Aren't keyboards the same between the two? Even if the keybed is the same, the DX7II is a better "keyboard" as it outputs a higher range of velocities, and has better MIDI features. The DX7II keyboard is probably my favourite synth-action keyboard ever, and while it's also supposedly the same keybe...

DX7IID for the keyboard, better output quality, layering and stereo facilities, better MIDI, and for not being brown.

Nice interview! And nice shout out to Dan... Love me some 'frap! He's such a nice chap, Wil, but please tell him that a digital sound isn't 'steppey', it's just displayed like that because of the underlying sample storage - those steps are *not* any part of the sound, which is every bit as analog as...

I was never a fan of the Jupiter 6 - I don't like it's sound character, or the way it looks, or the controls, it's always been a bit "meh" for me. *Some* of that is the "it's not an 8" thing, as I *do* love the JP8, but then I also really like other Roland synths like the JX8P/JX10... I certainly do...

As I had some plugins to hand, I pulled up Zebra and started to knock up something. It was going ok until I remembered you can't use MSEG's in Zebra for the amp envelope, and as the envelopes have a certain multistage-type requirement, I abandoned it. So I pulled up the Wavestation instead, and was ...

It's great to be able to play with the patch on the D50 (plugin) and solo out the various elements to hear them properly etc. The Soundtrack patch uses 2 tones, each with two partials. They are all very similar to each other, and are therefore based on the same core partial settings - you can flip b...

And now the D-50 is available too.

Now the Roland D-50 plugin is here, and I can really investigate the various sources independently, it's time to dust off this little project again...

Yep, I do this!


BTW I don't think the autosampler in Mainstage can do patch changing on the fly, that's a feature of the full version of AutoSampler (or Keymap Pro).

Tiny knobs, but at least it's tastefully designed and not a horrible toy-like laser red or green lightshow... It does look a nice analog package though, and if it sounds a little less Minimoog and a little more SE in character, that's a good thing imo... I just wish they'd not stick to the MIni's AD...

iammunro94 wrote:Downloaded it but why it is not working over my mac?

That's not really much information to go on to be able to help.

If there's weird things going on, it's probably time to send it in for a service - could be any number of issues (I've been watching a few SynthChaser vis on YouTube lately, he's overhauled a few OB's. There are some notorious failure points on the OB's...

vixen wrote:Why wouldn't they sound good on PC speakers?

Because these things are a looong way from proper studio monitors, but if you're fine with them, that's fine.

madtheory wrote:Or it's OCD

Or just an attention-to-details presentation aesthetic...

Why do people always line up the centre of the mod and pitch wheels? Do they actually like constant vibrato on every patch? The wheel isn't necessarily routed to lfo depth. A lot of filmic types use them for volume/expression, for instance. But looking a the state of that keyboard, where the mod is...