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Published on 10/08/11 at 16:31See above for features. Excellent keyboard, Yamaha requires expertise.
UTILIZATION
At first it is quite difficult, given the normal range of possibilities for this type of instrument / workstation. The real detailed manual is only available as PDF on CD ROM, which is a shame given the price but ultimately quite handy with the ability to search by words.
It seems that few people know, but the pattern xf a profound synthesis and editing, as long as they plunged into it seriously ... (Up to 8 oscillators per voice, all independently editable, 8 LFOs, arpeggios, lots of assignable parameters etc etc ... the list goes on). Envelopes deserve special mention, extremely detailed, you can configure almost everything is a dream, once you go through a learning phase.
SOUNDS
The sounds cover all acoustic instruments and trace the history of synthesis and are of very high quality. The quality of the converters is exceptional, the result XF sounds very detailed and rich.
Ditto for the effects: I love the effects of analog modeling, which gives the instrument a certain warmth that I have not found the Kronos ...
In multitimbral mode, there are inserts of 8 tracks maximum, only downside: all the 16 parties share a single reverb + chorus, which is sufficient in most cases, but it would be great to mix 16 parts in reason alone, by finding all the effects of patches ...
OVERALL OPINION
How long have you use it?
1 year.
Have you tried many other models before buying it?
I had the XS.
the instrument is quite expensive but worth it.
With experience, you do again this choice? ...
Undoubtedly, even after the arrival of Korg Kronos, let it be said!
UTILIZATION
At first it is quite difficult, given the normal range of possibilities for this type of instrument / workstation. The real detailed manual is only available as PDF on CD ROM, which is a shame given the price but ultimately quite handy with the ability to search by words.
It seems that few people know, but the pattern xf a profound synthesis and editing, as long as they plunged into it seriously ... (Up to 8 oscillators per voice, all independently editable, 8 LFOs, arpeggios, lots of assignable parameters etc etc ... the list goes on). Envelopes deserve special mention, extremely detailed, you can configure almost everything is a dream, once you go through a learning phase.
SOUNDS
The sounds cover all acoustic instruments and trace the history of synthesis and are of very high quality. The quality of the converters is exceptional, the result XF sounds very detailed and rich.
Ditto for the effects: I love the effects of analog modeling, which gives the instrument a certain warmth that I have not found the Kronos ...
In multitimbral mode, there are inserts of 8 tracks maximum, only downside: all the 16 parties share a single reverb + chorus, which is sufficient in most cases, but it would be great to mix 16 parts in reason alone, by finding all the effects of patches ...
OVERALL OPINION
How long have you use it?
1 year.
Have you tried many other models before buying it?
I had the XS.
the instrument is quite expensive but worth it.
With experience, you do again this choice? ...
Undoubtedly, even after the arrival of Korg Kronos, let it be said!