I enjoy modular, but not the usual tedious workflow in software. The Grid is easily the fastest software modular I've tried. It's almost as fast as a regular fixed architecture synth.I think it depends on how you approach music. I generally already know what sound I want and then try to create it with a synth. And if a regular synth can't do what I'm looking for, I jump to Grid. Like I was trying to do wavetable FM in Zebra, but you can't use OSCs to modulate each other and the FMOs are very limited in wave shape. In Grid it was easy.I think the grid is very clever and very well implemented, but I don’t use it…I just can’t seem to find a purpose for it. With Max at least people who are far clever than me can make things that are stand alone devices with GUIs etc that I can just use, but with the grid (at least at this stage) it’s a bit more DIY.
I do agree that being able to create GUIs and save them as separate devices would be great, like we already have Polymer and Filter+. For some devices remotes or macros can be enough, but oftentimes not.
I think the tendency for Grid videos to be massive generative structures turns some people off and makes it seem complex and esoteric. I never use it that way myself. Most of my Grid patches are simple structures but which allow me a flexibility very few synths have. Even a basic sample based patch becomes something different when I can use the Segments MSEG as the Amp Env. It's one of the best software synths available today.
The Grid is also constantly useful for utility purposes. I can use it add a pressure expression curve to synths that don't have it, create a different kind of latch device, transform CC data, etc., etc.
Statistics: Posted by pdxindy — Fri Dec 29, 2023 4:20 pm