KVR Audio

Goseba · Post by **Goseba** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 3:50 pm

Just wondered if anyone has any experience of this?

Opax · Post by **Opax** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 7:11 pm

You've got Jean Michel Jarre's 'Oxygene Live in Your Living Room' as well, right?

liqih · Post by **liqih** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 7:14 pm

yes I have one, what you want to know? <grin>

Goseba · Post by **Goseba** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 8:29 pm

Just wondered how useful one might be, its not the sort of thing you can find in a shop to demo. How accurate is the pitch scaling (not sure if that is the right term), are the pitches equally spaced? I have read there are many different settings. Is it easy to play? Can it be set to a cc value instead of a midi note?

Cheers.

Goseba · Post by **Goseba** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 8:30 pm

Opax wrote:You've got Jean Michel Jarre's 'Oxygene Live in Your Living Room' as well, right?

Nope

liqih · Post by **liqih** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 8:47 pm

Goseba wrote:Just wondered how useful one might be, its not the sort of thing you can find in a shop to demo. How accurate is the pitch scaling (not sure if that is the right term), are the pitches equally spaced? I have read there are many different settings. Is it easy to play? Can it be set to a cc value instead of a midi note?

Cheers.

the pitch scaling is accurate and you can set it continuous or quantized,
you can define your quantization (semitones, tones, major scale etc..)

easy to play? Depends on what you want to do, it supports pressure but it's hard to have good dynamic range, basically you have
- no pressure
- soft pressure
- hard pressure, but you really have to push down so it's not quick

Goseba · Post by **Goseba** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 8:52 pm

Thanks Liqih.

I will have to sell some things if I decide to buy one, I just want to be certain I can make good use of it.

I only found 2 short clips on You Tube.

Goseba · Post by **Goseba** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 10:28 pm

Opax wrote:You've got Jean Michel Jarre's 'Oxygene Live in Your Living Room' as well, right?

While researching the R2M, I found Jarre's kit list so I see what you were referring to now.

amiga909 · Post by **amiga909** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 11:06 pm

there are some other ribbon controllers out there:
dooepfer is not the cheapest for sure (and personally I dont trust in the durability of doepfer products anymore)
good price, no case
- eowave: http://www.eowave.com/products.php?prod=22
- i-cubeX: http://infusionsystems.com/catalog/info ... ges_id=143

afaik the best ribbon controller:
Kurzweil XM1 Expression Mate MIDI Processor
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/may00/a ... rzweil.htm

Goseba · Post by **Goseba** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 9:13 am

amiga909 wrote:there are some other ribbon controllers out there:
dooepfer is not the cheapest for sure (and personally I dont trust in the durability of doepfer products anymore)
good price, no case
- eowave: http://www.eowave.com/products.php?prod=22
- i-cubeX: http://infusionsystems.com/catalog/info ... ges_id=143

afaik the best ribbon controller:
Kurzweil XM1 Expression Mate MIDI Processor
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/may00/a ... rzweil.htm

Thanks for those suggestions.

I have only had a brief look, but the first 2 don't look plug and play for a hardware synth unlike the Doepfer or Kurzweil.

Getting hold of the Kurzweil one might be a problem though (and was more expensive originally).

amiga909 · Post by **amiga909** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 3:48 pm

yeah, the kurzweil I suggested includes a midi processor unit.
sweetwater sells the Kurzweil PC2 (only ribbon controller) for 50$. but: the PC2 has an ethernet output port, here somebody did a mod.
http://www.modularsynthesis.com/cvs/cvs3.htm
for me this would clearly not be a option...

hmm..maybe there is besides doepfer a modular synth company which sells a ribbon controller module (as they used to in vintage modular days). albeit one would need an additional midi/cv interface...

Goseba · Post by **Goseba** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 7:50 pm

Anyone else with any comments on the R2M and ribbon controller?

Muff Wiggler · Post by **Muff Wiggler** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 8:28 pm

Eric Barbour of Metasonix commented recently that he successfully prototyped a 19" rackmount ribbon controller, that doesn't suffer from the supposed quantization issues of the doepfer ribbon, and will be cheaper and battery powered. Hope he brings it out.

Goseba · Post by **Goseba** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 8:31 pm

Muff Wiggler wrote:Eric Barbour of Metasonix commented recently that he successfully prototyped a 19" rackmount ribbon controller, that doesn't suffer from the supposed quantization issues of the doepfer ribbon, and will be cheaper and battery powered. Hope he brings it out.

Hi MW, long time no see on here.

I thought the latest Doepfer ribbon was supposed to be much improved on the old one.

Goseba · Post by **Goseba** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 12:45 pm

Well, I've bitten the bullit and just ordered one.

Doepfer R2M