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«  DOMINION X MMMMH GOOD »

Published on 06/12/13 at 14:40
Dominion X SED
Monophonic analog synthesizer desktop size.
I'm not going to dwell on some characteristic is already very well done on this page.
What he does know is that the tessitura of the span are the 5 octave keyboard C1 C6 nothing more annoying when no one knows.
The Ring modulator adjusts the VCO that uses mandatory on a square waveform with still PW or PWM.
It is possible to assign the velocity VCA, VCF, the resonance, the contour (influence of the envelope on the filter, LFO, the symmetry of the VCO can move with velocity eg triangle sine saw to triangle or square for pw).
It can also affect the speed of envelopes with different setting for each envelope.
Enough to make a living with velocity and expressive sounds.
You can choose to envelopes and LFO a Fast or Slow mode (ideal to choose fast or slow for percussion sweet for long.)
The LFOs have ONE SHOT mode (the waveform is played only once) perfect to replace an envelope.
You can put an effect insert, ie the sound goes to enter such a compressor and enters the machine sounds that we hear in the end is the sound through the effect.
It can handle an external sound through the filter very well, FM modulate the VCO 1 and 2 by an external source or to the syncro of VCO2 and 3 by an external source, on these two points I have not yet found sounds good that could do that well I tried with a Waldorf Q and some plug-in but it is not it can be with another analog that gives better.
I put 9 because the only thing that bothers me knows the key range of 5 octaves.

UTILIZATION

Very easy to use, it lights you play buttons you turn is created on the selected patch number that you want to store for example B05 weighed on store and voila.
How jobs can be read just to learn some specificity for envellope the LFO or glide trig mode or there is some trick by repeatedly pressing enter.
Otherwise everything is easy.

SOUNDS

The ITS and very good it n 'may not be a MOOG but against what is an X DOMINION with grain are sometimes nice sometimes a little bad boys all depends on the mood of good big deep bass, sulfur lead, the percussion scorching the acute sharp :) FX distorted the liquid resonance well short we can do a lot.
Many interactions with VCO (ring modulator for each VCO, VCO 2 SYNC 3, FM 1 +2)
The VCO 2 or 3 can modulate the filter.
The LFO can go up the audio.
It can have a very 70's side as it can be very modern thanks to the FM.
I also pass the Waldorf Q through the filter result MMMMH GOOD.
Suitable for all Electro, Trance psychedelic or not, Rock, Pop, Jazz style.

OVERALL OPINION

Here is a very good analog synth with memory I had before Basstation first generation and a Jupiter-4 and frankly the Dominion X and the one I like best for her, it's versatility, its memories, its open side of the Outside, the small European luthier side to side of the big Japanese or American machine I like.
No synth is perfect even the most expensive, there is some good stuff that we always want more as on any bike.
But then for the price it is 10/10 many competitor should follow MFB as the price for the option.
Anyway I love this synth.