via this auction
"The last and best of the legendary Quasimidi synths co-designed with Klaus Schulze! The 4 row analogue style sequencer on each synth (x1 pitch, x3 assignable to any function) has most playback functions easily accessible from the front panel which is great 'on the fly' tweaking, jamming or live performance and has loads of other exciting features unique to this machine. The dual HP/LP filters can be used in serial, parallel or coupled to together to form a variable width bandpass (with resonance) and are still the best filters I've heard this side of the digital curtain with a proper overdrive stage that fattens up the waveforms just like on a real analogue. The overall sound is very unique and much harder than most 'soft' sounding VA synths which really cuts through a mix. The on board distortion doesn't loose bass and has its own LPF (with resonance) which is ideal for hard acid or savage IDM but the Polymorph is also capable of slow smooth pads and cascading ambient sequences. You also have two audio in 's making the Poly into the ultimate gate FX unit. Almost all the parameters both internal and external respond to MIDI CC and all front panel knobs transmit MIDI CC for each part over 4 MIDI channels which is I found ideal for controlling softsynths with assignable parameters."
Yeah but Quasimidi gear is so difficult to use you really need a lot of patience, same with spectralis
ReplyDeletePolymorph is ok but not as good as some prices would suggest, $300-400 is the most you should pay depending on condition, if it has the old OS then $200 tops
This thing might be great, but just based on what words mean, the only synth that is "ideal" for hard acid is a TB-303 :)
ReplyDeleteIt's actually pretty easy to use. You might have to reference the manual once to get started, and every now and then if you forget something, but after that it's easy. The cool thing about it is it has four mixer knobs right on it for the four different synth parts. It's the four blue capped knobs on the bottom right. You just click the button for whichever one you want to edit live and all the knobs and buttons are assigned to that sound, even while it's playing. You can set up for independent sequences and build tracks that way. It's meant to be played live and the interface is pretty brilliant when you consider how much you can do with it. It has both VA and PCM samples so the range of sounds is pretty wide.
ReplyDeleteI'm looking for the latest OS (2.01f) for one of these - mine is only 2.01a. If anyone could pull the PROM (it's just under the little panel underneath), read the chip and send it to me, I'd be eternally grateful. I could even chip in some cash to cover their time & effort. Let me know via john <at> synchromesh.com, cheers.
ReplyDeleteFWIW, I haven't found mine to be too painful to use, and I'm new to this style of box. Lots of fun, though.