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There is a problem with the 1.4 Windows release that is affecting some users. On some systems a required Windows support DLL cannot be found. Usually the user sees an error such as "msvcp100.dll was not found."  Depending on the host, you may not get a message.

If that is the problem, you may be able to fix it by downloading this Windows developer support pack:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5555

This msvcp100 thing is my issue and I intend to fix it in an update coming soon.

I see your point about the touch messages. This should not be too hard. The first point of mapping is definitely to make splits and the like easy, so if that's not working well, I'll change it!

OK, see what you mean about Controllers and touch messages also.

The only major question I have is: How controlable is it in real time? Can it react to all the major MIDI controllers?

Yes, like Aalto you can map MIDI controllers into the patch matrix. For specifics, you can download the Aalto manual and investigate. Kaivo should be very similar here.

So although this proabbaly will not be a big seller because most people wil have trouble fully fathoming the whole concept

I guess I have to rely on enlightened buyers then...

When will it be avialble? – What will it cost? –

Later this fall, reasonably priced.

Since the rest of my studio still is hardware based: Can it run standalone or is there a simple VST plugin host on which it will run?

A standalone version is a good idea but this is not possible yet. The development effort is not too hard and I will look at standalone versions in the coming year. In the meantime I or the community here can point to to good free or almost free hosts for Mac or Windows.

Thanks for the report. I have not run into situations where the sequencer loses sync. However, I have not done much testing on Windows / Reaper. I am going to do some work on the sequencer soon, and will make sure to test it on Reaper.

There is a problem with the 1.4 Windows release that is affecting some users. On some systems a required Windows support DLL cannot be found. Usually the user sees an error such as "msvcp100.dll was not found." Depending on the host, you may not get a message.

If that is the problem, you may be able to fix it by downloading this Windows developer support pack:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5555

Good to hear, thanks for the info.

Hi Charlie,

Thanks for the feedback.

I could think about specifying a maximum number of touches in each zone. I never thought anyone would want this. Would a 'mono' switch take care of your needs? In other words, you could set the number of touches to either 1 or the maximum available.

The thing is, Zones don't detect touches. The touch tracker does that and then sends them to the Zones and Controllers.

I'm wondering what the typical way to do a "split" will be over OSC. My plan is to have a channel number on each zone, this would allow easily splitting different sounds out to different OSC channels just like with MIDI. The OSC channel would use a different port. This seems to make sense because you can set up a couple of synths that listen to different OSC ports, and don' t have to know about each other in order to function together.

I definitely have a scale map per row planned with different modes, pentatonic etc.

Weird, OK, thanks for the feedback. There will be an Aalto update soon, so please let me know if this clears up or not after the 1.5 update.

Hi Charlie, that seems totally reasonable. It can listen over OSC so you can change the number of touches with a dial for performance.

Still working out a couple of bugs! But very close.

Very good suggestions, thanks.

Thanks for the log. I clipped it out because very long.

The Aalto version is right in the upper right of the interface by your name. I think upgrading to 1.4.1 will fix the problem you are seeing.

Hi dadek,

Thanks for your patience. I have been working on this for the past two weeks. It just turned out to be a bigger job than I thought to do anything that works. The good news is, I have notes working again and some basic controllers also, and will definitely send something out this week.

Hmm.. I'm not sure it's Aalto. Those things in combination ought to be stable. But if you can get a crash log for me, I might have a better idea.

You could also try another host if you have one handy, and see if that helps.

It couldn't hurt to make sure you have the most current version of Aalto, 1.4.1. I try to make it better over time not worse, and mostly succeed with this.

In general, patches are not always compatible with a previous version. So if your patches are made on an Aalto newer than the equivalent version of Aalto CM, they may not work. I think Aalto CM was equivalent to version 1.3.

Thanks for the report! This will help others I'm sure. Too bad about the MIDI.

I have also heard that the Blue Cat MB7 mixer plugin works with Aalto to some degree. There may be graphics issues, I think, but the MIDI may work better.

Anyhow, I realize that native AAX would be best.

Hi Adam,

It would be a fair amount of work to port to AAX, and I have my hands full supporting VST and AU at the moment. Things can change though, and I appreciate the feedback.

Another option for you may be DDMF Metaplugin . A customer tells me that this plugin wrapper/combiner can allow Aalto to run inside it, in Pro Tools 11.

OK, I'll have to get a copy of Cubase and try to reproduce this.

Does it work on any other hosts on your Windows machine?

Hi Simon,

Sorry for the trouble. There is a problem with the 1.4 Windows release that is affecting some users. On some systems a required Windows support DLL cannot be found. Usually the user sees an error such as "msvcp100.dll was not found."  Depending on the host, you may not get a message. I have not seen it cause a crash before, however.

If that is the problem, you may be able to fix it by downloading this Windows developer support pack:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5555

Please let me know if it works. And what version of Windows you have.

I'm just saying "this fall..." Technically that gives me until mid-December but I hope to get it out sooner.

Thanks for the good comments.

Tilt will be a tone control EQ type filter inspired by Quad hifi amps! A neat circuit.

I have blown up many other physical modeling plugins from other makers as well—even ones that don't allow pitch bend!

marc0, thanks for the idea about preorders. I like to keep things simple on the purchasing side but it's good to remember I could do that if I needed to.

I will not have a chance to try 10.9 for a little while. I don't foresee any problems, but ay reports would be much appreciated!

The new Garage Band X for 10.9 is sandboxed, which may cause a whole world of problems with Aalto and other plugins. I'll have to investigate that soon but for now my advice is, stay away from Garage Band X.

  • Kaivo will not have an audio input, at least at first.

  • Kaivo has 8 voices.

  • Aalto will get more voices: not in the next update, but in the update after that.

If you are on a Mac the factory patches are in /Library, and the user patches are in ~/Library. Open the "Go" menu in the Finder and then hold down option to see the Library in the menu. Apple hides this folder by default now, which is kind of annoying.

Hi Hans-André,

Paul’s Soundplane is sold. I am still planning to start another run of instruments in January.

This is still near the top of my list. Thanks for your patience.

Questions are fine! This is part of my morning customer support ritual. I just probably won't make any more videos, because they really pull me out of my programing groove for a day or so.

CPU use should be somewhere around Aalto’s. Maybe more depending on the Body type, which can potentially get expensive.

I'll probably send out some more sounds---those are quicker

It would be really great, but it's hard to represent the patcher in MIDI in a useful way. I've been thinking about it off and on for two years.

I don't know. I guess Peak won't be updated any more, so to be honest I can't throw too much time into this.

Are you using Peak for editing / processing files? There are other good editors out there in active development, including Triumph from Audiofile Engineering.

How about I just finish the plugin? :-)