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Alesis Ion
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Bounz Bounz
Published on 11/05/06 at 01:37
Best value: Excellent
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UTILIZATION

configuration:
Despite the high number of knobs, which allow instant access to the functions of ION, the key to a complex configuration that requires time to grip.

Indeed it is the only cheap keyboard has a programmable fabric making it a semi-modular synthesizer powerful. The sounds created with this machine can be very varied.

Over time you get to create warm sound very good even if the filters sometimes make it sound a little too metallic for my taste.
The knobs are very good against the bill by selection buttons are very poor (why?? Mystery)

weaknesses
- Poor quality keyboard
- Instabillité the OS
- Difficulties arpégiator synchronization with an external sequencer groovebox type
- LFO hard to control in real time

strengths
- 3 + Oscilolateurs a noise generator (white and pink) very good
- A display of curves on screen
- The number of filters (only keyboard of this range to offer a choice of over a dozen filters that allow a game very expressive)
- The design of the device
- The rotary knobs to infinity as the Nord Lead 3

SOUNDS

Versatile keyboard: a very good bass, lead and strings
We must spend time on the beast to be satisfied but it's worth

OVERALL OPINION

I was looking for a keyboard to replace my 8000 and jp mainly to synthetic groundwater. This machine is perfect for that if he adds the reverb and delay in the ass.
- Very good value for money
Unfortunately I think this keyboard has not been a big success in France and is no longer manufactured ...