RE: Novation X-Station, M-Audio Ozonic

[goddard.duncan@mtvne.com]

Title: RE: Novation X-Station, M-Audio Ozonic

josh-
I have an x-station keyboard, the 49 key version. this is the one that's actually a synth aswell. before I bore everyone to death with a mini-review, what is it you're especially interested in? the audio-in is a bit unusual; there are two XLR/jack combo sockets, but one of these inputs disappears if you are using the internal synth. each has it's own stereo effects processor (compressor, delay, reverb, chorus, eq, distortion... all available at once, & then twice over) but I can't remember what happens with this when you link the two inputs to use them as a stereo pair. I'll remind myself later.

the USB/midi side of things is very good. you have very flexible routing, & a midi-in (unusual on any keyboard) which you can choose to merge with the USB onto either or both of the midi-outs. there are dozens of templates which allow the use of the "synth" controls as generic midi controllers, & it's really easy to reprogram this to one's own requirements.

the synth itself is a mono-timbral novation job which, if that doesn't mean anything, is good. not quite a memorymoog, but as close as you can get with a synth that can be carried under one arm.

I love mine. I bought it by mistake (intended to get the simpler controller keyboard). I use it as a remote editor for a "proper" novation (supernova) for which it has a template already, & for a cheetah ms6 (with kris maad's firmware) for which I had to write a template; took about thirty minutes but mostly that was figuring sensible min/max values for things.

I'm going to try to use it as a controller/interface with my macbook pro; I'll let you know how I get on. in the meantime, let me know if there's anything specific you want to know, & good luck with the baby!

d.

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