Peter Zinovieff on the Syntrx.

[Arpangel]

Very interesting, what he thinks, and little glimpses of his studio, love the way he’s just shoved it in a draw of his desk! that’s style.
My god, doesn’t he look old? but that’s maybe, that’s because he is, as a friend says about me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UU8RQacvl0

[Andy Cobley]

Thanks for that, really wish I could afford one !

andy

[Tomás Mulcahy]

He's a cool dude!!

[Arpangel]

He's a cool dude!!

Yes, he is, the synth world would be a different place without him.
I’m not sure about this Syntrx, now Behringer have their VCS3 clone, it’s a difficult one, sort of different machines, but similar sound territory, and a vast price difference.

[Chevytraveller]

It does look like a fabulous little box...
I must say though I was quite put off by the apparent internal calibration..

Tim Shoebridge does a good demonstration of how easily the filter is overdriven and thus completely changes in character..

I don't mind having the ability to over drive a filter, but for it to start overdriving so early in the scale suggests either a worrying lack of headroom or something quite "off" in the calibration... I would only expect(or want) overdrive to come in past about 50% of the available gain, not 10%..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0fziMi_lpQ&t=653s

[Arpangel]

It does look like a fabulous little box...
I must say though I was quite put off by the apparent internal calibration..

Tim Shoebridge does a good demonstration of how easily the filter is overdriven and thus completely changes in character..

I don't mind having the ability to over drive a filter, but for it to start overdriving so early in the scale suggests either a worrying lack of headroom or something quite "off" in the calibration... I would only expect(or want) overdrive to come in past about 50% of the available gain, not 10%..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0fziMi_lpQ&t=653s

You beat me to it, I saw that Tim Shoebridge video too, this synth has too many oroblems to make it a viable purchase for me, I know of a couple of people who have had build issues too, and have ended up sending it back. I think it’s the same synth just being passed around!
It doesn’t tick any boxes for me really, it’s EMS Synthi architecture, but not the physical format, it’s badly calibrated and has build quality problems. I can’t accept it just for what it is, that electronic matrix isn’t a selling point, given the negative issues.
I’ll wait and see how the Behringer VCS3 pans out, dodgy VU meter pending.