Synth: Analog Systems: Rs95e Oscillator.

What is so spectacular about this module? It tracks the best. I mean the best, even better than the cwejman vco-6 I have. This thing is rock solid and musical. The wave forms are pretty good as well. Not quite as good as the vco6 or model 15 plan b. The saw is pretty good and has control over the shape, either side of the of the shape changer yields a good saw. The pw is pretty good as well. Pwm is really good. But not as good as the vco6, which is the best of all, vco 6 even beats the AFG a little. The sine is kind of weak, very quiet. You can control the sine shape as well, all controllable waves can be done with cv in. Pretty cool, but what is not cool is the fact that there are no input attenuators on the shape inputs, so you will have to have an attenuator or you will get sound drop out from lfo too much like on the model 15. I really like the E model, because it allows you to tune with ease. But what kind of sucks is because of that, it is hard to do manual sweeps that sound natural. But please, let me stress this again. This is a very musical oscillator that sings in pitch, up and down the keyboard. This is not the case for the vast majority of the eurorack oscillators on the market with the exception to the cwejman stuff and livewire stuff. The lack of inputs and controls really just makes this a basic oscillator. Not wild like the plan b that has a ton of inputs but also lack attenuation, or the afg and cwejman stuff that has tons of attenuation and tons of inputs. Over all I give this a 4 out of 5, Especially because it tracks so well. The best tracking analog oscillator i have tested so far.
Pros: Sounds good, great basic functions, super stable and tracks better than any other oscillator in the eurorack format that I have tested so far.
Cons: Not enough inputs or controls. No attenuation on wave shapes.
Click Here! To check out the mp3 demo I made of the basic sounds of the rs95e. I ran this through the polivoks filter, open.
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July 6th, 2011 at 6:13 pm
Hi! Nice demos on the site :)
Could you tell me how does this vco sound compared to Roland SH-2 vcos? They seem similar, at least more so than the afg vs the roland but i’d like to know your opinion.
I want to build an eurorack expander for my system 100 and would love some similar sounding vcos. Your advice would be much appreciated!
Thanks in advance!
Jose
July 8th, 2011 at 10:59 am
The moog freqbox also sounds kinda oldschool, wich you’d say is more accurate to the roland sh-2/system 100 sound??