TonyFlyingSquirrel
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Got my Arturia Analog Experience The Laboratory 49 today.
I'm still getting it configured in my DAW for recording, but in Stand Alone mode, this thing is insane.
It's like having all those classic synths wired up to one controller and you just dial through them by unit, category, description, and presets. The action is not quite as heavy duty as I would have anticipated, especially since it does indeed have aftertouch, but then again, I've been using a performance grade synth action for 15 years. I've never been down to just a controller plus the software package.
It's dirt simple to edit since the ADSR & Filter adjustments are the same on the controller and on the "on screen" interface, so editing is quick, freeflowing, keeps the workflow moving, no menu's to juggle through, it's all hands on. There's a dedicated Favorite's and User folder tab that's quick to get to by mouse, or you can just add them to your "Snapshots" buttons on the controller itself and they'll instantly recall.
I may have to get a new subwoofer now due to how low this thing accurately reproduces the Moog & ARP2600!
Also, the controller, aside from what I mentioned about the keys, is built rock solid like a tank! Alluminum chassis with stained rock maple end caps. I used to have the Alesis QS7 sitting on top of the desk. This sits now on the keyboard pullout shelf that previously held my computer keyboard + mouse. I'm gonna upgrade to a trackball mouse and put the 'puter keyboard underneath since my wife and I have 2 computers hooked up to one monitor. This will separate them more easily, and less cluttered than we had before. The family keyboard will be on top, the studio one will be on the bottom. We have an a/b switch on the monitor.
I haven't even dialed through the first couple of hundred presets yet, I went straight to some of my fave synths and already created a bunch of my own presets after some minimal tweaking & adding to the User tab.
Once I get the controller setup to control all of my soft synths in Stand Alone and in VST mode, I'll be back up and running, tracking again as far as keys go.
I had a slight snag getting the license registered, only because the prior owner forgot to deactivate theirs when selling it. After a short wait during an email exchange with their support dept, they sent me a new activation code, and I was up and running right away.
More to come later.
I'm still getting it configured in my DAW for recording, but in Stand Alone mode, this thing is insane.
It's like having all those classic synths wired up to one controller and you just dial through them by unit, category, description, and presets. The action is not quite as heavy duty as I would have anticipated, especially since it does indeed have aftertouch, but then again, I've been using a performance grade synth action for 15 years. I've never been down to just a controller plus the software package.
It's dirt simple to edit since the ADSR & Filter adjustments are the same on the controller and on the "on screen" interface, so editing is quick, freeflowing, keeps the workflow moving, no menu's to juggle through, it's all hands on. There's a dedicated Favorite's and User folder tab that's quick to get to by mouse, or you can just add them to your "Snapshots" buttons on the controller itself and they'll instantly recall.
I may have to get a new subwoofer now due to how low this thing accurately reproduces the Moog & ARP2600!
Also, the controller, aside from what I mentioned about the keys, is built rock solid like a tank! Alluminum chassis with stained rock maple end caps. I used to have the Alesis QS7 sitting on top of the desk. This sits now on the keyboard pullout shelf that previously held my computer keyboard + mouse. I'm gonna upgrade to a trackball mouse and put the 'puter keyboard underneath since my wife and I have 2 computers hooked up to one monitor. This will separate them more easily, and less cluttered than we had before. The family keyboard will be on top, the studio one will be on the bottom. We have an a/b switch on the monitor.
I haven't even dialed through the first couple of hundred presets yet, I went straight to some of my fave synths and already created a bunch of my own presets after some minimal tweaking & adding to the User tab.
Once I get the controller setup to control all of my soft synths in Stand Alone and in VST mode, I'll be back up and running, tracking again as far as keys go.
I had a slight snag getting the license registered, only because the prior owner forgot to deactivate theirs when selling it. After a short wait during an email exchange with their support dept, they sent me a new activation code, and I was up and running right away.
More to come later.
