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I am very impressed! This is the only synth I've ever had much time on, so I can't compare it easily to other synths. From what I hear though, this is a very versatile synth; you can get all sorts of great basses, sweeps, and analog-style leads out of it. The sound is very warm... you can get a very sexy analog "purr" out of it
I heard complaining about the filter, and indeed it is a little weird, but apparently, this is an emulation of the MS-20's filter. The reason it doesn't sound like synth X is because it wasn't meant to!!!
There is so much about this synth that goes above and beyond what you'd expect from such a low priced box... the arpeggiator, the (very fly) mod sequencer, the virtual patch function and the 16 band vocoder, all of them are perfectly executed. (The vocoder alone would be worth the price)
The interface and controls are very intuitive. Pretty much every parameter you need to adjust has a knob, and the indicator lights make for quite the light show (especially when you're playing sequences). Very cool look.
My complaints: 1) No distortion-level control, it's either on or off, 2) Poor tempo synch, but apparently they fixed this with an OS update, 3) No reverb!!!!!
For the money this costs, (especially on Ebay :-) this is probably the most valuable synth you could own. And I wouln't know cuz I've never had another synth
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