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10 years ago, I was looking for a monophonic bass synth, analog, with real time controls (knobs)... and the SYB-3 came out...
analog modeling, OK, I know...
but what a sound !!! and with its own personnality.
The SYB-5 (born in 2004) is different, got a sharp LFO and it's a wonderfull drone/industrial machine.
so easy to use : plug a sound source with a jack into the beast, and play ! Programming a SYB is very simple : select the waveform or the filter, then adjust frequency, decay (or LFO rate) and resonance. That's all !
SYB-3 :
* 3 analog modeling wave forms : saw, square, PWM, and 4 variations : saw + noise, saw - 1 octave, PWM + noise, saw + noise - 1 octave. (the "noise" is just an added effect)
* 4 filters for external sound : wave-shape normal/reverse and autowah normal/reverse
* frequency, resonnance and decay knobs
* goodie : try to trigg the "noise" alone, it's possible because the noise effect is more sensitive than the SAW waveform sound : you'll have a Roland SH-like noise generator.
SYB-5 :
* 5 analog modeling wave forms : saw, square, pulse 1, pulse 2, PWM, and 4 variations : saw - 1 octav., square - 1 octav., saw + LFO, square + LFO
* 2 filters for external sound : wave-shape normal/reverse
* frequency, resonnance and decay knobs
* the “decay” knob is also the “LFO rate” effect knob
* an external pedal input jack has been added to the SYB-5 for connecting the Roland EV-5 Expression Pedal ($old $eparately), which allows you to control filter cutoff and LFO rate in real time.
With both SYB you can use the onboard pedal to hold a note while playing phrase over it. About the tracking : the SYB-5 is far better than the SYB-3.
The SYB-3 SAW wave can be deep and liquid, soft, thick or aggressive. The PWM is really a good one, could be the coldest wave never heard or the noisy thing you can face... and the VCF is powerfull, and will increase the output level, so carefull ! The SQUARE is a bit light and soft... and not very usefull.
The autowahs sound clear and the wave shape will evolute with the external sound level from light distortion to amazing noises.
Of course the deep bass sounds are excellents, but the SYB-3 is good for noises, laser beam, powerfull leads, percussive shots, weird <a href="https://www.sequencer.de/specials/sequencer.html">Sequencer</a>uencing... it's not an effect, it's not a toy, it's a real monophonic synthesizer, with its own personnality.
SYB-3’s saw is deeper than SYB-5’s saw, but SYB-5’s square is fatter though SYB-5 sounds are not as rich as SYB-3. The duophonic mode is a good idea. The LFO is excellent, very usefull, and the SYB-3 really miss that stuff.
The “pulse 2” is a “vocoder like” sound effect, cool ! And the “expression” input is very usefull.
SYB-5’s wave shape is sharper than SYB-3’s.
SYB-3 is an oldschool analog-like machine, SYB-5 is a thick industrial synth.
I must say that I DO love SYB-3... it's MY synth...
Only 4 knobs each, but... thousands of sounds ! So let's try it !
SOUNDS
homemade demos...
BOSS SYB-3 :
SAW sound :
*
low SAW waveform sub-bass sound :
*
you wanna know how powerfull the "resonnance" is ? check the PWM sound :
*
the "noise effect" alone :
*
BOSS SYB-5 :
a SAW waveform autotrigged by its own feedback with the LFO rate effect :
*
the PULSE 2 waveform in a "talking" mode :
*
the duophonic SQUARE :
*
THE SYB-3 and SYB-5 TOGETHER :
SYB-3 : saw - 1 octav. / SYB-5 : saw + LFO :
*
A FULL TRACK WITH DR-110 DRUM MACHINE, SYB-3 (square) AND SYB-5 (square + LFO effect) : recorded live, july 2005...
if you want more informations, I'm here to answer (in english, I'm french, I can't speak German...)!
http://go.to/kulten
analog modeling, OK, I know...
but what a sound !!! and with its own personnality.
The SYB-5 (born in 2004) is different, got a sharp LFO and it's a wonderfull drone/industrial machine.
so easy to use : plug a sound source with a jack into the beast, and play ! Programming a SYB is very simple : select the waveform or the filter, then adjust frequency, decay (or LFO rate) and resonance. That's all !
SYB-3 :
* 3 analog modeling wave forms : saw, square, PWM, and 4 variations : saw + noise, saw - 1 octave, PWM + noise, saw + noise - 1 octave. (the "noise" is just an added effect)
* 4 filters for external sound : wave-shape normal/reverse and autowah normal/reverse
* frequency, resonnance and decay knobs
* goodie : try to trigg the "noise" alone, it's possible because the noise effect is more sensitive than the SAW waveform sound : you'll have a Roland SH-like noise generator.
SYB-5 :
* 5 analog modeling wave forms : saw, square, pulse 1, pulse 2, PWM, and 4 variations : saw - 1 octav., square - 1 octav., saw + LFO, square + LFO
* 2 filters for external sound : wave-shape normal/reverse
* frequency, resonnance and decay knobs
* the “decay” knob is also the “LFO rate” effect knob
* an external pedal input jack has been added to the SYB-5 for connecting the Roland EV-5 Expression Pedal ($old $eparately), which allows you to control filter cutoff and LFO rate in real time.
With both SYB you can use the onboard pedal to hold a note while playing phrase over it. About the tracking : the SYB-5 is far better than the SYB-3.
The SYB-3 SAW wave can be deep and liquid, soft, thick or aggressive. The PWM is really a good one, could be the coldest wave never heard or the noisy thing you can face... and the VCF is powerfull, and will increase the output level, so carefull ! The SQUARE is a bit light and soft... and not very usefull.
The autowahs sound clear and the wave shape will evolute with the external sound level from light distortion to amazing noises.
Of course the deep bass sounds are excellents, but the SYB-3 is good for noises, laser beam, powerfull leads, percussive shots, weird <a href="https://www.sequencer.de/specials/sequencer.html">Sequencer</a>uencing... it's not an effect, it's not a toy, it's a real monophonic synthesizer, with its own personnality.
SYB-3’s saw is deeper than SYB-5’s saw, but SYB-5’s square is fatter though SYB-5 sounds are not as rich as SYB-3. The duophonic mode is a good idea. The LFO is excellent, very usefull, and the SYB-3 really miss that stuff.
The “pulse 2” is a “vocoder like” sound effect, cool ! And the “expression” input is very usefull.
SYB-5’s wave shape is sharper than SYB-3’s.
SYB-3 is an oldschool analog-like machine, SYB-5 is a thick industrial synth.
I must say that I DO love SYB-3... it's MY synth...
Only 4 knobs each, but... thousands of sounds ! So let's try it !
SOUNDS
homemade demos...
BOSS SYB-3 :
SAW sound :
*
low SAW waveform sub-bass sound :
*
you wanna know how powerfull the "resonnance" is ? check the PWM sound :
*
the "noise effect" alone :
*
BOSS SYB-5 :
a SAW waveform autotrigged by its own feedback with the LFO rate effect :
*
the PULSE 2 waveform in a "talking" mode :
*
the duophonic SQUARE :
*
THE SYB-3 and SYB-5 TOGETHER :
SYB-3 : saw - 1 octav. / SYB-5 : saw + LFO :
*
A FULL TRACK WITH DR-110 DRUM MACHINE, SYB-3 (square) AND SYB-5 (square + LFO effect) : recorded live, july 2005...
if you want more informations, I'm here to answer (in english, I'm french, I can't speak German...)!
http://go.to/kulten
How do you trigger the SYBs? Do you use the main out of the DR-110?
