Synthmaster Player

The addon patches that kv331 sell can be used with them http://www.kvraudio.com/f...c.php?f=1&t=400325

No, it has nothing to do with SynthEdit or SynthMaker. SynthMaster is a synth made by kv331 Audio.

Despite the hokey name, Synthmaster's a great synth. I'd put it up there in the top tier alongside the likes of U-He stuff, only cheaper. Listen to the demos for the add-on libraries to get an idea what it's capable of, from classic Moog/Oberheim/Arp2600 to those annoying gated-chalkboard scrapes of glitch music. And the dev has been going gangbusters over the past two years adding features, so it's only going to get better over time.

I hadn't heard of this move, but I think it's an inspired marketing move.  For starters, it's a little like giving away the razor and selling the blades.  KV331 has a large and ever growing number of sound banks all modestly priced (and some of them *very* good).  It's easy to see how someone could try the starter for free or for nineteen bucks and end up coming back repeatedly for more sounds.
 
On top of that, it would be surprising if a fair percentage of the free-bee adopters didn't opt to spring for the full synth at some point once they started to appreciate the quality of this instrument. I'm a big fan of KV331 and wish them well on this.

It looks like it may have enough in the way of control to be useful.

1) Edit 12 easy parameters assigned by the sound designers for each preset
2) Turn on/off the layer/global effects for each preset.
3) Edit Layer/master volumes

 
But I hope they are better at managing their Gantt charts than IK

Our current ETA on the release date of the player is 1st week of February. Let's hope that we can meet that deadline

Spent some time with the alpha, and yup, it's definitely an alpha release. Nice preview, though.
 
You do get control over some of the most important parameters, such as attack and release. Other useful controls aren't present, such as delay times or tempo sync. It is, after all, the "lite" version and meant to be only a rompler, so having few controls is to be expected.
 
Some of the arps do not seem to be tempo-synced, and there's no rate adjustment. Some of the patches seem out of tune or tuned strangely. Many of the patches come preconfigured at maximum volume, and you can't save changes, so beware! You can flag patches as Favorites but there's no facility in the browser to search or list them. I could find no way to assign a MIDI channel to the instrument. A few trivial display issues, but no showstoppers.
 
I'm sure these will all be addressed prior to the official release. I've demoed the full product and heard what it's capable of, and it's impressive. Don't judge Synthmaker by this pre-release version.

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An early release of the free version for windows is available  http://www.kv331audio.com/downloads.aspx
 
From the facebook annoucement:
ENJOY! and please dont forget that this is ALPHA version with a "prototype" user interface and still the interface will change and we'll be building cooler looking skins for it!
 
 

I'll pass until it's ready - I've already got a job as an unpaid tester here. ;)

Thanks

Hey, thanks for stopping by our little corner of the internet, Bulent! You've got a few fans here, and we're all looking forward to the release.