kobern's Reviews
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Good for video making and conversation
Nice mic if you want to record your voice (for youtube videos for example) with something better than your usual integrated laptop microphone. I won't recommand it for serious voice recording or music production cause it only has USB and 3.5mm Headphones Jack outputs and the sound quality wont reach something like an electrostatic microphone. If it is your only solution for music recording it can do the job but don't expect crisp audio out of it.
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An old workstation still running well
This Roland Fantom-S, started in 2003, was my first workstation I've played with. It has a good amount of different patches, for its time it was very good choice, I won't recommand it if you live in 2016 (or more) because the sequencer is so painful to use and outdated but if you still want it you might want to use it with an external DAW/Sequencer via midi cause the internal interface is unpratical and the screen is way too small.
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My first instrument ever
This is the first real (not a toy) instrument I ever owned, I used it when I was learning the piano (started when I was 7), the keys are hard enough to make you feel that you're playing on a real piano. There are only 4 sound patches with a demo song for each one: Grand Piano; E. Piano; Church Organ; Strings The sound quality of the speakers is decent but it's definitly not the best and the Piano sound is really outdated now.
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Best soft synth imo
I've been using Massive for quite a long time before discovering this soft. Xfer made one of the most readable soft synth I've used so far: You actually see very clearly how every envelope, every LFO and parameter work together (compared to Massive this is a night and day difference) The fact that you can easily draw your own oscillator (and therefore wavetable) is a huge plus if you're into sound design. For me and for many of other producers out here this soft synth is a beast!
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Very good for trancy sounds and arps
I mostly use it for the arpegiators presets, it has a very bright sound that is very appropriate for trance-style leads/arps. The pads are also quite good but not the best ones out there imho (keep in mind that I'm still a beginner in the music production world so my opinion has to be taken not too seriously)
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Cheap and very portable
I use it when I have to travel and for now it's a pretty good and affordable Midi Keyboard, although the keys might be a little bit fragile and the black ones seems to be way more sensitive than the whites, I'm not sure why. I bought it at a music store in Paris for 35€ which is ok, I'm not sure about its durability but well it does the job for now.
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I still didn't upgrade to full version
I first started recording midi stuff with Cubase on an old Atari ST computer and my electronic yamaha clavinova piano, now back to 2015 when I first used this version of Cubase, it has been a revolution for me, I still have a lot to learn about DAWs in general, I tried FL Studio, Ableton, ProTools and others but Cubase is still my favorite for music production It lacks some functions (because it's the elements version) but with the right VST Plugins and some experience you can still achieve a lot
Version: Steinberg Cubase 7
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Best studio headphones for an affordable price
These are the best headphones I had for now, I study in an audio engineering school and most teachers and students have it and enjoy it. Pros: -Close to neutral (it has a little bit of boost in the low frequencies) -Very comfortable on your ears (and I have a big skull) The only cons are: -You can't put it down your neck cause it's very uncomfortable so not recommanded for a live DJ or filming usage -It needs a good amplification because of its high impedance (250 Ohms, too high to use it with a smartphone for example)
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Quite ok for a beginner
I like the oldschool look of this interface, besides that I had a lot of issues without knowing exactly from where these came from, maybe because of the ASIO Drivers but I don't have a clue. It is still very practical when it works, I won't recommand using the USB HUB that will cause lots of crackling then some growing numerical distortion then you'll have to press the power off button! (I tried to plug a M-Audio usb midi keyboard)
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My first hardware synth
I had some issues with the Total Integration process via USB, lots of delay and after a few tracks the things starts to go crazy so I decided to use it in a classic Midi I/O setup via a midi interface I use it as a master and slave at the same time (in sequencer mode, go to config menu and disable Local playback then on your DAW assign a midi track to your midi interface corresponding to your synth) You can make almost everything you want with this synth, it's a little bit pricy for a non analog synth but for me it has been the best investment I've made for music production