Product Reviews by KVR Members

Primer in its current form is quite a surprisingly nice little synth. It surely wasn't meant to compete among synths, considering the strongly limited modulation options, but with a little loving care and the right motivation it can deliver unexpected sound gems.

Indeed it makes a decent "first synth" for beginners. It introduces a variety of subtractive synthesis features in a sort of rudimentary form. At the same time this could be a little misleading or confusing more than it should. But it's that exact weirdness that adds a unique charm to it, too.

I confidently recommend to play with it a bit more, because of the unique charm you may encounter and wouldn't want to miss. Who ever would combine sync, ring and FM?

Beside its wildness, it can serve up some clean and full sounding bread'n'butter synth sounds, too.

I'm having to give Modelonia a 10, because of what it can do and what it makes one do. Physical modeling is a sensitive technology and Modelonia is quite daring with what sound modification options it offers to the sound designer. Luckily it appears to have a built-in limiter, so at least your ears and gear won't shatter, giving you the chance to explore sounds of an absolutely unique nature. It produces virtually living sounds that I've never quite heard before, but that can be played so naturally and end up sounding so rich that I just have to consider it a must-have for truly musical musicians, but also the wilder kind.

Though you can create beautiful hammered instruments of the stringed variety and beyond, my favorite power of it lies within lead instruments of the blown kind. Again, I've never quite heard anything like it, but immediately fell in love with it. If you want to break out of any mold, this is a gem to do so.