I have the HS7. I'm very happy with them and their Bass.

Rod wrote: Hello Robin - nice of you to take an interest. I have a million questions, but articulating them sensibly is the problem! For example, I...

Rod wrote: Hello Robin - sorry! I missed the significance of your 'levels' - a simple matter of banging all the sliders to maximum, and then adjust...

I came up with even more things for you to try out. Velocity: In a basic modulator>Carrier arrangement. Adjust the Velocity sensitivity, for the m...

Rod wrote: Hello Robin - and a big Thank you for the trouble you have taken to condense a complex subject so concisely! I'm sure you'll have a lot ...

Rod wrote: Hello Robin - thank you for the pointers, and yes, I have had a go at just the thing you describe - but the yawning chasm between 2 oper...

Personally I would track down the Principles of FM synthesis first. If you know how you can make Vibrato with help of an Oscillator and an LFO, you...

There's nothing preventing someone from coming up with a software solution that shares similar properties as suggested (keeping the same "settings" fr...

I'm familiar with the DX7 programmer, though it's so huge, I think my arms would fall off. Though I agree it's a lot of parameters. But it is possib...

The most important things for a music computer. Futureproofing: Make sure you get a computer that will last for a while, this will save you money i...

To me hands on has nothing to do with the overview. It's the imediate access to a parameter. DX7 used category buttons to access parameters, while Mon...

Eyal wrote: Robin, The Montage is a real hands on FM(-X) synth. everything is available to you via touchscreen and encoders. there was never a...

Jason wrote: @Robin: I was referring to the link provided. Not sure why it continues to be cited as if it is a rumor of what is to come. It was j...

There's been many Namm's between Motif XF and Montage as well. Yet, something did happen. But Actually, we knew about the Montage name long before ...

I've tried the Montage in store several times and made a few FM-X sounds. it's a truly awesome instrument. For me it's all about the FM synthesis, whi...