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Anyone else with problems while installing the preset packs? I placed the zips (KAWAI500 ans spidericemidas) in the input folder of AddStation. Nothing happens after opening The program. There are the three Pxlhg-folders…
To be shure that the place for the packs is right, I exported one folder out of AddStation - and yes, this was shown in the export folder nearby the import folder ….🤔
@McD I'm not sure there's too much magic going on here. My K5000 had me stumped for the best part of a decade until I changed the way I conceptualised the synth. I started 'thinking' of it as a two-oscillator subtractive synth with a sub and noise generator, but with the ability to draw my own waveforms. I would then apply the usual subtractive techniques - panning and detuning a slightly modified version of the spectrum, pitching a darker version an octave lower, adding some noise, that sort of thing. I'd then make some tweaks to the formant filter and decay envelopes to give it some character. A rudimentary understanding of the harmonic series and FFT goes a long way in coming up with some interesting timbres.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonic_series_(music)
You can make a bunch of 'Creaturz' type patches by setting a few narrow bars in the formant filter at various frequencies. Set the LFO depth in the Filter Mod section to 100% and select [S&H] for some randomness. Then play with the modulation rate until you hear something you like. The creaturz 'appear' when the frequency of the note you're holding corresponds with the modulated frequencies set in the formant filter. Hope this helps:)
-Download the file from my Drive folder
-Navigate to Files/Downloads
-Long press 'User-Kawai K5000...zip'
-Select [Share]
-Scroll to [More] and select
AddStation should appear as a destination.
Hope this works for you.
Helps immensely! Thanks for patiently explaining your technique.
This didn’t work for me as Addstation doesn’t show up when I select more. I had to open Addtation standalone, minimize it, longpress the zip file in the Files app and then drag it to the right of the screen until Addstation popped up into view and then let it go to import.
That works extraordinary fine. thanks a lot!!🙏🏽🧔🏼👍🏽
Only on my iPhone: AddStation is not offered as a destination. I guessing it's because I have so many apps loaded on the 512GB iPhone. On my iPad, AddStation appears and these instructions work.
I have rebooted by iPhone and no change. I'm wondering if I start deleting some of the apps that are offered in the share list that more apps will be displayed.
It's a shame AddStation doesn't offer a menu path to select a file or folder.
NOTE: Once the zip is uncompressed I can click on the *.addstation files one by one and load them that way.
Try my method two posts up. No need to unzip.
Thanks. I fumbled my way to success. After multiple attempts I had the files app in the background next to the app station icon and was able to drop a file onto it.
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Arthur C. Clarke
Excellent. This is the clue I was missing... enriching the sound my mixing detuned and panning. And adding octave displaced tones.
I need to do basic coursework in synth sound design but I probably won't to be honest.
Small changes in sound tend to make it seem like work and there are gifts like this that free me to just play.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonic_series_(music)
Another useful tip.
It helps immensely. Let's see how long I last before I just buy the next new synth or grab more presets. Thanks again for this excellent bundle of useful sounds.
I added an IR Reverb behind AddStation and it also really helps to make the sounds less electronic and more analog.
"PolyIvoks Filter" is a drop dead simple way to dial in a new timbre fast without requiring much expertise.
I suppose a little "Beef" from Caelum Audio would also give it a nice bit of crunch.
I added the Nembrini Audio "IR Loader" to my toy box because I figured I get a bunch of extra IR files from their factory and they are pretty good. Intended for bass and guitar but
useful to place a synth into a space with an interesting speakers contribution. I combined IR Loaded with Thafnar and things got rather large and boomy. Thafnar lets you record IR files too which can lead to totally different processing effects.
Onkey…. these are unbelievably useful and appreciated.
Thank you.
Thanks @lukesleepwalker. One more tip: To make a patch that responds dynamically to touch, layer a brighter version of the spectrum by accentuating a few of the upper harmonics. Then set a higher velocity (dB) amount in the Level Mod section for this layer so that it's only 'present' when your slam down the keys. The fourth partial of the SynDream patch is an example of this.
For the demo I dropped the LeadGtar track onto a GarageBand sim to give it a fighting chance against the K5000 patch:) The overdrive effect in the K5000 is pretty dope and useful for rounding off the high end.
Again, generous, thx! This last bit is important as the dynamics are what i especially like about these patches
You have really mastered AddStation. These tips are invaluable.
@onkey
Your bank is ridonkulously good as well. Big ups, and thanks!
Thx for these, it’s much appreciated
Pleased to hear my little experiment worked out @BirbHope @Littlewoodg @biggtiny
Appreciated @lukesleepwalker
Still lots to learn @NeuM. @Pxlhg has that looping thingy mastered.
Thank you @onkey
Such a fine collection. Cheers
I’ve never been able to get the Addstation file system to work. The local folder never appeared in On My iPad, though I discovered that if I searched for Addstation it showed in the results. Creating new folders and instruments in the app never showed new folders on my file system. Creating new folders in the found Addstation folder (which was empty) never showed up in UI. The only way I can see to import presets into this thing is to click them in the downloads folder to open them in the app, then save them one a time from the app into wherever it thinks its file are. It’s maddening.
The AddStation folder is only a temporary place to hold the zip file for import. The preset structure and its files are hidden as in all comparable Apps due to technical restrictions in the Apple universe.
I'm working on a version with direct import from inside the App, but in the meantime you can try this workaround another forum member @ZankFrappa sketched out:
With this hint from the audiobus forum I was able to import the bank at that time:
this is how you import them if it doesn't show up on the share sheet:
copy the zip file to the "on my ipad" Addstation folder
Drag the zip file (when inside the Addstation folder) to the bottom right of the screen in the Files app
It will then show the Addstation icon, let go and it will import the presets.
I hope that it works for you too
Ah. That did work, thank you. It had a strange side effect, of exposing the private/var/… directory in the UI. And I think this has become the default directory when opening the app? Maybe that state will change as I start loading different presets.
In any case, it’s clear that I’ve misunderstood how the “on my iPad” and user preset saving thing works overall. This has been educational.
Thanks again.