Audiobus: Use your music apps together.
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Behringer working on a VCS3
Fantastic if true
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There was a screenshot of CAD designs for it about a year ago too, so I think it’s on the cards.
this has some modifications like sync
but cant see S/H
and no keyboard
and no sequencer
sure gonna make a lot of weird noise
without keyboard / sequencer its not much of a musical instrument
more like grandfathers test equipment
@Max23 : grandfathers test equipment - my favourite thing! Here’s hoping a) that it’s true and b) doesn’t cost any more than their 2600 unit. Also - didn’t you mention you had done patches for the iVCS3? If so, you are presumably a connoisseur of such things?
Be interested in your take on it should this thing ever see the light of day.
Ah the fabled Butney
ivcs3 has all the extras EMS had
keyboard and sequencer
(and all the modifications you can do to it)
(and two samplers that you can abuse as extra envelopes ...)
if you cant feed it musical notes, its of little use. we will see.
but with the audio inputs it makes a nice filter/fx box
drones, atmos, fx sounds, filterbox, it does very well
if you have a lot of stuff already and are looking for something different this is interesting
for bread and butter sounds you want something different
vcs3 is a thing u really need to dive into
its old and quirky and things work different than you expect
things are upside down ^^
vcs3 without the modifications is very unstable and sensitive to temperature
if you open the window your sound is gone.
lights on stage can be a problem too.
As long as it has MIDI IN that should be no problem
🤣🤣🤣
it has midi in
Lol
Very exciting, except I don’t like the form factor. For practical reasons I’d much rather see what they did for the Arp 2600. That said, I’m buying it.
I love the quirkiness of it - kind of like the MS20. I like how it still kinda looks like old test equipment too.
Rack or L-shaped - I'm buying regardless too. Only other big ones from them I'm waiting for are the CS80 and SH5. They're also purportedly working on a Proton to complement the Neutron.. that will be fun.
the matrix is wonky too
sometimes you insert a pin somewhere and your pitch dropped a semitone ^^
and your like hm, is this supposed to happen? ^^
if I remember right the square wave on oscillator 2 is up side down too
You need to have all pins for the matrix
white = 100% (normal)
green = 2/3 (reduced)
red = inverted white
(EMS didnt have inverted pins originally, so ppl made them themself.
)
without the inverters lots of stuff is upside/down or right is left
once you wrapped your head around that its simple to use, it confused the hell out of me in the beginning
They posted a few more pictures in FB, with this comment:
Shame the inputs and outputs are on the back - would be far more practical on the front.
Wow, that new prototype. Looks amazing. What price are they targeting?
The 2600 is something I'm really thinking about.
Well, it looks like a toy compared to the OG. But then again, it's not gonna be $10k+ for a 50 year old unit.
Even if they don't refine the knobs, I'm still gonna get one. Owning a VCS3 is something I never thought would happen in my life.
ill be grabbing one as well.
ive got the td-3 from them that ive been slowly modding.. while it may not be the real thing its still a great instrument.
there is an invert switch for trapezoid
and sync
and 2 filters 24/18 db
and the output filters should be 6db lp
the joystick is endless fun
cool
the attack button looks like its going to fall off if you cough infront of it.
it doesnt have the noise S/H mod
but I think its damned sexy
don't like the colored knobs
I got rid of all hardware 20 years ago
but this
I guess I can't resist
how much?
Yeah, noticed that too, let’s hope it’s just a sign of this being a prototype unit. I can’t really comment on the build quality of their other synths.
I wonder if the MIDI mesages are normalled to input channels 1 and 2 as pitch and velocity.
Too true, but most people foolishly trade aesthetic for practicality
🤣 I just saw this, amazing
Our high school had an AKS with the sequencer. I’m convinced that I’m the only one to ever use it in a concert. Did at one point think about getting a Rehberg VCS, couldn’t justify it in the end. This might just be the ticket.
the keyboard is rare,
the sequencer is even more rare, never saw it in real life.
It could probably have been done more sensibly as a eurorack / Neutron sized thing with the patch matrix in the middle.