Selling: General Music S2 Profesional Keyboard

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General Music S2 Specifications

• Type: Workstation/ keyboard/
• Synthesis Type: Digital subtractive with 6 MB of ROM
• Polyphony:
  • Max: 16
  • Typical in use: 16
• Multi-timbral (number of parts): 16
• Oscillators per Voice :
  
  • Min : 2
  • Max : 2
• Controllers : 2
• Effects :
  
  • Number of FX units : 2
  • Number of different effects : any (RAM)
• Drum Section :
  
  • Number of Drum Kits : any (RAM)
  • Number of Drum sounds :
• Keyboard :
  
  • Number of Keys : 61
  • Can send on 16 simultaneous MIDI channels
  • Responds to : velocity, after-touch
  • Sounds can be split by : velocity, keyboard
• Memory :
  
  • Patches : up to 2048 (RAM)
  • Performances : 100
• Inputs and Outputs :
  
  • Number of Audio Outs (excluding Phones) : 6
  • Number of Audio Ins : -
  • Number of MIDI Outs (excluding Thru) : 2
  • Number of MIDI Ins : 2
• Upgrade Options : The Turbo upgrade did a lot of things, such as allowing 1 osc per voice, making it possible to read S1000 samples from disk etc I haven't got one so I'm not sure of the details.

Sequencer

Memory : Number of Notes : a lot (2 MB RAM)
Number of Patterns : -

• Number of songs : 10
  Cool features :
  Saves and loads Songs on disk(actually it saves *all* dataon disk - including patches!There is no battery-backed RAMin the unit - if you turn itoff, all unsaved data is lost.This is a total pain, but the number of possible onboard Patches is quite impressive since it's allin RAM...)reads and writes SMF:s
  
  
  Comments about the sounds :
  The combination of some really great samples, two multi-mode resonant filters (each can be LP, BP, HP, Parametric Boost or Cut), and a special way of continuously crossfading between two "oscillators", give it a sound that is both warm and clear. The sound is not as "bassy" and compact as for example recent Roland synths, which can be good or bad depending on the music type. Ac. piano is rather basic, but there was an additional multisampled grand included on disk if you really need that. Good features in the synth architecture are graphic, infinite-stage, loopable envelopes (amp, pitch, filter and pan) and multi-stage key tracking. On the down side: you can easily get digital distorsion (probably the internal resolution could be higher). Of course, this can be used creatively, but most often it doesn't sound too nice. Also, the modulation routings in a Patch are too fixed, and pitch bend can only be +/- 3 semitones! (This was changed with the Turbo upgrade and later versions). The effects are basic, especially the configuration.
  
  Sounds to check out :
  Jazz guitar 1 is the best sample of the kind I heard, and Overdrive guitar is great as well, due to smart use of overdriving the first filter. There is a whole bunch of synth bass patches, which sound very fat and rather analog, but not at all like any other synth. The reeds (saxes, etc) are excellent, among the absolute best you find in a Workstation. Some of the synth patches are very playable as well - check "ARP 26000" and "OBX 3".
  
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[canken2]

posting for fren


Powerful and High End musical keyboard. Many sounds and features, have built in sequencer and 16 track recorder. Well taken care of.
Made in Italy.

Price: RM2500 (nego)

Pls call for more info. No SMS pls.

Mark 016-6897926
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