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Differences Between The 3 Superwave Synthesizers.
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BIKKEL
Well im thinking about it to buy that bundle collection, but thirst i would like to know one thing.

Is it better to use fx(effects) on the synthesizer itself or as standalone connected to a synthesizer.

Second thing: I heard a lot of people speaking that the main thing about the Acces Virus is the inbuilt EQ

So i checked out the specs of the superwave

Trance Pro
Oscillators, Single, Dual, 7 Oscillators Superwave Mode
Waveforms: Saw, Sine, Triangle, Pulse, Ramp, White Noise, Pink Noise
Controls for Portamento, Volume control, Fine/Detune, Pulse Width, Velocity sensitivity

2 Resonant Filters (2 x 1): 12dB
Filter Types: Low Pass, High Pass, Band Pass, Band Reject
ADSR's with parameter locking facility
2 x Amplifiers with controls for Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release and Lock

Modulation with multiple routing options
2 x LFO's with multiple routing options, Additional Beat Ratios over Superwave P8
Sample and Hold

Arpeggiator with control for Mode, Range, Beat, Midi Channel, Hold, Gate

Effects: Mono Delay x 2 (1 Stereo pair), Additional Beat Ratios over Superwave P8



Proffesional
2 Oscillators, Single, Dual, 7 Oscillators Superwave Mode
Waveforms: Saw, Sine, Triangle, Pulse, Ramp, White Noise, Pink Noise
Controls for Portamento, Volume control, Fine/Detune, Pulse Width, Velocity sensitivity

2 Resonant Filters (2 x 1): 12dB
Filter Types: Low Pass, High Pass, Band Pass, Band Reject
ADSR’s with parameter locking facility
2 x Amplifiers with controls for Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release and Lock

Modulation with multiple routing options
2 x LFO’s with multiple routing options, Additional Beat Ratios over Superwave P8
Sample and Hold

Arpeggiator with control for Mode, Range, Beat, Midi Channel, Hold, Gate

Effects: Mono Delay x 2 (1 Stereo pair), Additional Beat Ratios over Superwave P8

Performer
14 Oscillators (2 banks x 7)
Waveforms: Saw, Sine, Triangle, Pulse, Ramp, White Noise, Pink Noise
Embedded FM synthesis
Controls for Portamento, Volume control, Fine-tune, Semi-tune, Pulse Width, Phase Modulation, Phase Modulation Depth, Velocity sensitivity

6 Resonant Filters (2 x 3): 12dB, 24dB, Moog
Filter Types: Low Pass, High Pass, Band Pass, Band Reject
ADSR’s with parameter locking facility
2 x Amplifiers with controls for Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release and Lock

Modulation with substantial routing options
2 x LFO’s with substantial routing options
Sample and Hold

Two x arpeggiators with control for Gate, Mode, Range, Beat
Step Sequencer with control for Pitch, Filter, and Gate

Effects: Chorus, Stereo Delay, Reverb, Distortion, 5 band Parametric EQ


So mine question is, is it better to use the performer because he has an inbuilt eq or doenst that realy mather?
kewlness
i have the superwave professional and the original free superwave p8...

as far as i can tell, the superwave professional professional is much more powerful and can generate much better sounds and has much greater flexibility but it uses up a lot of CPU processing power... so unless you have a monster machine or you are ready to bounce it to disk or export it as .wav in your projects, be ready for big powerful CPU hog

from what i can tell, the professional and the trance pro are not too much of an upgrade over the original free one so i would not recommend getting them as the original is free... and probably close to being the same..
Sonicstyle
every synth out of that package has his own unique sound and style,

where the free superwave p8 has a nice filter for strings, the trancepro is more the one for short leads and fast arpreggios, the superwave pro is imho just good for some strings, because its envelope sounds a little bit weird, and the performer, um well didnt worked with that too much, ah yeah, i have some examples, same tweaks on every synth compare the sound,

will add them later
dj_inferno
Imo the Proffesional is a lot like the p8 imo, but with an arp. The Trance Pro is great for leads. The Performer is good all around. I like it, because of all of the osc you can stack and the onboard effects. Out of all of them it is the biggest cpu hog.
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