From Bakis Sirros Sent Wed, Nov 28th 2018, 18:29
From Bakis Sirros Sent Wed, Nov 28th 2018, 18:29
most used analogue 'synth's in the last 30 days: eurorack modular Serge modular Buchla modular Analogue Systems RS-Integrator modular Oberheim(Buchla) OB-Mx Στις 28/11/2018 8:23 μ.μ., ο Jason Proctor έγραψε: > i traded my OB-6 out for a Prophet-12 and had something of a synth > epiphany. whoever designed the P-12 had the right idea -- it's very > accessible, not too deep, and has some surprising areas to its palette > (like wavetables and 4-op DX-style FM). > > it's the little things, like a dedicated knob for velocity sensitivity > in each envelope section. like being able to slew the LFOs. like > making the FX architecture easy but flexible. like having the audio > oscillators as modulation sources. like having shortcuts for setting > mod sources and destinations. like having the ribbons not just > latchable but also pressure sensitive. like having a good solution for > the perennial patch vs multi issue. > > almost the biggest plus is the character section which is > post-oscillator and pre-filter. so if you have the oscillator tone > you're looking for but it needs to be a bit grimy or scratchy, you can > dial it in (and with knobs called Decimation and Hack, even!). a very > fine degree of sonic sculpting is available here, and that's without > considering the tuned feedback loop or the (analogue) distortion. > > on day one i duplicated a big VS string sound just to see if it could > -- it can. on day two i nailed a church organ that previously took a > sample to get right. and i could get a little more high-end > penetration out of the organ just by fiddling with the Air knob. > > the filter is not as sweet sounding as the VS, and of course it > doesn't have the VS's rough edges (which you're stuck with), but > otherwise the P-12 is effectively a modern and much more accessible VS > (and yes, using the extensive modulation facilities, you CAN do vector > synthesis on the 12). > > oh and another thing - my dislike for too much choice is well > documented, so the microcosm nature of the P-12 suits me very well. > regular analogue waveshapes plus 12 digital waves which can be > wavetabled with two others. i bet with all the other mangling > available, those 12 can get anything the 99 VS factory waves can do. > (ok, i really want an EEEE to go with the OHHHH and AHHHH, i'll just > have to do that with the resonant LPF -> resonant HPF chain...) > > > > On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 8:14 AM Dave <xxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx> wrote: >> >> >> On November 27, 2018 7:18:54 PM PST, Quincas Moreira <xxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx> wrote: >>> I assembled a 6U eurorack for live use, which is next to my computer >>> station and getting much more use than the expanded studio rack behind >>> me. >>> I used it to play with Billy Martin at his workshop in Mexico City last >>> week, >> An illy B name drop on AH?!! ;-) >> >> Any public video available? >> >> -Dave --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com