#SHEEPSHAVER MIDI SOFTWARE#
The bastards in software editor land haven't hurt as much as they've helped, but a lot more could be done for sure. It's just a rough road, featuring ample tedium getting to them. For sure, there are amazing sounds waiting inside.
#SHEEPSHAVER MIDI GENERATOR#
The function generator makes the two lovers dance in a way seldom heard. You must use them yourself to really experience what they can do with those instances where wave meets Z-plane, falling in love. This all leads me to the saving grace of this module.The function generators. A lot of ROMpler vomit, inharmonic spectra, some desperately close to musical cases, and then one or two usable bits after a long stretch of trial and error.
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Xpander was correct again.If you can pull it off, it's pretty cool. Then there's the "DIY wave" concept, thanks to the facilities for changing the looping window size, offset, direction, etc. It's what I would call "unfortunate", but not "impossible." Try to imagine, if you will, a cellar of fine wines paired with a menu consisting of items like steamed vegetables, sunflower seeds, and fruit cocktail. Talk about "woofer shredding"!! Alas, most of the waves in there don't really seem to pair well with most of the Z-planes hardly or at all. One example would be VocalCube when combined with one of the Moog squares. I spent a lot of time just trying to find combinations of waves and filter types that seemed to do magical things. It still beats editing from the front panel.
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The MidiQuest editor isn't quite as bad, but its still pretty hideous and flaky. It was really ugly looking and I don't think I missed much. It had serious problems loading the contents of the UltraProteus, failing virtually every time. I tried the MidiQuest and Unisyn editors, and as Xpander stated, the Unisyn editor is just terrible. Seems despite my best efforts, the UltraProteus is still an unrealized monster, hiding away in my storage area for the most part, emerging occasionally for another go. They highlighted the JD-800's character, and revealed what the JD-800 could do beyond just organs, piano, analog brass etc.Īnd with other synths, like the M1, D50, SY77, etc., having thousands of patches to go through didn't hurt either!Īn MP3 demo of your UltraProteus bank might result in a few extra sales, if you'd be so daring.
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One thing that really got the ball rolling for me with the Roland JD series - besides the beautiful layout and sound of the JD-800 - were the excellent patches by Eric Persing included on the PN-JD80 cards. I'd also be interested in hearing some sound examples that go wayyyyy off into the netherworlds and hinterlands of synthesis. Meantime.Have any of you run across any interesting patches on the net or elsewhere that I can try?
#SHEEPSHAVER MIDI MANUAL#
The manual is thick, and I've started there. I know that this is a complex synth capable of so much more than pizzicato strings, dulcimer, and piano/string combos. I knew the factory presets would be for the most part disappointing, but I was realllllly surprised at how few examples of UltraProteus prowess there were.ESPECIALLY in the Z-Plane department. Just got my first E-Mu UltraProteus today.