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Published on 07/14/11 at 12:45
8 syntheses, 4 sequencers (including a magnetic strip 4), sampler, 5 configurable effects, integrating radio ..... see site builder

UTILIZATION

Sequencers:

there are three, a classic (a grid), a ramdom (a spinning wheel in the desired direction and speed) and finally a kind tb (we chose 32 such notes bear a luxury arpeggio feature him same setting again ...

THE MASTER

it has four pages, one for volume and pan, for a general EQ (low, medium, high), one for the effects (cited above), and finally saw the meter in general with a drive and a bonus for release effect of violent or "pump" as the mean of the times, little more than two keys are used to retain memories of a parameter change (eg cutting down on the master)

then come have a delicate function: the magnetos BAND

It is the only way to make a complete song as three sequencers mentioned above works as arpeggios that is to say an item has both (BAR, sample, osc ..)

it has 6min normal speed (read speed of the tape) or 24min slow read but then the sound quality is to say a garage ... time corresponds to the max of his paternal, not bad but the problem is that you can not save the work done on it!! the possibility his big, we can do a loop if its 6min sings or more small part that we loop in real time. according to the copy, paste, undo / rendo (per band), connect, reverse, stop (remove the read head of the band leaving it running normally cut only the sound), the mute effort between the bands. .. attention because of the gold record there is no quantification so it&#39;s a little warm but nothing too serious for that practice music every day ...

THE VINYL: this is definitely where you freeze a piece will do as a disk, once it&#39;s all fixed play and stop, there are two whose face I do not know how long (or 2x6min 2x3min)

more bonus: there is a microphone, a radio and a motion sensor assigned to all features!





SOUNDS

(Test done on Dynaudio and BM5A bm9s)

there are eight types: 1 - CLUSTER: This summary includes six oscillators for sounds rather typed ambient water ... but with his short typed ADSR can get the violins ... more similar (for the record I made a sound very similar to that heard in the nightclub (the rectum) in irreversible Gaspar Noé).

Digital: pure synthesis very aggressive (like mr oizo, justice ...) but also can convince his very 8 bit ...

dr-wave: excellent synthesis based on 2 osc that intersects a speed and a definition (even a bit of history) configurable, has passed through all the phases can be a square wave and a sine wave.

FM: As the name suggests it is a matter of simple FM synthesis, but with excellent choice of parameter giving wide possibility (of a very gentle and calm to aggressive on amphetamine)

phase: it is a sorry one of my least explore but I can still say that it is based on self-oscillation and movement of a mirror between point A and point B.

pulse: perhaps the simplest summaries of op-1, 2 oscillators with a variable amplitude modulation on it and a filter ...

string: then it&#39;s incredible wealth of this synthesis that mimic very well the sounds a string of short range, the cliché has it really huge experimental

sampler: bon bah says it all .... made very neutral, but its relation to cutting parameter, the loop area and volume

drum machine: it is a variant of the sampler, but most specialize in the practice of the slice (each kit is manufactured from a long sample), noted that this party has a adsr dedicated to rhythm sounds (adsr comprehensive kit )


This little world has its own ADSR, its purpose, lfo&#39;s and his own bank and use factory


effects

there are 5 (for now) SPRING: there is talk of a spring reverb downright huge and can be made suffer the worst treatment at the famous resort has its spatialized background, his progress in every configuration ( discrete or destructive ).... great

PUNCH: This is a low pass filter with parameters of intensity that recall the famous low-pass in homework (daft punk), nice but not too many surprises.

PHONE: so it will not be easy to describe, we have on the screen of a reverse phone comes out four or more distinct color piece, if we act on this parameter we get it sounds like matrix (the pill) its that&#39;s the cliché but we can achieve results never heard again.

GRID: a delay is very nervous and that goes from one extreme to the other to handle a incredible (as of Autechre gantz) in practice I guess it&#39;s unstoppable breakcore

DELAY: GRID is the opposite, ie it is flat, psyche, beautiful .... Here is more classic but indispenssable



OVERALL OPINION

CONCLUSION: Well for me it is a flawless ergonomic point of view, sound and build quality, the camera offers a synthesis that screws with the times and that does not seek to emulate the analog (each his own role;)) making the digital synthesis assume a choice, the op-1 are in the gut, it is fat, accurate, charismatic in a mix (I mean the sound ...), hover, efficient, electro short-acoustic .... perfect.

then yes I know the scope of the protection of non y&#39;en a track that will moan (and I understand it) can not have multiple pattern I know it seems strange but it&#39;s yours to us be an ingredient of a disadvantage, ie it must be used in real time, can keep its sounds so if you master the beast on her track again in real time which can be given a new practice in electronic music (such as competition has mpc beatmaker in their time) and by the way op-1 is sufficient to itself because it is a real all (except back up track), if it is a new bone change her but even otherwise it does not matter one has already classic sequencer, the moog, the PC and all the mess .... that&#39;s something else and more time ....


bah I forget good stuff, I made lots of mistakes and if it is not clear s&#39;trouve but hey I tried ...

thank you