This and Abyss are INSANE and an absolute BLAST to play around with. As a "newbie" to the world of sound design and ambient soundscape creation, I see these as being a big part of what I create. Thank you! for your videos. You've opened a new world to me that I am excited to explore.
Great granular synth and video too.Your work is getting better and better.Love your style!!!! .I've been waiting for months,but today is the day!!!!Thanks for sharing Chris
Chris I love your videos. Your enthusiasm in your craft can not be overstated. Thank you for explaining things to the newbies in a language that makes sense.
Man! This is an amazing gift. Love your enthusiastic style, and this tool will be used in my interactive generative installations and my actual research using sensitive algorithms, modulated in real time with the public breath rate (radar detection). Thanks !
I've done a lot of mixes over the years and I find this to be a very cool synth, it will save me time so that I can make even more new mixes without wasting my last effort. Thanks for the review!
I was shopping around for a new synth for creating ambient pads. I looked at Diva and Hive, and I am glad I stumbled upon Novum. It sounds amazing out of the box! Glad I found it right when Black Friday sales are going on!
Really incredible instrument! Your informative videos are wonderful...:-) Also, I will not be buying the GR-1 now... So amazing! The over the top VO intro gave me a chuckle!
Thank you, Chris. I'm enjoying your content and take on a number of products. Plus how you back it up with rich sounding textures. Add to that your passion for quality sound design I'll be watching for more, so keep up the great work! James Conrad Tucker.
Im playing with the Demo and so far so good. Dawesome produces some very amazing synths. Its a littel pricey but i just may pickthid up.some excellent pads and audio landscapes.
one thing I started doing so I don't have software overload is I ask "can my current software do the same" I have Omnisphere with granular so can stack 8 in multi together, however will give this a try - its all about workflow these days
Chris... Brilliant overview bro. I have to throw my good cans on... but I am curious about stereo treatment of the sounds and effects?!? I am hoping for mind blowing stereo to go with this... seems like a must buy. Thanks.
It's got full stereo capabilities. Meaning - the sounds are in stereo, you can pan in stereo, you can send your effects in stereo, etc. Hope that helps!
Granular synthesis has always been a favorite of mine (I love Reason's Grain synth) and this breakdown of Novum has me serious considering buying myself a Father's Day present. Thanks for the amazing review. And side note, I was under the impression it was pronounced TAM-brr, not TIM-ber. Have I been saying it wrong this whole time?
You are so welcome! Also, I looked it up - Webster claims you can pronounce it either way. It has French origins and can be pronounced with the TAM but may also be correctly pronounced just like the term for lumber.
Thanks for this exploration, Chris. I'm loving NOVUM. I've already made some pretty bizarre soundscapes! The only thing I don't yet understand is, why different WAV's that you load create different colors in the 3D display and Timbre Flower, as well as those little dots representing each lane. For example, some WAV's that I load will create pink and purple displays... while others only yield white and pale yellow colors. Maybe it has something to do with the overtone content of your WAV? And what programming advantages exist for knowing what each color represents? Or maybe the colors don't mean anything... they're just eye candy? I won't lie to you: the Timbre Flower must be creating some extremely subtle variations of your waveform, because frankly, I'm not noticing a whole lot of difference between the various Flower dots that I click....(?) A viewer below refers to The Mangle and to Iris 2. To me, Novum is what those two synths "wished" they were... Novum takes their ideas to greater fruition...
Very nice overview of Novum, thank you. So Novum is the most advanced granular synth in your opinion? What do you think about Quanta 2 (in comparison)?
That's a tough call. I never really clicked with Quanta but perhaps someone might be able to convince me otherwise. NOVUM is great too. They both have their strengths!
This sold me on Novum. I was choosing between Novum and Falcon 3. Falcon 3 May have more but it’s UI is horrible and it’s so damn convoluted. Novum it it! Thank you!
Hi Chris, how do you make those granular "cricket" sounds that start at minute 17:30? I've heard similar ones several times in your tutorials, I've tried to reproduce them, but I can't get close to that sound.
this is life changing. thank *YOU* is there a hardware granular synth that comes close to this? the tasty chips gr-1? you just helped me decide to do more ambient music. thank *YOU* for the pure inspiration.
Depends! I think the easy answer would be NOVUM although KULT has its own character that is hard to replicate in other synths. I’ve heard good things about his new one, but it’s in a different category.
Yes, similar but the fact alone that NOVUM can separate single pieces of audio into 6 distinct layers using algorithms that were based on artificial intelligence is quite unique. I also sounds very different. Your mileage may vary! Link for NOVUM in description. Cheers!
I started with Traktion's Delta-V and was thoroughly confused with it. Next, I got Output's Portal and then some GlitchMachine VSTs. These were ok but definitely tough to use at all times. After that, I got Pigments that include some granulation features (granules?). I figured I had all I could stand with granular synthesis. Enter NOVUM. I think it has a great starting price and it definitely looks like something I'll need to get my hands on. Thanks for this review and demo!
Love your channel! Hope you can assist with an issue. I downloaded the trip version of Novum on my Mac (I'm using Logic Pro X as my DAW), and when I download the additional content required to use in Novum, it is automatically installing it to my downloads folder, and not into Novum, so when I try to use Novum it tell me the same is unavailable. Any idea how I can fix this? Thanks, and keep up the solid work!
Try dragging / copying the content folder that gets downloaded to somewhere you’ll want to keep it permanently. Once it’s there, open Novum and drag the folder from that new location onto Novum’s interface. Novum should then recognize where you have it located. Good luck!
As predicted, this guy is only making pads and drones which seem to be all this synth is good for. No precision position edits is a big limitation imo, you literally can't zoom into the sample
If the sample contains clicking or popping sounds then the synth will reproduce those sounds too. Entirely normal behaviour with granular synthesizers.
Invested in Novum just before I found your tutorial. Had worked thru the User Manual which is comprehensive and your demonstration reinforced the key Novum principles extremely well…
I can hear you talk and tell epic things all day, man. Thank you for this tutorial...
This is so clean and spotless crisp super surround sounding clear as a bell sound design WOW
Gorgeous tones, infinite possibilities, seriously awesome GUI... a truly excellent demo & insights Chris, much appreciated !
You are so welcome!
I love your enthusiasm dude, you really sold this instrument. Very cool.
This and Abyss are INSANE and an absolute BLAST to play around with. As a "newbie" to the world of sound design and ambient soundscape creation, I see these as being a big part of what I create. Thank you! for your videos. You've opened a new world to me that I am excited to explore.
Great granular synth and video too.Your work is getting better and better.Love your style!!!! .I've been waiting for months,but today is the day!!!!Thanks for sharing Chris
It allways comes down to what sample you use to granualize :)
not only
Dawesome strikes again, excellent video dude
Chris I love your videos.
Your enthusiasm in your craft can not be overstated.
Thank you for explaining things to the newbies in a language that makes sense.
Cheers and thank you so much!
Man! This is an amazing gift. Love your enthusiastic style, and this tool will be used in my interactive generative installations and my actual research using sensitive algorithms, modulated in real time with the public breath rate (radar detection). Thanks !
Drag the delay above the clouds! Epic! 😅😃
I’m so excited for this to drop.
It's out!
This is a crazy cool synth
I just bought this today. Wowsa Wowsa. I’m going to really love creating with this
“Customly draw”?! This synthesis is so advanced it invents new words! Edit: Another “customly” and a “modulateable”!
This the most amazing instrument creating plugin I’ve used in a minute
This is a must buy for me. I create mainly experimental, soundscapey, drone electronica and can see how Novum would be perfect for that 👍
Hi SOL, I’m going to learn ambient music 🎉 and use Novum as a go to synth.
I've done a lot of mixes over the years and I find this to be a very cool synth, it will save me time so that I can make even more new mixes without wasting my last effort. Thanks for the review!
I was shopping around for a new synth for creating ambient pads. I looked at Diva and Hive, and I am glad I stumbled upon Novum. It sounds amazing out of the box! Glad I found it right when Black Friday sales are going on!
Cheers and enjoy!
This plug in just blow my mind
i got this yesterday... it's a beast
very exciting! i would have loved to see another contrasting sound design example so that the video wasn't one big soundscape/pad
Great video, I love your enthusiasm for this synth!
Looks fantastic Chris! Your backing track sounded proper Deus Ex! Added to the Wish list :)
what a great granular synth, looking forward to try it out. Thank you for your amazing video. Love your enthusiastic. Keep it up! :)
Novum is mind blowing!
Really incredible instrument! Your informative videos are wonderful...:-) Also, I will not be buying the GR-1 now... So amazing! The over the top VO intro gave me a chuckle!
Thank you, Chris. I'm enjoying your content and take on a number of products. Plus how you back it up with rich sounding textures. Add to that your passion for quality sound design I'll be watching for more, so keep up the great work!
James Conrad Tucker.
Sounds supper!
Im playing with the Demo and so far so good. Dawesome produces some very amazing synths. Its a littel pricey but i just may pickthid up.some excellent pads and audio landscapes.
one thing I started doing so I don't have software overload is I ask "can my current software do the same"
I have Omnisphere with granular so can stack 8 in multi together, however will give this a try - its all about workflow these days
what a monster of a synth!
nicely done Chr1s.
Wow. Just wow! 🔥
This some next level Synth
Chris... Brilliant overview bro. I have to throw my good cans on... but I am curious about stereo treatment of the sounds and effects?!? I am hoping for mind blowing stereo to go with this... seems like a must buy. Thanks.
It's got full stereo capabilities. Meaning - the sounds are in stereo, you can pan in stereo, you can send your effects in stereo, etc. Hope that helps!
ZOMG this is fantastical!!!
“Observe, learn and react.”
- Cheshire Cat
Hey man, I was wondering if your Ableton starting template is available on your Patreon. Thank you so much for everything!
The template I use is called "Utility" and it's available on material.bandcamp.com - Cheers and enjoy!
Gr8 Overview
Granular synthesis has always been a favorite of mine (I love Reason's Grain synth) and this breakdown of Novum has me serious considering buying myself a Father's Day present. Thanks for the amazing review.
And side note, I was under the impression it was pronounced TAM-brr, not TIM-ber. Have I been saying it wrong this whole time?
You are so welcome! Also, I looked it up - Webster claims you can pronounce it either way. It has French origins and can be pronounced with the TAM but may also be correctly pronounced just like the term for lumber.
@@s1gns0fl1fe And so I learn something (else) new today!
Love this! Purchased 💙
Id like to see you using a simple max device called granulator II by monolake
Excellent explanation of an excellent synth! Thanks for making this video @s1gnsofl1fe!
Me: Do I really need another granular synth? Novum: Yes.
lol! Resistance is futile.
Thanks for this exploration, Chris. I'm loving NOVUM. I've already made some pretty bizarre soundscapes! The only thing I don't yet understand is, why different WAV's that you load create different colors in the 3D display and Timbre Flower, as well as those little dots representing each lane. For example, some WAV's that I load will create pink and purple displays... while others only yield white and pale yellow colors. Maybe it has something to do with the overtone content of your WAV? And what programming advantages exist for knowing what each color represents? Or maybe the colors don't mean anything... they're just eye candy?
I won't lie to you: the Timbre Flower must be creating some extremely subtle variations of your waveform, because frankly, I'm not noticing a whole lot of difference between the various Flower dots that I click....(?)
A viewer below refers to The Mangle and to Iris 2. To me, Novum is what those two synths "wished" they were... Novum takes their ideas to greater fruition...
Amazing synth. Glad to have your perspective on it. Also “timbre” is pronounced tăm′bər. 😁
great thumbnail
Very nice overview of Novum, thank you. So Novum is the most advanced granular synth in your opinion? What do you think about Quanta 2 (in comparison)?
That's a tough call. I never really clicked with Quanta but perhaps someone might be able to convince me otherwise. NOVUM is great too. They both have their strengths!
Can we import own samples?
This sold me on Novum. I was choosing between Novum and Falcon 3. Falcon 3 May have more but it’s UI is horrible and it’s so damn convoluted. Novum it it! Thank you!
Nice demo but I don't like everything soaked in mushy reverb this way. That makes it sound like every other software synth/sampler package.
Hi Chris, how do you make those granular "cricket" sounds that start at minute 17:30? I've heard similar ones several times in your tutorials, I've tried to reproduce them, but I can't get close to that sound.
I have a tutorial on my channel called "The Glitch Percussion Tutorial" - search for it and enjoy!
@@s1gns0fl1fe Thank you very much. I don't know how I missed this your tutorial.
this is life changing. thank *YOU* is there a hardware granular synth that comes close to this? the tasty chips gr-1? you just helped me decide to do more ambient music. thank *YOU* for the pure inspiration.
Hardware? That’s a tough one! There is a hardware effect and it’s called a Microcosm. Cheers!
the NOVUM link does not work for me
Keep checking back. It will be live soon!
what is the name of song?.💕💕
Curious your cpu usage while using and what specs your computer are?
Not too bad. It’s a cpu intensive plugin, for sure. Try the demo!
For ambient, do you recommend Kult or Novum? Thanks,
Depends! I think the easy answer would be NOVUM although KULT has its own character that is hard to replicate in other synths. I’ve heard good things about his new one, but it’s in a different category.
@@s1gns0fl1fe thanks for your answer. Love your channel, I am learning a lot!
Fantastic post… as usual. Question: If I already own Omnisphere, does it do similar things as Novum?
Yes, similar but the fact alone that NOVUM can separate single pieces of audio into 6 distinct layers using algorithms that were based on artificial intelligence is quite unique. I also sounds very different. Your mileage may vary! Link for NOVUM in description. Cheers!
Has anyone run this on Apple Silicon Macs? Just wondering if it's optimised for it before I spend all that money.
NOVUM is optimized for Apple Silicon! Link in description. Cheers!
I started with Traktion's Delta-V and was thoroughly confused with it. Next, I got Output's Portal and then some GlitchMachine VSTs. These were ok but definitely tough to use at all times. After that, I got Pigments that include some granulation features (granules?). I figured I had all I could stand with granular synthesis. Enter NOVUM. I think it has a great starting price and it definitely looks like something I'll need to get my hands on. Thanks for this review and demo!
oh dear, my wallet's twitching
Love your channel! Hope you can assist with an issue. I downloaded the trip version of Novum on my Mac (I'm using Logic Pro X as my DAW), and when I download the additional content required to use in Novum, it is automatically installing it to my downloads folder, and not into Novum, so when I try to use Novum it tell me the same is unavailable. Any idea how I can fix this? Thanks, and keep up the solid work!
Message the developer. His email is in the manual. He is very helpful! Best of luck and thanks for the positive feedback.
Try dragging / copying the content folder that gets downloaded to somewhere you’ll want to keep it permanently. Once it’s there, open Novum and drag the folder from that new location onto Novum’s interface. Novum should then recognize where you have it located. Good luck!
@@gesslr Thank. I figured it out. It’s AMAZING
@@gesslr Yep, that's the trick.
As predicted, this guy is only making pads and drones which seem to be all this synth is good for. No precision position edits is a big limitation imo, you literally can't zoom into the sample
This plugin is extremely confusing to use and the presets it comes with sound awful!
14:02
can hear clicks and pops, not sure if that the program or not but thats very bad.
If the sample contains clicking or popping sounds then the synth will reproduce those sounds too. Entirely normal behaviour with granular synthesizers.
@@benjamind2008 not when it's in the final for of a wav or mp3, its not.
@@jonnyk2091 What sample was popping and clicking?
This looks exceptionally cool, but I gotta say... it's pronounced TOM -burr.
Nice video, but 6 advertising in the first 7 minutes are really too much
The ghastly pretension is unbearable
You talk too much
90-day fully featured trial? Yes please… 👀
Looks nice, but we can build that for free in vcv rack.
Invested in Novum just before I found your tutorial. Had worked thru the User Manual which is comprehensive and your demonstration reinforced the key Novum principles extremely well…
Thanks for sharing
Is this out? the link says access denied and I cant find on their website
It will be out sometime today (June 18th) - Cheers!
I will wait a sale and get this😁
Great video but feel free to learn how to pronounce timbre haha