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Hi,
Will there be a beta test period ?
When can we reasonably expect a release of Aalto2 ?
Thank you
Hi Randy,
I just came across this post
https://madronalabs.com/topics/10487-aalto-sequencer-bug?locale=eu
and was very glady surprised that an update of Aalto seems on the way.
I've been using Aalto very happily since 2012 (!) and many times i wished that:
1/ the sequencer's [?] parameter was midi assignable for live performance.
I mainly use Ableton Live and this parameter does not show when configuring the VST (i know there are MaxForLive solutions, but still ...)
2/ there was a modulation input for Carrier/Mod/Reverb volumes (especially Reverb which is often too loud, even at minimum settings)
Would that be possible ?
Thank you for your attention and for this so wonderful synth.
Paul
Sorry for being unclear. I meant the modulation amount to the reverb input. I use it a lot with Env2, and at bare minimum it would be nice to have it a bit lower. This is in a live use case, so no DAW automation.
But regardless, being able to modulate the reverb output parameter also would be nice for sure.
I know the beauty of an instrument also lies in its limitations, but still, that would be great.
Regarding the "?", though it is obviously not a parameter per se (sorry for the inappropriate word), I thought that if it's on the GUI, it's a trigger that could be a real, assignable parameter (separated from the ramp and square buttons).
But this is probably a naive wishful thinking since i know nothing about programming.
Thanks and good luck until the final release.
Firstly, thank you for the update !
I thought the small issue i had could have been gone with 1.3 but since it's still here i would like to report it:
I use Bidule as a randomizer for Aalto and since the parameters are neatly labeled it's a dream to program different levels of randyness ... oops, erm ... sorry, randomness, ^ ^, or even block any random behavior for such or such parameter (i don't know whether you have a copy of Bidule or not).
But however, the "Click Box" parameters, for example the Seq's on/off at each step, or the lowpass mode of gate, all seem to always revert to the same state when i hit the random buttom:
all the Seq's steps invariably turn to ON, the gate mode to lowpass OFF, etc...
Any idea ? I tried to program different randomness ranges, 0/1, 0.1/1, 0.99/1, 0/0.01, etc.., not to avail.
Thank you
Randy, thanks for the prompt answer.
Actually, i checked good with Live and Bidule, the 0 to 0.02 range is enough to get an on/off, it's just that Bidule's random doesn't seem to generate a real zero.
so never mind, i think it's a problem with Bidule.
Thnx
You should have labeled the random buttons "randy"
Great work !
A chance to try Usine and compare it to Bidule.
I can already see that i like the g.u.i. better.
It should work with Usine free n'est-il pas ?
Thanks et bien le bonjour ^ ^
quote" "...and mostly just sounds like random noise"
I dont agree at all, what you say may be true for blind and stupid randomization of all parameters, but if you specify, as you can with bidule, what parameters to randomize and in what range, this is a completely different story.
quote: "randomisation rarely makes anything useful..."
Of course it's not winner everytime, but if you insist you can really get some jems you would never had come up with otherwise.
Even with a rate of "one good for 49 bad" (i usually get better rates) it's worth it and actually the problem quickly becomes that you get frustrated because you hace TOO MANY awesome patches that won't all fit in a music piece. So unless you create patches just for the purpose of listening to them and/or make some personal background soundscapes for your daily life, one quickly gets lost in GREED for new patches instead of doing music. This can be the real problem, hahaha :-)
In practice, i have may patches i love that were randomly generated in a way i woudn't have thought myself, or wouldn't have had time to spend on, but then "manually" touched up.
This is a great hybrid approache random+manual for fine tuning.
just my 5 hZ
Yes, randomization is tons of fun, especially if you can fine tune it, like in Bidule.
But, as it appears in another post asking for the patches (cables) parameters to be indentifiable as vst parameters, you can't randomize the cable patching.
No big deal since there's already so much to explore with existing patches and routings.
If i remember well you can use the demo of Bidule to make a big randomization session, you won't be able to save the randomization's fine tuning but you will of course be able to save the Aalto patches.