The Raven is a great quality German
made performance synthesizer for creating pumpin' dance tracks - live
or in the studio (or at home)! In essence the Raven is like having a Rave-O-Lution
309 inside a professional keyboard with a sleek look and interface. Strongly
aimed at the dance music genre, the Raven offers up great sounds including:
Basses, LeadSynths, SynthPads, Natural Sounds, Organs, FM-Percussion,
Effects, Drumsets, Tuned Drums and multitimbral Performance patches. An
on-board interactive 8-track sequencer, arpeggiators, real-time control
knobs and effects equip this nice synthesizer for any electronic musical
venture.
The Raven can be upgraded with the RavenMAX card. This
increases the sample wave memory to 112MB from 64MB. There are tons of
new sounds emphasizing drums, percussion, synths and effect sounds. "Motivator"
real-time tweaks can be recorded into the on-board sequencer and there
are about 100 "motifs" from other artists and users for instant groove
patterns! Note however that the Raven has only 28 voices of polyphony
which usually means your songs may be sparse in their arrangement. But
creative planning and tricks can still get you by the Raven's limited
polyphony, live and in the studio. If you're planning to shake some dance
floors, the Raven makes a great all-in-one dance studio, and it looks
really cool too! It has been used by BT.
Technical
Info |
Polyphony |
|
28
voices |
Oscillators |
|
3
osc: M.A.S.S. (64MB Samples-In-Memory) |
LFO |
|
YES
|
Filter |
|
One
filter section |
VCA |
|
ADSR
Envelope |
Arpeg/Seq |
|
8
track pattern sequencer with unique features plus full arpeggiator
|
Effects |
|
2
effects units including reverb |
Keyboard |
|
61
keys with velocity and aftertouch |
Memory |
|
512
patches, 100 performances |
Control |
|
MIDI
(16-parts) |
Date |
|
1996
|
Current€€ |
|
€
600 |
|
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