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Originally Posted by Simonator  I too would say delay>reverb.
... BUT...
Personally I find delay & reverb on virtual instruments really infuriating, and I know others do too as there was a thread on it a few months ago.
Most people have their own preferred software delays & reverbs (chances are, normally superior quality to the usual standard of the ones tacked onto soft synths)... so having them on the soft synth just makes it more of a chore to demo patches... you have to prat around disabling these to hear what the patch ACTUALLY sounds like.
I'd hazard that you might curry favour with the community by having a button that can be disengaged EXTERNALLY to the patch (ie in some outer 'shell' type affair) to switch off ALL effects indefinitely... so as you flip through patches you have the choice of hearing just the synth, or the synth with some random effects that don't relate to the production.
Whilst I'm on that matter... VOLUME!!!!
I tend to have my sound sources outputting really low levels, using the soft synth volume to 'gain stage', with my track level fader left at 0.0.
It then drives me crazy if I decide to change the patch and this causes the volume to MASSIVELY jump.
... If you could try to make all presets roughly matched in level... AND CRUCIALLY have the master volume level unaffected when you flick through patches it would be a big win in my book. |
I completely understand where you're coming from about the fx. Sadly however too many people are sold on presets so I do plan on making some presets with fx but we do also have a section on the main tab to turn on/off all the fx quickly.
I will discuss the volume issue with my programmer and see what they have to say. Maybe we can figure out something slick.