it's a pain in the ass, as was the pitch drift over time.īut it was so cool, simple to go nuts with, even had an analog sequencer. that's what analog used to be, yea the stuff everyone clamors on about being so great. just one volume, the keyboard only triggered the tone and that was it. I grew up owning a moog 'the source' analog synth with memory settable controls (it was quite amazing). anyone saying it's not thick doesn't know how to get tone from an analog synth. But don't pay too much for one in this day and age as the market is flooded with them ever since the Killers played for the teeny-boppers on 'The OC' In terms of sound, I don't think its as good as the latest generation of softs like the XILS pair, DCAM or UHE's Ace etc, and it's probably best for harsh rave/trance lead lines (the Prodigy love theirs in the studio and play 2 live) as opposed to analog sounding stuff. It's hard to sync the arpeggiator accurately as well in my opinion which makes things a bit harder too.

That said it doesn't get a lot of use in a studio environment with me other than as a 2nd midi keyboard if replicating a b3 on the vb3 plug. There is a new max for live patch that somebody has made with all the CCs mapped out quite well and automatable in ableton live, if your using that. It is harder to make a patch from start to finish with the matrix editor, but editing & tweaking is really great. You just need to remember what save is, unlock, etc.

& the matrix editor is actually pretty nifty, too many people are really critical of it, but its much better than the weird software editor/preset manager from Korg. Put one beside the bass player who cant play piano, select a patch with a latching arp & watch him/her transform. Their hard to beat for a simple synth on stage with a band, or any live setting.

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