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Monday, March 09, 2009

Korg Delta

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"Korg's Delta is an analog semi-poly string machine. The synth is split into two sections, Strings and Synth, for which there are separate audio outputs along with a combined output for headphones or mixing. Each section has it's own controls. The String section has two pitch sliders (16' and 8') along with two tone controls (Bass and Treble) and variable Attack and Release controls to modify the sound. The Synth section has four pitch sliders (16', 8', 4' and 2'). There is also a white noise generator along with a very effective 24db/oct low pass filter (high pass and band pass options are included too) and full ADSR controls. The synth has no memory storage or MIDI, however it does has voltage control & gate ins and outs."






ROLAND SH-101

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Roland Juno-G

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Yamaha MO6

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CASIO FZ 10m

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"CASIO 8 voice digital sampling synthesizer with 1 Mb onboard memory expandable to 2 Mb... This machine is not only sampler but also powerful synthesizer which could use either samples, additive synthesis (48 harmonics) or direct wave drawing (or redrawing samples or preset waves (SAW-TOOTH,SQUARE,PULSE,DOUBLE SIN,SAW-PULSE,RANDOM)). These raw waves go to the standard subtractive synthesizer circuits as a DCF (with resonance which sometimes sounds like a distortion), DCA and LFO (SIN,SAW UP,SAW DOWN,TRIANGLE,SQUARE,RANDOM). Casio has quite large graphic backlit LCD (96 x 64 dots) which is ideal for wave drawing, making loops, for 8-segment envelopes. It does have it's on unique sound featuring gritty digital resonant filters mostly appropriate for industrial stuff."



MAM FB383 Freebase 303 Clone

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Kawai K3

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"Basics: 6-voices. Although it's structured like a conventional subractive analog synth, instead of dual VCOs with a choice of waveforms the sounds are based on 31 discrete digital waveforms. These are then routed through standard VCF and VCA. The keyboard is semi-weighted (still fairly light) and is velocity and aftertouch sensitive. MIDI in, out & thru. 50 built-in patches (all user-modifiable). Oh, and it's built like a tank (read: lots of metal parts & very heavy)...

Despite having a variation of digital-access control, it is still very easy to program. Each parameter has a button - go into edit mode, press the button for the desired parameter, and turn the increment dial. The values change in real time and you can immediately hear the effect. I don't miss having a mod wheel at all - I find the aftertouch so much more intuitive for controlling modulation effects. In addition to the LFO, you can route aftertouch to the filter and VCA as well (great for swells on string patches). There is portamento, and a mono mode which stack all six voices. The MIDI implementation is good. There's also a built-in chorus with seven different variations, including a very cool stereo panning effect. As far as the sounds go, some of the presets are quite good, and with the ease programmability you can whip up a nice set of teeth-setting basses, cutting lead lines, and syrupy strings in short order. And if you get tired of the built-in waveforms, you can also build your own from scratch."