KVR Audio

Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Sun Jul 30, 2023 2:03 am

iowastate89 wrote: Sat Jul 29, 2023 9:25 pm Yeah, have had it for 2 days. Haven't had time for an extended deep dive but really like it so far, built very solidly and the flow just works for me. Very cool in Bitwig to see the stuff I automated control the knobs automatically on playback (gimmicky or not, it's a helpful feedback loop). Haven't tried MPE yet but that's next on my list

Excellent. If it still has the same discrete ladder filter as the prototype, it's a winner. That filter is likely the reason I preferred its wavetable sounds over the 3rd Wave.

zerocrossing · Post by **zerocrossing** » Thu Aug 03, 2023 4:38 am

iowastate89 wrote: Sat Jul 29, 2023 9:25 pm
Uncle E wrote: Fri Jul 28, 2023 11:21 pm Did you get it? The year it was announced at NAMM, I thought it was the best sounding synth of the show.
Yeah, have had it for 2 days. Haven't had time for an extended deep dive but really like it so far, built very solidly and the flow just works for me. Very cool in Bitwig to see the stuff I automated control the knobs automatically on playback (gimmicky or not, it's a helpful feedback loop). Haven't tried MPE yet but that's next on my list

Same! I tried to get MPE going but I didn’t realize it’s in the layers menu, for some reason. It was supposed to come on Thursday but FedEx wasn’t really feeling it. Long story short, I finally got it up and running but today was the first day I could dig into it.

This thing is one big sweet spot, even when it’s being on the hard side. Mostly very intuitive to use, though the oscillator shape control is a bit weird, but once you get used to it, it’s fine. It’s also a bit easy to forget you’re in the mod matrix and start turning knobs and go to a place I wasn’t aiming for, but that’ll come with practice. Overall, it just sound gorgeous.

Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Thu Aug 03, 2023 4:59 am

Sounds like one big happy accident machine.

zerocrossing · Post by **zerocrossing** » Thu Aug 03, 2023 1:12 pm

Uncle E wrote: Thu Aug 03, 2023 4:59 am Sounds like one big happy accident machine.

I think once I get in the habit of toggling that “Mod” button, those accidents will subside.

It’s actually a very straight forward synth. Not a sound design playground like a Prophet 12 or REV2. I knew that going in, though. I’ve got those, plus plenty of software, so I see this as a “bread and butter+” instrument. Simple enough to get great results very quickly, but not something you have to search for a sweet spot for an hour.

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