Finallly tried MUX modular synth from MUTOOLS
Posted: Tue May 28, 2019 1:45 am
I've read lots of good comments about MUX Modular from experienced users, so took part of the holiday
to try it out in Mint 18, generic kernel, in the latest wine-staging.
And what a great instrument it is. Must be one of the easiest to use
and most flexible 'deep' synths around, as others have mentioned
Also, it's colorful and fun. At $59 eur it's quite a bargain.
Tons of categorized presets to launch out from. Lots of docs:
https://www.mutools.com/info/docs/
http://www.mutools.com/mulab-downloads.html
Each preset opens a gui suited to it's complexity, (categories are color coded)
so a woodblock may have a small panel with a few basic controls, while a complex synth sound may have dozens.
The modular view is off by default, and is opened by clicking a widget,* a lot like patchage
in connections use. There is a preset selector, with load/save options.
It even will host 3rd party vsts. I loaded the excellent LaGrange granular delay plugin
without issues.
The oscillators have a handy submenu with options to modify the sound.
The controls seem to work fine, and are big enough so stress is not invoked
while giving things a good test.
The demo makes some average white noise at times, and is not too loud.
It is a locked part of the full version, without some complex reg scheme.
The developer is easy to find, with a kvr dev forum to chat in.
https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=79
A free reverb, MUVerb, is probably worth checking.
I also tried the MuLab daw, but it opened fullscreen and largely unresponsive.
Some fiddling about opened a nice step sequencer, so I keyed in a seq,
but had to ctrl-alt-F5 to a new user, and record the running output from there.
I've tested the daw several times over the years, and never had results where I could
recommend testing in linux, but if you have a modern graphics card/driver
and a spare few minutes, you might get lucky. It's a portable install,
so can go on a usbstick as you move about, in case band or family members
saddled with msoft want to give it a try.
*One of the small preset display panels opened up beneath the synth display
and faked me out for a few seconds. The medium and larger ones were fine.
Cheers
to try it out in Mint 18, generic kernel, in the latest wine-staging.
And what a great instrument it is. Must be one of the easiest to use
and most flexible 'deep' synths around, as others have mentioned
Also, it's colorful and fun. At $59 eur it's quite a bargain.
Tons of categorized presets to launch out from. Lots of docs:
https://www.mutools.com/info/docs/
http://www.mutools.com/mulab-downloads.html
Each preset opens a gui suited to it's complexity, (categories are color coded)
so a woodblock may have a small panel with a few basic controls, while a complex synth sound may have dozens.
The modular view is off by default, and is opened by clicking a widget,* a lot like patchage
in connections use. There is a preset selector, with load/save options.
It even will host 3rd party vsts. I loaded the excellent LaGrange granular delay plugin
without issues.
The oscillators have a handy submenu with options to modify the sound.
The controls seem to work fine, and are big enough so stress is not invoked
while giving things a good test.
The demo makes some average white noise at times, and is not too loud.
It is a locked part of the full version, without some complex reg scheme.
The developer is easy to find, with a kvr dev forum to chat in.
https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=79
A free reverb, MUVerb, is probably worth checking.
I also tried the MuLab daw, but it opened fullscreen and largely unresponsive.
Some fiddling about opened a nice step sequencer, so I keyed in a seq,
but had to ctrl-alt-F5 to a new user, and record the running output from there.
I've tested the daw several times over the years, and never had results where I could
recommend testing in linux, but if you have a modern graphics card/driver
and a spare few minutes, you might get lucky. It's a portable install,
so can go on a usbstick as you move about, in case band or family members
saddled with msoft want to give it a try.
*One of the small preset display panels opened up beneath the synth display
and faked me out for a few seconds. The medium and larger ones were fine.
Cheers