Re: [AH] Hartmann Neuron

From Stephan Bergemann
Sent Fri, Apr 27th 2018, 15:49

It was a computer + some audio board and control board. It ran a custom
linux. That must have been why it was relatively easy to release a VST
plugin (which is free) - it basically was already a i386 application.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyaEii4LtyQ
(see minute 4:56 for linux os booting up)

I was intrigued last year by this synth and bought a mac mini very
cheap for the sole purpose of running the neuron vst on it since the
windows version of the VST was bound to some hardware controller for
copy protection. I came to the point that it basically ran and produced
sounds but I was unable to edit any parameter (neither via mouse in the
GUI nor MIDI).
I even contacted Stephan Bernsee about it who was able to recover parts
of code that was lost during the folding of the company but we couldn't
solve the issue.
Now it's sleeping in the drawer together with other frustrating
projects ;)
My original plan was to code some android application to remote control
the neuron vst on the mac mini...

On Fri, 27 Apr 2018 09:36:42 -0500
Em Wilson <xxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:

> Yup, looks like a computer.
> 
> On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 1:06 AM, skkatter <xxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> 
> > Picture of the insides: http://i.imgur.com/reyMz.jpg
> >
> > -Stephen
> >
> >
> > On 27 April 2018 at 04:51, Florian Anwander
> > <xxxxxxxxx@xxxx-xxxxxx.xx> wrote:
> >  
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> first of all: the Hartmann Neuron was available later as VSTi
> >> Plugin which again later has become freeware for Mac. But I find a
> >> lot of comments, that it was quite tricky to get the plugin really
> >> running.
> >>
> >> On 26.04.18 23:54 , Stephen . wrote:
> >>  
> >>> I bring that experience with me any time I look at a new
> >>> promising synth on the market that offers something 'different'.
> >>> Will it last?  Will the company last?  Will I still enjoy it in 3
> >>> years time?  Will it hold its value?  Will it sound dated before
> >>> its time? 
> >> That is a quite reasonable approach. Its the main reason, why I
> >> didn't buy nearly any new synths in the recent years ("new" in the
> >> sense of new technology - of course I suffered G.A.S. and bought
> >> "old" synths).
> >>
> >> There are only two which made me think, they could last:
> >> The Mutable Instruments Elements - ok, not a full synth, but the
> >> module is nearly complete.
> >> And the Tastychips GR-1. The GR-1 is a kind of one trick pony, but
> >> this trick is really amazing for me. I did not work with samples
> >> in the last 15 years (while I was deep into samplers in the 90s),
> >> but the GR-1 got me back into using samples again.
> >>
> >> Florian
> >>  
> >
> >  
> 
>