Product: Generalmusic S2R
Price Paid: 250 (euro) used
Submitted
02/10/2002
at
11:55am
by
Johan snijders
Email: johansnijders at hotmail<dot>com
Ease of Use
:
7
The user interface has a mind of it's own, it's not always that logical what key you should press next. You can get a lot of help from the (excellent) manual, but still, it takes some getting used to. I wouldn't recommend this machine for someone who is just getting started with midi; there are a lot 'simpler' machines out there. Once you get the hang of it, it's not bad to work with.
Features
:
9
It's got 32-note polyphony. That is, if you use single-occilator sounds (generally less complex sounds). I would have liked 64-note polyphony but keeping in mind that it was built in 1992, I can't really complain. A really awesome feature is the sample RAM (2mb). It's just enough in most productions to mask the 'synthy' final sound, and gives you the opportunity to expand all you like. Onboard 16-track sequencer which is easy to use and offers a lot of editing tools. It's a pretty complete workstation, but it's a shame that there's no way to assign different effects to each track. Then again, I can't think of a synth that CAN.
Expressiveness/Sounds
:
8
Overall, this machine sounds great, lots of stereo effect sounds, nice synth sounds, great organ sounds. Guitars are fairly decent, but I don't care much for the piano sounds. The're not really bad, but they certainly don't stand out either. You've all heared these sounds before. In my setup (korg o1/wfd, yamaha mu100r & the s2r) it's in the middle; the korg sounds better, the yamaha slightly badder. But they all blend in nicely!
Reliability
:
10
never had any trouble
Customer Support
:
10
I had a question once regarding using it with a software sequencer, and I mailed to the dutch representative. I got my answer 3 days later, and it solved everything! (mind you, this was an 10 year old machine, when I asked my question. Thanx General Music!
Overall Rating
:
9
I'd defenitely replace it, it completes my home studio! Together with my mu100r (yamaha) and my 01/wfd (korg) I feel I can go in any direction I like. I paid way too little for this, it's wordt 3 times the money. But that's not my problem!;)
Product: Generalmusic S2R
Price Paid: US $450 used
Submitted
11/18/1999
at
10:09am
by
Mark
Email: shadmark1<at>aol dot com
Ease of Use
:
8
easy use, once you get to know your way around. Great manual, it shows step by step for just about anything you want to do.
Features
:
10
16 part 32 notes polyphony, great on board sequencer (250,000 events), effects libraries (reverbs, modulation, etc. ) Sample Translator (reads .wav files), group of 10 songs for quick load.. load standard midi songs file ...
Expressiveness/Sounds
:
9
It has more 500 sounds and able to create and load sound in ram. It can contain upto 2048 sounds (ROM + RAM).
Reliability
:
8
used it for about a year ... no problem.. it has a very reliable disk drive .. It read MS-DOS, ATARI, AKAI S1000 FORMAT
Customer Support
:
10
Very friendly, quick email response
Overall Rating
:
9
It worth much more than what I paid for ...
