KVR Audio

Niowiad · Post by **Niowiad** » Fri May 04, 2018 9:47 pm

Pretty curious to see how the editor/VST turns out to be.

Scotty · Post by **Scotty** » Fri May 04, 2018 10:05 pm

Nice to hear those higher frequencies and they don't disappoint!

Peter - IK Multimedia wrote:

Peter - IK Multimedia · Fri May 04, 2018 10:54 pm

They also took a video of Erik Norlander explaining things, too. I wonder how many times he's walked through UNO Synth so far

bungle · Post by **bungle** » Sat May 05, 2018 12:47 am

OneOfManyPauls wrote:
bungle wrote:They are £243 on the IK website, which is £66 more than $199 Americans are paying, and that is even after paying all the taxes.
It takes all of a google search to show UK music retailers (GAK/G4M) are taking pre-orders at £210.

This thing is neither cheap or has "A wide range of sounds for the price"
Just saying it don't make it so. If you can't get a wide range of sounds out of something with this spec, then there's something wrong.

Maybe you'll be the one to actually list synths that are comparable in terms of spec and price to show how this isn't "a wide range of sounds for the price".

Monologue, cheaper, wider range of sounds, better build quality.

I see " They" are getting people banned at the Audiobus forum now too hahaha, absolutely hilarious way to act (Which i am sure will be denied haha)

By the way 'Spec' does not equal wide range of sounds, if you can't comprehend that, there is something wrong.

Hink · Post by **Hink** » Sat May 05, 2018 3:18 am

bungle wrote:
OneOfManyPauls wrote:
bungle wrote:They are £243 on the IK website, which is £66 more than $199 Americans are paying, and that is even after paying all the taxes.
It takes all of a google search to show UK music retailers (GAK/G4M) are taking pre-orders at £210.

This thing is neither cheap or has "A wide range of sounds for the price"
Just saying it don't make it so. If you can't get a wide range of sounds out of something with this spec, then there's something wrong.

Maybe you'll be the one to actually list synths that are comparable in terms of spec and price to show how this isn't "a wide range of sounds for the price".
Monologue, cheaper, wider range of sounds, better build quality.

I see " They" are getting people banned at the Audiobus forum now too hahaha, absolutely hilarious way to act (Which i am sure will be denied haha)

By the way 'Spec' does not equal wide range of sounds, if you can't comprehend that, there is something wrong.

they wont do anything but I will ask you to stay on topic and to not bring your drama from another forum here again

DJ Warmonger · Post by **DJ Warmonger** » Sat May 05, 2018 6:14 am

Impressive engineering effort to get the cheapest synth possible.

But no, switchable functions instead of knobs are not interesting to me - the same as in Blofeld. No matter what it does and what it sounds like, it defeats the purpose of hands-on hardware synth

OneOfManyPauls · Post by **OneOfManyPauls** » Sat May 05, 2018 7:40 am

bungle wrote:
OneOfManyPauls wrote:
bungle wrote:They are £243 on the IK website, which is £66 more than $199 Americans are paying, and that is even after paying all the taxes.
It takes all of a google search to show UK music retailers (GAK/G4M) are taking pre-orders at £210.

This thing is neither cheap or has "A wide range of sounds for the price"
Just saying it don't make it so. If you can't get a wide range of sounds out of something with this spec, then there's something wrong.

Maybe you'll be the one to actually list synths that are comparable in terms of spec and price to show how this isn't "a wide range of sounds for the price".
Monologue, cheaper, wider range of sounds, better build quality.

Monologue shows for me at $299 vs $199 for UNO at sweetwater - smaller difference in the UK at £260 vs £210. I like the monologue, so if they become comparable on price then it becomes a choice thing for what spec is more of a boat floater. You've hardly blown apart "wide range of sounds at the price" with that though.

By the way 'Spec' does not equal wide range of sounds, if you can't comprehend that, there is something wrong.

That is one of the weirdest things I've read in a thread full of weird things, but I really like repeating the spec of the UNO - and hearing people say it doesn't have a wide range of sounds after doing so amuses me no end, so here goes again:

2 x continuously variable VCOs both with saw/tri/pulse + separate white noise + LP/BP/HP 2 pole resonant filter with drive + 2 x full ADSR (filt env routable to waveshape/pwm according to Erik) + 7 shape multi-target LFO (inc down ramp and S&H - independently routable to each VCO shape according to Erik) + 10 pattern Arp + 16 step x 20 parameter sequencer + delay

That's a lot of classic synthesis parameters in a $199 box - and a lot of classic stuff that the more expensive monologue can't do.

OneOfManyPauls · Post by **OneOfManyPauls** » Sat May 05, 2018 7:42 am

DJ Warmonger wrote:Impressive engineering effort to get the cheapest synth possible.

But no, switchable functions instead of knobs are not interesting to me - the same as in Blofeld. No matter what it does and what it sounds like, it defeats the purpose of hands-on hardware synth

I expect a lot of buyers will use this as a cheap studio sound module in the same vein as the DSI mopho/tetra - using the editor as the main sound sculpting tool and the front panel for convenient edits.

SLiC · Post by **SLiC** » Sat May 05, 2018 9:43 am

This is my favourite UNO video so far

OneOfManyPauls · Post by **OneOfManyPauls** » Sat May 05, 2018 10:07 am

SLiC wrote:This is my favourite UNO video so far

Agree - that came across as a calmer and more coherent run through of the features, without all the (understandable) "does it do this" interruptions.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Sat May 05, 2018 11:04 am

bungle wrote: Monologue, cheaper, wider range of sounds, better build quality.

So, it's not even out yet, but you're judging the range of sounds, and the build quality. Well, that makes sense. Did you spent an hour playing with it in a backroom at the Superbooth?

SLiC · Post by **SLiC** » Sat May 05, 2018 11:21 am

chk071 wrote:
bungle wrote: Monologue, cheaper, wider range of sounds, better build quality.
So, it's not even out yet, but you're judging the range of sounds, and the build quality. Well, that makes sense. Did you spent an hour playing with it in a backroom at the Superbooth?

Since when did you need to actually hear, see or handle anything to have an opinion on it

Monologue, cheaper- Just Wrong, the retail price is lower than the Monologue dealer discounted price, the UNO will no doubt be discounted when its in stores...just like every synth! Currently the best proce I have seen for the Monologue is £260, the IK launce price before any dealer discounts (IK pre-order) is £210 inc VAT...I bet in the big stores it comes out at £199 GBP...20-30% cheaper than the Monlogue if price is your driver for purchase.

wider range of sounds, Probably Wrong (based on the spec) Having owned a Monologue and listing to the demos I would speculated based on 'listening' (and owning a Monologue) that the UNO has a wider range of sounds mainly due to more modulation possibilities (four times more P locks per step in the UNO!)

Better build quality....See above- you cant possibly know this you are just speculation- I owned a Monologue, the build quality was 'fair for the price' but still toy like, definitely not road worthy, and more importantly to me, not pocket sized for playing with on planes/garden etc...For me it either has to be pocket sized (OP-1 etc) or full sized, mid sized mini-key just doesnt do it for me, its neither one thing or another!

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Sat May 05, 2018 11:37 am

SLiC wrote:
chk071 wrote:
bungle wrote: Monologue, cheaper, wider range of sounds, better build quality.
So, it's not even out yet, but you're judging the range of sounds, and the build quality. Well, that makes sense. Did you spent an hour playing with it in a backroom at the Superbooth?
Since when did you need to actually hear, see or handle anything to have an opinion on it

Good point.

OneOfManyPauls · Post by **OneOfManyPauls** » Sat May 05, 2018 1:00 pm

Scotty wrote:What does the metronome sound like?

in that vid Erik also said it has a background auto-tune, but "let it go out of tune enough that it sounds like an analog synth, but no so out of tune that it sounds wrong." (12:45)

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