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I’ll dig thru the manual later on but I’ve already mistaken the ‘stereo’ icon for being ring modulation which seems to be missing…
Indeeed - no ring mod as far as I can see
If you think he’s good, check out the 1980s, or the first Shura LP. His collaborations with Carly Rae were severely lacking. And I never liked what Taylor Swift became after Fearless, but that’s another topic. Though Antonoff had a hand in dumbing her down and boxing her in the wrong box for sure.
Anti-chorus? I used to be when I was just a guitarist…hated it on guitar. Now I love it on most anything.
Thanks
After about one hour with 'LowTone' (From now I'll call it 'BlowTones') it's honestly pretty darn meh?!
I don't get the 'hype' or maybe I'm just not the target audience for this at all and that's perfectly fine.
Thankfully I'm no longer an insta-buy addict but this would definitely have been a candidate for insta-refund which seldom or almost never happens and that says a lot...
I'm happy for those who happen to enjoy it
Funny, I'm DEFINITELY not the target audience, as I don't use a lot of bass, but I've enjoyed what I've got out of it so far, despite some egregious UI omissions mentioned above (though double tap to reset does work in the mod sections, it can be a bit fiddly. Also find myself sometimes accidentally moving knobs when I'm trying to long press to open the mod section).
That's just a few of the 'things' and the collapsable panes can drive one nuts even on a 4k screen where there should be enough space to show 'everything' for easy access, guess someone out there must have a fetish for collapsable panels?!
Oh well, at least I didn't spend anything on it so that's that and I'm happy for those that do enjoy it!
This synth has something that I don't think any other has, a balanced bass level across the range. Click the button in oscillator headers that looks like an ear. Instant fix.
Previously, if you had a problem with bass level on different notes, you had to grab a dynamic EQ or something to try and fix it. This offers a single click fix.
Every synth has oscillators and filters, it's hard to get excited for a new VA synth, but this one fixes an important problem and has a familiar architecture that can make basically any analog like bass sound.
Yeah that is definitely the usp.
@Samu the collapsible windows are great in theory but a bit fiddly in practice. Overall I quite like that idea though
I'll mess around with more later on, thankfully TB offers demo versions for the desktop.
Most of the time it's the UI that either makes or breaks a synths 'fun factor', sound is secondary.
If it's no fun to program it doesn't get used. This is what happened to me and TB FlowTones.
It sounds super nice but it's a total pita to program...
There's no doubt that for total bass-headz this synth is a gift from above
For brain-massage and speaker destruction it might work really well, which ever breaks first...
This one didn't work out for me either and I'm a dyed-in-the-wool Toneboosters fan.
Is there any way to change your mind and cancel out of a comment? Or, is that why I’m seeing Comments with nothing but a dot in them?
Very interesting indeed. Thanks for pointing it out.
Just erase your comment, add a few dots, then tap on the "Save Draft" button. That's the only way I've found to get around this forum software annoyance.
I've been playing a bit more with the randomize feature on the Desktop version and it generates sounds that put the bundled presets in the corner of shame BIG TIME as they do NOT make the synth justice at all!
It's 'weird' that a 'randomize' feature beats the crap out of those created by the 'sound designers' for this app?!
@Gavinski I assume you've played around with the randomize feature of 'TB BlowTones'?
I may re-evaluate a purchase at some point, but I will always call it Blow Tones, sounds cooler that Lowtone...
Yes, they're excellent, and programmed a few of my own I really like. Yeah the presets that come with it are not to my taste at all! Besides that, not everyone who makes good synths is good at making interesting factory presets. Icegear being a good example
@rs2000 said:
I’m just curious if the sounds you’re achieving with lowtones are more or less what you expected with regards to your earlier comment?
True! I mean it should not be the 'synth' that dictates what 'genre/style' of sounds it's capable of as a good synth with enough 'tweak-ability' will easily cover any genre/style
It's easy to fall into the trap that a particular synth is for a specific genre just based on the presets that ship with it...
...heck I almost fell deep in that 'trap' with this Blow Tones!!
Same happened with the BA-01 which I was lucky to win a week back...
...it does NOT need any presets at all as the randomize function is so good!
(Baby Audio could drop a monophonic 'Magic Synth CS' with a BIG DICE and volume slider based on the BA-1 engine)
Oh well, I learn as long as I breathe or something like that?!
Sorry that was just a generic conclusion applicable to a lot of existing synths, not restricted to Lowtones which I don't even own
For the lazy asses like I am, quick recap of Lowtone initial impressions from forum friends. Thank you guys! 🫡
P.S. Quotes are taken from those who gave impressions after they used Lowtone synth.
I'll add mine...
Thought Flowtones was meh, so I'm not getting this one...love their effects though...
Nice, but I think I've been misquoted here! The 'not really a fan' I bit should maybe read 'not really a fan of the factory presets'? Overall, I'm a fan!
@Luxthor I might change my opinion as well after a bit more time...
...so consider my comment 'initial impression'
I take your opinion seriously @Samu so would be pleased to know if you change your mind
Will be corrected, asap.
Yes, thank you for pointing this out.
For others, it’s the ear symbol. Here’s the manual excerpt:
It is also worth noting the filter section options of the lightening symbol (supercharged resonance) and the tube/valve (non-linear analog sound):
It’s weird that the filter cutoff isn’t animated when you adjust it but the resonance is?
“quick recap of Lowtone initial impressions” is on the subject. But I think that your assessment is cool enough! 😎
Edit: do you want me to remove the ‘meh’ thing?
I thought it was weird until the dev explained it Gus:
The filter response doesn't change with the cuttoff control, because the cutoff itself depends on what note you play - it follows the MIDI note as proper filters do. Or worse, if you play multiple notes simultaneously, one would need multiple curves that are somehow overlaid. That would be extremely confusing so we simply show the curve of the filter itself.
Let's just say that it's turning from super meh to pretty cool especially since the randomizer creates very nice and playable presets, the built-in presets do not do not really showcase what the synth is capable.
As note to my self, KISS (Keep it Simple Stupid!).
There's absolutely no need to 'enable everything' in order to make a usable sound
So far I've only bought one app this month (I don't count the annual sub for Logic Pro for iPad) so there's still room for a few.
I won BA-01 which was one of the candidates so we never now what happens before the month ends...