I have one of these and they sound great really high end in my opinion. i am planning on buying another analog synth soon, i was thinking about a O8 or a prologue or something along those lines. i was just wondering if would it be worth me getting another Nymphes instead and using your poly DIY to combine them together for the 2 oscillators and 12 voices or for the duo function 2 OSC per voice etc etc in your opinion would i be better of doing that considering you have 2 yourself
I honestly don't want to advise anyone how to spend their hard-earned money, your choice is a very personal one in the end. Poly-chaining synths together is a huge amount of fun and can add a lot of creativity to an existing setup, I have a PolyChainDIY software product that allows you to polychain numerous synths together via MIDI. The main advantage of polychaining two Nymphes together using NymphCC is for increasing polyphony and creating stereo soundscapes while being able to control the parameters of both synths simultaneously.
We're absolutely thrilled that you designed NymphCC and NymphCV for the Voltage Modular platform 🤝 We hope they are very successful for you, and would love to see more like this. Now we must resist the urge to finally give in and get the Nymphes... our Dreadbox Hypnosis wants a new sidekick 😄
Is Cherry Audio working on an iPad version of Voltage Modular? NymphCC and CV would be so much more useful as a small controller on the go with our small synth...
Absolutely fantastic tool at an extremely reasonable price. Thanks for making this, Tim. It really opens up the instrument beautifully. Highly recommend this to anyone considering.
This is absolutely amazing. I bought the Nymphes as my first synth and have regretted it for months. It does sound fantastic but is it soooo difficult to use. The last straw was spending an hour building a patch and accidentally wiped it out when trying to save it. Ugggh!!! Bought your plugin and now I'm cooking! This is amazing. I also understand much better how a synth works after 30 minutes with this graphical UI vs 2 months with the hardware UI. So good and well worth 30 bucks.
The two way midi feature is incredible! I’ve been watching a buncha reviews of the Nymphes, and wondered if this is possible. This software really makes this synth a no-brainer! Because of the character of the Nymphes and this controllability, it’s a perfect compliment to a studio setup. Well done!
This is some excellent work done for the community, Tim. Great job! This is really adding tons of value to an already great product, which goes to say a lot.
You had me at full two way midi comms then you blew me away with poly chain! Incredible. Was going to buy one Nymphes since the Typhon is so good, but Dreadbox may have to pay you commission as I’m now seriously considering two! Well done Tim.
How do you realize 2-way MIDI communication? I have Nymphes only connected via USB to my PC and it shows up as MIDI device in my DAW as "Nymphes" and "Nymphes #2". So I select "Nymphes" for OUT and my MIDI Keyboard for IN in your Voltage Modular plugin. I can play my MIDI keyboard and I hear sounds from the Nymphes so sending MIDI to the Nymphes works fine. The "Fom Host" is connected to MIDI IN in your plugin. However, moving a slide in your plugin does not send any MIDI #CC to the nymphes and moving a slider on the Nymphes synth does not let the fader move in your plugin and I dont know why.
when I first learned of this synth and it's panel limitations, I immediately checked the website for whether of not something like this existed for it kind of interesting you had to do that for them. LOL
It probably says this in the video, but just in case anyone else gets stuck like I did, you have to turn on receive CC messages in global settings. The manual describes the process, but it still stumped me. Possibly a mistake in the manual, but seems that you have to hold down shift when you press menu for the second time in step three...
Thank you this helped me! I cannot understand why Tim didn't put it front an center before the Nymphes CC tutorial that you need to have CC messages in turned on on the nymphes
Hi Tim, could you please add a random to all (and/or some, and/or deffinable) parameters button? - it would be a really nice extra feature. Also to add to your CV expander.
Really good stuff, Tim. I bought Voltage Modular and the Nymphes bundle and looking forward to using it. Is it possible to use your software with VCV Rack? I recently put together a small hardware modular setup and also curious how to connect that with the Nymphes. Thanks for any help and for this great product!
Hi Tim, do you have any plans to do something similar for the Typhon? Would be wonderful. Also I know you're a fan of the behringer model D. This would be amazing for that but not sure if it's possible or not.
Hello Tim, I bought your NymphCC and it works fine : congrats for your nice work. Could you help me about something please ? I would like to load factory presets from the Nymphes into your editor : is it possible ? I managed successfully to transfer factory presets with Sysex Librarian but I can’t load them in the NymphCC at sysex format… My goal is to create my own sounds with NymphCC starting from factory presets, to avoid always starting from initial basic sound. Is that possible ? Many thanks for your answer :-)
I can play the Nymphes with my keyboard thru the NymphCC software but when I try to manipulate the sliders, they don't work, I checked MIDI CC was on in the synth is there anything else I should check? Thx!
Hello Tim , I got your NymphesCC Software . I have a question: could I download the Nymphes presets on your software and then tweek those presets? I tried to program with your software theses preset and when I save , it is not the sound I finally got ! So what’s wrong. It seems that I have to start with « int » patch and the program every parameter by the software . So, as I am not an expert in sound design, I’ll prefer to start from a preset patch first and the tweek the sound .. Thank you .
Hi Tim, just bought your module for fw 2 but cannot get any sound in Ableton 11, where I use Voltage Modular as a plugin. Nymphes (on fw2) as external instrument without the cherry audio plugin works fine, and the midi indicator in voltage modular is flashing. I followed your instructions. Any idea?
Hiya would i be able to use this software through just normal midi so i can plug my Nymphes into a wall socket. and have midi information coming from the software to the synth and control the whole thing as far as midi notes and other midi controls are concerned by a midi keyboard which also has normal midi only.
@@TimShoebridge Hiya buddy i purchased the software today and everything works great it's an excellent piece of software I am well-pleased thanks bud 👍
Fabulous! I asked this before but don't think I was specific enough. Can I send notes to Nymphes via 5 pin midi (from my Pyramid) and *Simultaneously* use the usb connections to control the Nymphes with your controller? I don't like routing midi through my computer with the pyramid as it always creates a ground loop. Also would like to be able to bring laptop alongside my setup, but not depend on it for midi routing. Thanks!
Absolutely you can, this is how I use it. Sequenced with Arturia KSP using USB, seperate midi controller mapped to all the MIDI CC's using the midi port
Does the Nymphes need to be in a particular mode to work with NymphCC? I can get it to receive notes buy not any CC messages either to or from the Nymphes. I'm on a Windows Pro 11 laptop with the latest Voltage Modular and NymphCC, as well as 2.1 firmware. I have it setup with midi from voltage modular and NymphCC is using the midi io on the gui so that it will update. I can't get CC to work, however, with any configuration. But notes work.
You need to enable sending and receiving of MIDI CC on your Nymphes. This requires making settings in its main menu which are a bit cryptic and easy not to set correctly. Please refer to the synth documentation for details 🙏
@@TimShoebridge Thank you, I did figure that out. Maybe Voltage Modular is unstable on windows, it works for a minute and then crashes, I have to reboot to get VM working again. I did get midi to the nymphes, but not from it to do GUI updates. Times like this I wish I had a mac. LoL!
Hello! I just bought your Nymph CC but it is not working on my Nymphes. I am not sure what I am doing wrong. Nymphes is connected via USB and selected on the module. I can play notes with my keyboard and the synth reacts. However, when I move the sliders nothing changes on the hardware. Thank you for help!
Hey. Thanks for the purchase. You need to enable MIDI CC on your Nymphes. There are two different settings in the menu: one for allowing incoming CC and one for sending CC. You should enable them both, you do this through the Nymphes' menu system. I have had many people think they set these settings but didn't because the menu system is really cryptic to use and does not give obvious feedback of what you have done. So be very careful making these settings, maybe try more than once if you are in any doubt.
Here's a [likely] dumb question: In Tri Mode, I don't supposed there's any way for you--in software--to grab hold of the additional OSC in a voice, and tune it as you might on your Model D? Probably not possible. Maybe Chord Mode is as close as Nymphes gets to that sort of thing. Bear in my, my degree is in Psychology, not Wizard Engineering like yours. I'm trying hard to understand what you know; it make me brain hurt, sometimes.
Clarification -- it connects (recognizes "Nymphes" as output and my midi keyboard as input, and V Modular's midi indicates a signal when I play the keyboard -- but sliders have no effect, clicking init has no effect. I hear the Nymphes just fine, it's just that the software has no effect. Wondering if anyone has any ideas, thanks.
@@stujay Sounds to me like your Nymphes is not configured to accept midi cc. Please double check that and email if you still have problems. I don't do support on RU-vid.
Hi, I' m a hpppy NymphCC user. It makes such a difference! I was wondering whether there is a simple way to export the factory presets and/or SYX files to the .nym format. Or is loading and saving presets one by one the way to go?
Hey. Great to hear you are liking the software. Yes that is definitely possible, Dreadbox provided a way to get at the internally saved presets in one of their firmware updates. It's not documented at all and a little tricky, I will need to speak to them to get further details. I have a lot on at the moment but will start to look into this as a future update 👍
@@TimShoebridge Happy to crowdfund, get an extra license or contribute in whatever way to increase motivation. But no worries, with the possibilities of exploration the Nymphes has and this software promotes, I'm in no rush.
Hi Tim, amazing work here. Been trying to use the Midi CC controller in Logic but I face a very strange behaviour. When I move sliders from the Nymph, the sliders that I see moving in the UI are completely different ones and when I move things from the UI, it looks like it changes parameters on the Nymph that are not the ones from the UI (I did try with the volume know but make a very simple test). It's as if the midi mapping was not correct. I'm using firmware 2.1, would you have an idea by any chance? Thanks,
Hi Jack. The only differences in midi mapping I am aware of are between v1 .x and v2.x ..... There are two versions of NymphCC available - v1 and v2 - can you please double check you have the right one installed and running? Once you buy v1 you can purchase v2 for free, they are two separate products in the voltage modular library.
Hi Tim, thanks for the quick reply, I actually found out that I didn't update to v2.x properly (forgot to start in boot loader mode). My bad for not reading manuals properly...
Hey Tim, just bought nympheCC but im having problems getting nymphes to actually register when setting it to midi out. I can see nymphes in the drop down but when I click on it, it still shows none. I have the nymphes midi going through usb midi. do I need to use actual midi cables for this to work? I noticed in the user manual it states it has to be the direct midi input. Just wondering how you have your nymphes connected for midi. I am using ableton if that matters. Thanks!
Hi, USB MIDI is fine, either connection will work. The reason why NymphCC is unable to connect will be that something else is already accessing that midi device, presumably ableton is the culprit. Make sure ableton is not referencing that same MIDI output. There are similar complications with Cubase which is the DAW I use - by default Cubase opens all available MIDI devices, but this behaviour can be overridden. Make sure ableton is not doing something similar.
@@TimShoebridge turning off track and sync for the nymphes in the ableton midi settings worked. I also made sure to have nymphes accept midi cc messages through the menu in the nymphes for anyone else reading this in the future. Thanks Tim! Can’t wait to see what presets people make with this program. Hopefully I can steal some from the community 😉
@@DenimCrawdad I'm that reader from the future. :) I have read the manual and I cannot find the way to "have nymphes accept midi cc messages". I am running Voltage with Nymphcc in standalone, headphones plugged to the Nymphes, and I'm still hearing the sound generated by the Nymphes as manipulated with the hardware, entirely ignoring changes in the Nymphcc controller.
@@QuimGil @DenimCrawdad in addition to this, i found a reddit post which helped me: "partially solved I think, the manual is wrong about turning CC on and off, it says to press menu while shift is lit, but you actually have to hold down shift and THEN press menu while still holding down shift" by u/funkmusiciscool
I have to admit that I find the raw sound of the Deepmind to be weak. It's when you add effects that the Deepmind really shines, all the top factory presets utilise effects very well, disable the effects and they sound a lot different. The basic raw sound of the Nymphes is much more full imho, the oscillators are more raspy, the filter has more character. With the Nymphes you lack effects, and the output is mono.
I'm having trouble getting the Nymphcc to work in Voltage standalone. Even if midi gets in and Nymphes audio goes out, the audio responds to the hardware sliders, and the controller doesn´t produce any change of sound. A minor problem is that the the midi In stays with None no matter how hard I try to select my keyboard. I can circumvent this problem by connecting the midi "from host" to "In" (pulling a virtual cable to connect them in Voltage).
If the midi device stubbornly says none it usually means that the device is already open by other software. Do you have a DAW running? Most DAWs consume all the midi devices they can find. That's the first thing to check. Most USB midi devices are single use, ie. Only one connection at a time.... PS if you have it selected in VM's own midi config screen then that will stop NymphCC from opening it
@@TimShoebridge Thank you! This solved the problem of selecting my keyboard in MIDI In without having to pull the virtual cable. Still, I keep hearing the Nymphes as configured by the hardware knows and sliders. Moving sliders in the controller doesn't do anything. Saving or loading patches doesn't seem to help either. PS: Great work! Only the motivation and the UI brought to purchase your two modules as soon as I found this video, even if I hadn't used Voltage ever).
@@QuimGil Does the Nymphes show up in the output devices list just as "Nymphes" or does it mention "Bootloader"? Bootloader can be a consequence of the v2 firmware upgrade and you'll need to contact Dreadbox support if you see that word. But assuming just "Nymphes", you need to nake sure your synth is configured to send and receive MIDI CC. By default it is not. You do this using the Nymphes own main menu. Lastly, mke sure the MIDI channel that Nymphes is sending and receiving on is the same as the one you set in NymphCC.
@@TimShoebridge Ok, finally. Enabling [Globals Settings --> CC --> In] did the trick. How beautiful a plain saw can sound after so much trouble! Thank you for your patience. :)
Can I use this to swap out presets on the actual nymphes itself, or are my presets created on the Nymphes CC only available when I am connected to the computer? If so, how do you do it?
Hi, The presets you save on your PC using NymphCC can only be used - ie. loaded - back into NymphCC. But there is absolutely nothing stopping you from saving the sound parameters at any point as a preset on the Nymphes itself. The convenience of having presets on your computer is that you have an unlimited amount and can name them and organise them how you like. But I have a subset of those filling up the slots on the synth itself so I can unplug it from my PC and use it elsewhere.
