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Samplicity announces Berlin Studio plugin

Peter Emanuel Roos said:
Just found out the reason why Berlin Studio no longer ran in Rosetta mode after the first release. I had enabled the Intel AVX processor instructions... which are not supported in Rosetta.

Next update will have it disabled again, with a small performance penalty for people with "real Intel" macs. Apple is a :elephant:
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Well, I hope this response is too late and you solved the problem already ;) No Rosetta here, but heavy CPU loads on High Sierra and a real Intel Mac (actually two with my old slave).
 
Peter Emanuel Roos said:
The current intro price will run until the end of the year.

The fixes for the current issues are being tested (rather a few days more than the previous hurry).

The loud noise issue was very likely in the EQ department, which has been rewritten in the last days (the processing part), with 64 bit processing; faster and more accurate as a side-effect.

The validation issue was the plugin blowing up the AU validator when it was told to process at 22.5 kHz. An internal downsampler was switched on to up-sample - not anticipated buffer overruns, but easy to fix.

Emailing issues from the website will hopefully be fixed now I am switching to Mail Chimp, not in the first place for marketing emails, but for the so-called transactional emails (confirmation, download links).

Even with quite some convolutions being calculated, the processing should still be light. On a medium i5 laptop I have used 16 instances (all mics) for a demo, at 50% CPU in Reaper. I advise proper routing with groups and not to add so many full length reverb tails.

TIP: if you set a reverb channel's tail to zero, it will stop calculating the tail part after 2 seconds. The mute can't do that, as you would miss reverb when you toggle it back on. This was meant for positioning-only. I will be made a more understable setting in a next version (so, one toggle for positioning, making processing extremely light).

The late December update will have an option for enabling the multi-threading (which is off in the first releases), making calculations even lighter. Another option will be the first lossy computations option (there are more eggs in the basket, but not all will be added at once).
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Thanks Peter it’s good to know this price will go throughout the year. I’m looking forward to purchasing it.
 
Some quick test between MIR Teldex stage and Berlin Studio. Alto flute recorded at home. I've used the Teldex Studio - Aufnahmesaal - Control Room position. Will try it with others. To me MIR sounds a bit more thin and Berlin Studio more warm. In the mix version I tried to make MIR a bit warmer and Berlin Studio a bit brighter with EQ to match them more.

Dry
View attachment 01. WW Alto Flute dry.mp3
Berlin Studio mixed
View attachment 02. Alto Flute Berlin mix.mp3
MIR mixed
View attachment 03. WW Alto Flute MIR mix.mp3
Berlin Studio full wet
View attachment 04. Alto Flute Berlin fully wet (no EQ).mp3
MIR full wet
View attachment 05. WW Alto Flute MIR fully wet (no EQ).mp3
 
JeffvR said:
Some quick test between MIR Teldex stage and Berlin Studio. Alto flute recorded at home. I've used the Teldex Studio - Aufnahmesaal - Control Room position. Will try it with others. To me MIR sounds a bit more thin and Berlin Studio more warm. In the mix version I tried to make MIR a bit warmer and Berlin Studio a bit brighter with EQ to match them more.

Dry
View attachment 01. WW Alto Flute dry.mp3
Berlin Studio mixed
View attachment 02. Alto Flute Berlin mix.mp3
MIR mixed
View attachment 03. WW Alto Flute MIR mix.mp3
Berlin Studio full wet
View attachment 04. Alto Flute Berlin fully wet (no EQ).mp3
MIR full wet
View attachment 05. WW Alto Flute MIR fully wet (no EQ).mp3
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@JeffvR For workflow efficiency, which do you prefer to get your results faster?
 
JeffvR said:
Definitely Berlin Studio. MIR is more flexible, but so far I prefer Berlin Studio. It has a warmer sound and it somehow glues more natural with the dry signal.
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I also demoed MIR 3d and preferred the interface and sound of Berlin Studio.

Nico said:
interesting plugin. Is it something better/similar to Virtual Sound Stage?
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It's similar in the sense you can position instruments in a space. But the results are miles ahead to my ears.
 
For the users who are active here, there is an update available, now simply on a new Downloads page on the Samplicity website (Support > Downloads). These downloads are of course only usable by customers with a corresponding license.

Tomorrow I will send an announcement mailing.

Cheers
 
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Peter Emanuel Roos said:
For the users who are active here, there is an update available, now simply on a new Downloads page on the Samplicity website (Support > Downloads). These downloads are of course only usable by customers with a corresponding license.

Tomorrow I will send an announcement mailing.

Cheers
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Just wanted to confirm all good in Logic now. Plugin validated and I can use the EQs again. Thanks for ironing out the issues so swiftly. Much appreciated!
 
Peter Emanuel Roos said:
VEPro does not support the VST3 plugin format
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As you know, it is still not working for me in Logic on a Mac Studio Max 64GB. (It puts a massive strain on one core.) However, VEPro does indeed support VST3, and when I load up Berlin Soloists oboe in VEPro (routed to Logic) and throw Berlin Studio on it in the VEPro mixer, it seems to work perfectly. I am not sure why it was believed that it would not work in VEPro.

By the time that I get three instruments loaded in VEPro with the plugin, however, I start to get crackles and pops.
 
Jett Hitt said:
As you know, it is still not working for me in Logic on a Mac Studio Max 64GB. (It puts a massive strain on one core.) However, VEPro does indeed support VST3, and when I load up Berlin Soloists oboe in VEPro (routed to Logic) and throw Berlin Studio on it in the VEPro mixer, it seems to work perfectly. I am not sure why it was believed that it would not work in VEPro.

By the time that I get three instruments loaded in VEPro with the plugin, however, I start to get crackles and pops.
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It is very likely that you have accidentally discovered that the recent update also installed a Vst 2 version :dancedance:

The Apple M1 / Silicon issue has my highest priority now. Not reported for all M1's - and of course not on mine.. :-(

Other setups seem to be running very fine now.

The record number of active instances before cracks went from 48 to 112 (not by me, that wouldn't be fair).
 
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