bpstudio's Reviews

Great all-around 90s workstation

The Roland XP80 still one of my favourite workstation. Easy to use sequencer, great range of PCM sounds. It has the typical 90s sound (if not counting the expansions).

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Nice filter models!

Intuitive interface and creamy filter models. It has no digital artifacts like in other VAs, very analog sounding! Also PCM, and vocoder sounds available.

The most historical and longest lifespan DAW

I am still using and updating Cubase since v1.0. Althought that some other DAWs has nice options too (like Ableton Live or Logic Pro or ProTools), this DAW is became an industry standard (also with Nuendo). In this version, some new exciting feature added: sampler track and the bottom editor window which really is a plus when you use this software in a single-display environment (multi-display also supported).

Version: Steinberg Cubase 9

great analog little monster

I absolutely love this instrument. Don't expect a massive analog sound like from Moogs, but it is very handy and has its own beauty. The step sequencer and the different instrument modes are really useful. Some people noticed clicks at attack of the envelopes and think it is wrong compared to other analog gear, but I think this can be a useful feature in sound design. Also the delay a little bit noisy at higher feedback, but can be bypassed. The oscilloscope display very good even to teach or learn subtractive synthesis.

Hybrid VSTI

A hybrid sampler(both classic multisamples and granular)/virtual analog/FM/Wavetable instrument with effects, modulators, almost unlimited possibilities. I am just scratching the surface but it is capable to make very complex sounds using multiple parts/layers/keygroups with its own mixer. It even can be programmed with LUA scripting. The automation and outputs can also assigned freely when using in a DAW. It is compatible with UVI's other soundbanks.

Version: UVI Falcon 1