New synth from Skrock Music?? KRAFT

[Despondo]

Saw this on TritoneAddiction's Soundcloud page:



"I've only used Kraft for all synth sounds in this one. Kraft is a Reason synth by Skrock Music."

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[eusti]

Nice!

D.

[Majestik Monkey]

Cool ' I like SkRock's stuff !

Wonder what the price tag is ?

[eusti]

Cool ' I like SkRock's stuff !

Wonder what the price tag is ?

I would love to know what it can do first... (I mean, I like the sounds, but am always interested in other specs first...)

D.

[fieldframe]

It looks like MB has really stepped up his UI game! Even just this cropped image looks much better organized and clearer than some of the previous Skrock REs. Looking forward to trying it out.

[EdGrip]

I thought Thermal was a big step up in UI quality. I'm still keen for a song competition for that one!

[TritoneAddiction]

Skrock made his own demo track too:


I've been a beta tester, but since I'm not much of a tweaker and didn't have too much time exploring the synth and its capabitilies I instead focused on putting a song together with it, mostly by tweaking patches.

So it's probably best I leave it up to Skrock himself to talk about it.

[fieldframe]

I thought Thermal was a big step up in UI quality. I'm still keen for a song competition for that one!

Compared to a lot of boutique hardware synths, which are often just a bunch of identical knobs, there's nothing per se wrong with Thermal... But next to synths that have a clear sense of functional separation, signal flow, and mental-model guidance, it leaves a lot to be desired.

Still, that's why I'm excited to see some new strides being made with Kraft.

[EdGrip]

I thought Thermal was a big step up in UI quality. I'm still keen for a song competition for that one!

Compared to a lot of boutique hardware synths, which are often just a bunch of identical knobs, there's nothing per se wrong with Thermal... But next to synths that have a clear sense of functional separation, signal flow, and mental-model guidance, it leaves a lot to be desired.

Still, that's why I'm excited to see some new strides being made with Kraft.

Yeah, it could be clearer understanding-wise. But aesthetically it's really solid and clean and nice. From this little screenshot, this one looks a tad low-contrast and peepy-peery-squinty for my tastes. But less so than all the older stock devices.

[jayhosking]

Looks interesting. I don't know much about Skrock or the person behind it, but I've enjoyed playing with the developer's stuff quite a bit. It seems like there's an iterative thing going on, with Solaris being a more realized version of Aurora and KRAFT seeming like the next step after Solaris. Just from this image, I can see Skrock's added flanger and chorus to the unit, curve to the ADSR, and so on. I'll certainly try it out when I get a chance.

And now I'm off to find out how I can be a beta tester for Skrock!

[Benedict]

Kraft is great, I have made about 100 patches and a demo track.

Yes, the Skrock synths have been a bit iterative but each has brought out something a bit different. Kraft really manages to finesse these ideas in a synth that works. I once said to Marcus that if Subtractor was to disappear then I would vote for Kraft to replace it, I find Kraft that impressive and versatile. Sure Kraft isn't an uber-synth but, like Sub, it just manages to cover so much ground nicely and once you get the concepts, is inspiring. The sounds can rival some uber-synths too.



In an interesting aside, Marcus and I were both working on the same concept for wave playing/generation at the same time. I had a working concept in the IDT development tool and then Marcus sent Kraft over. His take is marginally different but can effectively deliver the same results. Back in the late 80's I was getting my CZ to make monk chant sounds to drum beats. Bloody Enigma haha.

[dhruan]

Owwwwww... love the sonic character of this one. Off to my buy list then

[jayhosking]

Yes, the Skrock synths have been a bit iterative but each has brought out something a bit different.

Hey, I'm not complaining. I use Aurora and Solaris regularly, and the Skrock stuff has been pretty consistently up my alley, sonically speaking. Plus I'm always happy to support a developer making improvements on their ideas for a reasonable price.

[Karim]

Saw this on TritoneAddiction's Soundcloud page:



"I've only used Kraft for all synth sounds in this one. Kraft is a Reason synth by Skrock Music."

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I own every single rack from Shrok. I'm curious for this one now
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[Bonkhead]

That Kraft Demo Song is amazing ! Who made it ?

[Despondo]

That Kraft Demo Song is amazing ! Who made it ?

I assume TritoneAddiction since it is on their soundcloud link. Unless you are referring to the other demo which is by the developer.

[TritoneAddiction]

That Kraft Demo Song is amazing ! Who made it ?

I assume TritoneAddiction since it is on their soundcloud link. Unless you are referring to the other demo which is by the developer.

Correct, I wrote the Kraft Demo Song and Skrock Music (the developer) wrote Dreaming Of Kraft.

Glad you like it Bonkhead

[Sympleman]

That Kraft Demo Song is amazing ! Who made it ?

I assume TritoneAddiction since it is on their soundcloud link. Unless you are referring to the other demo which is by the developer.

Correct, I wrote the Kraft Demo Song and Skrock Music (the developer) wrote Dreaming Of Kraft.

Glad you like it Bonkhead

Both in which are very well done!

[Majestik Monkey]

There's only 1 question to ask !

Where's the Freaking Download Link

[Mysterygrimms]

When does this synth hit the Prop Shop? I already own Orbis, Aurora and Solaris.

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[jayhosking]

When does this synth hit the Prop Shop? I already own Orbis, Aurora and Solaris.

Yeah, I'm similarly excited to get my hands on this.

[Skrock]

New demo track

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[jayhosking]

Sounds great.

[Benedict]

Here is my demo track



(there is an album to follow)

UPDATE: forgot to explain that this was made with an early version of Kraft so some features didn't exist at the time. 100% of sounds are from Kraft. Drums do have a Ring Mod over them to bring out some freqs and provide movement.

[qn5]

That TritoneAddiction demo is flames.
Can't wait to use this one.