Trend price : 50€
Portable Midi expander focused on piano and Rhodes sounds. "PLUS " VERSION is an updated version and ROM soundset.
Overview
half rack unit, main panel features 5 knobs.
Back panel terminal connectors:
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MIDI interface
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stereo out
Voice
polyphony: 16 digital voice. The hardware is basically a slimmed-down Emu Proteus generator with just a few edit facilities knobs:
- volume
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fine master tuning
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transpose note (± 1 or 2 octaves)
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Midi channel select
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patch select
Wavetable
a non-expandable 2 Mb ROM (double if "plus" option is present) samples coded at 39 Hz - 16 bits resolution. Today this unit may sounds primitive, but some patches are still quite enjoyable.
Performance
- polyphonic
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mono
- multitimbral
Midi
basic with MIDI Control change:
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Pitch bender
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Modulation
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Sustain
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Sostenuto (CC#66)
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Soft (CC#67)
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Split Point only (only on "Plus")
Memory
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15 presets ROM
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16 extra presets if PLUS option present
- no RAM and no storage.
Audio demo:
Video Clip:
Review
OK: cheap / portable
NOT : no edit / outdated
"little box for little budget. Old technology and no edit! if you enjoy those kind of nineties piano... and it does not sound bad!"
Text , review, special demos copyright polynominal.com / Eric Pochesci