Velvet Silmeria!Mánibranðr @FreyaManibrandr@awoo.space

Perhaps if I was just starting out, I might be more interested in Serum. However, I started out wanting to convert my MIDIs into metal arrangements. (That was before Shreddage was even a thing, haha.) So I ended up just ignoring all of the synths that came with Sonar X1 Producer, even though, retrospectively, they're awesome.

The only synth I really touched was Dimension Pro, and that's only because I bought the DSF World Instrument soundpack with it.

Just so you know, I also have a similar issue with Surge VST, though it gets a free pass because it's free, open source, and it has thousands of free user presets.

Plus it has a unique character in how it uses FM and effects signal routing, and how they can all be modulated via LFOs and macro controls.

@flippthebunny@yiff.life yeah, bit-bridging has always been a bit of a logistical nightmare for audio DSP programs.

@flippthebunny@yiff.life There were a lot of 32-bit synths that were amazing back in the day.

At the end of the day, the only real reason to use Serum is the opportunity to spend even more money on the presets that everyone and their dogs have made for the thing.

And honestly? While that is fine and all, if you're purchasing Serum, you're basically buying a sound design tool, and at some point, having 1000s of presets becomes less valuable the better you get at using a synth to design sounds.

Also, why hasn't anyone thought of making a variable-latency feedback DSP synth? I always felt it would be pretty interesting to include a feedback loop with variable serial/parallel effects chains that not only fad into the signal pre-DSP, but also with the feedback signal being used to modulate parameters of the DSP effects, and also the OSC, LFO and Filter parameters.

Am I the only one who does not give a shit about Serum? I always prefer synths with a bit more character, and a specific workflow.

Not a knock against Serum, it's a well-made plugin, but how kitchen sink its feature set is makes it hard to be creative with it. I think I'll stick with Arturia Pigments 2 and AAS Ultra Analog VA-3.

Also, as much as I love Massive, the UI is a complete mess, and Massive X is....well, pretty disappointing.

@magsalin An "anarchist" transphobe is just a colonialist dressed in anarchist aesthetics. Transphobes literally can't be anarchists.

@magsalin Ahh yes, the gender Jesus argument. 🙃

Julayla: Val, what the fuck. You did not just think "Time to ejaculate poop out my ass" did you? Just....why?

Val: giggles uncontrollably

Make 7/8 the new common time signature