With all that said and at the risk of going completely off topic, I
use Vaz Modular regularly and really like it. It's as stable as
your device driver (which means that in some cases it will crash,
but it's not really Vaz's fault). The Vaz has a nasty edge to it
that I like, but can also sound pretty fat.
Mike
--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "Bob" <knarleybass@y...> wrote:
> well,
> I am really glad to hear these revues, I was really close to
> getting Moog Modular V, but after reading all these posts I think
I
> will save myself from the headache. Like I don't have enough
problems
> with OSX and Logic Audio 6.1 and I don't want to even want to go
> into using OSX with Akai SYS... LOL. anyone want to buy an Akai
> s5000?
>
> thanks
>
> Howard
>
>
>
> --- In motm@yahoogroups.com, Neil Bradley <nb@s...> wrote:
> > > app would take a little longer. Arturia's excuse? "the plug-in
> Software
> > > Development Kit we used for this version was still not stable
at
> the
> > > time we released the Moog Modular V" WTF? And you released it
> anyway
> > > and hoped no one would notice?? This is a beautifully
sounding
> modular
> > > synth marred by poor software engineering and quality assurance
> > > practices.
> >
> > After spending 4+ hours on it last night with Cubase SX, I'll
add
> some
> > additional problems I've seen with it. While it sounds great, it
is
> a
> > buggy program.
> >
> > 1) Switching patches causes the memory utilization to go up, and
> up, and
> > up, etc.... The program has memory leak problems.
> >
> > 2) If your CPU utilization is over 50% aside from the Moog V
> itself, Moog
> > V will glitch occasionlly (none of my other plugins like Pro-53,
> Battery,
> > FM7, Absynth, or Model E have problems)
> >
> > 3) Eventually, after many patch changes and tweaks, the app will
> start
> > spewing out tons of noise, bring the system to a complete halt,
and
> > studder for about a minute. Only shutting down the app and
> restarting it
> > fixes the problem.
> >
> > I've found the best way to work with it is to make your patch
> changes,
> > save it, then exit the app, bring it back up, and then use it.
> Sheesh.
> > I've long advocated that 95% of programmers out there shouldn't
be
> > programming. I cannot believe that they'd release an app like
this
> and not
> > test it better. It has problems on both the PC and the Mac -
> similar ones
> > it sounds.
> >
> > -->Neil
> >
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> -----------
> > Neil Bradley
> > Synthcom Systems, Inc. Will work for modules.
> > ICQ #29402898