pHATmatik Pro

There's not much I could add to Scot Solidas' review with my limited vocabulary. To me, a dream came true!
the UI is stylish and it's really easy to use, very intuitive, no need for the (good) manual (it even has a chapter about slicing backgrounds for complete newbies...). However, I'm very demanding concerning UI's and I think, PPros' UI could be improved (as all UI's could). The sound mainly is dependant on the material you throw at PPro, as it is no Synthesizer, but more or less a specialized sampler. The FX offerings are quite good, I like the filter/reso sound very much. The amp/filter/pitch etc. envelopes are very short, which is good but they could be of higher resolution. pitch shifting sounds good, too. I personally don't like the distortion (too harsh). pPro is feature packed pHATly. drag n'drop of MIDI _and_ audio (slices) and so much more speed up workflow immensely. However, there's always something I could imagine in addition, but that's a problem of me, personally...good to know, that Mr.Bitshift himself is so open minded, and to me, deservers the title "Mr. Customer Support" for 2002...The manual is more than enough, you won't need it anymore, once you got to know the tricky things, key modifiers and such. Presets doesn't make sense, because, as Scot said, every sample is a preset. And as there are endless samples, it deservers a full 10... Value for money? That depends mainly on what you do, but if you are somehow involved in music creation, this is a real bargain!

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