Trend price : 200€
L.A synthesis: hybrid sampled PCM short waveforms and generated synthesis. One of the greatest all-time sales with Korg M1 and Yamaha DX7
Overview
(weight: 11 Kg) 61 velocity keys with aftertouch. Main panel features a 2 x 40 lines display, 54 buttons, a data entry slider and a data card slot.
Back panel terminal connectors:
- main
out
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headphones out
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Midi interface
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2 pedal expression inputs
- 2 pedalswitch inputs
Voice
16 digital voices, 16 bits, DAC at IC10. The minimal part is the PARTIAL composed by 2 UPPER tones + 2 LOWER tones then 4 combined tones make a PATCH. TONE has value for relation between both partials and each partial is like an oscillator with various synthesis chain elements: WG (voice) + TVF (filter) + TVA (amplitude)
Wavegenerator
128 kb ROM PCM wavetable and a digital waveforms generator:
- 47 Transient PCM acoustic
- 29 Transient PCM spectral loops
- 23 Transient PCM normal loops
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2 digitally generated sawtooth and square wave
Algorithms
WG combines partial synthesis elements with a digital ring modulator in 7 possible pathways or algorithms.
Filter
structure is based on the TVF time variant filter which is a digital 4-poles resonant lowpass filter
LFO
3 delayed digital modulators and 3 destinations:
- amplitude
- pulse waveform width
- filter cutoff
Envelope
- EG 1 amplitude : 5 segments + 5 times
- EG 2 filter : 5 segments + 5 times
All partials have their own EG for both amplitude + filter, for a total of 4 TVF EGs and 4 TVA EGs
Effect
32 reverbs + 7 choruses modulations
Memory
64 RAM internal patches
Audio demo:
Video Clip:
Review
OK: great sound / affordable
NOT : earlier OS / keyboard issues
"All-time digital machine with some analog character. Not easy to approach, but worth it! If buying one, check the keyboard contacts or get rackmount version."
Text , review, special demos copyright polynominal.com / Eric Pochesci