Although I am an old analog die-hard, the time for me to retire my XPander has come. I have learned how to program Solaris to the point where it has become an XPander. It took me 6 months, but I will keep the SE-1x for the extreme low end mono which nothing but an analog can actually do the way I like it. Which leaves me to the Q-Wave. I need a synth that can have four parts. One for 5 voices, and 3 for mono FX and such. Looks like I got me a nice house gig next winter which is totally dance/trance style, which is the rave these days. Since my vocals are limited to singers who suck,i.e.Billy Idol,Jim Morrison,etc. This will be a welcome gig 4 me. 2 keyboard players and a guitarist. Teched out drum loops done with Kyma, and everything else will be improv. The DJ/keyboardist w/ the Kyma rig really blew me away with his sounds. I guess you can teach an old dog new tricks. The club looks something like the room in the Vin Deisel movie XXX. Only a Casino could afford to drop several million on lights,sound, and giant LCDs.So for all you young euro/trance guys, I'm hoping for your advice. I'm going to be using lots of Synth FX. Do you guys have any experience w/ the Multitrimbrality of Q-Wave? If I need to expand my DSP cards,I can. I have a studio box w/ 2 x 15 DSP.How much DSP usage does the Q take for 8 voices? I'll be signing a very nice contract at this place, so looks like I'm not going on the road anytime soon. Also, any advice on who I could listen to for some extra sonic ideas. I just started listening to this stuff, and I love it. But I'm looking for the outside stuff.
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Q-Wave multitibral?
Thank You brother man DJ.
I need not demo any of John Bowens stuff any more. One only needs to demo his stuff one time. I am really interested in the multi-timbral capabilities of this synth. I should have guessed that it would be DSP hungry. But why have a cluttered screen full of emulations, and presets. I need one bad boy w/ 4 part. I am going to buy a 15 card DSP, and sell my 6 DSP booster just for this stuff. If it doesn't work, I will add another 15 card DSP from my antique DP box. Whatever it takes. Looks like I will be working with a DJ/keyboardist for upcoming gig at a big club. I must be prepared to twist & tweak at a moments notice. The owner and DJ liked my sound so much, that they are buying out my contracts for '06, and handing me the keys for a year. I will make a very nice salary w/o going on tour as a sideman again. It is important for me to sucseed at this job. It is a new concept for me. I will load one project, and only be able to tweak parameters and jam. All improv, this guy says he knows I can wing it. I beg to differ. However it's important to me to play this style at this time.
Thanks 4 Your Input,
Jimmy V./ Punisher Of VSTi's
I need not demo any of John Bowens stuff any more. One only needs to demo his stuff one time. I am really interested in the multi-timbral capabilities of this synth. I should have guessed that it would be DSP hungry. But why have a cluttered screen full of emulations, and presets. I need one bad boy w/ 4 part. I am going to buy a 15 card DSP, and sell my 6 DSP booster just for this stuff. If it doesn't work, I will add another 15 card DSP from my antique DP box. Whatever it takes. Looks like I will be working with a DJ/keyboardist for upcoming gig at a big club. I must be prepared to twist & tweak at a moments notice. The owner and DJ liked my sound so much, that they are buying out my contracts for '06, and handing me the keys for a year. I will make a very nice salary w/o going on tour as a sideman again. It is important for me to sucseed at this job. It is a new concept for me. I will load one project, and only be able to tweak parameters and jam. All improv, this guy says he knows I can wing it. I beg to differ. However it's important to me to play this style at this time.
Thanks 4 Your Input,
Jimmy V./ Punisher Of VSTi's
Hi,
Hmm, this is a very "huge" synth which need some time to stabilize. Here some celmo preset from QWave require 70% of my 36 DSP (48KHz sampling rate) @ 8voices polyphony.
QWave can be viewed as 4 synths which can be layered / keyboard splitted within a single preset (performance). So 8 voices means 4*8voices!
It's definitively a very good synth with some of the most "esoteric" sounds available on the platform (from the one I own), but you should discuss with John for more informations (always good to discuss with him
)
cheers
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Hmm, this is a very "huge" synth which need some time to stabilize. Here some celmo preset from QWave require 70% of my 36 DSP (48KHz sampling rate) @ 8voices polyphony.
QWave can be viewed as 4 synths which can be layered / keyboard splitted within a single preset (performance). So 8 voices means 4*8voices!
It's definitively a very good synth with some of the most "esoteric" sounds available on the platform (from the one I own), but you should discuss with John for more informations (always good to discuss with him
)cheers
<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: MD69 on 2006-03-27 06:15 ]</font>
Thanks for your reply,
I believe that this is the tool I need for the future. I'm going to swap out all my 15 DSP cards from my studio box, and purchase another 15 DSP booster for the live rig. I found that in the studio 3 x 6 DSP cards would do me fine, for only 1 track at a time need be recorded. I certainly hope that 45 DSP's can cover my needs. Never thought that SFP would get so much from me, but my Oberheims seem to not be needed for this style of music. They have already had a great life on the road for the last couple of decades. Funny though, they were so far ahead of the times with multitimbral abilities.
Strength And Honor,
I believe that this is the tool I need for the future. I'm going to swap out all my 15 DSP cards from my studio box, and purchase another 15 DSP booster for the live rig. I found that in the studio 3 x 6 DSP cards would do me fine, for only 1 track at a time need be recorded. I certainly hope that 45 DSP's can cover my needs. Never thought that SFP would get so much from me, but my Oberheims seem to not be needed for this style of music. They have already had a great life on the road for the last couple of decades. Funny though, they were so far ahead of the times with multitimbral abilities.
Strength And Honor,
I'm interested - in what way does a Solaris emulate or replace an XPander? I have Solaris myself and its great but I didn't realise it had the potential to compare to an OB - doesn't even have Oberheim modelled oscs/filters does it (unlike say Saturn). I'm not questioning you, just genuinely curious; if it does do you have tips and or presets to share that demonstrate how to manage this? Thanks.On 2006-03-26 23:48, scope4live wrote:
Although I am an old analog die-hard, the time for me to retire my XPander has come. I have learned how to program Solaris to the point where it has become an XPander.
I find that when I mix MMOsc I $ II, w/ the CEMs, if you bring down the MMOsc levels to 0 in the LP filter mixer and crank up the CEMs to max, then bleed in the MMOsc's to adjust your levels, also mix and match waveforms, but it only really gets the Oberheim sound when you use the same waves in each section. Plus in MMOsc I, send the frenquency adjust to MMOsc II, and adjust your detune
ing from ther and the fine adjust in MMOsc II.
I don't know how to send you patches on the internet. But if you want I could send you a couple if you explain to me how to do so. I'm just an old analog synth head w/ little knowledge of computers. Omly did my first email last summer, but am learning everyday.
To Us, And Those Of Us Like Us,
ing from ther and the fine adjust in MMOsc II.
I don't know how to send you patches on the internet. But if you want I could send you a couple if you explain to me how to do so. I'm just an old analog synth head w/ little knowledge of computers. Omly did my first email last summer, but am learning everyday.
To Us, And Those Of Us Like Us,