Dr. Drone - Analogue sounds without the hardware

vectorlovers · Post by **vectorlovers** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 2:56 pm

DR1 Dr. Drone 0.2 Beta - Out Now!

This is a superb little VST for analogue sounding electro bass, leads and FX.

Check out the movie of the DR1 in Ableton Live and download the free demo from the website!

http://www.drdrone.com

Bumblebeeman · Post by **Bumblebeeman** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 5:35 pm

Just bought this today, can't believe nobody else has mentioned this little gem !

forget all that nerdlinger synth programming ,just get your freak on with this shit, best fun i've had with a vsti for a long time.

cheers Martin

starving student · Post by **starving student** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 5:48 pm

where is the m.o.v.i.e.

frahnque · Post by **frahnque** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 8:27 pm

Bah! No Mac version?

beats me · Post by **beats me** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 8:57 pm

frahnque wrote:Bah! No Mac version?

+1

or would that be -1

contakt321 · Post by **contakt321** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 9:26 pm

Hey man,

Not trying to be a jerk but your site is a bit of a pain.

1. You don't specify mac or pc
2. Video is super slow to load. Youtube it.

Since you are selling your plugin (which sounds good) just wanted to give you feedback on how to make it better for potential customers.

vectorlovers · Post by **vectorlovers** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 7:20 am

thanks for the comments,

www.drdrone.com does need a little update, as little the menu bar is too obscure - the 'system' button on the menu bar tells you the DR1 is for Windows. I didn't know the movie was especially slow to load - its fast on my connection. you can also view it on youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZjbJZoje5A

I would love to release a mac version, but i have to sell enough copies of the windows release first... otherwise i can't justify the time spent on porting it accross... i have to pay my rent (and keep two children in clothes).

Feedback I've had from users has been great though, including IMs from The Black Dog, who say it sounds amazing.

rob lee · Post by **rob lee** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 7:28 am

just watched video sounds ok...whats it like on the cpu?
rob

manimal · Post by **manimal** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 8:15 am

rob lee wrote:just watched video sounds ok...whats it like on the cpu?
rob

You will barely notice it!
i had 4 instances running at 20% on my dinosaur laptop!
along with 2 drum vsts

rob lee · Post by **rob lee** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 8:17 am

can i paypal it and download? if so i'll get it later today..sounds pretty nifty..

rob

vectorlovers · Post by **vectorlovers** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 8:55 am

there is a download button on the menu bar at www.drdrone.com.

the full version of the DR1 can be downloaded via a paypal page (make sure afterwards you click the 'take me back to iwari.com' button to get the download).

Any probs give me a shout : reception@drdrone.com

thanks.

rob lee · Post by **rob lee** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 8:57 am

ok will do later on today and cheers for that..

rob

Johnisfaster · Post by **Johnisfaster** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 6:14 pm

I'm not sure if I like it or not, the low pass filter sounds good in the video though.

TrierMusic · Post by **TrierMusic** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 8:08 pm

Looks like fun - if it's for electro bass & leads, why is it called "Drone" though? Not trying to be confrontational - Just had to ask, though, because "drone" and "electro" are very far apart from each other in my book

Gonna download it tomorrow, the video had some really cool sounds in it.

vectorlovers · Post by **vectorlovers** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 8:24 pm

Actually it does make some wonderful sustained drones which drift in and out of phase rather like an old analogue synth with a key taped down, as well as more abstract/industrial FX type drones if you really play with the oscillator mods, filters etc. And besides, Dr Electro sounded a bit too much like a crap superhero

ps. try playing some of the presets by setting the 'hold' button on (this holds down the C3 (i think) note so you don't have to enter any midi notes into a sequencer just to get sound out . There are some quite atmospheric sustains and i'm sure you'll find more tweaking the controls, especially if you run it through a bit of reverb or ddly.