Great review for the OSC-01 triple oscillator on VelvetAcidChrist.com
(with a link on MatrixSynth)
Outside Germany you can get one TODAY from the UK dealers on eBay,
Item No. 320210916715
The good: Click Here to listen to the mfb osc-01 in action, first
sound is osc sync bass through the ssm filter, 2nd sound is pwm sync
detuned lead through the frequensteiner high pass. This thing sounds
great for a dco, I can get good bass and pwm and sync sounds out of
it really easy. It’s pretty stable, I had to calibrate the tracking
for intonation. Once I did, I was able to get 4 good octaves out of
it, and it was stable. Better than any osc in this doepfer rack stuff
I have tried so far (only plan b). It’s a great deal...I would
compare this to an alpha juno oscillator on steroids. Since the junos
don’t do sync sounds it gets hard to compare there. The saw is ok,
but it’s the pwm that really shines on this. When using all 3
oscillators, it always sounds like a polysynth in unison. This
oscillator shines when played down low or in the mids.
The bad: The output volume is bad on the combined output, and a
little bit better on the individual outs, but this thing is not
nearly as loud as my plan b oscillators. But they get the job done.
It is not quite as fat as the plan b, especially the SAWS. The saw is
strange on it. If i have set on 16, osc 1 and 2 the signal gets
really weak on the c0 octave when controlling it from my kenton pro
solo via midi, but only in saw mode. Osc 3 does not have that problem
at all. It sounds strange up high, and I think I can hear some
aliasing, not sure, but something strange when I play way up on the
keyboard. So I think this osc is sub par on high leads.
Final Word: If you want to add some alpha juno oscillators into your
modular rack, this is the ticket. It doesnt do as many wave forms as
the alpha juno, but the sound is similar. This does OSC SYNC, and its
great. It does all those buzzy techno sounds similar to the alpha
juno. It sounds very 80s roland, dco that is. And I am a huge fan of
the junos. This is a great buy for me.
Review by Disease Factory
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