Axxess

Sounds really nice, but looks a bit shit. I dunno why GForce (that name makes me think of a video card - the 90s want their names back), make these delightful sounding synths and then dress them up in eye-wateringly bad GUIs. Then they make you wait 10 years for an update. Who designs your GUIs? The alien from ALF? Either the fonts are hard to read, or they're blurry or too big or too small. Goofy is the only way to describe them. ImpOscar 3 is another mess. I get that you're trying to clone 50 year old synths, but must you clone the badly used real estate too?

Hardware synths were big and bulky; designed around the electronics they housed. What electronics are inside a Minimonsta? We waited years for an update - and its still ugly. Oddity 3 has great pad sounds but makes me want to get an eye test. Did someone rub cooking grease on the fonts? Oddity 2 was a mess, but I could at least see what was on screen. Fix your GUIs, or have someone who knows what they're doing work on them. Or ask Softube to make 'em for you. Look at their Minimoog. Or even their SH101. Class. Frankly, I think this brand mostly coasted off the reviews in that silly Computer Music magazine (everything got 9s and 10s). Most of us serious folk have moved on. Who has time to stare at badly designed plugins just to get at some presets. PS, GForce, your original Minimonsta presets were designed around the Melohman concept, basically morphing presets. So why did you leave those presets in, but now there's only one variation? Some might think I am nitpicking, but as one of their earliest adopters, I think I've earned the right to kvetch a little. GUI design is now leaps and bounds ahead of what GForce is doing. Now that FM synth, that's more like it.

This synth is the shit. Really, really punchy & clear. The presets are excellent. The interface is large and clear. I can't believe I got this for free (from Computer Music Mag). Well recommended.