The Deepmind 12 is a very nice synth.
Well built and sounds great .
Remind me alot of my Juno 106 i had a long time ago.
Presets are awful and are drenched in fx but its not because the engine is bad , its just the programmer. The thing sounds so much better without all that reverb imo.
I use it as a 6 voices poly with 2 OSCs et 2 SUBs most of the time.
What i do is use the unisson 2 mode and you can change specific parameters only for the second voices, like osc tuning , filter params , env etc . Its brillant really !
To my hear i think it sounds way better than the Prophet 8 from DSI but i think i prefer the A4 which is more dark even if i think the Deepmind is richer sounding.
Iāve had mine a bout two weeks now. It does sound great and it is well built. I for one love the FX engine. It has it all and has very flexible routing. Some great stuff in there. Eventide Space style Blackhole and Shimmer Verbs. I have a Space and TimeFactor auxād up to my mixer but having extra ones built in to the synth is awesome.
My main issue is with the sliders. They are a bit wobbly and move too quickly. Funny that they should not try to improve on this design. There are a few Moog style knobs on there too, and they feel rock solid. Would have preferred more of those.
There are a number of other issues that require OS updates.
After I initialize a patch, the VCA will not fade in when the Attack time is set to a high value. The VCA is silent and then kicks in at 20% volume and then fades in from there. This is a massive problem as far as Iām concerned.
A number of other OS related bugs have been reported. I read through a few of them on the forum but have only come across that one so far.
I hope they keep on top of these issues with regular updates and donāt pull a DSI Tempest with it
I think there designed by tc elektronic and another company Iām not familiar with. I like TC fx tho I havenāt used a deep mind yet. Kind of fell off my radar as it dragged on and I forgot about it. Still hope the module comes along.
Yep the Fx are really really nice. Even that multiband distortion FX is quite awesome imo. Its apparently a direct port from their very very expensive Midas console (30000$)
I would not compare the Fx to Eventide imo (especially because there are not that modulable ex : time param etc )
but they have to be the best FX iāve heard in any synth iāve tried in my life.
No, maybe not high end compared to purpose built eventide boxes, but I think they may be at least better than the average synth fxā¦ But I havenāt heard whatās in DM either.
Seems like a step in the right direction at least. Sucks that most hardware comes with lame or mediocre fx. Not a problem if you have a minimal setup, but if you have a bunch of synths/samplers/Guitar and have to juggle pedals etc around all your gear it can be a drag.
Be good to see how things are looking in a few years. Ideally Synths/samplers coming with fx suites as broad/varied as Roland SP sampler fx options and comparable quality to vst. Would make certain workflow stuff way more convenient/funā¦
@Cocker and any DM12 owner, please shoot your demos, even if itās just an ambient patch or to show how the reverb sounds like it was done for dub techno !
Deffo. The fx side I hadnāt given much though on this, but I can see more reaching out and sourcing fx designers from respected names, as opposed to doing em in house (if thatās how itās done) in a kind of, add on for the sake of it being there fashionā¦ saying that I donāt mind cheap fx over none. : )
