I agree!
Thanks for chiming in, Cherry Garcia.
As Joseph mentioned earlier in the thread, we have NO intention of abandoning the VM platform, and we have multiple new modules currently under development (in addition to the constant stream of new third-party modules). FWIW, there are currently 683 VM modules - I can't even begin to keep track anymore.rfj wrote: ↑Fri Oct 02, 2020 3:19 pm I agree that making VSTs it’s not the way to go. The product that gave Cherry Audio a name is Voltage Modular and I think most VM owners would prefer more news and modules in the modular realm. Softube launched their utterly brillian Doepfer inspired Softube Modular and after the initial frenzy of third party modules they let it fade away with almost no new modules in months. The uber famous open source virtual modular VCV Rack has a base of thousands of users and developers providing lots of new modules almost everyday most of them free. Cherry Audio should concentrate on expanding the community of users with developers of hardware modular as Erica, Befaco or Mutable Instruments porting their hardware modules to software (just like VCV Rack does). Having installed VCV Rack with his vast library of third party modules I think overall sound quality is slighty better in Voltage Modular. But VCV Rack shows the way to go for Cherry Audio: STAY IN THE SOFTWARE MODULAR REALM AND MAKE IT A STRONG MODULAR PLATTFORM. Today VCV Rack has a community of users and developers almost as big as the users of hardware eurorack. THAT’S THE WAY TO GO. Forget about the already crowded VST softynth emulations market. They are thousands of them. We don’t need more VST softsynths please. I think most of us are here because we want to be part of a worlwide ever expanding modular synth community.
I also use VCV Rack. Bear in mind that with 96 khz enabled VCV doubles the use of resources (processor, RAM etc....) I guess the cost of having 96 khz enabled in VM would be to use a smaller amount of modules in each patch in order to avoid processor overload.wavemechanic wrote: ↑Sat Oct 03, 2020 2:23 am Voltage NEEDS to support 96kHz natively. Enough of this 48kHz religion. It introduces signifiant levels of aliasing. Admittedly, I adore Voltage despite this. I love everything about it except for this. If the point of virtual modular is to sound analog, then aliasing has got to go. This thread has already massively diverged from my initial complaint, veering way off topic; so I am indulging in that digression. This issue is a big deal to me, and so far, every comment I have made about it has been ignored... which leads me to believe that addressing it involves a fundamental change to the code base. But that is just a guess. I'll tell you this though: When VCV (which does support 96kHz natively) finally gets a stable AU, it's likely to become my modular of choice. Since Softube was already mentioned in this thread, I'll add that the new Softube modules courtesy of Model 1972 are unbelievably good. The full plugin alone is one of the most convincing analog sounds I've ever heard generated on my laptop. I really want 96kHz for Voltage. If that just isn't possible, I'll shut up. Otherwise, it's my #1 request.
To be fair, I haven't actually used the Toybox one, but based on some videos I've seen it looks really great.Cherry Garcia wrote: ↑Fri Oct 02, 2020 2:41 pm martb,
What features do you like the most for a piano roll module?
Understandable and a sensible move.Cherry Garcia wrote: ↑Fri Oct 02, 2020 2:19 pm We have started a new forum section for the DCO. We are broadening our base and many users expressed that they wanted to see the DCO module as a plugin so we built it.