Hey all...

Have not been on here in some time... but I come crawling back :-)

I wanted to buy/try the Intelligent Devices VST "Marshall Time Modulator"... but their SSL cert is expired. Are they still a going concern?

Thanks!

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David

I have it and never bothered to keep it safe in the backup disk, as its not that impressive. I was utterly disappointed by so many glitches and phony machine gun improvisation.

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SoundCloud

Really... the SOS review was quite favorable. I hope it sounds like the original hardware... i used that back in the 80's. (YIKES)
It's the best flanger box that ever was... but it is a weird beastie. Analog delay is always a strange experience.

FYI... I have been talking with Chris at Intelligent Design and there is something odd with their SSL certificate; but they are very much alive and I trust, well.

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David

Not sure what is meant by "glitches and phoney machine gun impersonation" -- it worked fine in my system and sounded very good, hence the positive review... Sadly I only had a time-limited licence so no longer have it. Intelligent Devices are a well-established company and I'd be surprised if anything has happened to them.

Intelligent Design seem fine! As I said... web site problems. I'll report back later and tell you if I think the VST sounds as good as I recall the hardware being.

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David

Indeed... i Like it! Certainly not a sound a person uses all the time... but it has great character and the flanger is sooo fat and... flangy. It will be a great tint for my mixes. And NOW... you can automate moves on the feedback and time etc... (I presume). Without 'A-B'ing it to the hardware it sounds close enough for horse-shoes and hand grenades. I always liked the Marshall Time Modulator. Steven St. Croix was a great engineer. Folks who are excited about the Tape Loop plug for UAD that just released really should check this bad boy out... it's of a similar vintage and vibe to my ears.

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David

Hello all- we are alive and well, though I gather when we renewed our SSL certificate it made some browsers unhappy. I think that's all fixed now.

Thanks for the kind words - and some of the confusing ones. I'd love to hear more about the "machine gun improvisation". Sounds like something I'd see at "Burning Man".

BTW - we'll be having a sale soon, so check the site - I don't want to say too much here (I've accidentally broken the rules before and the admins have been quite merciful - I thank them for that )
http://proaudio.intdevices.com

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Chris Mandra
Intelligent Devices

Quote Sam Inglis:

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Not sure what is meant by "glitches and phoney machine gun impersonation" -- it worked fine in my system and sounded very good, hence the positive review... Sadly I only had a time-limited licence so no longer have it. Intelligent Devices are a well-established company and I'd be surprised if anything has happened to them.

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Hello all- we are alive and well, though I gather when we renewed our SSL certificate it made some browsers unhappy. I think that's all fixed now.
Thanks for the kind words - and some of the confusing ones. I'd love to hear more about the "machine gun improvisation". Sounds like something I'd see at "Burning Man".
BTW - we'll be having a sale soon, so check the site - I don't want to say too much here (I've accidentally broken the rules before and the admins have been quite merciful - I thank them for that )
http://proaudio.intdevices.com

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Hi Sam and KataStatik.

A tiny mistake Sam - I said improvisation and not impersonation (though its a witty one SAM), but I guess that wont make any difference at all as what precisely I should have said was - "there are glitches and one of them is like a machine-gun rattling that appears and remains incessantly or until it crashes Cubase along with itself. Well I was just a little bit sarcastic then. And I mean it when I say "just a little bit". Allow me to elaborate myself.

If it was my individual configuration issue then it should have appeared in with other delays or feedback plugs that I use (I do understand that Time Mod is not a simple delay plug and frankly I love the other aspects like flange that it produces even that boxy one which Jadoube mentioned with a little distaste), but this crash thing is very frustrating when you forget to save a long session. It usually never happens with any plug except Spectrasonics Trilian which is anyways defamed for the crashing issues. But then Trilian is a colossal lot more than a feedback plug, so you can expect some paybacks.

When last time I tried Time Mod I was on laptop with 2 GB mem, which I believe was way under the overload point, so even this doesnt seem to be the reason for crashes. Maybe hardware works absolute fine but I never got a chance to try my hands on Hardware so I cant compare.

O yeah I forgot to mention that I used to like to raise the feedback just to the point that a little bit more will make me go instant deaf (I hope you know what I'm talking about). Marshall Time Modulator has this high pitch screeching infinite feedback looping thing but guys that was my least concern as that gave me more hardware-sq feel. But while I was working on that extreme parameter and supplying a few multiple tracks to the same bus and then when I did any further live changes to one or more than one parameter in the Time Mod I knew that sooner or later it will crash.

KataStatik, I am pleased with your tactile humility as you thanked me for the confusion that I stirred. You had all the reason to go witty and humorous, but you didnt. And that's a distinguishing feature among the people who go online. Thanx.

And by the way Sam, its not possible that I'll see everyone I meet, tapping on to the same melody that haunts me and my sense of appreciation. My sense of appreciation might be immaculate but still I cant expect all others to have the same fun. If, Sam I had a bad experience with something then its obvious that I am not happy with that thing, that doesnt make me look less vivid when I present my humble opinion in the buff. I might be wrong in my view but then that should be a much stronger ground for a Features Editor to wipe out any misconception from his reader's viewpoint rather than applying wits and playing with the language. Trust me buyers are not that weak a race to be letting a virtual person decide their fate.



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SoundCloud


Edited by AuralSerenity (29/09/10 09:07 PM)

I didn't mean to play with language, nor was it my intention to dismiss your experiences with the product. I was in a hurry and accidentally misquoted you as saying "impersonation". Sorry about that.

Hi Aural - thanks for the reply. I do hope my comments came off as intended - not snarkily. As an aside, I *have* seen machine gun improv at Burningman, but that's obviously a different story.

There is a known, fairly rare bug we have with Cubase for which I actually have had a revised version of the plug-in for over a year. I've received exactly one complaint about it before now. Would you be willing to try the revision?

The Time Mod does really lovely things with feedback - not like digital gear at all. It would be a shame to not get to enjoy that.

feel free to email me directly if you're interested chris@intdevices.com

Thanks,
chris

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Chris Mandra
Intelligent Devices

Quote Sam Inglis:

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I didn't mean to play with language, nor was it my intention to dismiss your experiences with the product. I was in a hurry and accidentally misquoted you as saying "impersonation". Sorry about that.

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In that case its perfectly alright, I'm feeling like I jumped the gun a bit early.
Thanx for clearing it up though.


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Edited by AuralSerenity (01/10/10 02:35 AM)

Quote kataStatik:

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There is a known, fairly rare bug we have with Cubase for which I actually have had a revised version of the plug-in for over a year. I've received exactly one complaint about it before now. Would you be willing to try the revision?

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O hell yeah! Would love to but at present this Hank Drum thing is truly becoming a migraine up my ass. I am almost a mechanic these days and less a musician. But soon try to figure my way into building a nice tongue drum that I can use later and also present a visual of it to SOS forum. Anyway the good thing about buying anything late is you are dealing with far less bugs, so I guess that's okay.


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SoundCloud

Quote AuralSerenity:

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...but at present this Hank Drum thing is truly becoming a migraine up my ass.

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This is probably the funniest thing I'll read today. I'd also never heard of a "Hank Drum" before, so kudos for new knowledge.

chris

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Chris Mandra
Intelligent Devices

Wanted to mention that we're having a month-long event worth checking out. I desperately don't want to call it "Rocktober"

http://proaudio.intdevices.com

Also, there are free mono versions of MegaDelayMass and Slip-N-Slide making the rounds. Write me directly for more info. proaudio@intdevices.com

chris

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Chris Mandra
Intelligent Devices

Ah, but you did, and now the term “Rocktober” will forever remain in my brain.

Thanks Chris !


Martin

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YewTreeMagic