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Kalin

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About Kalin

  • Birthday 05/13/1975

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    http://kalintonev.bandcamp.com
  • occupation
    music editor in Bulgarian National Radio
  • hobbies
    rock, mainly progressive
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    Bulgaria, Sofia
  1. Anyone into Prog Rock menu - please, have a glance: p.s. all adventurers invited
  2. For those interested in keybeds of MODX 6 and MODX 7 - these are absolutely identical as the Yamaha presenter Dom Sigalas just confirmed.
  3. Making preset changes, edits, etc counting mainly on the touchscreen feels a bit uncomfortable to me. According to Blake Angelo, it's the same Montage screen...on the other hand, watching this BoBeats demo, one could see its not so perfect..Anyway, the sound is fascinating even not having this top quality of Montage DACs.
  4. Most probably. The soundlist brings some thoughts about how new/useful would be this expansion having the Integra packs available for the FA and, of course, the extensive SN factory set..There are some new waves, no doubt.
  5. Some new food for your FA here: http://axial.roland.com/articles/exp-11_analogdigital_vintage_synth_collection/ more demos of newly released EXP-11:
  6. Dear folks, here's some portion of my newly released prog rock album. Hopefully you'll enjoy it: And for a complete experience, you may check here: https://kalintonev.bandcamp.com/releases Best, Kalin
  7. Well, I have DS-61, although strangely enough I just shelved it right after I bought it. Lack of interest maybe, but I realized that too late to return or exchange it. I also played FA-06 twice for a couple of hour so I have some basic idea of what you're interested. Soundwise Fa's are much more powerful than DS/Di line. SuperNATURAL technology is the core of Fa's engine. Kind of VA buried there + some impressive modeling of organ and acoustic instruments. Well, impressive for this price tag. . DS is more of a rompler containing old/recycled sounds. Basically DS is Di + one more sound bank (some better pianos there, couple of good leads also, but nothing too fancy) + some new features (phrase sequencer, auto tune/vocoder, pads, some better feeling buttons and sliders, a mini mixer, one virtual expansion slot). BTW DS doesn't have soft editor, Di has, but it is OK for DS too. DS has a librarian though.The one thing DS surpasses Fa is the finish - DS's is a non glare opposite to the shiny glossy instant fingerprints catcher Fa has. Both synths have enormous sound banks - about 2000 presets in Fa, 1200 for DS. But they are not identical. Fa has it's supernatural pianos, el.pianos, organs, acoustics and lots of synth, and additionally some old PCM's (I think XV 5050 revisited). DS has only PCMs and most of them are quite boring/lifeless. There are exceptions though, still the are about 1200 presets..The expansion slot is a kind of salvation, you could load any of the 12 expansions that recreates the old but expensive Roland SRX hardware sound cards - DS comes with Studio Essentials pre-loaded, but you can replace it easily. Fa has 2 slots. Good, but again old stuff. It's also worth mentioning that recently Roland has made the first four banks of XV-5080 available for the DS line - you can pick them on axial.com. One more thing - if you are B3 affected, stay away from DS, it's organs are just pathetic. Fa has superNATURAL organ engine, which lacks CV but sounds ages ahead than the DS sampled joke. The thing that stopped me from getting Fa instead of DS - WAY TOO MANY SIMILAR PRESETS..As a matter of fact, that is valid for DS too and given it sounds significantly worse than FA, I regret I didn't buy FA.. Physically DS and Fa are similar. DS weights half a kg less, but it's buttons and sliders feels quite the same as the Fa's ones. Same goes for the keybed. Some even claim the DS keys (61 key version) feel a bit better than Fa's keybed. Not sure about it, but it's possible. I remember when unboxing DS, I was kind of pleasantly surprised, having some little experience with Fa 06 before. Anyway, the best advice I could give you is, if you can, go and check/compare them for yourself. Best, Kalin
  8. Here's one, back from 2008. Addressed primarily to prog rock/fusion heads. Would love to know what you think:
  9. offtopic...just playing around with my old AN1x - this old baby kills them all..no such fat leads on any of the modern VAs.. btw this newly found glitch is really strange.never seen Roland doing quick fixes, hopefully they do this now.
  10. New synths and el.pianos seemed to be great on those youtube demos.
  11. OS 1.03 already available: http://www.roland.com/support/article/?q=downloads&p=VR-09
  12. Thanks for these suggestions, AnotherScott. King Korg is a very good sounding synth, no doubt about it. I'm a bit concirned about its too light keybed though. Yes, for under a grand it is difficult to get all the importnat features done in a decent quality. It seems regarding the keybed only UN, BloKey, Sledge and PC3Le6/7 are the options. As for the factory set as a starting point, I find MOXF6 to be the most suitable to my needs/taste. And it will take some time and effort to get used to the pitch stick after so many years with wheels, though my first synth in the beginning of the 90s was the mighty Roland JX-1 :)But, honestly, I just can't decide which keybed feels worse - MOXF6's or VR-09.
  13. Brenner13, thanks for suggesting me UN and Gaia. Well, i'm in that quest for quite a long time, so for a moment UN was part of the plan, but I heard of a pitch wheel delay problem which makes synth lead role a bit inconvenient. It's a slight delay, but several user had confirmed it. As for Gaia - yes, I said that leads are priority to me, but having all the rest in Vr09 is cool at least for rehearsing. I also have Yamaha An1x which gives incredible leads but it's a too old machine and starting to have some problems. Honestly speaking, I'm not much of a programmer, I like tweaking, but building from scratching is not not my cup of tea. That is why factory set is important at least as a base for me. And from performer's point of view Vr-09 is set really good with this instant recall. I can only see Korg Kross being so comfortably laid out in that respect. Again with building quality and keybed being a compromise. Blofeld with it's last OS update is also a choice. Some users claim that all the bugs have been removed (of course, I realize Kross and Blofeld are quite different machines as far as a beginner workstation and a VA can be compared). Still thinking of VR-09.
  14. Brenner and xKnuckles- thank you for your prompt answers! Brenner, I will consider your notes, very helpful and informative! Having Nord Electro 3 at my disposal, organ sounds are not my main interest here, so I'll take some time deciding...though Vr'09's interface is really attractive!
  15. Hello! Seriously considering getting VR-09. A couple of questions here: 1. How you guys are browsing through the registration banks - there's a "Next" knob, but no "Back"? Maybe "Bank" plus the data wheel, which i not the most convenient...? 2. Is there some user slots (and if yes - how many are they), or registrations are considered as ones? Where are the new packs as Axial's to be placed? 3. Is the VR-09's keybed exactly the same as Fa-06's? Tried the latter couple of times - definitely not the best, but usable after some hours of playing. Local stores in my area don't have Vr09 in the moment. 4. What do you think of the sound set - yes, it is quite limited compared the Fa-06, but having browsed the Fa's presets I find many of them sound similar (especially the supernatural synth ones). I am focused mainly on the synth lead tones, I have Nord Electro 3 and not having a dedicated monophonic mode is a minus to me. But Electros are clearly not intended to to be all-rounders. I liked a lot these two lead sounds from the upcoming Vr09 OS upgrade. Thank you!
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