20 Mins of Metasonix S2000! from
Equinoxoz music solutions on
Vimeo.
"It was a warm and sunny afternoon when the post master handed over a box containing some of the most elegant and interesting synthesizers I have encountered.
Gleefully hotfooting it back to the lab I knew I would be in for a treat with this most recent and advanced creation from Eric Barbour the new S2000, this synth is absolutely incredible, able to produce tones I have not personally ever encountered on other equipment in the same way (and not surprisingly its the first time this has been done).
The S2000 explores both subtractive and FM territory with its modulation routing and the onboard controls offer intuitive access to valuable parameters you can use to shape the sound.
The Ribbon controller installed is an excellent idea, part of the "problems" with the Metasonix VCO design (ala the R54 in this case) is the tuning is a sort of non linear Hz/V and it can be tricky to get them to track, the ribbon controller omits this completely and does away with the limits of Black and White keys offering you expressive capability so you can "feel out" the notes.
The machine really does sing, its different to anything else I have tried and in just this short 20 mins I was already loving what it can do so its definitely something that I will explore more deeply.
Like all Metasonix gear the S2000 will take some getting used to but I will say that its one of the more well behaved brain children of the Tube Master Eric!"
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