jprintz « Damn good! »
Published on 02/10/13 at 02:14Powerful and with a generous memory.
UTILIZATION
It's very easy because the synthesis is not revolutionary. Standard ROMpler with the basics: AWM waveform, resonant filters, filter-amp envelope generators, pitch, and effects.
Simple but effective. The sequencer is very powerful and easy to use.
SOUNDS
Very good sound. Guitars are remarkable, the pads are nice and evolving, thanks especially to the very subtle but at the same time powerful arpeggiators. All in all, it's a Yamaha: Precise, realistic enough and a bit "cold."
The keyboard... It's less noisy than the one on the DX7II. A bit soft for my taste, especially when you want to make a piano sound... But hey, it's fine for synthetic sounds or a groove box. The arpeggiators hit the nail on the head with everything that has to do with bass-drum rhythms.
OVERALL OPINION
I've had it shortly, but use it intensively every day. It's easy, fast, effective, and gives you lots of ideas. It's easy to program, I don't use the plug-in anymore! As a soundcard, it's a bit complicated: It sometimes disappears when I reboot under XP. However, it has very low latency with USB MIDI. As a consequence, it's very practical with FL9 and Reaper, which are my main DAWs. Good dynamics as well. I don't regret anything. I hope it serves me well for a long time, because I can't afford a Motif.
UTILIZATION
It's very easy because the synthesis is not revolutionary. Standard ROMpler with the basics: AWM waveform, resonant filters, filter-amp envelope generators, pitch, and effects.
Simple but effective. The sequencer is very powerful and easy to use.
SOUNDS
Very good sound. Guitars are remarkable, the pads are nice and evolving, thanks especially to the very subtle but at the same time powerful arpeggiators. All in all, it's a Yamaha: Precise, realistic enough and a bit "cold."
The keyboard... It's less noisy than the one on the DX7II. A bit soft for my taste, especially when you want to make a piano sound... But hey, it's fine for synthetic sounds or a groove box. The arpeggiators hit the nail on the head with everything that has to do with bass-drum rhythms.
OVERALL OPINION
I've had it shortly, but use it intensively every day. It's easy, fast, effective, and gives you lots of ideas. It's easy to program, I don't use the plug-in anymore! As a soundcard, it's a bit complicated: It sometimes disappears when I reboot under XP. However, it has very low latency with USB MIDI. As a consequence, it's very practical with FL9 and Reaper, which are my main DAWs. Good dynamics as well. I don't regret anything. I hope it serves me well for a long time, because I can't afford a Motif.