GS Music E7. A synth from Argentina.

[MarkOne]

Matt Johnson (keyboard player for Jamiroquai) did this overview on his YouTube channel yesterday

GS Music E7

Seems like an interesting little synth.

Not terribly cheap at over £1700 though, but some nice little features I haven't seen elsewhere like the keyboard tracking LFO rate.

At 11:00 into the video Matt jams on it a bit which shows it's capabilities off quite well

[Arpangel]

Matt's great, love his playing style, but I’m not hearing anything new here, could be anything.
Sounded a bit like a few classics, but nothing new.
£1,700? that’s fine, not a bad price, but there’s a lot of competition.

[sonics]

Not terribly cheap at over £1700 though, but some nice little features I haven't seen elsewhere like the keyboard tracking LFO rate.

That's such a basic musical link. I don't keep up with modern hardware synths at all, but is it really that unusual?

[BJG145]

It won't be easy, you'll think it strange
When I try to explain the mod wheel
That I still need more stuff after all that I've done
You won't believe me, all you will hear is a pad you once knew
Although it’s dressed up to the nines
With chorus and reverb, it’s true

I had to let it happen, I had to change
Couldn't stay all my life with a Korg
Looking down at the screen, staying out of the sun
So I chose freedom, running around trying everything new
But nothing impressed me at all
I never expected it to

Don't cry for me, Argentina
The truth is, I never left you
All through my wild days, my ring modulation
I kept my promise
Don't keep your old Wavestation

And as for fortune, and as for fame
I never invited them in
Though it seemed to the forum they were all I desired
They are illusions, they're not the solutions they promised to be
The answer was here all the time
I love you, and hope you love me

Don't cry for me, Argentina
The truth is, I never left you
All through my wild days, my experiments with Eurorack
I kept my promise
Sent that SR back

[Folderol]

@BJG145 priceless!

[Arpangel]

@BJG145 priceless!

That is priceless, well done.

But if I was in Matt's position, I wouldn’t really care, it’s all fun isn’t it, and I would try out as many things as I could, if you’ve got a bottomless pocket as far as gear goes, who gives a damn.

[Folderol]

Not terribly cheap at over £1700 though, but some nice little features I haven't seen elsewhere like the keyboard tracking LFO rate.

That's such a basic musical link. I don't keep up with modern hardware synths at all, but is it really that unusual?

It's available in Yoshimi
Oi! Stop shoving - of course I'm leaving.

[Arpangel]

It's available in Yoshimi

Is that the type of wood they use for the end panels?

[Folderol]

It's available in Yoshimi

Is that the type of wood they use for the end panels?

Bar-steward

[Wonks]

It's available in Yoshimi

Is that the type of wood they use for the end panels?

Bar-steward

Folderol adds Yoshimi wood end panels to the list of things to add to the synth.

[Martin Walker]

Folderol adds Yoshimi wood end panels to the list of things to add to the synth.

Well I'd certainly like a pair on mine!

[t-sun]

It's been on my radar for a while, it sounds like what the later Sequential analogs should have sounded like to my ear. The problem is the price, which I understand but it just makes it a low priority since like Arpangel says, it's nothing new, but its got a nice feature set.

4 part multi-timbrality on a 7 voice synth really does deserve an explanation though.

[Arpangel]

It's been on my radar for a while, it sounds like what the later Sequential analogs should have sounded like to my ear. The problem is the price, which I understand but it just makes it a low priority since like Arpangel says, it's nothing new, but its got a nice feature set.

4 part multi-timbrality on a 7 voice synth really does deserve an explanation though.

I’m struggling to see the usefulness of this synth, in someone like Matt Johnson's life, surely, a Kronos, or a Montage, is all you need for a pop show, maybe a Hammond of some sort, that’s it.

[Chimera]

Yes I think it has something that is missing from Sequentials. I emailed the chap who makes them. He responded promptly and said the colour I wanted was on its way to Juno but when I contacted them they knew nothing about it and wouldn’t let me reserve one.

[jessej]

I bought one, and love it very much. Oscillators sound more alive than most modern polys and I dig the moog filter too on a poly. Great modulation options.

I wanted better control software/editor so I spent a few days/nights making a web based editor for the e7.

It lets you save banks/patches to any location you want (unlike the ctrlr one), and also has virtual knobs for controlling most aspects of the synth.

http://synthcity.org/

enjoy amigos, hope you make good music with it. it’s free, if you like it you can “buy me a coffee”