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BeyondTheVeil
Published on 07/12/08 at 06:49
Value For Money :
Excellent
Expander while lightweight, compact whole, not rack.
676 sounds + 21 drum kits compatible GM / XG.
Can be applied only three effects: reverb (11 diffrent), chorus (11 DIFFERENT) and "variations" [including: flanger, phaser, tremolo, delay, echo, etc..] (43 diffrent).
Note that we can select an effect given to all sounds. For example, one can not choose a flanger effect to the first channel and a delay effect for deuxime, which greatly limits the possibilities.
For sounds, we can not change that basic custom settings (such as time attack and relchement). The effects are not at all ditables, you can just choose which "degrquot, they can be applied.
No extension available.
MIDI IN / OUT, To Host, only a mini jack socket with respect to the audio output Stereo Lines Out / Phones. DC IN jack for AC adapter or battery-operation.
UTILIZATION
Trs configuration really simple.
There is no edition of donations and effects, making it even easier.
The manual is clear enough, you just have to fly over just to know which button to press in order to do this or that, and we just aisment APRS without it. All fawns, the DIFFERENT menus are shown on the mini-screen buttons and allows to visualize what we do.
SOUNDS
I mainly metal and symphonic sounds, trs varies though somewhat "cold", in part to the lack of effects that can be applied to them can match this style as both sides, even if it is to have ct prfrable other hardware.
Some sounds are trsralistes t enjoyable and I surprised to see your exact as a given in some records. Some sounds such as the bassoon and the horn are ralistes on most synths yet more upscale.
I did not test the aftertouch raction (a-y 'you it just one?), The same as the raction VLOC but seems mdiocre t was not a problem, I do not need it.
The sounds I prfre: lots of instrumental sounds (harp, bassoon, horn, brass in gnral are not bad, the music is nice bote ,...), and some leads, which although they are certainly not those good choices, however, synths prsentent INTERESTED. Other synthetic sound that does prsentent trs intrt little, and some instrumental sounds are pluttdcevants (I think including piano, recorder and flte shakuhachi).
OVERALL OPINION
I have used for just over a year, but not regularly. Before the expander, I had my first keyboard, a Yamaha PS-6100, and the sounds of the expander are much better than this keyboard.
What I like most: the large variety of stamps, some ralistes well, the fact that batteries can work (I've never used as such but can be useful), the mini keyboard Intgr (tiny buttons, but I'm dj used to play certain musical phrases that I could not do with my other synths in RPET ') .
What I like least: its appearance too "toy for 'tits begets," that sounds gnral lacking in "life", the piano sound (really dcevant ), the fact that there is a mini jack socket for audio output.
In the era I'd pay 90 hand and I thought that dj c'tait a good deal. Now we found for a few dollars less and still a big deal. Some will say that I overestimated a bit the MU15 and my notes are too leves, but this instrument offers excellent value qualitprix, and I'm glad t buy for beginners.
676 sounds + 21 drum kits compatible GM / XG.
Can be applied only three effects: reverb (11 diffrent), chorus (11 DIFFERENT) and "variations" [including: flanger, phaser, tremolo, delay, echo, etc..] (43 diffrent).
Note that we can select an effect given to all sounds. For example, one can not choose a flanger effect to the first channel and a delay effect for deuxime, which greatly limits the possibilities.
For sounds, we can not change that basic custom settings (such as time attack and relchement). The effects are not at all ditables, you can just choose which "degrquot, they can be applied.
No extension available.
MIDI IN / OUT, To Host, only a mini jack socket with respect to the audio output Stereo Lines Out / Phones. DC IN jack for AC adapter or battery-operation.
UTILIZATION
Trs configuration really simple.
There is no edition of donations and effects, making it even easier.
The manual is clear enough, you just have to fly over just to know which button to press in order to do this or that, and we just aisment APRS without it. All fawns, the DIFFERENT menus are shown on the mini-screen buttons and allows to visualize what we do.
SOUNDS
I mainly metal and symphonic sounds, trs varies though somewhat "cold", in part to the lack of effects that can be applied to them can match this style as both sides, even if it is to have ct prfrable other hardware.
Some sounds are trsralistes t enjoyable and I surprised to see your exact as a given in some records. Some sounds such as the bassoon and the horn are ralistes on most synths yet more upscale.
I did not test the aftertouch raction (a-y 'you it just one?), The same as the raction VLOC but seems mdiocre t was not a problem, I do not need it.
The sounds I prfre: lots of instrumental sounds (harp, bassoon, horn, brass in gnral are not bad, the music is nice bote ,...), and some leads, which although they are certainly not those good choices, however, synths prsentent INTERESTED. Other synthetic sound that does prsentent trs intrt little, and some instrumental sounds are pluttdcevants (I think including piano, recorder and flte shakuhachi).
OVERALL OPINION
I have used for just over a year, but not regularly. Before the expander, I had my first keyboard, a Yamaha PS-6100, and the sounds of the expander are much better than this keyboard.
What I like most: the large variety of stamps, some ralistes well, the fact that batteries can work (I've never used as such but can be useful), the mini keyboard Intgr (tiny buttons, but I'm dj used to play certain musical phrases that I could not do with my other synths in RPET ') .
What I like least: its appearance too "toy for 'tits begets," that sounds gnral lacking in "life", the piano sound (really dcevant ), the fact that there is a mini jack socket for audio output.
In the era I'd pay 90 hand and I thought that dj c'tait a good deal. Now we found for a few dollars less and still a big deal. Some will say that I overestimated a bit the MU15 and my notes are too leves, but this instrument offers excellent value qualitprix, and I'm glad t buy for beginners.