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LFO can be routed to Amp, VCF, Pitch and OSC - which modulates (generally) the MOD parameter of the Osc.
The Filter also gives us plenty to choose from - as I said it's a 24dB ladder model, and has a brassy, CS-like quality to my ears, but the resonance seems to be carefully tuned to be extremely musical, even though it's got a mere 128 steps, and yes you can hear those, it's really quite rewarding to tweak. There are so many tonal possibilities available it really does provide a lot of inspiration. This little table seems quite insignificant at first glance, but I can confirm that it really offers a massive amount of tonal variation, from mellow to extreme, it's all there and is a pretty impressive bit of design. Ring - Texture depth of mod, Mod Tunes Osc 2įM - Texture - depth of FM, Mod pitch of Osc 2 Sync - Texture pitch and tone Osc 1, Mod the amount of sync depth
Square - Texture tunes a second fixed amplitude wave, Mod - pulse width Saw - Texture adds Sub wave, Mod, detune to create a super saw type of thing. There are five, each wave has tone variation with Texture and Mod: However it does respond to modulation over MIDI.Īt The Heart Of It Oscillator - this is the heart of the CS and provides a pretty wide range of source tone to sculpt. Also, we have the same pitch stick for bend, but no modulation which does seem strange for a synthesizer where expression is a key factor. Same quality keyboard, but in the CS, there's no velocity which surprised me. See endless comment and hate on the subject, it's not hard to find. Same stereo speakers at each end, battery power (6AA), stereo output, 1/8th in jack in (passed through to output), sustain pedal and USB (MIDI Only). So hardware wise, it's very much in keeping with the rest of the range, solidly build, it does not feel cheap - which I guess it actually isn't. it also has no on board memories, though with the Reface App, you can suck it's brains out and store and share patches (not available at time of review) it can work in mono mode (with portamento) or in 8-voice poly mode - I don't hear any difference in beefyness between these modes, it purely a playing style thing - mono is last note priority. The Reface CS is the analog model of the range, featuring the VA synth engine based on the AN1x, it's been tweaked and refined to provide a range of waveforms, single LFO, 24dB four pole filter (modelled), ADSR envelope variable between filter and VCA and a single, four algorithm effect generator, and the phrase looper. In our Reface DX review we discovered that the little package did indeed deliver more than it would appear based on appearance.
#Yamaha reface cs mobile mini keyboard demo portable
Yamaha's aim with the Reface range was to create a set of small, portable instruments which although seemingly are just a little toylike actually have decent, musical application.