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TwinFocusNice little beast, sounds great
Published on 01/31/25 at 10:01- Using it in my Homestudio
- It has some really nice sounds, sounds better than my Novation Nova (whilst less powerful on paper)
- For those who are into programming sounds: the most basics parameters have a control on the unit, however if you wanna dive deeper into sound parameters and effects, you need to dive into a lot of menus, which really is cumbersome.
I did found a nice editor though (edisyn - works on windows, mac, linux), which makes it a lot easier to edit sounds to its full extent.
- it's monotimbral, supports up to 8 voices, and again: sounds great
- It has some really nice sounds, sounds better than my Novation Nova (whilst less powerful on paper)
- For those who are into programming sounds: the most basics parameters have a control on the unit, however if you wanna dive deeper into sound parameters and effects, you need to dive into a lot of menus, which really is cumbersome.
I did found a nice editor though (edisyn - works on windows, mac, linux), which makes it a lot easier to edit sounds to its full extent.
- it's monotimbral, supports up to 8 voices, and again: sounds great
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FP UserPublished on 10/31/08 at 16:00
Plenty of features, aside from maybe a couple more types of filters (only has LP), it is sufficient feature wise.
Price paid
$650
UTILIZATION
Pretty easy to use, soooo many knobs that it's tweakability is through the roof! Manual is so-so (bout a 6).
Haven't needed cust suppport yet, which IMO is a good thing. Definitely great for a gig. The buttons seem sturdy as does the whole rig.
SOUNDS
Great sound, really fattttttt. FX are really user friendly and have a ton of room for tweaking.
OVERALL OPINION
Love it, a centerpeice of any Trance, Ambient, like style studios.
Originally posted on FutureProducers.com
Posted by: Unknown ( 5-, 2002)…
Price paid
$650
UTILIZATION
Pretty easy to use, soooo many knobs that it's tweakability is through the roof! Manual is so-so (bout a 6).
Haven't needed cust suppport yet, which IMO is a good thing. Definitely great for a gig. The buttons seem sturdy as does the whole rig.
SOUNDS
Great sound, really fattttttt. FX are really user friendly and have a ton of room for tweaking.
OVERALL OPINION
Love it, a centerpeice of any Trance, Ambient, like style studios.
Originally posted on FutureProducers.com
Posted by: Unknown ( 5-, 2002)…
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Plenty of features, aside from maybe a couple more types of filters (only has LP), it is sufficient feature wise.
Price paid
$650
UTILIZATION
Pretty easy to use, soooo many knobs that it's tweakability is through the roof! Manual is so-so (bout a 6).
Haven't needed cust suppport yet, which IMO is a good thing. Definitely great for a gig. The buttons seem sturdy as does the whole rig.
SOUNDS
Great sound, really fattttttt. FX are really user friendly and have a ton of room for tweaking.
OVERALL OPINION
Love it, a centerpeice of any Trance, Ambient, like style studios.
Originally posted on FutureProducers.com
Posted by: Unknown ( 5-, 2002)
Price paid
$650
UTILIZATION
Pretty easy to use, soooo many knobs that it's tweakability is through the roof! Manual is so-so (bout a 6).
Haven't needed cust suppport yet, which IMO is a good thing. Definitely great for a gig. The buttons seem sturdy as does the whole rig.
SOUNDS
Great sound, really fattttttt. FX are really user friendly and have a ton of room for tweaking.
OVERALL OPINION
Love it, a centerpeice of any Trance, Ambient, like style studios.
Originally posted on FutureProducers.com
Posted by: Unknown ( 5-, 2002)
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FP UserPublished on 10/31/08 at 16:00
Has some killer features for a box in its price range. I'd like more filter types, though. The filter resonance gain adjustment is really nice - it won't help you model an oberheim or whatever, but it'll give you soem flexibility in how your resonance works. The basic FM makes for some nice effects, but it's a little wonky to use.
Price paid
$450
UTILIZATION
Has lots of knobs. Many things are easy to grab and tweak in realtime. But...the rest of it is screwy. They crammed a lot of parameters into a 1U rack, so most knobs are dual-purpose and require you to flip a teeeny switch to adjust the otehr parameters. They tiny keypad isn't all that helpful either. And bafflingly, they have a...…
Price paid
$450
UTILIZATION
Has lots of knobs. Many things are easy to grab and tweak in realtime. But...the rest of it is screwy. They crammed a lot of parameters into a 1U rack, so most knobs are dual-purpose and require you to flip a teeeny switch to adjust the otehr parameters. They tiny keypad isn't all that helpful either. And bafflingly, they have a...…
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Has some killer features for a box in its price range. I'd like more filter types, though. The filter resonance gain adjustment is really nice - it won't help you model an oberheim or whatever, but it'll give you soem flexibility in how your resonance works. The basic FM makes for some nice effects, but it's a little wonky to use.
Price paid
$450
UTILIZATION
Has lots of knobs. Many things are easy to grab and tweak in realtime. But...the rest of it is screwy. They crammed a lot of parameters into a 1U rack, so most knobs are dual-purpose and require you to flip a teeeny switch to adjust the otehr parameters. They tiny keypad isn't all that helpful either. And bafflingly, they have a 2-char LED display when most parameters have 0-127 values (and the patch bank numbers are 3-digit). It can be confusing if you don't know if you're on patch 136 or 236, or if your cutoff is at 120 or 20. The manual is...eh. It's like most manuals.
It's a dense little box. It's bult pretty solid. I don't gig with it though, so I can't judge that.
SOUNDS
Very beefy sound. The leads cut through a mix really well, and the basses can shake a room. The effects section is, predictably, a bit weak. Kill the effects and use something built for it.
OVERALL OPINION
Love. Love love. It's supplanted most of my other VA's in the studio. Just that warm squishy sound it has - really really nice.
Originally posted on FutureProducers.com
Posted by: Unknown (January 1-, 2003)
Price paid
$450
UTILIZATION
Has lots of knobs. Many things are easy to grab and tweak in realtime. But...the rest of it is screwy. They crammed a lot of parameters into a 1U rack, so most knobs are dual-purpose and require you to flip a teeeny switch to adjust the otehr parameters. They tiny keypad isn't all that helpful either. And bafflingly, they have a 2-char LED display when most parameters have 0-127 values (and the patch bank numbers are 3-digit). It can be confusing if you don't know if you're on patch 136 or 236, or if your cutoff is at 120 or 20. The manual is...eh. It's like most manuals.
It's a dense little box. It's bult pretty solid. I don't gig with it though, so I can't judge that.
SOUNDS
Very beefy sound. The leads cut through a mix really well, and the basses can shake a room. The effects section is, predictably, a bit weak. Kill the effects and use something built for it.
OVERALL OPINION
Love. Love love. It's supplanted most of my other VA's in the studio. Just that warm squishy sound it has - really really nice.
Originally posted on FutureProducers.com
Posted by: Unknown (January 1-, 2003)
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FP UserPublished on 10/31/08 at 16:00
Price paid: $549 USD
UTILIZATION
Great
SOUNDS
The main comment that I'd like to make (that hasn't already be made a 100 times before) is that the A-Station's sound has a good *neutral* quality to it that makes it difficult to identify in a song which IMO is a good thing. This makes it a good "go-to" synth for standard synth sounds that won't distract from a song with their own sonic quirks/sonic signature. In other words, years from now people won't listen to a song with the A-Station in it and immediately say "Oh, that's obviously a "....." e.g. D-50 or DX7 or Mini Moog or Oberheim...etc.
OVERALL OPINION
The Novation A-Station was my first "real"...…
UTILIZATION
Great
SOUNDS
The main comment that I'd like to make (that hasn't already be made a 100 times before) is that the A-Station's sound has a good *neutral* quality to it that makes it difficult to identify in a song which IMO is a good thing. This makes it a good "go-to" synth for standard synth sounds that won't distract from a song with their own sonic quirks/sonic signature. In other words, years from now people won't listen to a song with the A-Station in it and immediately say "Oh, that's obviously a "....." e.g. D-50 or DX7 or Mini Moog or Oberheim...etc.
OVERALL OPINION
The Novation A-Station was my first "real"...…
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Price paid: $549 USD
UTILIZATION
Great
SOUNDS
The main comment that I'd like to make (that hasn't already be made a 100 times before) is that the A-Station's sound has a good *neutral* quality to it that makes it difficult to identify in a song which IMO is a good thing. This makes it a good "go-to" synth for standard synth sounds that won't distract from a song with their own sonic quirks/sonic signature. In other words, years from now people won't listen to a song with the A-Station in it and immediately say "Oh, that's obviously a "....." e.g. D-50 or DX7 or Mini Moog or Oberheim...etc.
OVERALL OPINION
The Novation A-Station was my first "real" synth (bought in April of 2002). I've since bought and sold too much gear to list but when all is said and done, the A-station is still one of my my favorite VAs.
Originally posted on FutureProducers.com
Posted by: Unknown ( 3-, 2004)
UTILIZATION
Great
SOUNDS
The main comment that I'd like to make (that hasn't already be made a 100 times before) is that the A-Station's sound has a good *neutral* quality to it that makes it difficult to identify in a song which IMO is a good thing. This makes it a good "go-to" synth for standard synth sounds that won't distract from a song with their own sonic quirks/sonic signature. In other words, years from now people won't listen to a song with the A-Station in it and immediately say "Oh, that's obviously a "....." e.g. D-50 or DX7 or Mini Moog or Oberheim...etc.
OVERALL OPINION
The Novation A-Station was my first "real" synth (bought in April of 2002). I've since bought and sold too much gear to list but when all is said and done, the A-station is still one of my my favorite VAs.
Originally posted on FutureProducers.com
Posted by: Unknown ( 3-, 2004)
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- Manufacturer: Novation
- Model: A-Station
- Category: Analog Modeling Synth Racks/Sound Modules
- Added in our database on: 04/16/2004
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