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Does this synth offer anything that we are lacking on ios?
a synth is a synth is a synth is a synth is a synth is a synth is a synth is a synth.
now synthesize!
I think the motion sequencer is an interesting feature, uniquely implemented, if not altogether unique in and of itself. It does have its own sound, sort of “in your face” if you want that. It can be tamed. Lots of sonic mayhem possible. Not warm-sounding, but not thin.
Just updated but...
I'm just a bit annoyed by the fact that the preset lists shows IAPs dimmed down.
They should hidden until purchased from the shop! (When they are not hidden a preset scanner such as the one in NS2 will snap them and every time one of the presets is tapped by accident the shop pops up).
This might be intentional to make users buy the IAPs to avoid the shop popping but honestly, add an option to hide the un-purchased presets...
i do agree they should be hidden, when i’m looking for an arp to use it’s distracting to see the presets i can’t use
Thought I was alone...
...hope the @bleassapp devs can add an option to hide them prior to purchase.
@Samu very good idea !
Yeah I agree, definitely not a fan of the tactic of flooding the list with stuff we can’t use.
Thanks for your feedback. We have chosen to make non available preset "grey" rather than making them not visible at all. hope you will understand this choice.
Hi! Thank you for your enthusiasm about this brand new update of the BLEASS Alpha Synth!
you can have an in-depth preview of all the new presets made by french sound designer Lily Jordy and @RedSkyLullaby who we don't need to present anymore:
https://www.bleass.com/2020/07/22/bleass-alpha-1-4-update/
Can you help us understand this choice? This isn’t something I’ve seen other devs do and creates a poor user experience that seems to value profit over the user. Would like to understand the design choice here.
Understood. The 'problem' here is that these presets do not 'stay grey' when an app such as NS2 scans for presets so when using the NS2's built-in preset browser there is no indication if the preset is available or not?!
Most apps I know fully 'hide' the IAP content until purchased...
...I understand the choice in that in order to avoid it they have to be purchased....
Oh well...
...It's your app and you choice but I personally do not agree with this 'sales method'.
Cheers!
Good example of how not to react to customer feedback.
We have decided to make the presets at least viewable (in grey) so that users can perceive that there are now hundreds of available presets (more to come): the one included / factory ones are white, the other grey. If it wasn't, new presets would be less obvious. And surely did catch your eye!
Yes, as you can see we try to not design synth like other developers do : we sometimes make other choices : theses choices are judged good by some users, some other users think it's bad : it's simply impossible to please everyone, especially regarding UI
We'd rather show that this synth is growing regularly with new presets and updates, than letting it "as is".
And that could be solved by a non-intrusive notification icon on the 'Shop' tab similar to what Ampify does with GroveBox, Blocks Wave and Launchpad. (Those apps hide the presets/patches until the IAPs are purchased).
One simple option in the settings could be 'Hide un-purchased IAP content in the preset browser'.
But then again I wish you all good luck with bloating the preset lists with stuff that can not be used without purchase...
Cheers!
Yeah gotta be honest, I’m super turned off to the idea of buying IAPs now.
yes the presets are grey within the auv3 but the host app does not grey them out in its list... that’s the part where it’s very annoying... you are going thru trying to find a sound to start with and it’s just silence.
can obviously live with it but def is weird to keep opening unusable presets...i can’t afford everything i want so i don’t have all the iaps.... but i use bleass quite often
Agreed. It's not like in the previous version 1.3 the unpurchased presets were not visible / available for perusal in the app itself. Will have to bypass the 1.4 update.
Update: confirmed the observation of @rezidue that AUM, NanoStudio do not show unpurchased presets mixed in with their host lists (on iPhone, iOS 13.3). Not sure how the initial observation came about - should be ok to pick up 1.4.
Hi ! There must be some misunderstanding about the display of the presets:
Firstly, 5 free presets are available along each new preset pack : these are always displayed at the top of the list (btw you get 10 new free presets with these 2 new preset packs. )
Also, you will notice that there are now a preset bank dedicated to sound design in this 1.4 update called "templates": 20 new free presets to help you design your own patches!
finally, we can't seem to be able to reproduce what you are saying @reasOne : when presets are greyed, they are always put at the end of the list (wether you use the "All category", or the filters at the bottom of the preset manager), and also, correspond to both the AUv3 and the standalone: if it's grey in the standalone, it should be grey in the AUv3 as well. and vice versa
If you happened to have a difference of preset display between AUv3 and standalone version, could you please send us some screenshots to feedback (AT) bleass.com so that we can investigate further?
Thank you very much
I think what is being said is that this works as you intended when browsing the built in preset browser but when a host has its own preset browser, like NS2, all of the unavailable presets get lumped in together with no way of knowing that they are part of an IAP and not really available for use.
This doesn’t appear to be true. I do not see presets from unpurchased IAP in the AUM or NS2 preset browser.
@rezidue
Me neither - not even the free ones of the „to be purchased“ IAPs inside NS2 available.
This is NO complaint @bleassapp - just a confirmation.
This is a fantastic addition, very helpful way to see how Alpha handles certain functions. Thanks!
Honesly I feel like Alpha Synth will not give me anything new that I don't already have with other synths I own. I'd probably buy it eventually, just when the price goes down again.
All I can say is: Lily Jordy’s Crying Hill preset.
After some time, bleass alpha is really starting to grow on me! Really loving it ❤️ Great sound and love the GUI. Sweet presets, too. I wish I could record the MPE inside of Cubasis3 but that’s more on Steinberg I guess 🤷🏻♂️
One of the very few features I miss is in Alpha is the ability to set the LFO 'start-phase' when in Trig mode.
The 'UI' is already in place but the 'Offset' knob is greyed out in Trig mode
The motion sequencer could benefit from an even wider speed range(1/1--1/128) with an option to restart on note-on.
Some 'vertical guide-lines'(+/-12/24, +/-10/100 etc) with optional snap making pitch and precise step-sequencing a bit easier.
It feels like the output from the motion sequencer is 'bi-polar' with ZERO in the middle so a 'snap to zero' would be the bare minimum?
A bonus here would be to a 'smooth' option for the motion sequencers output (per mod destination) turning it into a flexible custom LFO
Don't know if @bleassapp will add any additional features to Alpha though but I wish them happy holidays anyway
Cheers!
I just bought Alpha Synth a few days ago and I’m just digging into sound design today and you basically put into words everything I was thinking while making some presets. Especially the adjustments to the motion sequencer.
I’ve never been too into sound design, besides in Serum and Drambo and then tweaking some presets in some other synths here and there, but I am having an absolute blast with this synth. I think it’s in my top favorite synths now.
Thanks a lot for your great feedback! Really glad you guys enjoy the Alpha Synth
Thanks for the feedback @Samu it is indeed very pertinent that the motion sequencer can be improved in many ways.
Stay tuned for future updates as we intend to continuously improve the Alpha Synth!
BTW it's still on sale till January 2nd ;-)
Considering I'm a ChipTune Junkie with a special sweet-spot for the SID having multiple tracks on the modulation sequencer with individual speeds would be a real blast as would a toggle between loop & one-shot.
(Currently the fastest per step speed in the step-modulator is 20ms which is like 50Hz PAL so to create those weird multi-speed chip-sounds optionally speeding it up to 5ms per step would make it possible to replicate many of the 4x sounds).
While this is NOT my tune I know how to make these type of sounds
As for the oscillators in general...
(Above Link for an example).
Adding a pitch-able 'bit-shift noise' as a waveform for the regular oscillator could in combination with motion sequencing open up another dimension in classic chip-sound creation
Another 'thing' that would be cool would be a para-phonic mode where the incoming notes are directly routed into each oscillators making it possible to 'perform' sync or (ie. hold down note 1 that controls the pitch of oscillator 1 and the second note would control the pitch of oscillator 2) ring-mod type of sounds.
So, 'Mono' all oscillators triggered by one note, 'Para'(still mono but the notes are distributed to the oscillators of more than one) and 'Poly'. (UI is already there, just one more 'option' hehe).
Sorry for derailing but this is what happens when I'm inspired by an app...
(It's your app so feel free to ignore the above blabbering).
Cheers!
/Samuel