Quatschmacher

As much as competition can be a good thing, I do feel a certain annoyance at companies riding on the coattails of others in this manner. Sure, if the products in question are no longer being produced or the patent has entered the public domain then fine, but putting out knockoffs of in-production products is just disingenuous. Rather like Behringer’s practice with stuff like their Swing (a blatant rip-off off the Arturia Keystep).

Maybe 4: maple+rounds, maple+flats, rosewood+rounds, rosewood+flats. (And then maybe the same but with ash bodies; I can see why people end up with many basses.)

Are you after mono or poly? I’d also add the following: Behringer Model D (classic Minimoog stuff and only £166 at the moment, though you’ll need some keys to go with it); Roland SE-02 (Very Minimoog like but with patch memory, PWM, and a few other extra modulation capabilities over the original and a built-in delay and sequencer); Novation Bass Station II; Korg ARP Odyssey; Moog Minitaur (bass mono synth module, sounds amazing though has an upper pitch range limitation of C above middle C); Yamaha Reface CS (digital 8-voice poly with built-in effects, knob per function control, preset-saving possible via mobile/desktop app). Roland JU-06/06A (4-voice digital recreation of the Juno 60/106, nice and easy to program and sounds good); Dreadbox Nymphes (poly) and Typhon (mono); Monologue is great. I did find the AD-only envelopes a bit restrictive but it’s a fun and great-sounding synth with some refinements over the Monologue, particularly in how the sequencer works. Minilogue is also very good. Personally I find 4 voices too restrictive for the chordal stuff I do, but if you’re not doing big extended chords, this is a great synth for the money.

A true legend gone. A wonderful musician who was there right at the inception of bebop and was a part of all the developments of modern jazz from then on. Absolutely brimming with youthful energy even into his 90s. So many amazing records have him in the drum chair. https://theguardian.com/music/2024/nov/13/roy-haynes-jazz-drummer-dies-aged

I posted this on TB and Origin have chimed in, which is nice to see.

@admiralchew, @charlietuna

I’m guessing if you’re reading it’s because you’d be interested in getting one of these fantastic pedals. Sadly, it doesn’t yet exist. However, with the power of the internet, we can make it happen. I contacted Origin the other day to ask them to consider making this. Their reply was positive and mentioned that I’m “certainly not the first person to request this”. So, I propose this, if you want one of these, send Origin a message to that effect using their contact form (linked below). If they get overwhelming interest, I’m sure they’d be motivated to make it happen. https://origineffects.com/contact-us/ Let’s do this!

Guess you can answer your own question now!🤣

Might have been cool to change the 2 pot to a filter, or add a dry on/off stomp switch there.

It’s not unheard of. Moog Voyager is similar - the “wave” modulation destination applies to all three oscillators at once. Weird design choice though. Yes, all these things have their quirks I suppose and one learns to get around them or lean into them and use them creatively. Overall it’s a lovely instrument and sets a high bar for other companies.

It’s a (qualified) yes. The keybed (Fatar TP/8SK) is far better than any other I’ve played (bar the Fatar TP/8S in the Moog One). The layout is so spacious and immersive. Programming it is pretty quick and fun; the lack of menu and display means you use your ears. The sound is lovely, not as full-sounding as analogue oscillators perhaps but plenty nice. Build quality is excellent. Many times more solid than the Sequential 6 series and the Moog Muse. There are some bugs still. A few I reported in the first week have been fixed. The others are on the list to be addressed. Once these are fixed, it’ll be better. There are also a few things which could be improved in software, such as the behaviour of the drift parameter; currently it’s just a really slow LFO applied to a few parameters, whereas it would be hugely improved if it were stable offsets. There are also a few irksome implementation quirks, mostly around shared slider functions. For instance, it’s not possible to have an unmodulated sawtooth on one oscillator whilst having a PWMd pulse on the other as the LFO is simultaneously applied to PWM of oscillator 2 and the wave morph position of oscillator 1. It does put certain classic sounds out of reach. I’d love to see UDO do a fully analogue synth in this style.

I’ve only bought a few bits of gear this year and sold a fair bit. Haven’t really got a worst purchase as I’m happy with the stuff I did get. Bass related, I finally got an early Japanese OC-2 which is hitting the spot. Also finally scored a bigger Aclam pedalboard for a great price so could finally get most of my pedals set up properly. Synths are where my funds have been disappearing, though I did sell one of mine to a friend who’s smitten. I bought another friend’s spare Juno 106 I’d been borrowing for about 18 months as I love it so much. And the UDO Super 8 I got recently is lovely. I sort of want to explore analogue compressors and preamps a bit. May well end up with the new Chase Bliss Wombtone by the end of the year though.

It’s quiet for me. The only pedal that causes issue sometimes is my Beat Buddy as it doesn’t like being daisy chained.

Thanks, I’ve actually just been and checked this and you are right. Though CCs are all being passed through correctly on other channels, PCs aren’t. Thanks for drawing my attention to this. I’ll report it and get it fixed.

If MIDI thru is on in the FI, then all PCs on other channels should be getting sent through. (Make sure MIDI thru is enabled in the global menu; it is disabled by default.) Is that not happening? If not, what MIDI channel is the FI set to? Does it make any difference whether the FI is engaged or bypassed? what device are you using to send the (non-FI) PC messages to the FI? I did some testing last week and found it was working as expected but I think my FI was set to channel 1. I’ll take a look at some other settings.

No, I’m saying what it says in the manual. Please read the sections i mentioned. MIDI messages on other channels are passed on as normal (providing MIDI thru is enabled).

As said, please read the manual sections I mentioned as they do explain how MIDI works after the new firmware (it isn’t broken, it just work a bit differently).