Hey, I thought it would be fun to take some time and talk about what we all use to make music/sounds/whatever it is we do with it.

  • lavender dreams@waveform.social
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    1 year ago

    I got mine in mid April and my feelings on it are very mixed. It sounds really good, but it can be kind of a pain to use. Most of the menus make sense, but putting the mixer behind a shift function is baffling, and pretty much kills it for live use for me. I really hate the save structure as well.

    I really only use a couple of the oscillator models, so a lot of its potential is wasted on me - I mostly use 3d, 4d, Juno and 101 models, I don’t really care for the others. Like you said modulation options are really lacking, and even though I like some of the sounds I had a really hard time fitting them into something that sounds like me rather than like Roland.

    I got it primarily for the 101 and Juno models, and those turned out to be either just an overlay for the interface rather than actual emulations, or a really mediocre emulation. I picked up the S-1, which is amazing, and now I am thinking about selling the 4d. I just don’t know if I can justify the space it takes and I think I would rather put that money somewhere else.

    • Shadowbait@waveform.social
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      1 year ago

      Yeah, the UI definitely has some odd and frustrating design choices. The main thing tempting me to keep it is the portability, but I can’t really do more than sketch out short ideas on the go. I’ve got a bajillion of those lying around already and really need to focus more on finishing stuff.