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I just tried the demo for this thing. Circle is a semimodular soft synth and is really fun to program. I love the design of this thing. The envelopes and lfos are animated. I can imagine using this as my go to synth. Although it seems to be a bit of a cpu hog when you go crazy with the programming. I hope that other soft synth developers take a note from the simple interface, similar to ableton, and dump the unnecessary graphical interfaces in favor for a more intuitive design like this.
http://www.futureaudioworkshop.com/circle/

JJarvis wrote: I hope that other soft synth developers take a note from the simple interface, similar to ableton, and dump the unnecessary graphical interfaces in favor for a more intuitive design like this.
http://www.futureaudioworkshop.com/circle/

I agree with you, Circle is very nice looking.

Glad to see more decent looking apps appearing.

Too bad about Circle being a CPU hog.

Any more pros & cons?

I had a half an hour on it yesterday and was really impressed with the sounds. Some great presets, and so easy to change the character of them without a struggle. 100 quids a bit steep for me, but reckon I could get quite a lot out of the demo version for now.

can someone post a screenshot of this that isn't all stretched horizontally? The ones on that page are messed up (via internet explorer 7, anyway...)

nevermind... yay google images

A powerful, easy to use software synthesizer. For Mac and Windows.
Standalone, Audio Unit, VST and RTAS.
VISUALLY DESIGN SOUNDS
Simply move colour coded circles around the interface to start creating your own unique sounds. Preview the connections by just hovering the circle beneath a knob. Explore sound in an intuitive way.
POWERFUL AUDIO ENGINE
Choose from a large variety of effects and audio modules. Mix the classic synthesizer tones of analog modeled filters and oscillators with contemporary wavetables and digital bit crushers.
START RIGHT AWAY
To get you started, Circle comes with many pre-made sounds, in a wide variety of styles and genres.
CREATIVE CONTROL
Assign your midi controllers in a simple and fast way with visual midi learn. Attach multiple parameters to a single controller.
EVERYTHING AT A GLANCE
With Circle’s high contrast, single pane interface you can see everything at a single glance while performing live on stage.

It sounds really great!!

aburgener wrote:can someone post a screenshot of this that isn't all stretched horizontally? The ones on that page are messed up (via internet explorer 7, anyway...)

duh.

After couple of days testing this is THE synth for me. Finally a synth that is really easy to program your own sounds. The GUI is just about perfect. I have never got it why virtual synths have virtual knobs? Those very user unfriendly. Slider up and down are teh thing for mouse usage.

Visual feedback of envelopes and lfos are <3

Basic sound is nothing new, but the GUI is so good that for a first time ever I start by resetting sound and creating a patch from scratch. I'm a music maker not a sound designer and I don't want to spend hours just to get a sound that I need.

Really liked the videos on this - kind of reminds me a bit of massive in its routing. must try the demo on the weekend.

I've been using Circle for a while now. It's awesome, very intuitive and above all reall fun to use. I recommend it.

I've been thinking about getting this for a while - looks really good.

i though the sounds was average though. great interface

roby wrote:i though the sounds was average though. great interface

I agree fully.

Very nice animated modular interface but sound is MOR.