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Synth: Analog Systems: Rs95e Oscillator.
What is so spectacular about this module? It tracks the best. I mean the best, even better than the cwejman vco-6 I have. This thing is rock solid and musical. The wave forms are pretty good as well....
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Synth: Livewire: AFG Oscillator.
Update: Today i get home from work, power my modular on. Let it warm up. Test the tracking calibration on the livewire. NOW ITS PERFECT LIKE THE RS95e. No after playing it for 15 minutes, i had to...
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Synths: Polivoks, Hexfix93′s Take.
This filter is mean. Aggressive and in your face. It is more like a roland acid sound, but it has this big huge fatness of a moog. So I see it as more of a hybrid. Except, it has it’s own tone that...
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Synths: Modular, AFG, VCO6, RS95e, Frequensteiner, Revolution.
Ok, I made a patch, sync, I’m sync out of the afg, into the vco6, the rs95e is on a pulse with pwm, and alien saws out of the afg, all into the frequensteiner, I have lfos going into an env, going into...
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Synth: AFG vs SH-2 vs Massive.
Sh2 pulse, saw, and sine with sub osc. Afg pulse, saw, and sine with sub osc. I used the rs 60 env, i plugged the afg into the polivoks, set the polivoks and the sh2 with the same env settings to the...
View ArticleSampler Wars. Software VS Hardware.
Shot out battery 3 and kontakt 3 With RME Fireface converters against my Roland s770. I loaded the goldbaby drum kits into the s770 and loaded them into battery and compared. The bass has more mid lows...
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Synth: Sampler: Roland S770, Hexfix93′s take.
WOW. After really messing about with it over the last couple of weeks, I have pure love in my heart for this beast. And yes, it is a beast. Sampling with it is the bomb. Easy to use, I have only 16mb,...
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Synth: Clavia Nord Lead 2 Rack, Hexfix93′s take.
Click here for VAC’s Nord Lead 2 Rack Demo mp3. Warning, the nord lead presets suck! they suck! So do not judge the synth by those. What can I say. I’m back to digital. Not to software, I still think...
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Synth Review: Korg Trinity Rack. TR-RACK.
Click Here to Listen to VAC’s Korg Tr-Rack Synth Demo. This is my secret weapon. It can step in and do most any job. Yeah, the sounds are compressed rompler stuff, but seriously, the filters in this...
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Midi Sequencer: Akai ASQ-10. Hexfix93′s take.
Wow, I finally got it. 2 days of using it, plugging all my gear into it. First impression: It sounds so musical(think old meat beat manifesto, DR DRE, Aphex Twin’s older stuff. I had the sensation of...
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Sequencers: Cubase 2.8 on Windows 98. Hexfix93′s take.
Now I have a hard choice to make. So I bought an atari STE, a Dell Pentium 2 laptop with windows 98, and an ASQ10. I used Cubase 2.8 on fun with knives and remember it being tight. I remember decypher...
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Sequencing: Atari ST Cubase 2.0 :)
The Atari STe is mono chrome in 640×480 max res, 8mhz, yes, 8mhz motorola 68000 processor, with 720k floppy drive and no hard drive, external mouse and monitor, a space hog. Doesn’t make noise though....
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Apple: Ipad 16gb wifi model, Hexfix93′s Review.
Why did I take the plunge and become an early adoptee on the iPad? I was so skeptical of most of it’s features when they announced it. Over time I kept my eyes on the matrix synth web blog and saw all...
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Renoise 2.51: Music Tracker Studio.
Before I get started check out Toxic Coma(VAC side project) all done on renoise tracker. Overview: What makes a tracker so cool is that it is old school and written to the hardware in old school code....
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Synth: Ipad: Korg IMS-20, Hexfix93′s take.
Wow. My jaw dropped when I saw this app on Matrix Synth blog. I left Apple a year ago for Android and the future of touch tablets only to find an extreme lack of 3rd party software. I missed the...
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Synth: Ipad: Electrify, Hexfix93′s take.
Intro: Saw some videos of this over on Matrixsynth, yes again, my Ipad news source for audio apps. I needed a mpc like app to load in my samples and make beats. Something easy, with a good interface...
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Synth: Novation Bass Station, Hexfix93′s take.
I was told a long time ago, “Just get a bass station” From one of the label A and R’s I worked for long ago. I finally did and wow. He was right. This thing covers a lot of ground on the bass and lead...
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Synths: Software: Tyrell Nexus 6, Hexfix93′s take.
http://www.velvetacidchrist.com/synth/junolikenexus6.wav. ^ above is my lead demo of how I can get old school juno sounding leads with great portamento and great resonance with tyrell nexus 6. I think...
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Synth: Imks80 Ipad editor. Hexfix93′s take.
Imks80 Ipad edit. This program replaces your need for any of the expensive Roland PG programmers for the mks 50, 30(with upgraded 30 roms), 7, 70, and 80. These are going for mad money on ebay now for...
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The Virtual on Paper Battle of the modern Analog Monosynths.
The Contenders: I am a poor poor musician now. Thank you net pirates. Any how, I really need a new mono synth that delivers dark and bright tones, sync, fm, lots of waves, great filters, and snappy...
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