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I appreciate that! 😊

But hopefully you do it once then you're set for a while! 😅

@@GourlieRecords yeah no way around this one.. probably getting some patch bays as well

Unfortunately, yes it is only compatible with Ableton.

I'd have to see what you're doing wrong to figure it out. Did you select a scale other than Chromatic and have the correction knob turned up? Otherwise you might hit Waves support for an answer. Also based on asking if you should use headphone or not, I'm assuming you maybe have a lot of background noise. If the mix is also in the same track as your vocal then it won't know what to do. You have to feed it a clean, monophonic signal for it to work.

@@GourlieRecords There’s no background noise. I just want to record my voice and hear the pitch thing work. I’m not hearing anything taking effect.

@@aarontoalet I'd really have to see your setup to diagnose because there's a slurry of things you could be doing wrong. I'd really just contact Waves support 😉

@@GourlieRecords It somehow works now. Although I’m not hearing it in real time, I hear the effect when I play back the audio recording

That's the thing though, It's a great MPC app since the interface for the MPC is so tiny and a synth needs to be stripped down to its absolute basics to be programmable. But for their pricepoint as a VST on a compute (MSRP on their site is now $150), it has 10% the capability of pretty much any other synth at that tier. The main issue is the price point to functionality. It can no doubt make cool sounds but if you compare it to anything at that price point it's like comparing apples to a grocery store.

@@GourlieRecords I think you're probably being fair if you buy this as a stand alone VST. But given that this thing came free with the 2.1 update for MPC owners Im super happy with it. I get a lot of milage out of this synth. Plus you seem to have missed that if you want to build your own presets you need to start from the 'init' presets.

It sounds like you might have chosen a custom install location. If you’re not installing it in the default location with the rest of your plugins then you need to select your custom install location in your plugin settings within Ableton. Also you can rescan for plugins in this settings window as well.

I could see those being useful for mobile panels too like if you have a big open space but just want to dampen sound in a spot where you’re recording, you could even have various hooks in the ceiling to hang them from to make a modular sound dampening set up.

Good question. Dubler runs as a standalone software so you will need a computer. I used a DAW to pass MIDI through the virtual port of Dubler to my audio interface's MIDI out. I'm not sure if you can go straight from Dubler to the MIDI out of your interface, you might shoot them an email.

It's running through Cherry Audio's Galactic reverbs, it's one of my top 3 favorite reverbs.

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It’s much cheaper has WAY more functionality. The only thing that Roli has on the ERAE is that it’s fixed in a keyboard layout with raised keys so the haptic feedback is more familiar for piano players whereas the ERAE is totally flat. That said the flat surface allows you to configure the device however you want whether it’s a piano roll, drum pad, or MIDI knobs.

It really has!!

My pleasure, thanks for the kind words!!

As far as “performance it’s just opening up the decay and filter cutoff. In terms of the sequence you should be able to replicate by setting the knobs accordingly but one thing that is often overlooked with the Subharmonicon is the reset button. When building your sequence, turning the knobs while the sequence is running can often lead to patterns that sound good but don’t start on the first step of the sequencer beat, so when you turn the unit off and back on to start the sequence over, the start you may have been using in your head as the sequence start might not be the Subharmonicon’s actual first step, if that makes sense. I watched a lot of videos on this before buying and the alarming majority of content creators didn’t understand that element of the synth. Also when building this sequence I used the next and trigger buttons to tune each step individually to make sure they all played close to my desired scale, which I think was C minor. It’s a tricky synth but the creative exploration is mighty!

Sorry for the delay in response, CZcams just notified me I had an open question. 😋 It’s Spectrum, a native plugin within Ableton Live.

The board has been a lifesaver! I have 4 Behringer synths and a Moog on it along with some percussion instruments. Super versatile.

I think a "companion" app to use as a guide for presets on your hardware is a good idea. Once you tinker with it for a bit I'd be curious to know if you hear much of a difference between the software and your Poly D and if one sounds better than the other.

@@GourlieRecords I'll play some more ASAP and comment further. I have not done a fair side by side test of if the knobs are in exactly the same position, but when doing generally the same things, like a fat lead of a given shape & filter, or making it say "wow!", I can't tell a for sure quality difference at all. I thought maybe it was my imagination in wanting to compare Cherry takes through a couple types of very light compression emulating this or that analog equipment, next to the Poly D, but my ear isn't finely honed and I couldn''t tell yet. To be fair I'll run the Poly D through the same DAW and not just listen to headphones directly from the Poly D, comparing it to the soft synth through the UA-Volt 2 etc... both will be thru the Volt 2 to Reaper and I'll come back with links here and post it on a forum. I'm glad I have at least one analog subtractive synth but it makes me realize what an amazing time this is for soft synths and fx. I'm loving the Wasp analog, free, called Stinger by Ian Webster (Krakli). The first preset called Bee Venom or whatever, lol, is fantastic for a Barbarella-sounding lead!

Then create away! 😝

You’ll have to buy Little Alter Boy then the rack I made for Ableton will work for ya.

@@GourlieRecords oh thanks

My pleasure! 😊

It does! It's setup as a virtual MIDI control on your computer so it becomes a selectable MIDI device to use in your DAW or virtual synths as well as to control any physical synths via MIDI out on your audio interface.

I have to agree! 😋

Sorta. You get way more control with Xpand though.

@@GourlieRecords I am not sure, there is very little control in Xpand. The main difference seems to be the possibility of layering 4 sounds. But the 6 patch-specific parameters are very similar. Which one has better sound quality?

You bet! This is a known bug so I made a video about the fix. Takes just a few minutes but you only have to do this once then it will be good to go for future sessions: czcams.com/video/-ti2zpQHJXk/video.html

@@GourlieRecords Legendary! thank you

I appreciate the support!! 😊