refx vanguard

[supernova777]

i found this document


it states its for mac os 9
v1.03

ReFX Vanguard VSTi v1.03 MacOS9
from march 2004

 New style, new sounds, new inspiration!
           
 reFX presents VANGUARD, a new breed of virtual analog synthesizers.
 VANGUARD is the long awaited replacement for your old 19" hardware gear
 which will remain unused after you¥ve tried VANGUARD.
           
 VANGUARD is a complete new product. reFX put all knowledge and experience
 that has been collected over the past years into this projects and the
 result is audible: virtual analog synthesis made a big step forward.
           
 VANGUARD combines the good old analog synthesizer idea with the latest
 technology: all analog devices of classic synthesizers are emulated by
 high-quality DSP (digital signal processing) functions. reFX spent a lot
 of time programming the synthesis functions as good as possible: the
 result is a warm and rich sounding synthesizer plugin with all the
 benefits of todays digital technology.
           
 VANGUARD is more than just a simple synthesizer. It is equipped with 31
 different type of oscillators, including uncommon digital oscillators with
 fresh modulation options. There is also a huge selection of filters: 13
 filter types are onboard with different slopes and including a new kind of
 combined dual-filter variations.
           
 In need of inspiration? No problem for VANGUARD - the trancegate and
 arpeggiator can help you out! The trancegate is a 16-step gate to create
 rhythmic gated patterns and the arpgeggiator comes with inspiring patterns
 and several play modes. In addition to these creative tools VANGUARD is
 equipped with a delay and reverb.

checkit!

[supernova777]

INSTALL NOTES:
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1. unZiP, unRAR or use our installer
           
 2. install with one of the following serials:
           
    EA4Q-D6XG-SYPF-E7C6-5B72-DCNJ
           
    R974-DSNJ-KNZV-KFGB-UVMX-2UQV
           
 3. test and then buy the program !!!

[arjen_1]

http://macos9lives.com/smforum/index.php?topic=1059.msg3943#msg3943

I hope we are wrong but....I guess this is a myth.

Greetz,
Arjen

[supernova777]

it cant be a myth there are too many sources saying that it exists for mac os 9.

april 2003
http://www.emusician.com/gear/1332/refx-vsti-plug-ins-macwin/33139

april 2004
http://www.macmusic.org/news/view.php/lang/en/id/1659/

april 2004
http://www.audiomasterclass.com/refx-announces-vanguard-virtual-analog-synth

march 2004
http://www.kvraudio.com/news/refx_vanguard_v1_0_3_released_1586

november 2004
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:GpsevHG3WQEJ:www.emusician.com/prntarticle.aspx%3Farticleid%3D146141+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca&client=firefox-a

[supernova777]

If you know more about Nexus...let me know!

Confirmed: There aren't a Mac Os 9 version.
... and this text was extracted from 1.0.9 version manual:

Minimal Mac system requirements
§ Mac G4 800MHz or better / Mac Intel 1.4 GHz or better
§ Minimum of 512Mb RAM
§ Hard drive space required: 3Gb
§ Operating system: Mac OSX Version 10.4.8 or later
§ Graphics (minimum resolution): 16-bit 800x600
§ Host: Any application with either VSTi support (e.g. Cubase SX) or AU (AudioUnit) support (e.g. Logic)

v1.0.9 comes after v1.0.3 which was confirmed for mac os 9 from this documentation above.. its also possible there were two packages created with seperate copy of the requirements written for each 'version'.

wait it looks like mactron was talking about nexus?

[supernova777]

http://web.archive.org/web/20021014140756/http://www.refx.net/Products.htm

trying to access the refx site archived versions

[supernova777]

heres a small full version of "Beast" called "Claw"
http://web.archive.org/web/20021203000728/http://www.refx.net/products/Claw.htm

plasticz demo
http://web.archive.org/web/20021203003503/http://www.refx.net/downloads/PlastiCZ/PlastiCZ_Demo.sit
(i had to remove a "!" frm the url somehow the archiver made this url incorrect"

[arjen_1]

wait it looks like mactron was talking about nexus?

No we were talking about both. I hope you can find it though!

[supernova777]

yeah i think that this was a screw up by the warez group themselves because i foudn the exact same document corrected/cahnged to say macosx instead of macos9
so it may have just been an error made long ago by someone

[supernova777]

http://web.archive.org/web/20040603104914/http://www.refx.net/news.htm

this page proves there is a mac os 9 version of this app
theres a link for the os9 demo on this page!

http://web.archive.org/web/20040603104914/http://www.refx.net/downloads/Vanguard/Vanguard_Demo.sit
http://web.archive.org/web/20040603104914/http://www.refx.net/downloads/Vanguard/Vanguard_Demo_AU.dmg
http://web.archive.org/web/20040603104914/http://www.refx.net/downloads/Vanguard/Vanguard_Demo.dmg
http://web.archive.org/web/20040603104914/http://www.refx.net/downloads/Vanguard/Vanguard_Demo.zip



http://web.archive.org/web/20040803053322/http://www.refx.net/news.htm
its definately existing for mac os 9
every single other link works except for the os9 demo.. stupid web archive!!!!

[supernova777]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6qAnZFrRHw[/youtube]
bass at 1:15 sounds not bad!

[MacTron]

Great find Chris.
... now let's see if we can find the "real thing"

[supernova777]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPhvuuWtNc0[/youtube]
we have to find this!!

[arjen_1]

we have to find this!!

Yep ASAP!

[supernova777]

Mac requirements       
   
Power Mac G3 600 Mhz
128 MB RAM
MacOS 8.6 or OSX 10.2
VST or AU compliant host

found on this url:
http://web.archive.org/web/20040606133734/http://www.refx.net/pro_Vanguard.htm?lang=eng

it makes me so angry that every other version of demo links work from this backup page EXCEPT the mac os 9 demo file
totally sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

anyone have any other tricks for finding files?
http://web.archive.org/web/20040606133734/http://www.refx.net/downloads/Vanguard/Vanguard_Demo.sit
we need thissssss Vanguard_Demo.sit

[supernova777]

http://web.archive.org/web/20040216090324/http://www.refx.net/develop.htm?lang=eng

reFX is currently developing VANGUARD, which will be the successor to JunoX2. VANGUARD will be available mid february 2004.

so, reFX themselves saw this vanguard as the successor to JUNOX2!!
interesting.

[MacTron]

http://web.archive.org/web/20040216090324/http://www.refx.net/develop.htm?lang=eng

so, reFX themselves saw this vanguard as the successor to JUNOX2!!
interesting.

Yes it is... and knowing how impressive JunoX2 sounds, I can imagine how must be the sound of Vanguard!

[supernova777]

so there we go REFX never stopped junox2 -- it evolved into VANGUARD!
and came back with a new design.. to avoid the copyright claims of roland.
i emailed mr kleps this morning asking if i could buy the vanguard for mac os 9

this might be the best synth for mac os 9 ever made??

[MacTron]

this might be the best synth for mac os 9 ever made??

That's what I think of it...

Juno X2 is the most impressive sounding VST synth ever made for Mac Os 9... but is too limited.
I always thought that Vanguard isn't so limited... and if it preserve the Juno X2 sound, Vanguard MUST be the best!

[supernova777]

like he says..

reFX presents VANGUARD, a new breed of virtual analog synthesizers. VANGUARD is the long awaited replacement for your old 19" hardware gear which you will never us again after you have tried VANGUARD.

i hope he write me back and say yes but i have a feeling it will be a no.