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WOW! You sound so freakin' super-talented. Where can I hear some of your glorious "beez-dope" masterpieces?!
For all the rep S____x seems to have it's not the incomprehensible / unapproachable quagmire the self-perpetuating legend might suggest.
UI-wise I blame the aesthetics more than the actual mechanics for Seeming Difficulty levels. For example I find the modules themselves quite self-explanatory: the parameters to the left being very straightforward.
The Tracker is daunting if one has never used a tracker though x-amount of S____x'ers don't sequence with the tracker at all.
IN CONCLUSION: S____x = less scary than you may think / WAY cooler than you may realize.
Every forum should have their own Godwin.
X-amount, eh?
Out of the users I know less are making rhythmic compositions and rather are creating samples / soundscapes. I'm in love with that tracker because it's the MOTU Performer v1.0 workflow-Dragon I've been chasing for a couple decades.
S_____ may be Forum Inevitable but it doesn't rule out other apps as The End All - it's just one of the criminally misunderstood I believe.
I been learning guitar for more than 20 years and I still suck at it. Worse with keyboards. I guess that's why I don't get turned off when it takes like a week or so to get anywhere with an app.
A WEEK!
A week is either an eternity or less than a blink of an eye depending on how old you are.
You're right. Each night I sit on the edge of the bed for a moment, in the utter dark, and think 'Here. Again. So soon.'
You said it
TWICE!
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Interesting article regarding the history of the original ANS machine here:
http://www.theremin.ru/archive/ans.htm
You may see it in a different light
Does this one play well with Auria Pro? AT the price, seems to be a bargain, but if it's Auriafobic, that's a deal breaker.
I'm thinking of grabbing this app while it's on-sale. I picked up Virtual ANS and thought the interface was too clunky. After playing with it for awhile, things started to make sense and doesn't feel as clunky anymore. Sure wish I could get a jpg image into it without having to transfer via iTunes, but pasting recorded audio into it, then painting on that... is kinda cool. Haven't got anything wonderful out of it yet, but I think there's definitely potential with more experimenting.
That brings me to SunVox. It doesn't look like this app is for me at all. The interface looks like chinese, or russian
and I'm not even exactly positive what it is or does. From what I can tell with my limited experience, it's a node-based sequencer with a bunch of other stuff thrown in?
Anyway... why would I consider this tool that doesn't appear to fit very well into a work flow of a novice just trying to make weird soundscapes? Good question. I think I want to get this app BECAUSE it looks so difficult. Kind of a challenge or tricky puzzle to solve for fun.
My question to those who actually know how to use this app... to get anything decent out of it, do you need to first have a good foundation of traditional musician skill? ie. being able to play real instruments (I can't even play chopsticks on a keyboard, play any other instrument, know anything about chords, etc.)
Or, is this the kind of app that if I dive in deep enough to understand it's language, I could find a way to compose something decent even without having traditional musician skills?
In other words, if I don't have a good foundation of traditional musical skills to begin with, would attempting to solve the puzzle of SunVox be a complete waste of time for me?
Check this video out, to see if you think it could be for you or not. If it is there are lots more videos with tutorials etc I can share.
@skiphunt I love Sunvox, but in my opinion is best used in isolation. It is not syncable. But you can create some terrific soundscapes with it. Like you, I love a challenge.
I looked at a few videos similar to this one on YT. I'm intrigued for sure. But, I'm not really interested in making music or "tunes" per se. More interested in FX, soundscapes, more sound design, but with perhaps a little musicality weaved in.
Assuming you can bring recorded clips in via paste/import for AudioShare? Could it be an interesting environment to composite your sample/clips as you might in Multitrack DAW or Auria?
I'm read it can be used as FX win a AB chain or AUM. Do you have a video that walks you through setting up a simple effect and how you'd implement it within AB or AUM?
I think SunVox is great for ambient experimental stuff, but that is me. I am one of those people that don't really use the tracker (as I don't understand it properly) and mainly use SunVox as a Sound/Synth/Effects unit. I have decided to learn the tracker part of it during this year. I have a couple of months to go still.
As for a video on connecting SunVox as an effect, as it happens, I do. It is even made by me.
Probably not recommended. But not because you need to know about music. That's probably the least important consideration. What you really need to have to get much out of Sunvox is a deep understanding of synthesis concepts, and a bent toward the mathematical or programming mindset.
What you get with Sunvox is a toolkit of stuff that are normally bundled all together and presented in a more or less understandable way in the interface of most synthesizer apps. You have understand how those things work together in synthesizers, in order to stick 'em all together right in Sunvox. Sure, you can load some of the examples and learn from those, but the learning curve is steep if you haven't really thought about how the apps that just require tweaking a few knobs work really work.
And the sequencer is almost pure programming. You can enter notes pretty easily, but it quickly becomes more obtuse. You need to know how to do decimal to hex conversions, for instance, to program in a tempo change. You need to add a "delay effect" of a certain amount of "ticks" to the trigger point of notes to do something like triplets (seriously, you have to do the math for how much to delay each note). Not for the faint of heart.
I still don't get why I like Sunvox so much. I can't say I would recommend it to anyone else unless I know they're as weird as me. You don't sound like the type - but ya' never know!
Luckily there are several videos out there that cover Sunvox in excruciating detail. You should be able to tell from checking some of those whether this is your cup of tea or not.
Yeah. I'm more interested in the puzzle of it. Looks challenging and fun to try and figure out. But, I would like to get something out of it in the end... even if it's just a new skill I can use for something else. I'm not really interested in making music or dj'ing as @1P18 eluded to "I'm a dj sensation! If lobotomy patients ever figure out how to do filter automation, watch out, theyz will beez dope."
Just fascinated with sound and exploring/experimenting. No goal of droppin' my "dope" or "sick" beats on anyone.. or whatever the kiddies are calling it these days. lol
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That's cool. Thanks! Exactly what I was looking for.
On one hand, based on the last post by @wim it appears this is definitely NOT the app for me if you need to basically have a full understanding of synthesis concepts, be a math wizard, and a programmer. That's certainly not me by any stretch of the imagination.
But, at the same time... I believe the forcing your brain into uncomfortable problems solving tasks that occur in completely foreign environments, tends to create new plasticity in the brain and makes other problems solving tasks easier. Brain exercise.
However, I also think that you have to be at least marginally interested in the core themes in order to stick with the task of problems solving long enough to achieve some success. I'm at least interested in sound waves, frequencies, composition, patters, etc. and how the interplay of those components create emotional response.
Well, he definitely does have a point. Depending on who you are you have to take that point and do what you like with it. As a comparison: I don't know half of those things. When it comes to other synths I am basically a preset tweaker (which means I basically have all the synths). Not so with SunVox though, as there basically aren't that many presets.
I love how I can quickly get a rather basic tone which I then can combine with other simple basic building blocks, and all of a sudden I have a quite full sound coming out of my speakers when I press keys on my midi keyboard.
The fact that you can combine advanced (or simple) synth construction with a sample player, an ogg player and a bunch of great effects can take me quite far. There are other things going for it too, like being able to turn an image (.jpg) into audio, and which I still have a plan for using in a conceptual way, as I know "I can, in SunVox".
When it comes to the tracker, as @wim says, putting in notes is simple enough. Also, if you watch the tutorial videos made by SolarLune (he has a full playlist of short SunVox tutorials), you'll see that even if the hex numbers mean nothing for you (they don't for me), if you figure out one of those numbers, SunVox can actually help you to "interpolate" between two values (basically insert steps from point A to point B, calculated for you) and it doesn't have to be rocket science.
For me, as a person, I need to solve things. I have a busy mind/brain, and the more busy I am with things (can be anything in life) the more complex projects I do in other areas (can be gaming, making music, photography, drawing etc). I need the challenge of tweaking things to see what happens, and when I do fiddle about, often without having a clue about what I'm doing, I noodle out a string/sequence/riff that becomes the start of the next song for me. Those I save out, and keep working on them, often later.
As we were talking about it all here, in this thread, and there was a thing I was wondering about, I fired up SunVox on my desktop (as it is free for desktop, so I have installed on most computers). When I did I found yet another noodle/experiment, made by me a couple of months ago that I had forgotten about, which I now will be taking to the next step.
SunVox keeps me creative. It isn't often/always the sounds from it becomes recorded for my final song, but very often indeed my songs start off life in SunVox.
Well, you sound similar to me then... only with some musical skill
I figure, it's only $3 at the moment. And the file size isn't huge. Even if I try and fail, I'll at least get $3 worth extra brain plasticity out of it in the process of attempting to make it do something interesting.
At $3, it has to be worth it for many here as an fx option alone!
Nice video @hellquist short and to the point. I have never really use S_____ as an effect like this. I use the tracker, it's really not that difficult. If I figure out how to make a decent video I will try and make a short one about the tracker.
Pulled the trigger & bought it. Tried using the default synth setup and load into fx slot in AUM. Said "cannot load fx because it hasn't been initialized".
Tried clearing & starting with one delay effect connected to an output. But, got the same cannot load not initialized message.
I think I just pissed away $3.
lol
Please do.
Well done Sir. But it's that moment. 23 seconds. All those little boxes. Shivers.
Was thinking about watching 'Line of Duty' (at least E1) tonight but perhaps I'll put that time aside, because I hate to think I'm missing out on effects options (sat there in those little boxes).
Yeah, that. ^
I think that's why I got so hooked on SunVox. Plasticalating my brain ... Much needed. I get in these creative ruts, and having something totally out of left field can help to break that.
It's also cool that it runs on PC for those times when a quick bit of inspiration strikes during the day job. Don't tell my boss.
Hopefully not. But there is a bit of a learning curve to venture through. The error happens if you don't have an input module connected. Is the case?