Mayer EMI MD850 Vibes Synth

https://mayer-emi.at/products/vibes/

Interesting specs, could almost work as a groovebox?

Pricey tho (~$2K).

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You’re right, looks cool. $2300 is a little pricey in that form factor but it’s not unheard of. I think that this one isn’t targeted at me, but it’s got a pretty strong feature set.

I’d rather see a hardware design with more dedicated or assignable function knobs, but that’s just me. Maybe superficial but with all that power I’d sure hate to spend all my time menu diving everything on that touch screen.

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Woah its got a stereo built in mixer thats looks amazing.

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The MD850 Vibes is now selling at Thomann:

About $2200US is the damage.

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New “click bait” video up from Andertons, sounds nice though and lots of features, incl stereo samples!

Also this walkthrough

ENGINE SPECS

Based on our powerful XVA Audio Engine the Vibes is preset compatible with the MD900 and comes with the following feature set:

  • 24 shared Stereo Voices
  • 4 Synth-Parts + 14 Drum Instruments

STEREO STRUCTURE PER VOICE

  • 2x Oscillator with 3 different models
  • Algorithm Oscillator
    • 8 different Waveforms (PD_SIN, VA_SWEEP, … and more)
    • Morphing and Modulation capabilitiesWavetable Oscillator
    • more than 50 preset wavetables
    • wavetables consisting of up to 256 single-cycle waveforms with 2048 samples per cycle (Serum format compatible)
    • spectral effects (spectral morph, harmonic shift, … and more)
    • up to 4x stereo unisonResonator (physical modelling)
    • 64 bands
    • Attack/Decay based exciter
    • Different Algorithms to define Band Profile
  • 1x Sample / Noise Oscillator
    • Configurable loop modes and loop points
    • Single- or Multi-Samples
  • 2x Stereo Multimode Filter with more than 10 different Models
  • 4x ADSR Envelopes
  • 3x LFOs (MIDI synchronized, standard & user defined shapes)
  • 1x Waveform Shaper with different Algorithms
  • Modulation Matrix with 24 slots (25 source and 40 destination options)
  • Oscillator Mix and Filter Routing

ARPEGGIATOR and STEP SEQUENCER per Synth Part

CLIP LAUNCHER

  • 7 tracks (4 Synth-Parts, Drum Track, 2 Midi Tracks for external Instruments) with up to 8 clips per track
  • Polyphonic MIDI Sequencer with recording and quantization capabilities
  • Drum Pattern and Sequence Editor
  • Support of external Performance Controllers (e.g. Launchpad, APKmini) via USB

SYNTH and LIVE EFFECT STACKS

  • 4x Stereo Multi Effect Stack (1x for each Synth Part)
  • 2x Stereo Live Multi Effect Stack in the Audio Mixer
  • Reverb, Stereo Delay (midi synchronized), Compressor, JChorus6, … and more)

DIGITAL AUDIO MIXER

  • 19 Stereo Input Channels, 2 Stereo Output Channels
  • Bus, Headphone and Effect Send
  • Balance, Pan, Limiter functionality

MIDI CONNECTIVITY

  • MIDI Control, Note On-Off, Pitchwheel, Polyphonic Aftertouch
  • Transport Send/Receive
  • Clock Send/Receive

WEBINTERFACE

  • Up-/ Download of user defined Presets, Performances, Wavetables, Samples, Sequences
  • Accessible via Wi-Fi or Ethernet

OTHERS

  • 14 GB internal Memory available for Presets, Wavetables, Samples, Performances and MIDI Sequences
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The full size unit looks like it would be a lot more fun to interact with!