Brad Saucier Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 I neglected to start a thread here when I first got my new MZX, so here it is. Looking good with the PX-5S. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Saucier Posted May 5, 2016 Author Share Posted May 5, 2016 A universal cell phone screen protector cut to fit helps me avoid fingernail and dirt scratches. I feel safer now. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Saucier Posted May 5, 2016 Author Share Posted May 5, 2016 Digging into the new sounds and abilities. This is a short clip of things I was experimenting with. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Saucier Posted May 5, 2016 Author Share Posted May 5, 2016 Another day, another clip of some awesome sounds I was experimenting with. I love all of the new sounds. I can't wait to start putting it all together into something bigger. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlenK Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 Appreciate the posted music/sounds. Those string sounds are pretty good. Now, how's about a nice big FAT review after you spend two or three weeks with it? You don't have to make it 83 pages long or anything (whatever could I be thinking of?) but certainly juicy enough to fill in the largest holes most of us (ME, anyway!) have in our understanding of the instrument. Such as, how do those Versatile Tones work and sound? How does the bass synth differ from the other modes of the Hex Layer synth engine (Normal and Mono) apart from access to different waves? Stuff like that. Apparently, people want to hear the styles, too. (Who would have thought people would want to hear an arranger...arranging.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlenK Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 Now, c'mon Brad. This is seriously good. Still waiting for that comprehensive review. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Saucier Posted June 9, 2016 Author Share Posted June 9, 2016 Ok. Versatile tones: Tones with articulations and additional instrument noise samples. These could be triggered by velocity switching or mapped to octaves outside of the natural instrument range. How it's implemented in a tone depends on its intended use. Some tones are designed for keyboard play (K). Some are for midi use (M). A guitar for keyboard play, for example, can play normally within its natural range with fret slides or hammer-on articulations triggered by high velocity. In a lower octave, slap noise can be triggered on those keys. A guitar for midi use will have some major velocity switching going on with many more sound effects like various wound-steel-string fret slide noises, body slaps, harmonics, mutes and even picked strings on the headstock between the nut and tuners. Bass Synth: This is basically a mono mode hex layer tone with access to samples designed for bass use. Similar to how the XW synths have L and B waves for the solo synth. Other features of bass synth are common to mono mode of hex layer. For the first time ever, hex layer tones can be set to mono and legato, giving us the ability to slide into new notes without retriggering the envelope. As far as "arranger" demo's. For me, my MZ-2000 was always a workstation first. That's the way I think of the MZ-X500. I am not really an arranger player. I will mostly use the pattern sequencer as a multitrack phrase looper. Similar to how the XW step sequencers are used. However, just to show what can be done, I might throw together a little something eventually so stay tuned. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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