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Facts |
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| Description |
Synthesizer module. |
| Synthesis type |
Subtractive DCO (i.e., digitally controlled
analog oscillators, analog filters).
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| Polyphony |
6 voices. |
| Multitimbrality |
6 parts, static allocation.
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| Number of patches |
Tones: 320 in ROM (5 banks), 96 user alterable
(1½ banks).
Performances (multitimbral): 64 user alterable (1 bank).
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| Oscillators |
There are two, DCO A and B. Waveforms: square
(with PWM), saw, triangle for DCO A and B, noise for DCO B
only. Pulse width modulation for square waves, controlled
by either a dedicated LFO or an envelope. DCO A can be synced
to DCO B.
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| Envelopes |
There are two. Env. 1 is always
tied to the output volume, but env. 2 can be freely used for
e.g. filter cutoff, PWM, pitch. |
| Realtime control |
Quite flexible. Some modulations
are "hard-wired", though. |
| MIDI implementation |
Basically OK, except for the lack of a MIDI
bank switching mechanism. SysEx support is confined to sending
and receiving whole banks of tones/performances.
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Opinion |
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| Sound |
Fat, clean, sharp. In short: excellent! Some of the
string pads are incredible - check out 1.21 and 1.33 and you'll understand what I mean. |
| Ease of use |
If you're only going to use factory
sounds, it's quite OK (if you've got the manual handy for figuring out the different sound
categories). For making your own sounds, it's pretty bad without an editor. The inability
to switch banks via MIDI is a serious design error in my opinion. You can get around it by
always using performances (bank 8), but that limits you to 64 patches. Also, you can put
the MS6 in any bank and use patch numbers >64 to access the patches in the next bank. |
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