http://rekkerd.org/vember-audio-shortcircuit-now-freeware/ audio software news and reviews, download high quality creative and original royalty-free samples and loops, free VST plug-ins and sound banks Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:40:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://rekkerd.org/vember-audio-shortcircuit-now-freeware/#comment-7089 Ashley Pomeroy Wed, 05 Dec 2007 22:33:28 +0000 http://rekkerd.org/vember-audio-shortcircuit-now-freeware/#comment-7089 I've used Shortcircuit V1.1.2 for a while now, and I generally like it. It can do double-duty as a conventional sample playback device, and as a sample-based synth module, along the lines of the old Ensoniq Mirage, if you load in plain waveforms. There are several different filter types and a clever modulation / effects router, whereby you can for example route one of the LFOs to modulate the delay effect time, or the pitch of the pitched delay. The interface takes a while to get the hang of (it's fiddly to enter key zones - you either have to do a lot of dragging and waggling with the mouse, or remember that e.g. you can't type in F#2, you have to type 54. You also have to remember that 353ms is stored as 0.353 and not 353). It loads Akai programmes although the ones I have tried needed some tweaking. It's £300 cheaper than Kontakt, and you'll never have to be evasive when people ask you what software you use (if you catch my drift). I’ve used Shortcircuit V1.1.2 for a while now, and I generally like it. It can do double-duty as a conventional sample playback device, and as a sample-based synth module, along the lines of the old Ensoniq Mirage, if you load in plain waveforms. There are several different filter types and a clever modulation / effects router, whereby you can for example route one of the LFOs to modulate the delay effect time, or the pitch of the pitched delay. The interface takes a while to get the hang of (it’s fiddly to enter key zones – you either have to do a lot of dragging and waggling with the mouse, or remember that e.g. you can’t type in F#2, you have to type 54. You also have to remember that 353ms is stored as 0.353 and not 353). It loads Akai programmes although the ones I have tried needed some tweaking. It’s £300 cheaper than Kontakt, and you’ll never have to be evasive when people ask you what software you use (if you catch my drift).

]]> http://rekkerd.org/vember-audio-shortcircuit-now-freeware/#comment-5956 Looza Mon, 05 Nov 2007 17:13:15 +0000 http://rekkerd.org/vember-audio-shortcircuit-now-freeware/#comment-5956 I tried v1 for a few mins and couldn't see anything I can't do with the plugs I already have (plus there are some horrible usability issues for me), so this news not really concerning me. However, what is really bad is that quite a few developers lately turned commercial plugs into free ones, obviously because they can't earn any money with those plugs ... It's sad. And it's sad for those people who recently bought shortcircuit and won't get a refund. (But the same thing actually happened to me when I bought glitch and it became freeware later on.) I tried v1 for a few mins and couldn’t see anything I can’t do with the plugs I already have (plus there are some horrible usability issues for me), so this news not really concerning me. However, what is really bad is that quite a few developers lately turned commercial plugs into free ones, obviously because they can’t earn any money with those plugs … It’s sad. And it’s sad for those people who recently bought shortcircuit and won’t get a refund. (But the same thing actually happened to me when I bought glitch and it became freeware later on.)

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