Now that the dust has settled over the MI PR absurdities, it’s nice to be able to focus on the unit itself. Doing which resulted in me ordering one which arrived today!
Even though I’d seen the videos, the first thing I did was still scroll through the presets and see what kind of sounds it showcased. I have to say, if it was being marketing using those alone I would be unlikely to touch it with a considerably lengthy bargepole as there’s about 10% of the 160 that felt useful. Obviously I didn’t buy it for the presets, though, so moving on to exploring the synth itself revealed a really interesting and rewarding unit that, despite my initial impressions, is impressively intuitive.
The Modal oscillator mode was the most immediately exciting (although all of them produced very interesting sounds even with very minimal tinkering). It offered sounds that I absolutely don’t already have in my current setup, which was the whole purpose of getting the unit in the first place.
As a quick aside: the mod matrix is simple to use initially but hints at a lot of power in the more in-depth functions & the keyboard is excellent, far from gimmicky and really quite expressive.
My first thought after spending an hour so with it - and with those comments regarding the presets in mind - was simply:
Are people sharing presets for this in the same way I’ve seen them doing for the Peak/Summit?
And then:
Are my fellow Lines users doing it already or, if not, interested in starting to?
