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Yann Polar Yann Polar
Published on 02/12/05 at 02:35
Sound quality:

Trs sounds correct, we feel we can beacoup couraging things with this sound module, not just the tek, incursions into the trip hop, electro or soft / hard are possible, the sounds are trs different effect, and the few instruments "sound" are quite ralistes, they are not necessary and not worth the sounds of a DEDICATED ROM, however.

Touch is excellent for rhythm parts, it is recommended that it add a MIDI controller for a reply from VLOC dcente. Effects? Premire a view, they are not falling, and then begins q'y used to, and there comes a time when we can really do without it. The sound is present, powerful, even without using them, even the multiplayer mode makes the full power thanks sounds, and for arpgiateurs (32 simultanment used), the diversity provides good versatility, add filters and this possibility of time rel edition is virtually the DLIR. The filters are empty, Russian, have a single bass line in a filter of TB, to remind you of memories!

CHARACTERISTICS:

Poly 128 REAL, no notes or evanescent truncated during a visit just loaded it is far from the workstation good for one or two sounds together but admit their limits to 16 parts at the same time. (Edit> passages really care for the machine just hangs on the notes with long release time, or the parties arpeggios. Just in genral to remake the party criminalizes removing the note blocking, and it rgl)

I last year, sounds not even called me more than enough even without that "it is ncssaire to touch it, and it may be no worse The edition of a sound is rvlant particulirement complex and confusing (but powerful, is not mprendre). SoundDiver use is almost essential, but I do not know if the ditone of XL t implanted in the log.
(Amended December 25, 2004> are the changes are fairly easy, and extremely powerful, knowing that we can stack four sounds at the same time, synthse of custom settings and filters are multiplied s all, but with a little practice we found it easily. Mention specially for arpgiateurs, superb)
Fortunately, we can act in real time on 16 global parameters of each sound thanks to the knobs on the front. The squenceur is pretty straightforward, once you got used to the recording / edition of squence is fast, once you get used to (same pattern as)

the itty bitty screen does not help the Czech, and that the Achilles heel of the beast: for it against each pattern can easily remix: the panacea when all aralise our patterns and we s'apprte remix, but before you do that is the holy grail, as you be patient and aspirin.
(Edit> Finally, it is not a limiting factor, is limit the unnecessary step, once you play a squence. Instead two small notches (on the LCD screen + r troclair) AIM might have a wide screen the MC 909, it would be much more ergonomic)

Opinion gnral:

report quality unbeatable price (600 euros even on occasion, it's well worth) is an investment for the studio, recording, scne, the communion of the youngest: he will accompany you everywhere and for long. If you can pair the squenceur with a good sampler, you have an almost perfect instrument that CONTRL in real time all custom settings, there's no wiggle is the ultimate weapon for scne, and the sound of the DMOD bte will not be outclassed or before long, you can always add three expansion cards, pls for versatility. With a 808 SP and M1, I use XL for electro, trip hop, electronic rock, dance and tek orientation should not cut all the people that make Autes genres, with a little imagination you can make some groovy sounds nice, although the original ROM of the bte prdispose music on the move;
The XL 7 has the power of a squenceur soft 'but without the ease of use and has sounds that tap into the red without forcing, and in addition they know to be gentle, and the control surface you will CONTRL all your instruments, samplers, sound modules, and even levels in Cubase (CONTRL squenceur without the mouse, you rviez!).

Only problem: the screen, which really serves the machine, the squenceur not as good as what we have rv and color, although it is not lost on scne.

Finally, add the price of PHAT BOY, a YAM RM1X, and expanders ROLAND E MU and you will see soon that this is found in one and the same machine, to look questionable, but dnt power and musicality will not leave you in marble, they may even compound your srieusement Global Warming!

UTILIZATION

I said everything.

SOUNDS

Yes, yes.

OVERALL OPINION

Do not insist that Gnant.