Today we were hoping to release Elecktroid – our latest drum plugin. On this occasion things didn’t quite come together. Whilst the plugin itself is all but finished the preset library just isn’t organised well enough to go ahead with the full release. Over the coming week or so we’ll be doing final testing, tuning and assembling a good collection of presets.
The alternative was to go ahead and release today with either no presets at all or a small set of presets to simply get Elecktroid up and running. Neither of those scenarios was ideal.
But who needs presets anyway? Most of our customers are seasoned synthesizer professionals. They can build a modular system from scratch whilst blindfolded and recount the complex maths behind FM synthesis without even breaking a sweat. At the same time we are regularly asked about extra presets for our current software and understand their importance. Indeed, when I asked one notable customer of ours about what he expected in a preset library he commented:
“I’m a guitarist. When it comes to synths and software I’m like a monkey. I just poke at stuff until it starts working and I get inspired.”
Fair enough. Presets it is and a short delay.
The sample material in our library was sourced from a number of providers and sound designers including our own in house collection of samples and patches. Whilst modest in size (you won’t be needing a new 1TB drive) we trust our presets will prove to be fruitful starting points for your work.
We hope you understand our situation and you are not too disappointed.
I’m sure Elecktroid will be worth the wait. I’m proud and honored to be a user of AudioSpillage stuff. Having said this, please hurry. I wore out the return key on my MacBook Pro awaiting news about the release! :-).
Good decision, I would rather wait for a fully functioning bit of kit than receive a rushed out piece. Keep up the good work, thanks 😀
Take your time. I personally am happy to wait a bit longer for a more complete product. I’m sure it’ll be great 🙂
Easy!
I agree, drum machine presets can be half the fun! Especially with the power of mixing and matching samples and synthesis it’ll be nice to have some good inspiring building blocks on either side.
makes sense, look forward to get the final release!
Cool, sound good. Any ETA at this point for the update?
Now it’s August 21 🙂
So….where is it?
Looking forward to it!
August has one day left- any news?!
Hello, we’ll be sending out the latest beta either tonight/tomorrow. Still have some preset content to put together and a few features to finish. Keep an eye out for the beta invite email though!
eagerly waiting!
Elecktroid Beta 1.0 emails sent out today!
Nice! Excited about this one…
Would love to beta test!
Crashes Renoise during initialization 2.8.1 64 bit on Mac OS, using the AU plugin. Haven’t tested the VST version yet.
Thanks, I’ll take a look the Renoise issue today.
We’ll be sending out a new beta shortly. I’ve just done some basic testingin Renoise 2.8.1 Intel 64-bit and it launches OK.
so…any news?
Hi Ceez,
We’ve put out a number of betas in the last month and received a lot of very valuable feedback. We’re confident that Elecktroid is now ready for release. Won’t be long!
Hi Stephen,
Awesome news! Thanx for the update! I’m sure Elecktroid is worth the wait (;