OFFER!!!... SVArTracker 1.22 Win32 - Is It Worth Messing With?... Full Examination>>>
Yup, It is>>>
This Tracker I had discussed before on some various forums years ago but now dive into it fully. Much in the way of advanced features...
Yeah, I know, looks complicated but that's the developer's shot shoving as much feature in as possible but some think any tracker looks complicated... Think 'Step Recording with Digital Readout'...
But this version is 15 years old now, it was only version released as free, there are no 'scene releases' nor 'cracked copies', the developer is gone for years now. Contains features not found in any other tracker.
Can be had at a few locations but some like softpedia are 404 & plugins4free is wrong version (demo)...
On wayback-
https://web.archive.org/web/20160818081932/http://www.svarsoft.com/download/svartracker_1_22_free_inst.exe
Or here-
https://modland.ziphoid.com/pub/software/trackers/Windows/SVAr Tracker/
After having given it a good work over strong points are VSTi-VST usage with advanced automation by drawing curves in several different modes. Pattern Editor with Tracks that are bound to VSTi-VST or Sampler with integrated program change for every note & note lanes can be increased for chord inputs with easy well engineered way of chord input that I wish all trackers did. VSTi-VST instancing is also a main focus as all you do is choose from 1 to 16 instances & that is it.
Many Synthedit plugs even work in it. All is not roses though & there are some areas where a crash can occur but stability appears well enough I don't see a problem... I use XP so it's pretty good but some seem to have a problem running newer OS & one trying WINE I guess only crashing...
Anyway I have the 'Full Monty' review over at the SunVox Outfit-
https://warmplace.ru/forum/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=6624
With many annotated screens & what-not
This Tracker I had discussed before on some various forums years ago but now dive into it fully. Much in the way of advanced features...
Yeah, I know, looks complicated but that's the developer's shot shoving as much feature in as possible but some think any tracker looks complicated... Think 'Step Recording with Digital Readout'...
But this version is 15 years old now, it was only version released as free, there are no 'scene releases' nor 'cracked copies', the developer is gone for years now. Contains features not found in any other tracker.
Can be had at a few locations but some like softpedia are 404 & plugins4free is wrong version (demo)...
On wayback-
https://web.archive.org/web/20160818081932/http://www.svarsoft.com/download/svartracker_1_22_free_inst.exe
Or here-
https://modland.ziphoid.com/pub/software/trackers/Windows/SVAr Tracker/
After having given it a good work over strong points are VSTi-VST usage with advanced automation by drawing curves in several different modes. Pattern Editor with Tracks that are bound to VSTi-VST or Sampler with integrated program change for every note & note lanes can be increased for chord inputs with easy well engineered way of chord input that I wish all trackers did. VSTi-VST instancing is also a main focus as all you do is choose from 1 to 16 instances & that is it.
Many Synthedit plugs even work in it. All is not roses though & there are some areas where a crash can occur but stability appears well enough I don't see a problem... I use XP so it's pretty good but some seem to have a problem running newer OS & one trying WINE I guess only crashing...
Anyway I have the 'Full Monty' review over at the SunVox Outfit-
https://warmplace.ru/forum/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=6624
With many annotated screens & what-not
Comments
Antiwave is pretty cool too!
Pretty impressive, not bad for $35
I dont get trackers... and I couldnt get midi exporting anything.
Yeah I wish I woulda been aware enough of it to buy it before Developer went away. Tried to see if I could find him somewhere but no luck...
In the latter versions there was vertical curve drawing right there in the pattern editor...
The svar dev used what looks to me like a real name on that renoise post, maybe find him using that?
The paypal link used on the old site still is live, but it doesnt show the email, only svar.
Maybe drop a comment on his video?
The warmplace.ru is Russian, maybe someone there knows of him? or a cracker, that's probably the last resort.
I'm sure there's ways of finding him, I doubt he would have gone to war.
I am a member at Renoise so I did message him there but he had not been on there in 2 years but I also left a thread in off-topic that I'm looking for him...
Just about all that can be done I guess, I was gonna buy the 32bit version & the Anti-Wave VSTi as well, fingers crossed>>>
This is the latest video with comments on:
fingers croosed
Last night I sampled output of a number of VSTi to SFZ, then converted to SF2 individual Instruments, Then converted 32 of those to a 485 MB Bank, each individual SF2 in it has every semitone sampled for max quality so a bit less than 1,600 samples in all... Loaded fine in SVAr no instability at all, still used 1,088 GB of RAM but Renoise would've brought the machine down using that many samples even in it's own native XRNI format (been there before)...
Plus you can have up to 16 instances per adapter sharing SAME SF2 no additional resources used... Using @2-4% CPU playing about...
Also all these SF2 have internal loop points that Anti-Wave detect & use automatically...
Combine THAT with being able to use ANY program change on ANY note in ANY track at ANY time & the fancy-fart hookups you get with machine view....
Let it be known I would never use that many SF2 in a bank, maybe half & very custom for the tune... Like a Drum SF2, A Percussion SF2, A Couple Bass SF2, Maybe 3 different Synth Lead SF2, A Couple Rhodes SF2, Some VOX or Vocal SF2...
All in one bank... so maybe 12-16 combined into one bank>>>
Food for thought...
And up to 9 note poly per track>>>
Okay, I'll have to take another look at svartracker v1.2.... I can see why you want to buy both now!
https://web.archive.org/web/20190820164933/http://www.svarsoft.com/antiwave.html
Did you create the SFZ ad SF2 .wav sample files from svar also? That's amazing! Huge number of samples!
What do you use to create the SFZ/SF2 banks?
I'm starting to use polyphone, it seems pretty full featured to me.
https://www.polyphone-soundfonts.com/documentation/en/manual/index
Then I open SFZ up in Extreme Sample Converter & convert ALL SFZs to SF2s (Individual)... Then in Awave I open up all SF2s I want to form into a singular bank then 'Save Collection As' an SF2 BANK...
Here's the HighLife the SoundBytes Guy improved on some-
http://soundbytes.de/temp/HighLifeR3_beta.zip
That's what I use, won't work on every plug & some crash it... You can use it inside DAW of choice but best something you can quickly get back running...
BTW I tried that same 485 MB Bank in Delta SP 1.70 which is a soundfont 'centric' DAW but no go... Freeze/crash... however it does digest the individual SF2 instruments just fine...
SVArTracker ONE... Delta SP ZERO!!!
Thanks for HighLife, tested it out and worked well.
Awave... I thought that was familiar
I tested out a few VAB and it seems to read them correctly so I guess it would write them correctly also.... if it goes on discount, it's a maybe for me.
I'm happy to do it manually for both VAB and SF2.
I went down a rabbithole checking out soundbytes.de site... there's also some tool to help create .sfz files but I think it's pretty convoluted but better then doing it by hand: http://soundbytes.de/index.php?sfz_toolbox-en
The SFZ player required is here:
https://web.archive.org/web/20071011005744/http://www.rgcaudio.com/sfz.htm
But you sure get going on things, nice digging...
As to Awave grab the portable-
https://archive.org/details/awavestudio10
I dont mind creating format manually, I'm very used to it
The "portable" apps rarely work on my win10 some do, but most dont
No I did not 'buy' it a neighbor had a flood years ago & was throwing it away even though it had not got any water in it... I figured a new battery & a power supply worth buying as it is like new mostly...
The only other way I get a 'newish' OS is buying an old machine off ebay some smartass has managed to cram a windows 10 or 11 onto it which uses most the RAM-CPU just idling not even hooking the internet which would be a wild ride but they yearn for it & these are machines that have 3-4 GB RAM so are a KING with XP... and that's where they end up, a reformat & an XP install then zippy as the day is long...
Now choose-