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mistertee mistertee
Published on 10/19/09 at 06:58
What type of keyboard? - The touch keyboard synth, really cheap, light (good-ten-feet) will have to.
- What connection? - Midi in / out / thru, 2 in 4 out.
- What controllers? - Three Mollettes pitch / mod all assignable.
- How many sounds? - 500 editable presets all.
- What is polyphony? - 8 voice polyphony ca just more than I have ten fingers.

UTILIZATION

- The general configuration is it simple? - A function knob, there's no easier to see everything we have is wonderful edite
I'm used to the old Bouzin ca change

- The manual is clear and sufficient? - In french so it is very clear although the vocoder is good but not explicit in any case he not use the vocoder is a gadget.

- Publishing of sound effects or is it easy? - Everything is covered hands,
it's all on, no menu and sub menu.

SOUNDS

- The sounds they are suitable to your style of music? - So the pallet is very large have a good low fat minimoog style, good juicy leads way arp odyssey, 8 sheets of Jupiter, the pads of OB8, sweep, fx ... all this with a surprising modulation matrix .
on the other hand have no way supersaw trance techno-man friends so you turn to the innovation or something that kind

- Are they realistic? see is not a synthesizer, it There's some good organ sound nice but nothing.

- The effects are they effective and responsive? Digital sound effects, at the same time it's a digital synth and then have not asked him everything but a small dose can give a little more sound.

- What are the sounds you prefer, you hate? - So it's interesting that it can emulate are to some extent of course the Oberheim, Roland, Moog, ARP so beware of it is far from vintage analog but it will do just fine trust me

- The expression is good? (Response to velocity, aftertouch to)? - Yes, despite the crappy keyboard.



OVERALL OPINION

- How long have you use it? - Few days

- Have you tried many other models before buying it? - Yes a lot of analog synths, digital hybrid ...

- What is so special that you like most and least? - A veritable Swiss army knife may have everything to do with this synth

- How would you rate the quality / price? - The instrument is well made except for the keyboard.

- With experience, you do again this choice? ... - Yes because it allows for all types of sounds at hand without making everything set up and all this in 9kg.