Odin...something good?
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Odin...something good?
First off : to the mods, sorry if I have put this is the wrong...
So, I discovered Odin, a synth.
It's not in the (standard) repo...so...here we go again..."to install or not to install, that is the question"
But...is it any good?
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Re: Odin...something good?
It's a great synth, its only real downside is its quite heavy CPU usage, not recommended on low end machines.
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Thanks for that info. If three instances of Zyn make the fan go wild even with the laptop cooler AND an external fan...I think I'll pass on that one, thenLAM wrote: ↑Wed Apr 13, 2022 4:02 pmIt's a great synth, its only real downside is its quite heavy CPU usage, not recommended on low end machines.
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Re: Odin...something good?
Hardware is an Elitebook 8540p. It starts to howl from three instances of Zyn, that is why I offloaded the load to a second laptop and use QMidinet to control the off-shore synths...
I doubt the lil' lady can manage the synth...maybe the Dell can, dunnow. But that one is strictly synths only, does'nt need to hold Qtractor and such...dunnow...maybe the Dell?
Thanks for the info...
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I've got the 8570 actaully but I don't really use it any more. I just gave it a try in reaper and I got 11 instances playing the first lead preset before the audio started to suffer. That's with 512 and 48khz.
I think surge xt is probably deeper but less immediate.
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Re: Odin...something good?
Sure it depends what kind of patch you are running in Zyn.OccinticLady wrote: ↑Wed Apr 13, 2022 4:44 pm Hardware is an Elitebook 8540p. It starts to howl from three instances of Zyn, that is why I offloaded the load to a second laptop and use QMidinet to control the off-shore synths...
But in general, if you are running out of CPU power, you can 'Bounce' or 'Freeze' some tracks. Meaning play synth track1, and record it as audio. After it when working on other synth tracks, disable synth track1. Be sure to disable it so that synth does not run. Just mute it most likely won't do the trick.
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Super!tavasti wrote: ↑Fri Apr 15, 2022 9:38 amSure it depends what kind of patch you are running in Zyn.OccinticLady wrote: ↑Wed Apr 13, 2022 4:44 pm Hardware is an Elitebook 8540p. It starts to howl from three instances of Zyn, that is why I offloaded the load to a second laptop and use QMidinet to control the off-shore synths...
But in general, if you are running out of CPU power, you can 'Bounce' or 'Freeze' some tracks. Meaning play synth track1, and record it as audio. After it when working on other synth tracks, disable synth track1. Be sure to disable it so that synth does not run. Just mute it most likely won't do the trick.
More studiowork, but in general, this is the way out. Instead of having the whole "orchestra" play the MIDI tracks...so the extra work pays of greatly...
I see a lot of advantage here, I'd have to go track by track, ajusting as I go. That will drive the quality up even more...thanks a ton!
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Re: Odin...something good?
I know this is an old thread, but I thought I would chime in to say:
Odin is quite awesome and, I think, well designed. It has made it easier for me to build up my sound step by step (as opposed to having a million confusing options thrown at me all at once. [That's not a diss to any particular synth ])
I can't say I've noticed it requiring much more resources than Zyn. But, like @tavasti wrote, it depends what you're doing with Zyn
I hope you ended up checking it out. I'm so glad I did!