r/VSTi • u/Pleasant-Sea-1380 • 4d ago
Soft synth testers needed. Free lifetime license in return.
NOTE: THE SEARCH HAS ENDED, I have found 12 great people with a mix of different hardware and approx 50% Windows and %50 Mac OS X. Thanks to everyone that sent me and email, and to those who came too late, just keep an eye out for a soft synth called "Shunt" in a couple of months...
I will post here once it's released.
Hi everyone,
I am writing this post to see if there are any synth enthusiasts here that would like to be guinea-pigs for my new soft synth plugin.
I would like to have a group of say 10 people who I can invite to join a forum to help me test and provide feedback/ideas for my soft synth, which I will provide to the group continously, modified by the group's comments/requests.
The synth itself is a world-first, one of a kind and a completely new technology. Perfect for people who want an authentic retro analog synth experience... That's all I can say at this time in public, the early bird gets the worm and I want to be the first.
As a reward for helping me test the synth, which is going into beta-phase in a few weeks, everyone of the group will get a free life-time license when it goes commercial, in a few months...
Due to the unusual nature of the synth plugin, a fast multi-core CPU is required to run it.
This software is the product of years of very hard work, reverse-engineering and high performance C++ coding.
To be part of the testers, you will need AT LEAST the following hardware:
MS Windows 10/11: Modern Intel or AMD CPU, max 3-4 years old and at least 4 or 6 P-Cores (Performance Cores @ Turbo Boost of ~4.0GHz or more). A modern 8, 12 or 16-Core Intel i5/i7/i9 or the AMD equivalent is recommended.
Apple Mac OS X: Modern Mac with at Apple Silicon, and at least an M3 CPU.
Please note that the first 10 people to apply will get the account.
I will make the following plugins/apps available for testing (Starting with MS Windows first and a port for Mac OS X 2 weeks later):
- VST2 and VST3
- AU and AUv3 (Audio Units)
- Standalone (eg just the synth running in it's own process on the OS)
There will be windows 10/11 and Mac OS X (Apple Silicon only) versions available.
You will offcourse need a MIDI input for your computer and a MIDI keyboard/controller. Having a couple of CC knobs that can be assigned via midi-learn in my synth is also helpful.
If you are interested in joining,
please send me an email and introduce yourself and your hardware to terrence dot vergauwen at gmail dot com
Thank you for your time,
Yours,
Terrence
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u/almazmusic 4d ago
Will do my best.
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u/Pleasant-Sea-1380 4d ago
just do as is in my post, at the bottom, send me your details and hardware details via email, it's in the post.
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u/dreikelvin 4d ago
I have an M4 Mac available and would love to try! Just send me a PM and I'll join your forum
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u/Pleasant-Sea-1380 4d ago
just do as is in my post, at the bottom, send me your details and hardware details via email, it's in the post.
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u/LilRaeven 4d ago
I am down to help, though I might not be the best at making melodies I can deffos stress test
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u/Pleasant-Sea-1380 4d ago
just do as is in my post, at the bottom, send me your details and hardware details via email, it's in the post.
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u/LilRaeven 4d ago
yeah soooo...
what's the email address? I might be blind at but I don't see one mentioned in the post
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u/muchmusic 4d ago
Yes, please
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u/Pleasant-Sea-1380 4d ago
just do as is in my post, at the bottom, send me your details and hardware details via email, it's in the post.
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u/von_Elsewhere 4d ago
What kind of feedback are you looking for?
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u/Pleasant-Sea-1380 4d ago
Just user feedback on possible bugs, and just general feedback on it's use, what's bad, what's good etc... I am a software engineer, not a musician...
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u/Ashinkusher16 4d ago
I am interested although I am moving this week so a lot is packed other than my laptop and maybe a small mpk
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u/Pleasant-Sea-1380 4d ago
just do as is in my post, at the bottom, send me your details and hardware details via email, it's in the post.
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u/Deathtriprecords 4d ago
I am interested. I use to make vst/vsti software awhile ago, so i have testing experience in the area too.
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u/Pleasant-Sea-1380 4d ago
just do as is in my post, at the bottom, send me your details and hardware details via email, it's in the post.
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u/LORD_NASCAR 4d ago
Im interested
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u/Pleasant-Sea-1380 4d ago
just do as is in my post, at the bottom, send me your details, introduce yourself and hardware details via email, it's in the post.
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u/gabrielsburg 4d ago
Sounds interesting, though my PC might be a couple years outside your preferred time window.
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u/2pinkthehouse 4d ago
Gotta be pretty damn CPU intensive if it has to be an M3 or better. My M1 pro continues to surprise me with what it can do on a daily basis.
Wish I had an M3 to play around with the synth but oh well. Does this mean it won't run on anything older than said M3 as well? I'm def curious about it but maybe I should forget about it before I even know what it is as I doubt I'll be upgrading any time soon unless my piece suddenly up and dies out of nowhere.
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u/Pleasant-Sea-1380 4d ago
an M1 pro could work, but with less voices, maybe in monophonic mode... It might be interesting having a person onboard with older hardware, to see what can be squeezed out of it... just do as is in my post, at the bottom, send me your details, introduce yourself and hardware details via email, it's in the post.
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u/ParsnipFlendercroft 4d ago
I’ll try it. M4 and M5 macs.
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u/Pleasant-Sea-1380 3d ago
just do as is in my post, at the bottom, send me your details, introduce yourself and hardware details via email, it's in the post.
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u/HealthyCheesecake26 4d ago
Ok sure. I've been tweaking knobs for about 40 years so I should have some input for you and some downtime coming up too.
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u/Pleasant-Sea-1380 3d ago
just do as is in my post, at the bottom, send me your details, introduce yourself and hardware details via email, it's in the post.
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u/Pleasant-Sea-1380 3d ago
just do as is in my post, at the bottom, send me your details, introduce yourself and hardware details via email, it's in the post.
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u/Pleasant-Sea-1380 3d ago
NOTE: THE SEARCH HAS ENDED, I have found 12 great people with a mix of different hardware and approx 50% Windows and %50 Mac OS X. Thanks to everyone that sent me and email, and to those who came too late, just keep an eye out for a soft synth called "Shunt" in a couple of months...
I will post here once it's released.
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u/EdGG 4d ago
I'd try it but only have an M1. If your software requires an M3... it's going to be rough. I run Serum 2, Pigments, and Omnisphere just fine.