My only major criticism is the effects, instead of having normal effects, it has fixed presets and offset parameters with set ranges. Keys aren’t the greatest and as I said I’d prefer a module version really, but they’re perfectly playable. Definitely a learning curve though, it isn’t initially intuitive but it isn’t complicated either.įilters sound great, love the polysix filter.īuild quality is fine, it weighs nothing but I quite like that tbh. Hard to explain here, but it’s fantastic. It’s a bit like a 303 sequencer on steroids in that it separates timing from notes and much more. You can use them in a straight forward way, but it’s a lot of fun to set them all to different timings and lengths to see what happens. If you like modular and sequencers, nothing comes close to the flexibility in the way they interact. If you like lush ambient type landscapes, nothing compares to it imo. The modulation section per layer is excellent with some direct controls, plus there is a mod matrix for extra assignments. The multi-sampled instruments can’t be wave sequenced, but it’s great having them as a layer with sequenced layers. It contains a ton of samples, including 100s of single cycles from various analog synths, percussion, and multi sampled instruments, 4 layers which can also be any combination between layered, multitimbral, or keyboard zoned. The storage certainly is complicated to get your head around at first, but it’s the price for lots of flexibility. It also has unlimited storage which all synths should have in this day and age, that does add complexity however if you use program changes, programs are stored in sets of 64 which must be manually loaded. I think most people don’t put enough time into understanding it. The flexibility of the sequencers is insane and once you understand how to use it the interface is actually very clever and well laid out. I’m not sure why it gets a bad rep really, there is no other synth anything like it in production. Personally I love it, I’d rather have a module version but I’ve actually appreciated the keys when using it around the house.
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