SynthMakercondra ·
Hi.
Im Condra, Im from Ireland. Im a bit of an audio geek, and an enthusiastic Ableton Live user/producer/dj.
I've recently been toying with the idea of developing my own plugins, and have flirted with Max/MSP, Reaktor, and Sonic Birth. The problem with all of them, is that the plugins (or "assemblys") they produce rely on frameworks to run, Pluggo Runtime, Reaktor, Sonic Birth Runtime, in that order.
Someone pointed out SM and I downloaded the demo yesterday. I'm really quite impressed so far. It was especially pleasing to be able to knock together a basic subtractive synth in a half hour tutorial.
The ability to export VSTs which dont rely on a framework or environment is a massive bonus.
It's a shame that OSX plugs cannot be exported, but its a shame that VSTs arent cross-platform, at least in the way that say mp3s, jpgs, are for example. I wish there was some way of running dll VSTs on a mac 🙁 or a different, 100% cross-platform audio plugin standard.
Anyways, I'm really impressed so far, so I might be back with a few questions! Hopefully the documentation, amount of tutorials etc improves over time. I'll most likely buy SM. I imagine it can become quite addictive to use.