<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">Thanks for sharing, Jay.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">Currently, I feel more and more like in 80's or 90's where we had lots of new synths and most of them were a desirable ones :)</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">Due to other priorities, I can't buy any new synth at the moment, but would be glad to build something from a kit.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">Would be nice if Korg releases their ts1 as areal kit (not a pcb + case) :)</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">Regarding the ribbon controller - I loved it in my JP8000 back then. It was indeed, very intuitive to use and giving more expression than standard benders.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">Marek</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">Venray, NL</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 2 Jun 2020 at 16:49, Jay Vaughan <<a href="mailto:ibisum@gmail.com">ibisum@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
Well, it rocked up at Sky Studio today, and Phil kept it wrapped until I arrived so we could OOBE together.<br>
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First impressions: its a very, very nice synthesiser. Beautiful and elegant, even. Perfect “first synth” UI, but hiding a lot of power.<br>
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Polyphonic after-pressure is a feature all synths should have, as is the case with the ribbon controller. I didn’t really realize it has MIDI/CV, so that was a treat (Neutron+Hydra scheduled for next jam session) .. the ribbon controller is very fun and right away becomes ’normal’ to reach-for. The knob layout passes the ‘fumble fingers’ test (can turn knobs without touching others).<br>
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It seems to me to be missing a patch bank selector - but I’m never happy unless there are dedicated patch keys anyway. <br>
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Factory presets are all very, very reminiscent of another ‘analog modelling synthesiser’ I’ve got in the room. All very paddy and some shockers, but not a lot of stable ‘keyboard player’ style patches, out of the box.. couldn’t find a good hammond or e-piano patch, at least not yet, but there are a lot of patches to go through. <br>
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A few minutes with an INIT patch, and I was able to make the sounds I wanted. The UI is pretty intuitive after a few minutes, and doesn’t get in the way, although you do have to pay attention to what’s selected. I guess the modes-knowledge will grow easier with use.<br>
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There’s both 3.5mm and phono headphone jacks, FFS. That’s smart.<br>
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OSC models and Mutators are a fascinating set of tools. Just tweaking them around, I could feel there was a lot of territory to be explored with the engine. <br>
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Arpeggiator is sweet, “RATCHET” mode, lol. Bit disappointed its not rendered in the UI, though.<br>
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For sure, a multi-timbral expander would be a nice thing to have - 8 hydra’s in a box, a la TX816, would be amazing.<br>
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Anyway - it feels so classy that I would love to see proper keyboardists play it, so I’ll be sure to turn up some Sky Studio sessions as they happen in the near future..<br>
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j.<br>
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