réactions à la news [NAMM] Studiologic Slegde

A 6'42, il dit clairement "Der Sledge ist ein achtstimmig polyphoner Synthesizer"

Maintenant je ne répondrai qu'aux questions de celui qui me dira combien il a de polyphonie avec 3 oscillos, une table d'ondes, les 2 effets et l'arpégiateur en fonctionnement...

De mémoire, je n'ai pas trouvé de fonction dans le Sledge que ne fait pas / ou ne peut pas faire le Blofeld (même l'onde "rampe" sur les LFO, la FM, le drive du filtre, les effets...), donc en théorie l'idée de Hurolura pourrait marcher...

Studiologic’s new Waldorf-powered polysynth is here and it’s very yellow indeed. Put your sunglasses on and meet the Sledge...
Gordon Reid
Studiologic isn’t a company in the conventional sense; it’s a trading name of Fatar, who are much better known for their keybeds and controller keyboards. But while the Sledge may be built in Italy, its heart pumps German blood because, as the logo in its rear left-hand corner confirms, it’s “Powered by Waldorf”. If this suggests something designed for technophiles, prepare to be surprised. Eschewing multitimbrality, splits, layers, programming depth, complex effects, and all of the other gubbins that festoon most digital synths, the Sledge takes us back to an era when men were men, synthesizers were synthesizers, and PA speakers were frightened.
First Impressions
I know that it’s not common for one’s first impression of a synthesizer to be its colour, but the Sledge isn’t just yellow, it’s YELLOW. Of course, there’s nothing wrong with making your products stand out from the crowd but, if potential customers don’t fancy being seen in the company of a yellow lump, it’s possible that sales will suffer. When I showed the review unit to a professional keyboard player, he told me that he really liked the design and the sound, but that he would probably never buy one because it might look horrible under lights — garish under white, and brown under reds and greens. I haven’t tested it, but I fear that he might be right.
That aside, there’s a lot that’s good about the design of the Sledge. For one thing, it’s very light for a five-octave polysynth. This has been achieved by constructing the whole thing — including the base plate — from plastic. Nonetheless, I was pleased by how robust it felt, notwithstanding that I could lift it off its stand using my little fingers. As for its spacious control surface, I was delighted to find that it uses potentiometers rather than rotary encoders which, on some synths, are almost as likely to decrease a parameter’s value when you turn them clockwise as they are to increase it. Just as pleasing are its large, friendly knobs, with even larger ones for the most important functions. These are reminiscent of vintage Moogs: never a bad thing.

tout ce que fait le Sledge niveau synthèse, le Blofled sait le faire. Donc un Sledge pourrait très bien contrôler un Blofeld

... et je reconfirme la polyphonie de 16 voix, qui a été doublée en cours de développement. Donc les spec techniques sont fausses sur le net (on trouve aussi des sites qui parlent de 256 mémoires, alors qu'il y en a 999 !)

16 voix de polyphonie en monotimbral, ça me paraît le même genre de "gâchis" que sur le Mininova. Le seul intérêt est de ne pas couper trop vite des notes avec des enveloppes longues. Une mise à jour pourrait peut être permettre de proposer un mode split/layer ou un mode Unison avec un réglage du nombre de voies ...