faetal on 29/8/2021 at 17:11
Same. I LOVE the sound of them both, but the GM looks more immediate and constrained, which I think is good unless you have bundles of free time.
I probably can't justify getting one, but I want one.
This video in particular shows just how effortlessly NICE the GM sounds vs the Sub 37:
[video=youtube_share;DUO63nzyMaI]https://youtu.be/DUO63nzyMaI[/video]
Jason Moyer on 29/8/2021 at 22:30
Grandmother is great. Really that entire line of Moog stuff is great. Wish they'd put the Spectravox from Moogfest a few years ago into production.
demagogue on 10/9/2021 at 04:30
Oh man... When Hydrasynth first came out, I loved a lot about it. But two things I really wanted was a few more octaves & bitimberality. (I wasn't the only one saying that, either.) And I didn't think of getting it because I half expected (or hoped at least) they'd follow up with a version with those things. Well they've (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieU4yEWHyKI) done it now.
I bet the thing weighs as much as a tank now, but this is the Hydrasynth close to its final form. One could still not like what it is, but it's hard to criticize it for not doing everything it can to be the best form for what it is. It also makes the Hydrasynth vs. Summit debate that much harder.
faetal on 10/9/2021 at 08:22
I may actually consider the smaller one. Was considering the module, but couldn't quite justify it, but as a PolyAT controller, now that Ableton 11 has MPE support and the Prophet 6 supports PolyAT, it would have considerable value as an expressive controller. And $600 (or whatever that will translate to in €) is a tempting price point.
faetal on 10/9/2021 at 08:28
Made another (
https://www.dropbox.com/s/hq7oyvv0h2jalth/20210910-Filth.mp3?dl=0) 20 minute long bit of modular navel-gazing.
Wanted to do something a bit more tempo-sync'd to increase the number of segments I'd have which could be used in tracks, hence a simple drum pattern.
Has way fewer sweet spots than the previous ones I posted (mostly an atonal mess, hence it's in here and not the music creation thread), but there are some gold nuggets in the more rhythmic parts where things kind of fall together.
Similar signal path to the previous one, except using Arturia Minibrute 2S as a sound source, through either a Behringer Moog ladder filter clone or Noise Engineering Viol Ruina into Mutable Instrument Beads (reverb, delay effects, plus pitch grains / rhythmic stuff).
Definitely getting really into modular as a source of synth textures which do similar stuff to psychedelic guitar.
demagogue on 10/9/2021 at 10:16
In some interview Glen Darcey explained the weight was necessary to provide the structural support their brand of poly aftertouch apparently required. But it's one of its most praised features. Whereas watching Summit videos, people pick it up and swing it around like it was nothing. But then the aftertouch is channel & universally panned. That tradeoff is something of a matter of taste maybe.
Watched some videos of that little Explorer now. It looks fun as hell to play with. Also: runs on a battery!
faetal on 10/9/2021 at 10:17
I was wondering if maybe the heft was whatever is going on under the keys.
I think the chassis is metal too no?
Jason Moyer on 11/9/2021 at 02:37
No idea where the weight comes from, it definitely feels heavier than you'd expect.
Meanwhile, I'm still waiting for SW to get the Take 5 in stock. Think that's going to be my last keyboard and going forward I'm going to focus on percussion and modular/experimental stuff. I still have an open pre-order for the Minikorg reissue but it's kind of expensive for what it is and kind of redundant vs what I already own.
The Explorer looks awesome. That's definitely the one I would have gotten had it been released 2 years ago.