From Giles Ward Sent Thu, May 16th 2019, 11:39
From Giles Ward Sent Thu, May 16th 2019, 11:39
I sold my two Pulses (the old and the new). The Boog spanks them and I expect the Behringer Pro-1 will too. The Pulses sounded alright when kept quite filtered but the oscillators are digi harsh when they're exposed. Most of the presets didn't even attempt to hide that so eventually it made me wonder about the ears and tastes of the people who designed it. I got used to the editing but compared to a knob per function synth it's not really fun or intuitive. You have to concentrate. Overall I'd say they're still worth it if you already have plenty of decent monos and want something different with full MIDI, but the stuff coming out now has really upped the sonic stakes in that price range. On 16/05/2019 06:34, Mike Perkowitz wrote: > > Any Pulse fans want to say why you think it compares well to the many > monosynth options we have available today? I was tempted by it, but it's > hard to justify alongside my other 8 or so analog monos :) > > > On Wed, May 15, 2019 at 10:53 AM Royce Lee <xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx > <mailto:xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx>> wrote: > > Great to see a Waldorf Pulse circulating. > There was a time of legend in the distant past when the Pulse was > one of the lone analogue monosynths on the market, and usually sold > at a fairly reasonable price. > I got a lot of use out of it. One of the things I also found > interesting about the thing is that it doesn't look like a musical > instruments. It looks a bit more like a piece of medical equipment. > All part of the charm. > I also remember it was one of the few synths at the time that was > able to cope with rapid midi controller changes. For example, if you > send it sawtooth or square wave shaped midi modulation for volume or > filter cutoff, you get a nice, percussive sound. Most synths in > the 90s would tend to respond to such high frequency changes with > glitch or syrupy responses. So, I found that while I had difficulty > making some classic monosynth sounds out of it, one could generate > polyphonic patches that could be "played" unconventionally by > sequencing a slew of controller messages. Back then I was using > Cubase, which helped with its natural tendency to quantize midi > control changes (creating blocky modulation shapes). Time consuming > certainly but usually worth it. > > > > > > > > On Wed, May 15, 2019 at 12:13 PM Mike Perkowitz <xxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx > <mailto:xxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>> wrote: > > > Hello! I'm selling a bunch of stuff for a friend. Before we put > them up for consignment, I figured I'd see if anyone here wants > them. Willing to ship just about anything but the 808 and 909 > (due to the value and delicacy; though if you're really > interested let me know). Currently, the drum machines mostly > need a good cleaning (scratchy pots) and the rest is working > fine. Cosmetically, they're all pretty good. All prices in USD, > not including shipping. I'm listing the planned consignment > prices, so there's some room for offers, since they'll take a > commission. > > 808: $3500 > 909: $3200 > 707: $450 > 727: $450 > DX-100: $300 > PG-300: $300 > Pulse: $400 (not a pulse+, not a 2) > NS10ms: $500 > Filter Factory: $200 > Warp Factory: $200 > Mo-fx: $175 > > mike >