Rhodes has now developed a VST version of of the MK8

[wmichalchuk]

@Ade

The old 12 layer Scarbee is handled with ease, at a 128 buffer, by modest laptops. Dial in stereo trem from, say, Melda (MTrem does quite a good job emulating a close enough Rhodes trem, where the skew is not quite even) an amp, say my fave Anvil, and this thing comes alive for very little CPU capital. Petite Excite over the output and the gloss at the top of the tine tickles the ears while the bottom becomes rounded.
The original sound is transformed into this broad, responsive, Rhodes.

This stuff is golden. I love the Rhodes sound but have never been able to get the sound to where I lose myself for hours. Great info.
Thanks Ade

[Ade]

Just a hat tip to another ‘Rhodes Enhancer’ with a very low CPU demand and lots of avenues for obtaining a dreamy Rhodes… it’s the little old GVST GTriChorus. What a lovely chorus plugin that is. Three separate lanes, each with LPF and HPF, depth and freq, and a ‘stereo’ control which can skew a given lane so that they modulate in opposite directions with varying amounts, effectively providing a double modulation. Each lane then has gain, to mix the three channels as desired.
Just wonderful over a Rhodes - or when going for that Vangelis schmaltzy Bladerunner piano.

[dsteinschneider]

@Ade

GVST GTriChorus

Are you using the beta version date 1/24/2021?

[Ade]

It appears to be Version 1.2.4.4
Product Version 1.2
Modified 14.05/2015!

I actually checked the GVST website today - didn’t seem to be any major update.
Found the AllCVSTWin64.zip package in my downloads which looks like I grabbed that version in April 2023.
What do you have?
The only thing I would appreciate seeing is smoothing of some parameters. The frequency of the trichorus glitches when bound to a CC

[dsteinschneider]

You have been warned - this might be complete rubbish says the developer

GVST - Beta

EDIT - I found the AllCVSTWin64.zip download

[Torsten]

A quick update on this: Rhodes have just published a new offering: the “Rhodes Anthology”. A collection of classic Rhodes models (MK1, MKV, MK7, Sparkletop), with the necessary fundamentals effects (Chorus, Flanger, Reverb, Autopan/Trem).

Far leaner than the “big” MK8 version, and (to me) far more enjoyable - these beasts have character! And the Trem is still audible with mono summing as well - not as brutal as a true mono Trem, but a very nice effect!

The effects controls are reduced down to just two parameters per effect, but you can get the typical sounds nicely.

And the whole thing is just 2.3 GB - compared to the 20 GB for the “big one”, this is manageable.

Intro price is pretty decent (115 €) - there’s also an intro offering on PluginBoutique that may get you a few bucks off - $99 + tax or 113€ incl VAT, so not earth-shattering savings…

CPU load is OK - significantly less than my current favorite (AcousticSamples vTines).

There is a 14 day trial version - give it a spin! I like it so far…

Cheers,

Torsten

[bartok2112]

I actually just bought this (without even trying it) and can’t wait to dig in. I do have the V8 pro already and actually ended up enjoying it.