the new modulator feature? This OSC level unison is really awesome. GUI is much more responsive. Fine tuning parameter seems to work much better.

Yeah the new voicing stuff is really dope. Which modulator feature do you mean?

Dunno if it’s really new, those two AM src in the layer structure view, you can now(?) mul and add. With add, you now have 6 oscs… Crazy stuff.

What I am only missing is an advanced glide, that a.) works in polyphonic mode b.) is capable of only restarting fenv or venv c.) glide curves.

Ah yeah, think they become normal (“sub” style) oscillators when you use the (+) mode. Don’t think I’ve utilized that. But I figured out some really cool modulations by offseting the mod oscillators all the way up (especially in RM mode.)

Thanks. I heard some other SynthMaster presets for dance music (not “Bass” as you call it, which l’m guessing is Drum n Bass) on YouTube.

Could you explain why someone would buy SynthMaster (or similar synths such as Sylenth etc.) rather than SynthEdit or Reaktor (or similar synth creators)?

Just listen to the factory presets audio demos, you’ll see that it’s capable of creating a lot of different kinds of sound for different genres:

https://soundcloud.com/kv331synthmaster/sets/synthmaster-2-7-factory

It comes with 1100 factory presets by the way right out of the box.

Emre, hi bro! Awesome work!

Hey, check out v 2.7.100. v 2.8 is coming soon, too.

The gui has been nicely cleaned up and there seem to be more filters! Also to me, the filters now sound even better.