Why Is UVI Falcon Is SO Underrated?

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[@sledzpodogakochanowski8450]

Came for Falcon, stayed for the voice overs! If I were to pick one youtube channel to take with me on a dessert island, this would be it :D

[@DafterHindi]

the voiceovers make it 10x better

[@machinate]

"omg let's make a sonic weapon" is uh... brb, loading Audacity.

[@garethbull5303]

They're so believable.

[@thepauloapo]

He's out to compete with venus theory

[@fraxyl]

Until they try to say reverb.

[@autofocus4556]

@@fraxylreeeeverb

[@matthewdavis473]

The voice overs sound like work training videos. Classic

[@EarleMonroe]

The first few do, then it’s like Uncle Ed was over to watch the game and said, “Whatchu workin’ on? Lemme help ya!”

[@machinate]

One of them sounds like VideoGame Dunkey's dad.

[@jeedmodorn5494]

Any idea what AI voice service/solution is used here and how to get to it?

[@larsthomasdenstad9082]

@@jeedmodorn5494I am also curious. I think it sounds great.

[@heathrezabek]

@@jeedmodorn5494 That's my question too

[@DJCptObvious]

This vst is definitely extremely powerful. But at this point it feels more like a daw with builtin plugins and script language integration that presents itself as vst than just a synth/sequencer/sampler/effect or whatever. This looks like a one-thing-does-everything standalone piece of software or centerpiece of a setup. If you load this into a host daw instead, which is probably complex by itself, it's two layers of intertwined complexity, which I'm not sure I'd like

[@avationmusic]

I love that idea

[@nickwallette6201]

It is really cool that you could link any of these elements in any order to do any _thing._ But, I do also wonder what a project with a few instances of this thing will do to your CPU... ;-) If I could choose ONE plugin? Sure. If I can choose any plugin for the job? This might not be the first I reach for. OTOH, I've been trying to do a barber-pole in Massive and it's just not happening. So there's something to be said for extensive features.

[@poofygoof]

I agree it seems kind of inside-out. I suppose you could relegate the DAW to handling recording and mixing functions. I can't argue the features for the price, and I assume you could have multiple single-function instances instead of a single mega-instance.

[@allonym503]

My DAW is full of instances of UVI Falcon. I can get unique results very quickly, which is why I keep coming back to it. You can go as deep or shallow as you want or need. That's what's so brilliant about its design. It's more like your DAW had the deepest sound design portal (well, again, debatable compared to even more open environments like Max). It certainly doesn't replace the DAW for recording, arranging, or mixing. It fulfills its own parallel functionality quite well. And you can also efficiently control how much interactivity it has with your DAW, better so than any other plugin I've used. I'm not even scratching rhe surface though of the things Falcon does so so well. Don't mean to be an evangelist, but I too like this video would count myself a UVI fanboy.

[@lolilollolilol7773]

Yes, I prefer to have a handful of plugins that do one thing, but do it really well, than a frankenstein program that does everything. I let my creative flow fill in the gaps. However, if it's 50% off on Black friday, UVI Falcon an unbeatable proposition.

[@chrishillery]

10:34 I especially liked how Keanu pronounced "Aux" like it was a French word.

[@RedMeansRecording]

Holy moly that random wavetable example was pure bliss

[@PrinceWesterburg]

I've used Logic for around 10 years and you put me onto FL Studio, earlier today i noticed you using Falcon in a video then found this and frankly, I don't think I'd need any other tools, this is it! Especially if I can run analogue instruments and sounds through it. And its so smoooooth brother, wow, amazed!

[@mrnelsonius5631]

So…FALCON is it’s own DAW for creating instruments via just about every process there is for creating one digitally. It makes me wish I had time to get this geeky about patch creation. Looks top tier for sound designers but probably too much of a good thing for someone like me. It’s been on my radar a long time. UVI’s software all sounds great

[@ItsWesSmithYo]

Kinda feels like a modular and serum had a baby

[@compucorder64]

Phase Plant is probably a bit more accessible in UI. But still similar in open-ended synthesis power. Except maybe in the sampling and scripting features. Arturia Pigments might be in the pocket for you of very powerful, lots of synthesis engines (VA, wavetable, granular/sampler). It's very user friendly UI and a more fixed architecture. Not so much of a fully fledged sampler. But tbh, a lot of people already have Kontakt, even if older versions, because of the legacy of past libraries. Vital is great too. We're spoiled, it's nice there's such great competition for power synths.

[@Tinnur_]

How do you unlock Falcon's crappy iLok on a desert island?

[@obeycelestia]

This was my only question, hahaha

[@nickwallette6201]

Oh my gosh. Is that STILL a thing?

[@BenCaesar]

Looooool iLok is a deal breaker for me. It's a whole home wrecker

[@blokkbuzzer]

@@BenCaesaryou don’t need a dongle you can license it to your pc

[@samc5794]

It’s on a desert island cause it wuz pirated.

[@Banquet...]

Omnisphere would be my desert island synth by a country mile, but Falcon 3 does look awesome - one day I'll find time to learn how to use it!

[@LanceCSTCuddy]

Falcon inside Bitwig is a powerful setup. The modulation options are all but infinite.

[@dstrbd74]

Thank you Benn for this fantastic audio trip! Greetings from France!

[@SyntheticFuture]

Falcon to me is still basically like Excel. Is it powerful? Yes. Can it do basically anything? Yes. Does it inspire to do creative things? Not really. Does it feel like work? Absolutely. Now that they added basic routings it got a bit better but my "everything" synth is probably still Phaseplant or Pigments 😅

[@cesmcmyth]

I used that analogy with editing MIDI in Logic in my case, to explain others working on a professional project IS TOTALLY like working in an office. Yes.

[@Putrefyx]

I absolutely love Falcon and this has got me so excited 😍 Cant wait to try out the update!

[@synthphilosophy]

Yeah I just got falcon this weekend after seeing your review about it and playing around with some packs on the UVI player. It's massively powerful and convinced me, so I bought it this weekend. This now got a free upgrade to version 3. I'm too hyped about a plugin, that while being in the middle of moving houses so no time to actually try it out for some days. What really excites me is the midi out feature, opening a window of so many possibilities. I feel like I found a piece of software that will take way more time than I'm willing to spend on software, and I'll be spending that time happily. Thanks for the voice over, made my day ❤.

[@TigerGeorgeUK]

Damn, just when I thought Falcon couldn't get any better. You're a true inspiration, Benn. Thank you

[@caydilemma3309]

Holy SHIT MIDI OUT FINALLY I didn’t think they would/could do it!!! So stoked on the continued support for this product, best drunk purchase I’ve ever made

[@0e0]

ya for scripting stuff that's very fun

[@NAM999DnB]

This video is the best commercial (UVI) they could ever come up with. Congrats for the great and also entertaining video.

[@brotherbarnes]

Such a brilliant blend of creative hilarity and genuinely useful info

[@allentompkins5119]

Falcon is a must have. Thanks for the demos!

[@TheHansen01]

This video sold me on it. Nice job, Benn!

[@paulmoadibe9321]

Falcon 3 is actually at $199.00 very tempting 😄

[@larsthomasdenstad9082]

I have spent quite a bit of money at the UVI-kiosk, but the SonicPass is really great value. I think I am north of $2000 in the UVI-ecosystem. It would be awesome to be able to convert some of that money into subscriptions, I would probably swap.

[@synthoelectro]

thank you for pointing this out, been making electronic music since 1998 and back then, you had less to choose from, and as software got more complex. so did making music. Less is more in electronic, this puts me into the keyboard frame of mind, instead of the what plugin to use frame of mind.

[@emiel333]

I remember David Gnozzi doing a desert island plug-in video. Love it, Benn!

[@kirkegodfrey414]

That was absolutely WILD Thank you.

[@thehempfrey9043]

Hoooly cow, this was audio magic. Loved every second. Thx

[@tonyrapa-tonyrapa]

I would love to see full versions of these examples, to follow along with. But yes, that was super useful.

[@DeadLetterOpener]

Genius at work! And bloody hilarious 😂

[@erikjohnson2976]

Great overview, and I have to agree. Falcon leads the pack by a mile. Also, I absolutely love the voiceovers which really made the review fun. And.... subscribed!

[@bobjubeck]

Benn, in case no one has told you recently, your creative brain-side is amazing. Thank you for sharing while remaining very humble and grounded. Hope all is truly well with you and yours.

[@peterelfman]

Hard agree

[@Pyroific]

12:16 lmao wasn't expecting that

[@Will-kw2xy]

thanks so much for your time :-) awesome video

[@chrishillery]

I feel like the only plugin that can give Falcon a run in the "more power than you could ever use" category is Melda's MSoundFactory. Less synthesis options (I think!), probably equivalent in the modulation department, arguably more effects. I don't think it has the same sequencer flexibility though. And they have similarly, ahh, let's say austere UIs. MSoundFactory may actually - and this is definitely not something you hear often about Melda plugins - have a clearer UI.

[@ImplosiveCatt]

I don't know how it slipped under my radar but this thing really is amazing. It can replace most of the plugins for everyone interested in putting just a little effort into something more than using loops and presets. It's fun and it sounds good. Not cheap but you can easily spend much more money on plugins doing the same job of Falcon's modules. Not to mention dealing with all the godforsaken downloaders and authorization procedures and processes you have to endure.

[@ChrisMills-AmbientSpace]

That was priceless. Thank you.

[@ksqmusic]

This is spectacular

[@stevebryson3888]

Thanks Benn!!!! You convinced me to pop over to uvi's web site and I saw the $199 deal and snapped it up. And they gave me a $100 voucher! Combining the voucher with the current 2 for 1 deal on sound banks, I got 6 $39 sound banks for $17. So I fired it up and holy shit!! It sounds wonderful, much more to my liking than Omnisphere. And the sound banks have a much higher fraction of usable and inspiring patches than any softsynth I own. This definitely replaces Omnisphere as my go-to workhorse synth (though I'm sure I'll use both in the future).

[@ViRiXDreamcore]

The voices kept me watching. Top tier

[@cesmcmyth]

Holy the moving orchestra! Awseome information. Last video made me so anxious because you dont bloody breath as a normal human. Are you also a singer? you can speak without breath breaks for so long that it feels cringy. But now with your voice oversssss LOL hahahaha and of course what you said all along. So cool

[@ipezmusic]

Nice Tutorial! Thank you.

[@e-conrecords4665]

Best tutorials ever! 😂 I think you’re now obligated to make a desert island album using only this synth.

[@pacificnoise]

For sure my desert island VST. There is just something special about Falcon, nothing out there like it. The complexity might make people shy away from it which I feel is a good thing. hehehe

[@airwindows]

Fun! I'll hear you out for half an hour of patching frenzy :)

[@No.0.o.0]

Bitwig and falcon updates . The war on Christmas came early!

[@crysstoll1191]

Falcon is the only virtual instrument that i've ever resold. It's incredibly powerful, very flexible, sounds great...but i felt like pulling my hair out when creating patches with it (and i like Reaktor and Reaper). It wasn't the complexity, it just seemed that nothing worked in a way i would expect it to. i wanted to like it. As a preset player it was awesome. Sometimes i want to try it again, and it's on sale...As for most powerful i'd still say Reaktor but it's more a toolbox than an instrument.

[@tonoormusic]

The artificial voice-overs are fantastic. The first one fooled me, I thought it was real

[@willernst]

It breathed!

[@poofygoof]

it took me a couple before I realized they were AI... what a dope I am thinking Benn or UVI would actually pay voice actors to narrate demo or training videos. I'm sure these simulacra are being used with permission of the real people who provided the voices they were trained with, right?

[@gutterg0d]

@@poofygoof People have such a weird attitude toward AI learning things. I'm sure you have permission of all the real people who provided you with voices you trained your language skills with too, right?

[@dtown5id]

Took me too long to realize it was Ai

[@poofygoof]

@@gutterg0d why is it weird to think people care about their own audio-visual images regardless of how they are created? Especially (voice) actors whose livelihood is literally derived from their (audio) images? for all I know the actors whose voices were simulated here are good with it, that's why I was asking. Maybe Benn will have another video where he explains how he did the voice-overs, or maybe he already has through patreon.

[@MH-rt9ts]

I don’t doubt that Falcon is an incredibly powerful VST, but I’ve never been able to convince myself to buy it because Pigments does everything I need just fine and it’s intuitive. I’m sure if I was a pro I would have pulled the trigger on it already. Maybe I will now that I just got a tutorial!

[@SyntheticFuture]

I've had both for a couple of years now and only really use falcon for the expansion packs and some tweaking. But anything from scratch Pigments feels better to me 😅

[@girmai6745]

on sale for $199 through 11/5...

[@ShaunNater]

I have Pigments and rarely use it, but just seeing it mentioned in your comment is gonna make use it today.

[@jeromejamies3641]

Pigments is just a toy with mediocre sound quality

[@peterelfman]

Great video, the highlight of which was the marriage of scrip to narrators. I couldn't tell if they were real voices or not until the first time one tried to say 'reverb' and pronounced it 're VERB'. When a different voice pronounced it with the same odd accenting, I felt sure the narrators were AI generated.

[@garethbull5303]

12:00 very Flashbulb. So thats a Cartesian Sequencer. Awesome!!!

[@dqvid]

Spooky how Giorgio is on the nose in at least 2 different ways and synth voice too good to keep any belief Bravo

[@garyhendrie4001]

Here here, to the Falcon. Bloody brilliant instrument

[@fischergreen4134]

My go to VST It can do virtually anything. Just wish the interface was a bit more user friendly Voice overs are hilarious 😂

[@nicolasalexander408]

UVI have a sale on, 11 instruments for $180, that's what brought me here, seems like just to get this for the price is a bargain, a bit of brain hurt though......

[@compucorder64]

Here's hoping someone like ASM could take the lead from Pigments/Phase Plant and Falcon and upgrade their Hydrasynth line. To add Physical Modelling and Granular Sampling, and maybe incrementally improve the overall sound/fx quality, make it four part multi-timbral, 32 voices. There's the Minifreak, but's a little fixed/limited in the voice models. I realise there's Waldorf's Iridium. But it's so expensive. And even then the Tasty Chips GR-1's Granular Engine is much smoother sounding. Iridium needs cheaper competition, and hardware processors should be fast enough to do all this now since the original is over 3 years old now.

[@coldbumby]

Love your videos

[@SAerror1]

I love plugins that have more features than the DAW you put it inside

[@kobi-kobsen]

Trying to follow the actions that lead to these sounds, makes my brain feels like the Spanish Rose Knot.

[@user-mu1in6el5p]

Best sounding plugin, for sure!

[@2ndMOUSEofficial]

Must use Falcon more. Have found it dry but this helps. Cheers Benn. Outnof curiosity, what did you use for the voice overs? They sound scarily authentic

[@kaitlyn__L]

That final patch did indeed make my stomach feel weird, even just from the thrumming bass before the shepherd tone. Good job, you succeeded

[@NickBaysingar]

I gotta say, this video was a fuckin' trip. The changing from person to person doing the voice over with every demonstration had me cracking up too. The guy doing the voice over for Level 6 sounds kinda like the legendary Matt Mercer lol. Anyway, this software is pretty incredible, but I gotta admit that it looks a bit intimidating to learn. Maybe not as intensive as learning a whole new DAW, but it definitely would require a lot more from the user than the average softsynth plugin usually does. But it seems totally worth the effort considering how robust it is.

[@seamusmcmorrow4435]

I’m so used to seeing Ben create some wildly out there and “from scratch” shit, that I thought Desert Island may have meant desert island type sound. Or possibly a plug-in powered by coconuts.

[@nickwallette6201]

Granular synthesis would've been a reasonable guess. ;-)

[@PerChristianFrankplads]

I might buy this for the intro offer now, which is $199. This video sold me on it.

[@wasoota]

Epic demo.

[@Dragon-Slay3r]

3 falcon dots then get made into 2 2 formation to split the dice All made from sunlight

[@B1ggz13]

I love a good organ.

[@HectorHernandez-qp4wf]

I need that adjustable speed orchestra sooo bad😮

[@MonadTransformer]

Might buy it the same year UVI dump iLok...

[@patriand]

That heroes of might and magic 3 reference at 11:10 😅

[@Contang0]

Was this elevenlabs voices with some nice processing? would love to know how you got them to sound so good. Fab video as usual.

[@captain_crunk]

Reh-Verb. I'm all about it. Benn, well played, sir, well played. Golf clap. Something I read a long time ago about Falcon is that its oscillators aren't exactly the cleanest. There are many different oscillator algorithms to choose from when implementing a softsynth, and I guess Falcon uses an algorithm that is pretty good but definitely not the best available. Uhe Diva, for example, uses the absolute best available but also can be a cpu murderer. My hunch is that Falcon made the tradeoff by necessity in order to have some cpu capacity left to use on the huge number of effects and whatnot without crazy dropout issues. Phaseplant and mSoundFactory have presets that instantly bring my computer to its knees, sometimes crashing the daw altogether, which makes me wish I could the control quality. I'm sure it's possible but I don't remember anything like that happening in Falcon, so that's cool I guess...but I do wonder what some of my falcon patches would sound like if it did use the best oscillators available. It's not a deal breaker by any stretch, as Falcon can do really cool things and it sounds great doing them.

[@smyrnian_]

Very cool video!

[@mathieuverrier7980]

Benn Jordan for president !! 🎉

[@Grenoybel]

It's missing simple stuff that some glorious smaller Devs provide: Modulation of Sample End, Loop Length, Loop Start and Loop End

[@thapeloafrika6459]

Jesus this thing does everything! Its like having Reason 12, Kontakt, Omnisphere all in one!

[@orbitfold]

I love falcon but adding and editting modulations in it is a massive pain in the ass, maybe something changed now. Doesnt look like it from this video though.

[@BennJordan]

Right click, select modulator or add new, modular appears below for tweaking?

[@orbitfold]

@@BennJordan I know how to do it. My point is that compared to modern synths the ergonomics of it are shit. Especially when you need to edit it later.

[@Bthelick]

Vosm giving me strong memories of Delay Lama!

[@juanrojas7505]

new subscriber. I watched the whole video and realized that I dont know nothing about falcon. impresive to say the least.

[@mrd5024]

Synplant 2 is my new desert island synth

[@0815Snickersboy]

Very basic and limited 2 osc synth with cross fm between oscillators. Trvial to make in any modular Environment.

[@mrd5024]

You clearly have never used it @@0815Snickersboy

[@grainmachine]

@@0815Snickersboy if that is still your opinion after actually using genopatch for a while … then OK, I guess that you just don’t get it.

[@babylonbroken1601]

"omg. let's make a sonic weapon."... spat water all over my bed. another great video. this channel is one of youtube's s tier channels for reals.

[@DaveSurber]

I’m just here for the VO at 19:25 thanks!

[@estevancarlos]

So this is the best advert for Falcon

[@squeebbb]

UVI Falcon 3 is 43% off until November 5th and comes with a $100 voucher for expansions. On top of that they're doing BOGOs on expansions until the 5th as well.

[@famitory]

wish it didn't use iLok. my aging audio interface doesn't like something about whatever PACE is doing in the background.

[@nathanmorrow2584]

Same. One of my computers crashed every time it had to scan vsts from these neurotic Devs. Did it at a live show on a brand new laptop because I wasn't connected to wi-fi. I ditched that shit and never looked back. 😅

[@Harzurner]

Phase Plant is slowly becoming more and more ridiculously powerful.

[@danielleohallisey4218]

My brain hurts. SO much you can do with this thing!

[@UnchartedWorlds]

Too good to be true!

[@Bthelick]

10:11 Is that Steven Slate????? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 It's perfectly inappropriately intense.

[@djlick2]

that traffic jam definitely got me to enlightenment....super enlightened.

[@WhizPill]

Always in awe of what you’re capable of, these youngings messing around with serum are child’s play on comparison to you

[@xkidmidnightx]

People write amazing music on beat up acoustic guitars. It’s not the tool, it’s the musician. No one needs stuff like this. In fact I think people are better off with limitations.

[@PriestlyEdits]

It's the best especially for sound designing

[@HilbertSpacersson]

You're VST choices seem reasonable :D

[@ChristosGeorgiades9]

So the first couple of times you watch this video is just for the voiceovers, I couldn’t possibly focus on what Benn was doing! LOL, brilliant strategy to increase your views! 😂

[@BorisBarroso]

The presentation was superb 😃. I would like to know if I can use Falcon as audio processing for audio tracks?

[@MattChapman2000]

No, but most of their effects are separately available as VST audio plugins.

[@anthonyadeyemi6056]

10:12 I love Soldier Boy. I was just watching Gen V, can't wait for the return The Boys!

[@nickwallette6201]

I'm going to need a Benn Jordan bobble-head to put next to my Eric Persing one.

[@danlwarren]

This looks super flexible and useful. But as they say "the best synth is the one you use", and this interface is just not one that would encourage me to play with it. It just looks too much like a node-based programming environment for me to use it for something that's supposed to be "fun".

[@unclehertz1768]

Great video...like always. I'm gonna have to deep dive this beast. Got it for many years and did not put enough time to learn it.

[@francescotenaglia4720]

we'll tweak those and well yeah is the best. Against subscription myself but having access to the whole library and effects is something that it's really not comparable to any other subscription service in the industry. Can easily imagine using solely it to everything, everything music related.

[@eluoss]

I'm super interested in physical modeling and so far I've been using Objekt, but frustrated by the fact that it isn't a standalone VST and its distinct lack of crazy modulation + scripting. Does anyone know if the UVI Falcon harmonic resonator supports external input? One of the best things about Objekt is that you can use an external input source as the exciter, which needless to say is insanely cool (for example -- playing live instruments and using Objekt as a crazy vocoder). Is this possible in Falcon or is the user limited to the built-in exciter sources?

[@xkidmidnightx]

It’s in reason. Think of reason as the instrument. Put it in a combinator and use that for the modulation. Use players for your scripting.

[@kingslaphappy1533]

Brilliant video, subscribed!✌️ by the way, where can i find that collection of AI voices?