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Fantastic synth from Zarg. First time i used it i was amazed at the depth and musicality of the sounds it produced. Wonderful evolving pads and ambient noises. The Rotor is now one of the most used synths in my Pulsar collection.

this synth sounds wicked! from floating heavenly sounds, to creepy neurosis, and then some.

as everyone else says, the synth is great for pads, drones, and ambience. this is one of my most used devices, as it utilizes a quite unique concept. there is nothing else like this on Pulsar (or anywhere else AFAIK - more weird stuff like this developers!).

one use no one mentioned - drum sequencing! place single hits in some wav slots, some drum loops in others, set the MIDI time correspondingly, add a sensible delay and a bit of flanging, and start tweaking the subdivisions! mad-ill-crazy for drum 'n bass/jungle and illbient hip-hop and other beat mayhem.

the new version features multioscs - it is quite neat to have noise oscs in addition to the plain old sine - and smart dsp loading keeps the load sane. I can get 8 voices on 6 sharcs (luna II and pulsar I). i sample a long droning chord with a slow attack and long decay, and then crossfade the sample against itself to get a sustaining drone. then you can off the synth and use the dsp for other functions.

the layout/interface is now greatly improved compared to previous versions. it is still not the most aesthetic, but hey, it is quite functional and a breeze to work with. i have found that this synth crashes occasionally, but this is really the fault of the wav oscs, and not the device explicitly. also, it happens rarely enough that it is not really a problem.

This synth is fairly inexpensive ($89) in comparison with most other pulsar synths, and can give unique and excellent results. great price to performance ratio.

i recommend it, and have a critical mind/ear/eye

<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: algorhythm on 2001-07-09 09:53 ]</font>

Hi pulsar-user,<br><br>I use the Rotor-Sequ. since the first time, it was released.<br>It is the perfect synth for atmospheric sound-shapes and moving pad-sounds.<br>There is no chance to create sounds like that, with only one synthesiser with one of the classical type of construction. <br>Not to forget! The possibility to set all the movements in the sounds in a musical context (midi-syncabel).<br>The Rotor-Sequencer is a “must have” for all Pulsar-user with musical interests besides a Sampler <br>Thank you John Bowen for this other masterpiece.<br><br>Musical greetings to the rest of the world<br>Peter Anslinger<br>

Another 'classic' from Zarg.<br>It's cheap, easy to use, but capable of creating some really interesting dynamic textural sounds. <br>Now that it's had the ability to use samples as sound sources it opens up a whole host of new possibilities as well. Amazing what you can do with a mixture of drum loops & regular waves with this synth.<br>Shimmering, pulsing, glassy sounds, syncable to midi, there's no other Pulsar synth quite like it.

Rotor yourself!<br>Pads with never ending decays, releasings and attacks. Fine! Experiments are welcome and at last this device is easy to use. -- Still didn't figure out all the features of the Rotor -- , and allready fall in love with this one. Spheres and Galaxies will be the next stop!

<a name="planetz-file"></a><a href="http://www.zargmusic.com/bp004data/item ... 0024"><img src="/forums/images/file_icon.gif" border="0" alt=" File"> File</a><BR> <a name="planetz-tag"></a>Price ($USD): 89<BR> <a name="planetz-tag"></a>Type: Synth<BR> _____________________________________<BR><BR> The Rotor 48 features four rotor modules, each with 4 inputs that can have either Multiwave oscillators, WAV oscillators or external inputs as sources for each rotor, as well as a Master Rotor that takes the 4 smaller rotors as its inputs, providing greater timbral variety. The rotors' speed is either run from a frequency divided MIDI Clock, or can track the keyboard. The summed output is available 'straight' or through a ring modulator. Also includes a Multimode filter, AD Envelope, stereocross flanger and stereo cross delay.


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