th555 Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 They shoulda added a bunch of patch points on each voice, at least it could be a cool noise box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peace 7 Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 from akairumors.com: September 5th will be Akai's unannounced reveal for their new 12 note polyphony analog synth, Super Wolf. Rhythm Wolf's critically acclaimed and award winning analog synth engine has been multiplied TWELVE times, for super analog action. The keyboard will be a .5 octave HIGH QUALITY MINI KEYS. Despite the keyboard being only .5 octave, pressing one key will output a note that can have a variance of up to 6 octaves! One key press-- millions of potential tones. With an amazingly versatile sonic palette- from wet farts, to dry farts- Super Wolf is sure to please analog synth enthusiasts worldwide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Member Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest skibby Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 they just need a matrix of pots inside that connects every component to every other component. that might be fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Member Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 But there's nothing there... an out of tune oscillator, a filter, a very basic envelope and a decay per voice, there's not even an lfo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 oh god. somebody put this company out of its misery please. the sad thing is, if they released an updated mpc1000 they'd be drowning in money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
th555 Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 But there's nothing there... an out of tune oscillator, a filter, a very basic envelope and a decay per voice, there's not even an lfo.if u got 4 out of tune oscs you can do harsh unharmonic fm sounds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Member Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 How? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
th555 Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Well if you would have had patchpoints/mod matrix that is lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TubularCorporation Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 oh god. somebody put this company out of its misery please. the sad thing is, if they released an updated mpc1000 they'd be drowning in money. Well to be fair, even the popuarity of the MPC1000 was pretty contingent on the whole JJOS thing, the stock OS isn't that great from what I've heard (but I've never actually seen one with the stock OS). I do know they deliberately crippled some important OS features to try to force serious users to buy the 2500. EDIT: I've heard the MPC Renaissance hardware is actually decent even though the software is shit, if they were willing to do something as simple as opening that up to third party software they would be taking a tiny step in the right direction, but nope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon Sumbitches Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Oh man, that demo vid is gruesome. Not a good sign when the guy demoing the gear has to keep apologising for the product's shiteness. Agree with those who say they should get back into doing decent hardware samplers, I'd be well into that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimpyLoo Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Oh man, that demo vid is gruesome. Not a good sign when the guy demoing the gear has to keep apologising for the product's shiteness. Agree with those who say they should get back into doing decent hardware samplers, I'd be well into that. There is a lot of (silent) demand for an updated old-school sampler a la MPC60, MPC3K, SP-1200, Ensoniq, etc. LIke, imagine a Volca Sample-sized sampler that had the grime of the MPC60, had analog filters (like the Mirage or some of the MPC2K add-ons), and a few of the beastly features of the MPC4K (e.g. tap-tempo timestretch). I would pay $300-400 for something like that (even though I already have more samplers than I can use). Maybe it would have 4 'outs' each with their own filter like the SP1200 (which acounts for like 1/3 of its desirability, as stragetically assigning samplers to certain 'outs' is a great mixing tool/method). Either way, Akai should really stick to what they're historically good at, which is samplers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon Sumbitches Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Hell yes, I would part with sweet cash loot for that. Plus if they did that, the Jay Dee/Madlib-style beatmaker market would buy that shit pretty much sight unseen. I have no idea what market the Timbre Wolf's aimed at- at that price point there are literally hundreds of better things to spend your money on. As someone else said, it kind of seems like they just design things by committee at this point. Maybe it's the EDM crowd that goes in for this sort of thing and Akai are happily raking in a fortune? Who knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimpyLoo Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Hell yes, I would part with sweet cash loot for that. Plus if they did that, the Jay Dee/Madlib-style beatmaker market would buy that shit pretty much sight unseen. I have no idea what market the Timbre Wolf's aimed at- at that price point there are literally hundreds of better things to spend your money on. As someone else said, it kind of seems like they just design things by committee at this point. Maybe it's the EDM crowd that goes in for this sort of thing and Akai are happily raking in a fortune? Who knows. I think it's aimed at dumb rich kids who cream their pants when they hear the word "analog" regardless of the actual quality of the thing when I was younger (and dumber) I was at a music store and I saw this: ...and I was like "oooh shit, a TUBE PREAMP!!!!" and so obviously I bought it (because it's a fucking TUBE PREAMP!!!!) and it was a piece of shit similarly, I see alot of people on forums asking "best analog poly under $300?" (instead of the much more sensible "best poly under $300?") because the analog obsession is rampant as fuck so people will sooner buy a terrible-sounding analog poly than a great-sounding digital poly for instance, buying an Alpha Juno over something like a MicroKorg (not that the Alpha Juno is a terrible synth or anything but it's not gonna hit your analog G-spot... ...in fact, the MicroKorg can sound way more analog than the Alpha Juno) So yeah, analog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audioblysk Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 (buys cheapest analog poly ever to spite limpy) "But it's analog" (ends argument) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Member Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 The volca keys is pretty nice. Jusssayin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon Sumbitches Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 I love my Keys, it's an example of cheap analog shenanigans done right. And a fraction of the price of this abomination, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimpyLoo Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 actually, I take back my comments on the Alpha Juno I just watched this vid and was actually impressed with the thing The volca keys is pretty nice. Jusssayin. totally I had one for a month but sold it because I was poor it sounded great and I loved the dirty analog delay it had *adds Volca Keys to wish list* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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modey Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 similarly, I see alot of people on forums asking "best analog poly under $300?" (instead of the much more sensible "best poly under $300?") because the analog obsession is rampant as fuck so people will sooner buy a terrible-sounding analog poly than a great-sounding digital poly for sure I did the analog thing for a while, I've still got my microbrute, volca keys and monotron, and still use them often (microbrute is amazing for super quick synth lines). But ever since I got the monomachine, I kinda switched back to digital (except hardware this time, before I got the analog gear I was writing almost everything on laptop). Hopefully some kind of digital revolution happens after this analog fetishism is over, and we start getting some compact, cheap digital synths—for me, the main drawback of all that 80s/90s digital stuff is the size (80s) and the horrible product design (90s) of most of the gear from those times. Imagine a volca-sized FM synth! I think Yamaha is actually on the right track with the Reface stuff, hopefully in a few years we see other manufacturers making small digital synths that can be run on batteries. (then again, you can probably ignore everything I just wrote, since I've spent the last few months writing music on a fkn gameboy micro) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psn Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Imagine a volca-sized FM synth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimpyLoo Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Droopy drool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modey Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Imagine a volca-sized FM synth! true. A standalone one would be good though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QQQ Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 I thought these were supposed to be quite decent considering they cost next to nothing, like £40 new? Obviously not as a 'tube amp' but what else can you even get in that price range? Also this synth looks wack and they definitely need to get a new sales guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotwang Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 http://www.retrothing.com/2015/01/akai-timbre-wolf-might-be-the-worst-analog-synth-ever.html And it also has, of course, real simulated wood grain sides REAL SIMULATED WOOD GRAIN SIDES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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