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Never trust the living
Is one better than the other?
This is indeed what they did with the new Alchemist Cinematic Textures 2. It comes with two versions, One has the old presets, and the other one is all new. The issue I think is that Dark Matter 1 snapshots are not compatible with the newer engine. It’s not a big deal really. I just made a lot of presets with Dark Matter 1 so it’s nice to have it around. If I was just starting out, I would be just fine with Dark Matter 2 and Alchemist 2. You really miss nothing (other than the original DM1 presets) and gain a hell of a lot more. Any sound that was made with DM1 could be made with DM2. I also have Lightless and Darkless and they are very cool, but much prefer the possibilities with the GUI in the Kontakt libraries. Plus it’s so easy to start with a random patch and tweak it. Great stuff!Sad to hear that DM2 Presets are not 'all' of DM1 plus new DM2.
Concerns over new (for me) GUI would be helped by having all possible Presets to use as baseline.
Perhaps String Audio would provide these on request ?
This is indeed what they did with the new Alchemist Cinematic Textures 2. It comes with two versions, One has the old presets, and the other one is all new. The issue I think is that Dark Matter 1 snapshots are not compatible with the newer engine. It’s not a big deal really. I just made a lot of presets with Dark Matter 1 so it’s nice to have it around. If I was just starting out, I would be just fine with Dark Matter 2 and Alchemist 2. You really miss nothing (other than the original DM1 presets) and gain a hell of a lot more. Any sound that was made with DM1 could be made with DM2. I also have Lightless and Darkless and they are very cool, but much prefer the possibilities with the GUI in the Kontakt libraries. Plus it’s so easy to start with a random patch and tweak it. Great stuff!
I wouldn't be sad about some missing DM 1 presets in DM 2. You can make (and should!) your own sounds easily! Think about the randomize function. <3
Have you tried a batch re-save?Only problem is that several patches are glitchy. I'm getting crazy CPU spikes! Any fix for this?
Only problem is that several patches are glitchy. I'm getting crazy CPU spikes! Any fix for this?
Yep, it was the convolution reverb. I guess my cpu didn't like it.No problems here :-/
Try batch re-save or disable some of the convolution reverb...