Comments on: Whoosh Review

By: Reply

Reply — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 18:30:35 +0000

“Sound design” should have little to do with what tools were used and how, that’s not the point. The point is that the outcome is fitting.

I think tools that lesser the pain of the process and save time for other elements are useful, rather than spending manual labour time on things that a listener will not care for (that it was manual laboured).

The source material is even more important than “knob turning”. The knob turning, as can be seen, can be automated, but the creatable sounds are still highly dependent on the source sounds and their quality, which is much wiser thing to spend time on, finding good source sounds.

By: Rodney Gates

Rodney Gates — Sat, 27 Dec 2014 03:35:14 +0000

This is a new whoosh tool I cannot wait to play with. After re-creating Charles Deenen’s PT template, and owning Wavewarper for the past year, I welcome the addition of Whoosh to my arsenal. In regards to the comments above regarding this kind of tool being a little “lazy”, I disagree. We all set out to create cool, unique sounds and this simply speeds up the process. Even using the same source, we all would create new, unique sounds using tools like these every time we use them. :-)

By: meltedsounds

meltedsounds — Mon, 23 Jun 2014 21:44:10 +0000

In reply to Alex.

Thanks lot for the Kind words!!

Jurek: with our new version this is possible now.

Alex please contact us via the contact form on our website. But I guess this post is old and you allredy did…

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 18:13:31 +0000

Hey Tilman,

I have ordered it, but I thougt that it will also be available as a stand alone.
Do I realy have to use it with Reaktor?

My bad, I should have read, before buying :(

Best,

Alex

By: Tilman

Tilman — Tue, 04 Mar 2014 19:27:04 +0000

In reply to Jurek.

Hey Jurek,

thanks a lot! Well for now it is not inclouded into the workflow. But we have it on our list. Maybe this will be part of the next update or maybe at sometime in the future…

Thank you,
Tilman

By: Jurek

Jurek — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 13:51:19 +0000

Been playing around with this now for a few hours, absolutely awesome tool! There´s so many ways to use this one creatively, and at the same time it eases your workflow. Great job!
One question Tilman: Is there any way to line up the impacts so that they become synced with certain beats in your DAW, other than adjusting the duration knob manually? For example, I might want to build up a whoosh that peaks exactly at beat 1 of a bar … I know it´s primarily a sound design tool, but that way you could incorporate it easily in musical scores as well (e.g. buildups in action tracks). You could also sync it easier to film clips … maybe I am just missing something?

By: Tilman

Tilman — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 08:05:18 +0000

Hey there,

I fully understand your concerns. We thought about this during the creation process as well. As I work as a sound designer / sound editor myself it was very important to me that “Whoosh” offers features that add something to the process of designing pass by sound effects.

This instrument offers certain functions you simply can not realize inside your daw. Everything in this instrument is synchronized to the “Duration” parameter. Grain Position, Cross Fade Mixer, Doppler, Effects Modulation, Impact Position. It allows you to edit your events very precisely and results in very consistent and tight pass by effects.

You can implement your own sounds and safe your creations as presets. This will be more convenient with the next free update. You can also open multiple instances and create swarms of whooshes. :-)

Like every new tool – it is an addition to the current existing methods.

Cheers,
Tilman

By: Shaun Farley

Shaun Farley — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 22:10:54 +0000

In reply to J R Hartley. If you've got the time on a project, J R, absolutely. Crafting completely from scratch can be far more satisfying. This tool isn't necessarily about being random though. Think of it more as those choice plug-ins you mentioned are all integrated from the outset, and they're a little simplified to give you the ability to actually CRAFT something quickly. Sure, if you want to hit random you can. I don't think that's this tool's strength though. There's a good selection of starting points (and by that I mean source sounds, not presets), and you can also replace them. I see this more as having a tool that lets you bypass the act of setting up a session for creativity, and just getting straight to the creative part.

By: J R Hartley

J R Hartley — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 21:00:38 +0000

Don’t get me wrong, this looks like a pretty awesome tool but am I the only one that’s thinking a bit ‘meh’, kinda taking the creativity out of sound designing things a bit? I don’t mean to sound like an old fart but I would probably take more satisfaction out of crafting something from within a DAW with a few choice plug ins then just hit ‘random’ and hope for the best. I know there are pressures of time and all but something inside me doesn’t quite sit right. Maybe I’m over reacting on this a bit too much lol I don’t want to come across like things were better ‘in the good old days’ but anyone else thinking along the similar lines or do I just need a better nights sleep? ;)