Trend price : 200€
Rackmount version of Qs 7-8 synthesizers based on sampled wavetable.
Overview
(weight: 2 kg) single unit. Main panel features a large LCD screen, 8 buttons and a rotary data wheel. Back panel terminal connectors:
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main out
- aux out
- Midi interface
- digital Adat output
Sound
system manages 64 digital voices based on QS Composite Synthesis subtractive synthesis. A basic program is composed by 4 PCM each with individual settings:
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volume and pan
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pitch
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polymode or mono with portamento
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zone assign
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effect amount
Wavetable
16 MB ROM at 48 kHz categorized into 16 groups
Performance
QS mix mode manages 16 parts individual parameters with assignable keyboard zone, picth shift and effect amount
Filter
each player part features an individual lowpass filter with no resonance.
LFO
a single delayed digital modulator for each layer, The modulator can be delayed retriggered at each note an features 8 different waveforms: sine, triangle, square up, saw up, saw down, noise and 2 random models. There are 3
possible destinations: amplitude, filter and pitch.
Envelope
- amplitude: 4 stages ADSR+ 1 extra segments on initial delay time and sustain decay time
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filter: same structure as amplitude
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pitch: same structure as amplitude
Effect
based on Quadraverb II DSP featuring 4 real-time stereo effects including: reverb, chorus, pitch, flanger, overdrive, delay, leslie rotary.
Memory
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512 preset slots
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128 Mix Mode (400 Preset, 100 User)
Audio demo:
Video Clip:
Review
OK: PCM cards / complex structure / lot of sounds
NOT : edit / external PSU
"Good alternative to Roland Jv series with classy sound, far better than previous Alesis S4 / S4+"
Text , review, special demos copyright polynominal.com / Eric Pochesci