Arturia Origin

[Gert van Santen]

Op 8-9-2010 22:49, Andrew Tarpinian schreef:
> On Sep 6, 2010, at 11:07 AM, Jay Vaughan wrote:
>
>>>
>>> Yea def, maybe I will even make a video.
>>>
>>
>> I'm really interested in what you'll get up to with this thing
>> .. its one of my favourite synths of the decade. A friend of
>> mine has one here in Vienna, I really like it.
>
> Yea so this thing sounds pretty bad ass.
>
> Switched it on but midi was not working for some reason, after
> trying a bunch of things, switched it on and off and it was back.
> Note: it's running the original software release so I need to
> update, they have apparently squashed a good amount of bugs, and
> added some features in the current release.
>
> Went through some of the presets, there were a few that were ok
> sounding but in general pretty bla and uninspiring.
>
> As soon as I dove into programing from scratch it really started
> to sing. I have watched just about every video online of this guy
> and I have not really gone into the manual, just a quick skim of
> the pdf the other day. I have to say it's pretty damn easy to
> program. I am by no means an expert synth programer, especially
> modular, but I know my way around a synth. I had no problem
> creating some basic patches from scratch. First a nice one with 3
> CS-80 oscillators 1 CS-80 filter, amp env and filter env. It
> sounded huge and screamed Vangelis as soon as you hit some chords
> :) Then one with 3 detuned Saw Jupiter osc's, CS-80 filter, amp
> env and LFO for filter mod = Pretty damn fat. I have only made
> fairly basic patches (as far as routing goes) so far but they
> sound really great, which says a lot for the sound I think. You
> don't have to program the shit out of it to get sounds that sound
> nice, analog and fat.
>
> The interface works. It's actually pretty quick to get around on
> the screen and there is just enough external control for the most
> used parameters for it to make sense. Some of it takes some
> getting used to but I found it pretty damn fun to program so far,
> and fun is a good word. Also I saw that Axel Hartmann was part of
> the design team, and I thought, ah that makes sense.
>
> Anyway I have barely scratched the surface of this thing but just
> wanted to put up my thoughts. I am hoping the hardware holds up
> as I read they had some trouble with the first batch of units,
> and I am not sure which batch mine is from yet. If there are
> problems they happen quickly so fingers crossed for the next few day.

You got one - cool!

I would be interested in hearing one or two of the best patches 
you come up with :-)

Have fun!
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