I absolutly love this synth. It gives you everything you need in a synth to make some of the best bass sounds, hi-pitched chirps and everything in between. The real majesty of this synth is the low end. If you havent played this through a higher watt keyboad amp with sub, YOU NEED TO. Hook up a CV controler to the external input and this is a whole new beast.
Rating: 5 out of 5
posted Monday-Apr-14-08 at 17:02
peter
a hobbyist user
from germany
writes:
what i like on this mono-synth: - the analog but more mellow (than harsh) sound of the 12 db multimode filter - the rubbery sounding square wave mod - the 80 herz lfo (great for fx) - very easy to use
if you are also a bit bored of brashy roland sh-filters, or of a way to overpriced ms-10, try this one, it´s fun.
Rating: 4 out of 5
posted Tuesday-Dec-26-06 at 11:10
DreamSequence
a part-time user
from Corpus Callopsum
writes:
What a nice little synth! It can't do extreme fx sounds like my Octave CAT (now sold), nor is it fat like a minimoog, but it's very musical. The external input is indeed nice, but really it's better just to play it as it never fails to sound like an instrument as opposed to a pile of circuitry. Good thing it's monophonic as you will need one hand free to twist knobs. Reliable and compact. It does have a square wave, guy-who-posted-below-me and it's quite assertive, thank you. Sawtooth also who hangs back a bit behind the square wave and is better in a supporting role. If you're looking for "features" move right along, but it sounds good and the prices are reasonable, so if you want a musical instrument I say go for it.
Rating: 4 out of 5
posted Saturday-Sep-10-05 at 22:01
SYNTEX77
from Italy
writes:
Basic analog an fun synth, this little monosynth have a good multimode analog filter and audio input, one good solution for have a classic analog synth and safe money... you can process anythink width the filter, and audio trigger is usefoul and nice...
Rating: 4 out of 5
posted Tuesday-Jan-06-04 at 13:26
Daniel Jugle
a part-time user
from US of A
writes:
Best Basic mono I've played. My only beef is there is no square wave, but hell!!! I can use other things for that(monos arn't really good for that anyway).
Its very solid, but I don't know, mine is in prestine condition. So I could see there being some really bad apples in there(noisy, shitty keys).
So, I guess just make sure it is in good condition, its worth paying more. Just don't pay as much as I did. $450 on ebay, you win some and you lose some.
Rating: 5 out of 5
posted Thursday-May-29-03 at 15:20
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