EML 500

I already warn that a first draft, I improve. Then indulgence!

synth keyboard, the correct quality. 44 keys. no dynamic recess. monophonic and without memory

the radius of the controls, from left to right, and the form of potentiometers, a glide, pitch, bend one.

then
a speed control function assigned to a sample / hold
a waveform selector potentiometer (square, sawtooth up or down, triangle and "peak" (I would correct when I have the exact term)). The potentiometer provides access to waveforms intermediate between those proposed.

an oscillator section (modulation, envelope), bypassing
a sample modulation function (off + 2 levels)
a filter section (modulation and envelope) bypassing

then a section "sources"
a potentiometer assigned to white noise or an external input
a potentiometer for the first tilt
one for the 2nd, together with a "tune".
each oscillator can be switched to square wave or sawtooth, or bypassed.
a selector is used to synchronize the oscilloscope 2.

section filter with
control of the "tune" (amplitude potentiometer variable thanks to a switch)
resonance control
goes up, down, band

a modulator which I not yet fully understood, but that does anything interresting

a section ADS

a master

connection: hi lo and outputs, headphone and voltage, sustain input, mic and sequencer.

fairly standard, but actually quite comprehensive and original, true to the image a little out of EML.

UTILIZATION

Simple configuration, everything is under his eyes and hand, takes some practice to fully understand the beast (I do not control everything yet)

manual clear and helpful, only that I must find time to bone up correctly. That said I started in analog synthesis, insiders s'ensortiront probably easier!

SOUNDS

The sounds are derived from the EML 101 (semi modular version), was suited to me any type of music, leads sour or crystalline, powerful bass, with sounds electros sample n 'hold, percussion, ... In short tans it.

in the opinion of those more informed than me is a synth that appeared on the market to compete with the minimoog and arp odyssey (and therefore in the same vein) but differs from it entirely to noise. it's a synth original that has not tried to copy one or the other as others have been tempted.

OVERALL OPINION

I Interacting sparingly since 1 month, but I have not had so much time for music lately.

I really like the sample and hold, the high pass which allows for sounds fine but really settle well in the mix, bass, light weight, wood paneling, and especially global sound

I like the fact that months need a little warm-up time. its architecture is not less because if it is a little hard to dip at the beginning, it was she who finally makes it original.

I could before putting your fingers on a Polymoog and a pro-one

for the price, its rarity is that there is no real rating. Indeed, this synth was made is less than 300. So the price is you who the evaluation with your ears (it will be hard for some of the inflationary addicted analos). Personally for the price I paid, I am not at all disappointed.

I would do with the experience that choice, but I dropped the day I found a EML 101, my quest complete.