about the future of OwnTHD
Posted: Sun May 01, 2022 10:05 pm
I was wondering if OwnTHD is going to receive updates and support in the future beyond its current state. I have recently been looking into Kirchhoff EQ and read this excerpt discussing the mindset used to develop Kirchhoff EQ's hardware modelling, stating "Personally, I like preamp plugins to use numerical integrations [to emulate the non-linear distortion of the hardware], but don’t like EQ plugins to use it." going on to say that Kirchhoff EQ uses linear models, and therefore has no distortion, in its emulations, leaving distortion and saturation to be found elsewhere. I then found OwnTHD under the product list and realized how greatly it sits with that idea. OwnTHD does standalone saturation, mimicking the nonlinear distortion of many famous hardware models with new parameters not originally adjustable in those units, as well as having the characteristics of other circuitry like tube or solid-state to be personally mixed in. With Kirchhoff, hell, even without Kirchhoff, this could have been a ridiculously powerful, versatile, and cheap alternative to hardware emulation plugins and a one-stop shop for saturation if it got the same attention to detail Kirchhoff did. Despite this, however, the plugin has barely received any attention at all since its release in 2018, and I was wondering what the future looked like for the plugin and if it was just dropped as a project altogether. As far as I can tell, the plugin has received one update in its lifespan from 1.0.0 to 1.1.0, and I can't find what for. I'm okay with it taking a back foot as the support for Kirchhoff takes priority, especially if the thought process was "I like saturation and EQ to be separate, so let's make an insane EQ too," leading to the flight of Kirchhoff, and I don't know what you guys were doing between now and the release of OwnTHD that has led to this, but I think the plugin has a very bright future. So I want to know what'll happen to it. Will it get the Kirchhoff treatment with proper support? And I don't mean, "yeah sure it's on the list of things to do" I mean real, proper care. Actual goals with deadlines. I would 100% buy this plugin if I knew it would get the care it deserves, and I think it could stand out so much if it was out there with the same levels of perfection Kirchhoff is getting. So, please- are there any plans for this plugin at all?