As a primary synth it has that Korg sound that only korg fan boys could loveThinktanx wrote:What do you think of the Radias? I would have thought more people would be into them, but you really don't see that many. How does it stand up to high-end gear like the TI, V-Synth, and Machinedrum?
But as a secondary synth to a virus ti its a very good compliment. very clean airy and bringht by comparison, but also a bit thin and cold sounding. As a primary lead synth, I would probably be wanting to run it throgh gentle saturation and eg to warm it a bit. It doesnt have the have end fiz or balls of a V-Synth either, but it does have quite snappy envelopes.
Also very easy to program, mod sequencers on it are very useful. Drum sounds are pretty good - very clean sounding, though I dont use them as have a roland v-drum kit and drums on the motif es are better as you would expect and the machine drum is way more programmable. Filters are a bit on the tame side compared to the TI, dont seems to bite in quite same way. With all that aside, it can create a staggering range of tones. Very easy to get really piercing and/or dirty sounds out of it. Also very good for layering with a TI to add high end brightness.
Its let down a bit by it modulation destinations - they are suprisingly limited of you are used to being able to have just about everything as a mod destination as with the TI.
All said and done - its a very good complimentary synth if you allready have a TI.
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